Cllr Andrew Varney 🔶
@cllr-andrew-varney.bsky.social
Deputy Lord Mayor of Bristol, 2025 - 2026. Lib Dem Councillor, Brislington West. Promoted by the Liberal Democrats, 1 Vincent Sq. London.
💙 Thank you everyone who signed our petition.
We have exceeded the required number of signatories to trigger a debate at City Hall.
Behind the scenes there have been lots of meetings and discussions to find a way forward.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed for an early Christmas present this year.
We have exceeded the required number of signatories to trigger a debate at City Hall.
Behind the scenes there have been lots of meetings and discussions to find a way forward.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed for an early Christmas present this year.
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
💙 Thank you everyone who signed our petition.
We have exceeded the required number of signatories to trigger a debate at City Hall.
Behind the scenes there have been lots of meetings and discussions to find a way forward.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed for an early Christmas present this year.
We have exceeded the required number of signatories to trigger a debate at City Hall.
Behind the scenes there have been lots of meetings and discussions to find a way forward.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed for an early Christmas present this year.
Reposted by Cllr Andrew Varney 🔶
Read more: www.bristollibdems.org/news/article...
Campaigning for Fair Fees for Community Groups in Council Venues
Bristol’s Liberal Democrat Councillors have been raising the flag on the new outrageous fees offered to community groups and have been calling for the fees to be revised.
www.bristollibdems.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Read more: www.bristollibdems.org/news/article...
Reposted by Cllr Andrew Varney 🔶
Community groups are facing astronomical increases in fees to hire council venues.
Liberal Democrat Councillor @cllr-andrew-varney.bsky.social has been campaigning to restore fair fees for our vital local community groups ⬇️
Liberal Democrat Councillor @cllr-andrew-varney.bsky.social has been campaigning to restore fair fees for our vital local community groups ⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Community groups are facing astronomical increases in fees to hire council venues.
Liberal Democrat Councillor @cllr-andrew-varney.bsky.social has been campaigning to restore fair fees for our vital local community groups ⬇️
Liberal Democrat Councillor @cllr-andrew-varney.bsky.social has been campaigning to restore fair fees for our vital local community groups ⬇️
Consultation on the Traffic Regulation Order to charge for parking in Repton Road Car Park and Callington Road Car Park. We have long opposed the introduction of car parking charges in our community car parks when they were first proposed by the previous Labour administration.
Make a comment on Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs)
Look at proposed traffic regulation orders and comment on proposals
What are TROs?
A Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) is the legal document required to sup
www.bristol.gov.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Consultation on the Traffic Regulation Order to charge for parking in Repton Road Car Park and Callington Road Car Park. We have long opposed the introduction of car parking charges in our community car parks when they were first proposed by the previous Labour administration.
A vote for Reform Ltd is a vote for Putin.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Reform UK's former Wales leader Nathan Gill is being sentenced over pro-Russia bribes
Nathan Gill is being sentenced at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A vote for Reform Ltd is a vote for Putin.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
I’ve been talking to a local resident and architect about his ideas for the wide junction near Tarr’s and this Sat 22 Nov he’ll be on site to explain his vision and to see if people like it or not.
Your councillors will also be there to answer any questions about this, or any other local issues.
Your councillors will also be there to answer any questions about this, or any other local issues.
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I’ve been talking to a local resident and architect about his ideas for the wide junction near Tarr’s and this Sat 22 Nov he’ll be on site to explain his vision and to see if people like it or not.
Your councillors will also be there to answer any questions about this, or any other local issues.
Your councillors will also be there to answer any questions about this, or any other local issues.
💙 Last chance to sign
I’ll be handing in my petition to ‘Save Bristol Blue Glass’ today, but I need a few more names. Please sign now, and forward to any family or friends based in Bristol.
c.org/fFxnCB8KgG
I’ll be handing in my petition to ‘Save Bristol Blue Glass’ today, but I need a few more names. Please sign now, and forward to any family or friends based in Bristol.
c.org/fFxnCB8KgG
Save Bristol Blue Glass
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
c.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
💙 Last chance to sign
I’ll be handing in my petition to ‘Save Bristol Blue Glass’ today, but I need a few more names. Please sign now, and forward to any family or friends based in Bristol.
c.org/fFxnCB8KgG
I’ll be handing in my petition to ‘Save Bristol Blue Glass’ today, but I need a few more names. Please sign now, and forward to any family or friends based in Bristol.
c.org/fFxnCB8KgG
Bristol City Council, Bristol Waste, & Keep Britain Tidy are urging people to protect themselves from unlicensed waste carriers. Check with the Environment Agency. If they are taking your waste, they should leave a waste transfer note, like a receipt.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Enforcement rangers tackle Bristol's 'relentless' fly-tipping
Recent figures showed more than 10,000 fly-tips were cleared by Bristol Waste in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Bristol City Council, Bristol Waste, & Keep Britain Tidy are urging people to protect themselves from unlicensed waste carriers. Check with the Environment Agency. If they are taking your waste, they should leave a waste transfer note, like a receipt.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“More than half a century after Sam was elected, LGBT people still sadly face far too much hostility and discrimination, just for being who they are. Too many people still don’t feel they can be open about their identity.” www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
A Liberal councillor who made LGBT+ history
Sam Green was the first openly gay politician ever elected in the UK – and possibly the world.
www.libdems.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“More than half a century after Sam was elected, LGBT people still sadly face far too much hostility and discrimination, just for being who they are. Too many people still don’t feel they can be open about their identity.” www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
24 hours to get 300 more names for our Save Bristol Blue Glass petition. Must be Bristol residents to meet the threshold for a debate at City Hall. Have you signed? Have you forwarded to your Bristol family and friends? Bristol without Bristol Blue Glass would be unthinkable.
c.org/fh9f9y4kcH
c.org/fh9f9y4kcH
Save Bristol Blue Glass
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
c.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
24 hours to get 300 more names for our Save Bristol Blue Glass petition. Must be Bristol residents to meet the threshold for a debate at City Hall. Have you signed? Have you forwarded to your Bristol family and friends? Bristol without Bristol Blue Glass would be unthinkable.
c.org/fh9f9y4kcH
c.org/fh9f9y4kcH
💰 We need a Lib Dem DOGE to investigate how much public money Reform Ltd has wasted with so many councillor resignations and suspensions in such a short time. www.markpack.org.uk/175342/how-m...
How many councillors has Reform UK lost since May?
A regularly updated list of all the local councillors that Reform UK has shed from the May local elections.
www.markpack.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
💰 We need a Lib Dem DOGE to investigate how much public money Reform Ltd has wasted with so many councillor resignations and suspensions in such a short time. www.markpack.org.uk/175342/how-m...
🚌 🚙 🚲 A4 Bath to Bristol Update
You have until 23:59 on Tue 2 Dec to complete the consultation: www.haveyoursaywest.co.uk
Additional pop-up event in Brislington to enable the community to speak to the project team.
📅 Mon 24 Nov
🕰️ 16:00-19:00
🗺️ Wick Road Library, 115 Wick Road, BS4 4HE
You have until 23:59 on Tue 2 Dec to complete the consultation: www.haveyoursaywest.co.uk
Additional pop-up event in Brislington to enable the community to speak to the project team.
📅 Mon 24 Nov
🕰️ 16:00-19:00
🗺️ Wick Road Library, 115 Wick Road, BS4 4HE
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🚌 🚙 🚲 A4 Bath to Bristol Update
You have until 23:59 on Tue 2 Dec to complete the consultation: www.haveyoursaywest.co.uk
Additional pop-up event in Brislington to enable the community to speak to the project team.
📅 Mon 24 Nov
🕰️ 16:00-19:00
🗺️ Wick Road Library, 115 Wick Road, BS4 4HE
You have until 23:59 on Tue 2 Dec to complete the consultation: www.haveyoursaywest.co.uk
Additional pop-up event in Brislington to enable the community to speak to the project team.
📅 Mon 24 Nov
🕰️ 16:00-19:00
🗺️ Wick Road Library, 115 Wick Road, BS4 4HE
The plan to take jewellery from refugees is a new low for the Labour government. Reverse this inhumane policy. Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/refugees-jew...
Petition: Taking refugees’ jewellery: stop the cruelty
I’ve just signed to support this campaign – join me
r.ippl.es
November 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The plan to take jewellery from refugees is a new low for the Labour government. Reverse this inhumane policy. Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/refugees-jew...
“We want Bristol to have a sustainable visitor economy and a visitor charge would allow us to improve the experience of people taking advantage of the city’s rich cultural heritage.” www.bristollibdems.org/news/article...
Liberal Democrats Lead Calls for a Visitor Charge in Bristol
Budget amendment allocating funds to a feasibility study on a visitor charge in Bristol proposed by Lib Dems passes.
www.bristollibdems.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“We want Bristol to have a sustainable visitor economy and a visitor charge would allow us to improve the experience of people taking advantage of the city’s rich cultural heritage.” www.bristollibdems.org/news/article...
We’ve just passed the 5,000 mark! Thank you so much everyone.
The petition will be handed in at the end of the week. Can we make it to 6,000?
Please share with your family and friends.
💙 #savebristolblueglass
c.org/zCj5fbNVKk
The petition will be handed in at the end of the week. Can we make it to 6,000?
Please share with your family and friends.
💙 #savebristolblueglass
c.org/zCj5fbNVKk
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We’ve just passed the 5,000 mark! Thank you so much everyone.
The petition will be handed in at the end of the week. Can we make it to 6,000?
Please share with your family and friends.
💙 #savebristolblueglass
c.org/zCj5fbNVKk
The petition will be handed in at the end of the week. Can we make it to 6,000?
Please share with your family and friends.
💙 #savebristolblueglass
c.org/zCj5fbNVKk
🎈 Lovely writeup of local Sandy Park business, Enchanted Balloons. www.bristol247.com/lifestyle/sh...
Shop of the Week: Enchanted Balloons, Brislington
A little bit of magic on Sandy Park Road
www.bristol247.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🎈 Lovely writeup of local Sandy Park business, Enchanted Balloons. www.bristol247.com/lifestyle/sh...
Reposted by Cllr Andrew Varney 🔶
💙 Our Save Bristol Blue Glass petition has gone global!
With signatures from from as far away as New Zealand, there is clearly a lot of love for this iconic Bristol product.
But we need more Bristolians to sign the petition to be sure we get a debate at City Hall.
www.change.org/p/save-brist...
With signatures from from as far away as New Zealand, there is clearly a lot of love for this iconic Bristol product.
But we need more Bristolians to sign the petition to be sure we get a debate at City Hall.
www.change.org/p/save-brist...
Sign the Petition
Save Bristol Blue Glass
www.change.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
💙 Our Save Bristol Blue Glass petition has gone global!
With signatures from from as far away as New Zealand, there is clearly a lot of love for this iconic Bristol product.
But we need more Bristolians to sign the petition to be sure we get a debate at City Hall.
www.change.org/p/save-brist...
With signatures from from as far away as New Zealand, there is clearly a lot of love for this iconic Bristol product.
But we need more Bristolians to sign the petition to be sure we get a debate at City Hall.
www.change.org/p/save-brist...
I would love to reach 5,000 signatures by the end of the weekend. Just a few hundred to go. Can you help? www.change.org/p/save-brist...
Sign the Petition
Save Bristol Blue Glass
www.change.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I would love to reach 5,000 signatures by the end of the weekend. Just a few hundred to go. Can you help? www.change.org/p/save-brist...
🗳️ Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system
It only takes 30 seconds
action.electoral-reform.org.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🗳️ Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
📻 Great to talk to Radio Bristol’s Joe Sims at Bristol Blue Glass this week. The iconic glass company is having to leave their Bath Road site due to redevelopment but finding suitable new premises is proving difficult. Listen in from 1’22”.
💙 Save Bristol Blue Glass
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
💙 Save Bristol Blue Glass
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Joe Sims - 13/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
A proper Bristol breakfast, waking you up with a smile every morning.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
📻 Great to talk to Radio Bristol’s Joe Sims at Bristol Blue Glass this week. The iconic glass company is having to leave their Bath Road site due to redevelopment but finding suitable new premises is proving difficult. Listen in from 1’22”.
💙 Save Bristol Blue Glass
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
💙 Save Bristol Blue Glass
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
💙 Our Save Bristol Blue Glass petition has gone global!
With signatures from from as far away as New Zealand, there is clearly a lot of love for this iconic Bristol product.
But we need more Bristolians to sign the petition to be sure we get a debate at City Hall.
www.change.org/p/save-brist...
With signatures from from as far away as New Zealand, there is clearly a lot of love for this iconic Bristol product.
But we need more Bristolians to sign the petition to be sure we get a debate at City Hall.
www.change.org/p/save-brist...
Sign the Petition
Save Bristol Blue Glass
www.change.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
💙 Our Save Bristol Blue Glass petition has gone global!
With signatures from from as far away as New Zealand, there is clearly a lot of love for this iconic Bristol product.
But we need more Bristolians to sign the petition to be sure we get a debate at City Hall.
www.change.org/p/save-brist...
With signatures from from as far away as New Zealand, there is clearly a lot of love for this iconic Bristol product.
But we need more Bristolians to sign the petition to be sure we get a debate at City Hall.
www.change.org/p/save-brist...
“After years of calling for Police and Crime Commissioners to be scrapped, this is a huge Liberal Democrat win.”
www.libdems.org.uk/press/releas...
www.libdems.org.uk/press/releas...
PCCs abolished: a huge Lib Dem win
Responding to the news that Police and Crime Commissioners have been abolished, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Max Wilkinson MP said:
www.libdems.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“After years of calling for Police and Crime Commissioners to be scrapped, this is a huge Liberal Democrat win.”
www.libdems.org.uk/press/releas...
www.libdems.org.uk/press/releas...
Reposted by Cllr Andrew Varney 🔶
A trip to the pub or fish and chips on a Friday shouldn't be an unaffordable luxury for hard-working people.
Our plans to cut VAT on hospitality and energy bills for households would put £270 back into your pockets. ⬇️
Our plans to cut VAT on hospitality and energy bills for households would put £270 back into your pockets. ⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A trip to the pub or fish and chips on a Friday shouldn't be an unaffordable luxury for hard-working people.
Our plans to cut VAT on hospitality and energy bills for households would put £270 back into your pockets. ⬇️
Our plans to cut VAT on hospitality and energy bills for households would put £270 back into your pockets. ⬇️
Over 4,000 people have now signed our petition raising awareness of the plight of Bristol Blue Glass. Keeping our fingers crossed suitable premises can be found.
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Over 4,000 people have now signed our petition raising awareness of the plight of Bristol Blue Glass. Keeping our fingers crossed suitable premises can be found.
💙 Great to see so much support for Bristol Blue Glass. Lots of productive conversations going on behind the scenes. Let’s hope we can find them a new home. directlocalbristol.co.uk/bristol-news...
Help Save Bristol Blue Glass
Bristol Blue glass, famous all over the world, has been produced in our city. Unfortunately, the lease on their premises is not being renewed
directlocalbristol.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
💙 Great to see so much support for Bristol Blue Glass. Lots of productive conversations going on behind the scenes. Let’s hope we can find them a new home. directlocalbristol.co.uk/bristol-news...