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Labour’s inhumanity must be opposed by @paulhindley2210.bsky.social
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Labour’s inhumanity must be opposed!
Immigration and asylum have been dominant political issues since the general election last year. These issues have been amplified by Reform UK, the Conservatives and right-wing media outlets. However,...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Labour’s inhumanity must be opposed by @paulhindley2210.bsky.social
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Labour has lost its political and moral compass says Kamran Hussain
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Labour has lost its moral and political compass
I have been a Liberal Democrat for many years, and I never imagined a time when a major party on the centre-left would be celebrating its immigration policy alongside the very architects of anti-immig...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Labour has lost its political and moral compass says Kamran Hussain
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Good practice in palliative care by @kmaryreid.bsky.social. Our team member Mary's husband Ian died last month. Here she writes about the excellent care he and the family received in the last few days of his life. www.libdemvoice.org/good-practic...
Good practice in palliative care
Note that this post includes end of life details which you may want to avoid. The Assisted Dying Bill has raised questions about the quality of palliative care under the NHS. Whatever your views on as...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Good practice in palliative care by @kmaryreid.bsky.social. Our team member Mary's husband Ian died last month. Here she writes about the excellent care he and the family received in the last few days of his life. www.libdemvoice.org/good-practic...
Lib Dems internal elections update: www.libdemvoice.org/statememt-on...
Internal Elections update – Federal Appeals Panel, statements from official party organisations and presidential candidates
This afternoon, the party’s highest dispute resolution panel met to discuss the ruling issued by the Returning Officer on 27th October, prior to the ballots opening in the federal party elections. Luc...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Lib Dems internal elections update: www.libdemvoice.org/statememt-on...
What is a liberal party for? by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social. Some thoughts on party strategy and the controversy over diversity quotas. www.libdemvoice.org/what-is-a-li...
What is a liberal party for?
We've talked a lot about the changes the party has made to diversity quotas for the forthcoming presidential election this week. Presidential candidates Prue and Josh have had their say, as have Rebec...
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November 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
What is a liberal party for? by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social. Some thoughts on party strategy and the controversy over diversity quotas. www.libdemvoice.org/what-is-a-li...
I am so angry, I almost can’t type. By @pruebray.bsky.social www.libdemvoice.org/prue-bray-i-...
Prue Bray: I am so angry I almost can’t type
We are in the middle of elections for internal roles in the Federal party, and I am one of the candidates for President. Voting opens tomorrow. So, this morning, I sat down to write a piece about why ...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I am so angry, I almost can’t type. By @pruebray.bsky.social www.libdemvoice.org/prue-bray-i-...
Meanwhile, north and west of the English borders, David Chadwick wants the Welsh steel industry to get a bit of love, whilst @willierennie.bsky.social is calling for transformation of Scotland’s care system and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk has been talking renewables… www.libdemvoice.org/8-october-20...
8 October 2025 - today's Scottish and Welsh press releases
Rennie comments on embargoed care system report
Davey visits Edinburgh College and sets out plans to cut bills
UK Government must strike steel deal to save what’s left of Welsh industry
Rennie com...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Meanwhile, north and west of the English borders, David Chadwick wants the Welsh steel industry to get a bit of love, whilst @willierennie.bsky.social is calling for transformation of Scotland’s care system and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk has been talking renewables… www.libdemvoice.org/8-october-20...
If Kemi Badenoch be the food of chaos, play on, play on, Kemi… today’s Federal press releases focus on Tory fantasy economics, whilst @calummillerld.bsky.social is tougher on China than Labour are…
October 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
If Kemi Badenoch be the food of chaos, play on, play on, Kemi… today’s Federal press releases focus on Tory fantasy economics, whilst @calummillerld.bsky.social is tougher on China than Labour are…
Ed Davey invites "one nation Conservatives" to join the Liberal Democrats by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social www.libdemvoice.org/ed-davey-inv...
Ed Davey invites “one nation” Tories to join Lib Dems
As Kemi Badenoch frightened a lot of progressive horses with her plans to get rid of the Climate Change Act, leave the European Convention on Human Rights, put the Human Rights Act on a bonfire and be...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Ed Davey invites "one nation Conservatives" to join the Liberal Democrats by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social www.libdemvoice.org/ed-davey-inv...
Today’s @libdems.org.uk press releases are live now, with @eddavey.libdems.org.uk marking the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, @libdemdaisy.bsky.social noting, for the benefit of Reform, that local government finance is hard…
October 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Today’s @libdems.org.uk press releases are live now, with @eddavey.libdems.org.uk marking the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, @libdemdaisy.bsky.social noting, for the benefit of Reform, that local government finance is hard…
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My debut @libdemvoice.org article
@libdems.org.uk have to champion climate transition planning
For credibility and relationships with experts and activists, and to attract and retain members as the most progressive party on climate
@greenlibdems.org.uk
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@libdems.org.uk have to champion climate transition planning
For credibility and relationships with experts and activists, and to attract and retain members as the most progressive party on climate
@greenlibdems.org.uk
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Transition planning is back on the table. It could be the UK’s biggest positive impact on sustainability
During the 2024 General Election, someone asked me for the best thing the Conservative government had done. I said transition planning. Or at least putting the wheels for transition planning in motion...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
My debut @libdemvoice.org article
@libdems.org.uk have to champion climate transition planning
For credibility and relationships with experts and activists, and to attract and retain members as the most progressive party on climate
@greenlibdems.org.uk
www.libdemvoice.org/transition-p...
@libdems.org.uk have to champion climate transition planning
For credibility and relationships with experts and activists, and to attract and retain members as the most progressive party on climate
@greenlibdems.org.uk
www.libdemvoice.org/transition-p...
Lib Dems including @libdemwomen.bsky.social’s Donna Harris and @hinabokharild.bsky.social as well as Rob Blackie and @luketaylorld.bsky.social react to appalling Police revelations www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-rea...
Lib Dems react to shocking Police revelations
You want to trust the Police. You want to feel like they have your back if you need them. You want to know that if you or anyone you love found themselves on the wrong side of the law, they would be t...
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October 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Lib Dems including @libdemwomen.bsky.social’s Donna Harris and @hinabokharild.bsky.social as well as Rob Blackie and @luketaylorld.bsky.social react to appalling Police revelations www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-rea...
What does Ed Davey’s reshuffle tell us? www.libdemvoice.org/what-does-ed...
What does Ed Davey’s reshuffle tell us?
Yesterday Ed Davey reshuffled his top team ahead of the new parliamentary term and added 5 new roles meaning that 38 out of our 72 MPs now have spokesperson roles. There aren’t very many huge surprise...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
What does Ed Davey’s reshuffle tell us? www.libdemvoice.org/what-does-ed...
Here’s this week’s Mathew on Monday - the new nasty party, progressive alliances and a new book for political geeks www.libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo...
Mathew on Monday – nasty party, progressive alliances and a new book
Labour…the real nasty party! Famously, at the 2002 Conservative Party Conference, the then Tory Chairman and future Prime Minister Theresa May called her own party ‘the nasty party.’ Or, to be fair, i...
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September 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Here’s this week’s Mathew on Monday - the new nasty party, progressive alliances and a new book for political geeks www.libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo...
Welcome to Lewis Page, who debuts here with a piece noting that there are potential voters at the next General Election that we might be missing… www.libdemvoice.org/under-18s-ca...
Under 18s can vote: will it be for Farage?
There has been a lot of discourse around the new voting age brought in by Labour, and as a 17-year-old I was worried this would boost Reform. While polling data from Yougov suggests Farage is typicall...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Welcome to Lewis Page, who debuts here with a piece noting that there are potential voters at the next General Election that we might be missing… www.libdemvoice.org/under-18s-ca...
There’s always a danger in looking inwards, so Zachary Barker suggests that we look outwards or rather, upwards… www.libdemvoice.org/reclaiming-s...
Reclaiming Space
Through the Adversity, the Stars Royal Air Force Motto The history of the politics of Space has always been colourful. I was reminded of this when I recently stood in the Imperial War Museum in London...
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September 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
There’s always a danger in looking inwards, so Zachary Barker suggests that we look outwards or rather, upwards… www.libdemvoice.org/reclaiming-s...
A moral case for opposing Farage and the Reformistas is put here by Callum Robertson… www.libdemvoice.org/reform-are-a...
Reform are a threat to our national security: we have a moral duty to stop Farage becoming Prime Minister
Blink and you may have missed it, but one of Nigel Farage’s allies has plead guilty to taking bribes to ask questions on behalf of Russia in the European Parliament, a case according to the police tha...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
A moral case for opposing Farage and the Reformistas is put here by Callum Robertson… www.libdemvoice.org/reform-are-a...
Tough on Farage, tough on the causes of Farage by Roz Savage MP www.libdemvoice.org/roz-savage-m...
Roz Savage MP writes: Tough on Farage, tough on the causes of Farage
Nigel Farage is not the disease but a symptom of a sick system. Here’s how we can fix it. Nature abhors a vacuum. Britain’s party-political system has been hollowing out for years – declining membersh...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Tough on Farage, tough on the causes of Farage by Roz Savage MP www.libdemvoice.org/roz-savage-m...
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Lib Dems on Starmer’s digital id plans: Nope www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-on-...
Lib Dems on Starmer’s digital ID: Nope.
Keir Starmer is expected to announce a compulsory digital ID card for British citizens tomorrow. Thankfully, our Science and Technology spokesperson Victoria Collins has committed the party to opposin...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Lib Dems on Starmer’s digital id plans: Nope www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-on-...
Which Lib Dem MP dropped the F bomb on the #ldconf fringe? (And rightly so in the opinion of our editor @caronmlindsay.bsky.social in her Conference Diary) www.libdemvoice.org/carons-confe...
Caron's Conference Diary: Lobsters and an MP barking
It's 10 am on Sunday morning as I write this. I've already been to an 8am consultation session, of which more later. So far my Conference has been everything I've wanted it to be - a wonderful catch-...
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September 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Which Lib Dem MP dropped the F bomb on the #ldconf fringe? (And rightly so in the opinion of our editor @caronmlindsay.bsky.social in her Conference Diary) www.libdemvoice.org/carons-confe...
How do we fight the far right’s malevolent influence on our country? @robblackie.bsky.social has some ideas… www.libdemvoice.org/how-to-fight...
How to fight the far right
The last few weeks have been a worrying time. Friends of mine have told me that, because they aren’t white, they are worried about visiting parts of our country. Robert Jenrick and other politicians h...
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September 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
How do we fight the far right’s malevolent influence on our country? @robblackie.bsky.social has some ideas… www.libdemvoice.org/how-to-fight...
The weekend’s press releases are out, featuring @eddavey.libdems.org.uk on compensating victims of the carer allowance scandal, more on why Lord Mandelson was ever allowed to be our Ambassador to the US, and @libdemdaisy.bsky.social wants to know who’s funding Nigel Farage’s trips to the US…
September 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The weekend’s press releases are out, featuring @eddavey.libdems.org.uk on compensating victims of the carer allowance scandal, more on why Lord Mandelson was ever allowed to be our Ambassador to the US, and @libdemdaisy.bsky.social wants to know who’s funding Nigel Farage’s trips to the US…
Some thoughts on Mandelson, political violence and racists in London by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social www.libdemvoice.org/carons-catch...
Caron’s catch-up – a worrying week
There has been much this week to worry us. Israel continues to shock and horrify, not jut in Gaza, worrying escalations of the Ukraine conflict in Ukraine itself and Poland make that whole situation m...
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September 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Some thoughts on Mandelson, political violence and racists in London by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social www.libdemvoice.org/carons-catch...
Sussex Liberal Democrats have announced their Mayoral candidate for next year, and Ben Dempsey has got a real chance to win… www.libdemvoice.org/new-lib-dem-...
New Lib Dem Candidate for Mayor of Sussex: ‘We will win with unity, not division’
Sussex Liberal Democrats have nominated environmental expert Ben Dempsey as their candidate for the upcoming election for Mayor of Sussex. The party says that with the Conservatives and Labour in free...
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September 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sussex Liberal Democrats have announced their Mayoral candidate for next year, and Ben Dempsey has got a real chance to win… www.libdemvoice.org/new-lib-dem-...