Gavin James ◆
@cllrgavinjames.bsky.social
Co-leader Basingstoke and Deane Eastrop and Grove Ward. Hampshire County Council Basingstoke South East division
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Bromsgrove South (Worcestershire) Council By-Election Result:
🔶 LDM: 51.9% (+20.3)
➡️ RFM: 33.4% (-1.5)
🌳 CON: 11.3% (-5.8)
🌹 LAB: 3.4% (-4.1)
No GRN (-5.5) or Ind (-3.4) as previous.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Reform.
Changes w/ 2025.
🔶 LDM: 51.9% (+20.3)
➡️ RFM: 33.4% (-1.5)
🌳 CON: 11.3% (-5.8)
🌹 LAB: 3.4% (-4.1)
No GRN (-5.5) or Ind (-3.4) as previous.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Reform.
Changes w/ 2025.
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Bromsgrove South (Worcestershire) Council By-Election Result:
🔶 LDM: 51.9% (+20.3)
➡️ RFM: 33.4% (-1.5)
🌳 CON: 11.3% (-5.8)
🌹 LAB: 3.4% (-4.1)
No GRN (-5.5) or Ind (-3.4) as previous.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Reform.
Changes w/ 2025.
🔶 LDM: 51.9% (+20.3)
➡️ RFM: 33.4% (-1.5)
🌳 CON: 11.3% (-5.8)
🌹 LAB: 3.4% (-4.1)
No GRN (-5.5) or Ind (-3.4) as previous.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Reform.
Changes w/ 2025.
A band gets together and they fall out. Whilst the line-up changes, the band name remains. What would you call this band?
(Simple Minds is too easy think harder)
(Simple Minds is too easy think harder)
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A band gets together and they fall out. Whilst the line-up changes, the band name remains. What would you call this band?
(Simple Minds is too easy think harder)
(Simple Minds is too easy think harder)
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Ed Davey SLAMS Starmer for failing to fix Brexit UK-EU relationship
Ed Davey SLAMS Starmer for failing to fix Brexit UK-EU relationship
The PM must act now and repair the damage by negotiating a new UK-EU Customs Union to boost Britain’s trade and grow our economy.Join our campaign: https://w...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Ed Davey SLAMS Starmer for failing to fix Brexit UK-EU relationship
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If Labour agree that the Tories' botched Brexit deal is hurting our country, they should stop complaining and start fixing it.
Starting with a new UK-EU customs union.
Starting with a new UK-EU customs union.
October 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
If Labour agree that the Tories' botched Brexit deal is hurting our country, they should stop complaining and start fixing it.
Starting with a new UK-EU customs union.
Starting with a new UK-EU customs union.
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Back our campaign: www.libdems.org.uk/trade
Fix Britain's Trade
Liberal Democrats want to turbocharge our economy by forming a Customs Union with the EU, tearing down the trade barriers and red tape holding us back.
www.libdems.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Back our campaign: www.libdems.org.uk/trade
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The Tories can shout at me all they like, but the truth is their Brexit deal it is hurting our country and Labour won’t do anything about it.
Today I urged the Prime Minister to actually fix it.
Today I urged the Prime Minister to actually fix it.
October 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Tories can shout at me all they like, but the truth is their Brexit deal it is hurting our country and Labour won’t do anything about it.
Today I urged the Prime Minister to actually fix it.
Today I urged the Prime Minister to actually fix it.
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As I told the BBC today, Tory asylum accommodation contracts still allow providers to make obscene profit, earning 8x more by keeping asylum applicants in hotels.
Another scandal, like PPE - although one Labour could solve if they listened to the Liberal Democrats.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Another scandal, like PPE - although one Labour could solve if they listened to the Liberal Democrats.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
As I told the BBC today, Tory asylum accommodation contracts still allow providers to make obscene profit, earning 8x more by keeping asylum applicants in hotels.
Another scandal, like PPE - although one Labour could solve if they listened to the Liberal Democrats.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Another scandal, like PPE - although one Labour could solve if they listened to the Liberal Democrats.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"There's a real buzz?" That'll be Nigel Farage texting your delegates.
October 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"There's a real buzz?" That'll be Nigel Farage texting your delegates.
Uk snowflake of the year #Nigelfarage is furious after the #bbc broadcast a panel show without him on it. He later discovered the @privateeyenews.bsky.social editor said a hurty thing during it. Free speech defenders #GBnews want #hignfy axed for allowing free speech it doesn't like.
October 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Uk snowflake of the year #Nigelfarage is furious after the #bbc broadcast a panel show without him on it. He later discovered the @privateeyenews.bsky.social editor said a hurty thing during it. Free speech defenders #GBnews want #hignfy axed for allowing free speech it doesn't like.
It is shocking that any reasonable politician would suggest leaving the ECHR, but to do so "calmly" is added weirdness. What was the alternative?
Was "We will leave the ECHR dressed like ninjas singing 'sweet caroline' smashing the furniture on the way out" really considered?
Was "We will leave the ECHR dressed like ninjas singing 'sweet caroline' smashing the furniture on the way out" really considered?
October 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It is shocking that any reasonable politician would suggest leaving the ECHR, but to do so "calmly" is added weirdness. What was the alternative?
Was "We will leave the ECHR dressed like ninjas singing 'sweet caroline' smashing the furniture on the way out" really considered?
Was "We will leave the ECHR dressed like ninjas singing 'sweet caroline' smashing the furniture on the way out" really considered?
Keir Starmers worries;
Nigel Farage is stealing the agenda.
Andy Burnham is stealing his party.
@libdems.org.uk stealing his liberal wing
@greenparty.org.uk stealing his socialist wing
Kemi Badenoch, leader of the official opposition, no worries.
Strange times.
Nigel Farage is stealing the agenda.
Andy Burnham is stealing his party.
@libdems.org.uk stealing his liberal wing
@greenparty.org.uk stealing his socialist wing
Kemi Badenoch, leader of the official opposition, no worries.
Strange times.
September 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Keir Starmers worries;
Nigel Farage is stealing the agenda.
Andy Burnham is stealing his party.
@libdems.org.uk stealing his liberal wing
@greenparty.org.uk stealing his socialist wing
Kemi Badenoch, leader of the official opposition, no worries.
Strange times.
Nigel Farage is stealing the agenda.
Andy Burnham is stealing his party.
@libdems.org.uk stealing his liberal wing
@greenparty.org.uk stealing his socialist wing
Kemi Badenoch, leader of the official opposition, no worries.
Strange times.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
How to make policy
1. Establish the need/benefits to do it in the first place.
2. Consider the risks, mitigations, and costs.
3. Consider if the need/benefits justify the risk/costs.
ID cards are still stuck on stage 1
How to make policy
1. Establish the need/benefits to do it in the first place.
2. Consider the risks, mitigations, and costs.
3. Consider if the need/benefits justify the risk/costs.
ID cards are still stuck on stage 1
September 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
How to make policy
1. Establish the need/benefits to do it in the first place.
2. Consider the risks, mitigations, and costs.
3. Consider if the need/benefits justify the risk/costs.
ID cards are still stuck on stage 1
How to make policy
1. Establish the need/benefits to do it in the first place.
2. Consider the risks, mitigations, and costs.
3. Consider if the need/benefits justify the risk/costs.
ID cards are still stuck on stage 1
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What is happening in Gaza is a genocide. And the President of the United States is doing nothing to stop it.
Keir Starmer must raise this with Trump during the state visit.
Keir Starmer must raise this with Trump during the state visit.
September 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
What is happening in Gaza is a genocide. And the President of the United States is doing nothing to stop it.
Keir Starmer must raise this with Trump during the state visit.
Keir Starmer must raise this with Trump during the state visit.
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JD Vance is erasing from history the hundreds of British troops who gave their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.
March 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
JD Vance is erasing from history the hundreds of British troops who gave their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Lovely to be out knocking on doors this week in #Hook
Thanks to those who spared a few moments to tell me about:
👩🏫 Special Educational Needs
🍃 The #environment
🚌 Lack of rural #bus services
🫣 #potholes and the dreadful state of our roads.
Plus - anger at the cancellation of local elections.
Thanks to those who spared a few moments to tell me about:
👩🏫 Special Educational Needs
🍃 The #environment
🚌 Lack of rural #bus services
🫣 #potholes and the dreadful state of our roads.
Plus - anger at the cancellation of local elections.
February 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Lovely to be out knocking on doors this week in #Hook
Thanks to those who spared a few moments to tell me about:
👩🏫 Special Educational Needs
🍃 The #environment
🚌 Lack of rural #bus services
🫣 #potholes and the dreadful state of our roads.
Plus - anger at the cancellation of local elections.
Thanks to those who spared a few moments to tell me about:
👩🏫 Special Educational Needs
🍃 The #environment
🚌 Lack of rural #bus services
🫣 #potholes and the dreadful state of our roads.
Plus - anger at the cancellation of local elections.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How pensioners cope without winter fuel payments matters. How employers react to NI hike is important. Absence of an economic growth plan for the short term is frightening. That a young Rachel Reeves messed up her expenses form is not news, but a distraction from it.
How pensioners cope without winter fuel payments matters. How employers react to NI hike is important. Absence of an economic growth plan for the short term is frightening. That a young Rachel Reeves messed up her expenses form is not news, but a distraction from it.
Rachel Reeves: What we've learned about her expenses and Labour response
Senior figures defended the chancellor after we revealed her expenses were investigated before she was an MP.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How pensioners cope without winter fuel payments matters. How employers react to NI hike is important. Absence of an economic growth plan for the short term is frightening. That a young Rachel Reeves messed up her expenses form is not news, but a distraction from it.
How pensioners cope without winter fuel payments matters. How employers react to NI hike is important. Absence of an economic growth plan for the short term is frightening. That a young Rachel Reeves messed up her expenses form is not news, but a distraction from it.
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My statement following today's announcement of the cancellation of Hampshire County Council's elections.
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My statement following today's announcement of the cancellation of Hampshire County Council's elections.
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From visiting life-saving volunteers in at St John Ambulance, to calling for reforms to family courts, tackling housing issues, and advocating compassionate visa policies, it’s been a busy week representing #Woking and its villages!
January 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
From visiting life-saving volunteers in at St John Ambulance, to calling for reforms to family courts, tackling housing issues, and advocating compassionate visa policies, it’s been a busy week representing #Woking and its villages!
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In what was an eventful week for some important local issues, here's what I was working on:
January 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In what was an eventful week for some important local issues, here's what I was working on:
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The new Basingstoke Hospital, promised first by Boris Johnson and the Conservatives for completion by 2030, has now been delayed until between 2037 and 2039. This is unacceptable.
The Conservatives broke their word to our community and now this government has kicked the issue into the long grass.
The Conservatives broke their word to our community and now this government has kicked the issue into the long grass.
January 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The new Basingstoke Hospital, promised first by Boris Johnson and the Conservatives for completion by 2030, has now been delayed until between 2037 and 2039. This is unacceptable.
The Conservatives broke their word to our community and now this government has kicked the issue into the long grass.
The Conservatives broke their word to our community and now this government has kicked the issue into the long grass.
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❗ Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour
Chipping Norton (West Oxfordshire) council by-election result:
LDEM: 31.3% (+22.2)
CON: 29.7% (-0.2)
LAB: 27.2% (-33.8)
GRN: 11.8% (+11.8)
+/- 2022
Estimated turnout: ~23% (-13)
https://buff.ly/4fvFrWM
Chipping Norton (West Oxfordshire) council by-election result:
LDEM: 31.3% (+22.2)
CON: 29.7% (-0.2)
LAB: 27.2% (-33.8)
GRN: 11.8% (+11.8)
+/- 2022
Estimated turnout: ~23% (-13)
https://buff.ly/4fvFrWM
November 15, 2024 at 4:10 PM
❗ Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour
Chipping Norton (West Oxfordshire) council by-election result:
LDEM: 31.3% (+22.2)
CON: 29.7% (-0.2)
LAB: 27.2% (-33.8)
GRN: 11.8% (+11.8)
+/- 2022
Estimated turnout: ~23% (-13)
https://buff.ly/4fvFrWM
Chipping Norton (West Oxfordshire) council by-election result:
LDEM: 31.3% (+22.2)
CON: 29.7% (-0.2)
LAB: 27.2% (-33.8)
GRN: 11.8% (+11.8)
+/- 2022
Estimated turnout: ~23% (-13)
https://buff.ly/4fvFrWM
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❗ Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour after transfers
Colinton / Fairmilehead (Edinburgh) council by-election result:
LDEM: 36.3% (+22.5)
CON: 19.6% (-2.8)
LAB: 19.5% (-17.5)
SNP: 10.8% (-8.3)
GRN: 5.3% (-0.7)
+/- 2022
https://buff.ly/4fvFrWM
Colinton / Fairmilehead (Edinburgh) council by-election result:
LDEM: 36.3% (+22.5)
CON: 19.6% (-2.8)
LAB: 19.5% (-17.5)
SNP: 10.8% (-8.3)
GRN: 5.3% (-0.7)
+/- 2022
https://buff.ly/4fvFrWM
November 15, 2024 at 4:20 PM
❗ Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour after transfers
Colinton / Fairmilehead (Edinburgh) council by-election result:
LDEM: 36.3% (+22.5)
CON: 19.6% (-2.8)
LAB: 19.5% (-17.5)
SNP: 10.8% (-8.3)
GRN: 5.3% (-0.7)
+/- 2022
https://buff.ly/4fvFrWM
Colinton / Fairmilehead (Edinburgh) council by-election result:
LDEM: 36.3% (+22.5)
CON: 19.6% (-2.8)
LAB: 19.5% (-17.5)
SNP: 10.8% (-8.3)
GRN: 5.3% (-0.7)
+/- 2022
https://buff.ly/4fvFrWM
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“This situation has led to reduced consumer choice, strained business relationships, a tarnished UK business reputation, diminished confidence in border processes, compromised food security, and setbacks in achieving our environmental targets.” ~AA #Brexit
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Post-Brexit border checks putting food security at risk, produce sellers warn
Importers also facing rising costs, delays and damage to orders, letter from representatives tells government
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2024 at 9:25 AM
“This situation has led to reduced consumer choice, strained business relationships, a tarnished UK business reputation, diminished confidence in border processes, compromised food security, and setbacks in achieving our environmental targets.” ~AA #Brexit
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...