Steve Mayo 🔶️
@stevemayo.bsky.social
Music, cricket, football, books & politics for fun. Also LibDem Borough Councillor for Brentwood North.
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457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan.
Trump avoided military service 5 times.
How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
Trump avoided military service 5 times.
How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
January 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan.
Trump avoided military service 5 times.
How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
Trump avoided military service 5 times.
How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
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"Hans, are we on the board of peace?"
January 22, 2026 at 10:20 PM
"Hans, are we on the board of peace?"
Following today's announcement, I will be defending my seat in May. Due to boundary changes, I was elected in 2023 and 2024 and will now have to go again. My allowance is half the national average.
This is an accurate piece but I would be delighted to serve for 2 more years. #LibDems
This is an accurate piece but I would be delighted to serve for 2 more years. #LibDems
Exclusive poll of councillors in England reveals:
- 86% struggle to recruit or retain enough individuals to stand for election
- Abuse (85% concern re online abuse, 78% in-person) is the biggest deterrent to standing
- 54% say they're not fairly paid (the average pay is £12,500)
+ more
- 86% struggle to recruit or retain enough individuals to stand for election
- Abuse (85% concern re online abuse, 78% in-person) is the biggest deterrent to standing
- 54% say they're not fairly paid (the average pay is £12,500)
+ more
Is being a councillor the worst job in England?
Public abuse, £12,500 pay and claims of tyranny are casting a shadow over the May local elections
www.newstatesman.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Following today's announcement, I will be defending my seat in May. Due to boundary changes, I was elected in 2023 and 2024 and will now have to go again. My allowance is half the national average.
This is an accurate piece but I would be delighted to serve for 2 more years. #LibDems
This is an accurate piece but I would be delighted to serve for 2 more years. #LibDems
January 22, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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Thank you Mr President, that clears things up.
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Thank you Mr President, that clears things up.
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There is such huge opportunity cost to each Trump tantrum. So many people with critical jobs have lost another week when they could have been doing something useful.
January 21, 2026 at 9:25 PM
There is such huge opportunity cost to each Trump tantrum. So many people with critical jobs have lost another week when they could have been doing something useful.
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Trump sincerely believes Norway stole “his” Nobel Peace Prize.
That isn’t a joke. It’s the key to understanding his second presidency.
We have to drop the self-delusion, over-intellectualisation and listen to him. America is no longer Europe’s ally.
My latest 👇
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
That isn’t a joke. It’s the key to understanding his second presidency.
We have to drop the self-delusion, over-intellectualisation and listen to him. America is no longer Europe’s ally.
My latest 👇
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The Valueless Presidency
America is no longer Europe's ally. Stop bleating about NATO. It's already gone.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Trump sincerely believes Norway stole “his” Nobel Peace Prize.
That isn’t a joke. It’s the key to understanding his second presidency.
We have to drop the self-delusion, over-intellectualisation and listen to him. America is no longer Europe’s ally.
My latest 👇
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
That isn’t a joke. It’s the key to understanding his second presidency.
We have to drop the self-delusion, over-intellectualisation and listen to him. America is no longer Europe’s ally.
My latest 👇
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
January 21, 2026 at 4:07 PM
"Man of the people" latest...
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
January 21, 2026 at 10:59 AM
"Man of the people" latest...
This, I'm afraid, by Lewis Goodall.
@lewisgoodall.com goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-valuel...
@lewisgoodall.com goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-valuel...
The Valueless Presidency
America is no longer Europe's ally. Stop bleating about NATO. It's already gone.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:19 AM
This, I'm afraid, by Lewis Goodall.
@lewisgoodall.com goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-valuel...
@lewisgoodall.com goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-valuel...
It pays to deliver leaflets. Came back with a pack of "the best sausages in the world" according to the generous resident I met who insisted I have some! #LibDems
January 20, 2026 at 10:57 PM
It pays to deliver leaflets. Came back with a pack of "the best sausages in the world" according to the generous resident I met who insisted I have some! #LibDems
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Astonishing to watch Mark Carney’s speech and Trump’s ramblings one after the other.
January 20, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Astonishing to watch Mark Carney’s speech and Trump’s ramblings one after the other.
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Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
January 20, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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There's always a tweet or in this instance, a press release
January 20, 2026 at 7:38 AM
There's always a tweet or in this instance, a press release
January 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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just told my mum about Rosindell
January 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM
just told my mum about Rosindell
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There was, of course, absolutely nothing to stop these Tories resigning when their own Party was literally in the middle of doing all the things they now claim to be so unhappy about.
(Come on Higgins!)
(Come on Higgins!)
January 18, 2026 at 9:26 PM
There was, of course, absolutely nothing to stop these Tories resigning when their own Party was literally in the middle of doing all the things they now claim to be so unhappy about.
(Come on Higgins!)
(Come on Higgins!)
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They really will take *anyone*, huh.
January 18, 2026 at 8:24 PM
They really will take *anyone*, huh.
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As someone just said to me via WhatsApp, there’s mounting curiosity across Westminster as to just who Reform *wouldn’t* accept as a defector, at this stage.
January 18, 2026 at 8:26 PM
As someone just said to me via WhatsApp, there’s mounting curiosity across Westminster as to just who Reform *wouldn’t* accept as a defector, at this stage.
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Dear BBC, the word "not" seems to have been accidentally inserted into your headline...
January 18, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Dear BBC, the word "not" seems to have been accidentally inserted into your headline...
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Deadline falls on May 7th: like a pub with the longest last orders in history, for the next four months this is exactly what it is
January 18, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Deadline falls on May 7th: like a pub with the longest last orders in history, for the next four months this is exactly what it is
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Lib Dem source: “Just 45 more Tory defections until Ed becomes Leader of the Opposition.”
January 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Lib Dem source: “Just 45 more Tory defections until Ed becomes Leader of the Opposition.”
#AlbumOfTheDay
The first album of the best live band I have ever seen.
Lipstick Vogue
youtu.be/l7Nj2sJ5hYg?...
The first album of the best live band I have ever seen.
Lipstick Vogue
youtu.be/l7Nj2sJ5hYg?...
January 18, 2026 at 7:13 PM
#AlbumOfTheDay
The first album of the best live band I have ever seen.
Lipstick Vogue
youtu.be/l7Nj2sJ5hYg?...
The first album of the best live band I have ever seen.
Lipstick Vogue
youtu.be/l7Nj2sJ5hYg?...
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I assume they’re all narrated by Brian Blessed.
January 17, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I assume they’re all narrated by Brian Blessed.