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William Tench @williamten.ch · 18h

Somerton and Frome: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 18h

Tiveton and Honiton: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 18h

You can find an identical story for every Lib Dem by-election win of the last Parliament.

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 18h

I’m sorry but I don’t know who is buying this guff “we are going to lose but the numbers say it’s really close, the problem is getting enough activists to come down” is a classic of the by-election genre and is used solely to get more activists down. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...

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Labour Increasingly Confident Of Beating Zack Polanski In Crunch By-Election

But the Greens say their “confidence is misplaced” as voters in Keir Starmer’s old seat prepare to go to the polls.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22h

From Politico. That motion is absolute fucking poison and by failing to stand up to it, the Greens have allowed that poison to seep into the party.

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 01/10/2026

Follow along for other top big-brain hits, like going on TV after the local election results to say they were shit while the party tries to build momentum off half-decent, spinnable results.

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 01/10/2026

MP who spends his time complaining that we're not doing well enough in the north and Labour-facing seats draws the line at capitalising on the government doing an unpopular thing to high turnout voters

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 01/10/2026

Why Ed Davey decided to do weird attacks that don’t land and don’t meet the mood of the country rather than a lap of “Labour have listened to us but must go faster and further” I don’t know

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 30/09/2026

my recent experience of cyclists in london is that they will go through a no-cycling zone regardless

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 29/09/2026

When did "Great British" become the demonym of choice rather than just British ("Great British Grid", "Great British Energy", "Great British Rail" etc.)

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 29/09/2026

Never worked from home for any extended period of time before and I do not know how people do this, it’s incredibly lonely and I feel trapped in the house!!! Never been less productive

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 29/09/2026

I wonder where the cat likes to sit

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 29/09/2026

Surely an easy one up in Scotland!

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 28/09/2026

Half of Labours problems is because they listen to 25 year olds in London who have never spoken to a single voter in the life; the other half is because they hate 25 year olds in London

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 28/09/2026

signing the death warrant of his premiership

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 28/09/2026

was interviewing people last week and had to similarly chug off screen!

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 28/09/2026

I fear my nervous system wouldn’t cope

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 27/09/2026

I just can’t believe we live in a world of health and safety and Clapham Common tube station is just … allowed

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Danny Chambers MP 🔶 @dannychambers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

No one with a full-time job should have to turn to a food bank. In-work poverty is all too common and that has to change.

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 24/09/2026

Just had my first-ever juice from Joe & the Juice, and it was aggressively mid (sandwiches are great, though!).

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 23/09/2026

I’ve seen this repeated a lot over the last few days, but it’s a pretty disingenuous point given turnout was down nearly 8%

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 20/09/2026

Had two people at conf yesterday say they knew me through Bluesky which was very nice!

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 19/09/2026

Lib Dem Friends of Hong Kong about to be swimming in money

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 18/09/2026

Decisions on AI will be made in Washington, Beijing and Brussels and we'll have to live with it, having surrendered our place at the table

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 18/09/2026

Sorry but Britain having a view on AI regulation is like an ant having a view on the moon landing

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 18/09/2026

got a blanket over my knees as I work like a little old granny

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a rare photo of sean connery signed by roger moore @steamedhamms.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

we need an army on lifestyle influencers who say stuff like “hey chat you gotta turn your phone off at the cinema, say thank you to waiting staff, take your glasses back to the bar too if poss“

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 17/09/2026

It’s possible that we live in the most aggravating time in human history

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 16/09/2026

Conservatives winning Wandsworth must be the most pyrrhic victory in the history of western democracies

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Lambeth Liberal Democrats @lambethlibdems.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Sign our petition below, to tell the minority Green administration to reconsider their cuts! www.lambethlibdems.org.uk/values/our-c...

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Save Lambeth's Libraries from Green Party Cuts - Lambeth Liberal Democrats

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Harry Samuels @harrysamuels.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Nicky Spence has been absolutely terrific. What a revelation!

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 12/09/2026

Later on in the programme Gareth Malone is going to spin the wheel to see if you win your energy bills for a year

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Tom Morrison MP @tommorrisonmp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My colleague @lisasmartmp.bsky.social tried to get the government to cap political donations last week, and they stupidly ignored the calls. I fear that we are now past the point of no return and at the beginning of an arms race, with parties chasing bigger and more outlandish donations.

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Lib Dem Peers @libdempeers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Capping donations to political parties was a Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment in 2024, and Lib Dem MPs tabled amendments in April to make this happen. Peers will press the same case in the Lords - so that our democracy is protected and everyone's voice can be fairly heard.

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 12/09/2026

Meanwhile amendments from smaller parties aren’t brought to a vote because everyone is forced to rally around a Labour backbench MP with no intention of ever pushing the subject. They should be shamed for it more and the public affairs teams who enable it

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 12/09/2026

Hard not to become completely disillusioned with politics: a Labour MP with a big Twitter following produces amendment —> public affairs teams produce an email template for constituents treating signing the amendment as a litmus test —> Labour MP withdraws amendment before vote for private gain

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 11/09/2026

With no comments on the merit of either position, at work the 'pro' emails were based on the process of the Commons passing it last time and the 'anti' were making the case why the bill was bad. Taking a mobilising approach that presumed MPs had settled opinions was a mistake from the 'pro side'.

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 11/09/2026

I think the fundamental problem that the 'pro' side made was that they stopped trying to persuade.

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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

imagine being a teenager excited to visit a faraway country and play cricket, and you find yourself hiding in your hotel room hoping the thugs knocking your door don’t try to break it down then imagine being an asylum seeker put into a hotel room hoping the same thing we should be so ashamed

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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

this is just so outrageous. we cannot have a country where any group of non-white people seen in public - whether a visiting youth cricket team, or a group of British nationals, or, yes, asylum seekers - gets a mob sent after them, and the government just ignores it

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Ryan Bridge - Founder of "Raise the Colours" flag protests - charged with 14 offences including common assault. Danny Thomas - ringleader of Dover/Portsmouth thuggery - an ex-con jailed for attempted kidnap at knifepoint. Almost like they're not "ordinary people with concerns" but criminals.

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 02/09/2026

Visitors of cornish gift shops don’t help the stereotypes

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 02/09/2026

Cornwall to London as well, this wasn’t small time delay replay.

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 02/09/2026

Just arrived 14 minutes late on a train; devastating.

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Jack @nothingbutflowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

For a moment I thought this was Ed Davey

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