Edward Metcalfe 🔶
@edwardm12.bsky.social
Press Officer to @tomgordonld.bsky.social
& Harrogate Town Councillor for Valley Gardens
& Harrogate Town Councillor for Valley Gardens
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A huge congrats to our new Harrogate Town Councillors.
A resounding success, with 15/19 councillors - just 2 votes shy of 16, and building upon our General election.
The first ever Harrogate town council is a Lib Dem one.
Join our winning team today:
libdems.org.uk/join-local
A resounding success, with 15/19 councillors - just 2 votes shy of 16, and building upon our General election.
The first ever Harrogate town council is a Lib Dem one.
Join our winning team today:
libdems.org.uk/join-local
May 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A huge congrats to our new Harrogate Town Councillors.
A resounding success, with 15/19 councillors - just 2 votes shy of 16, and building upon our General election.
The first ever Harrogate town council is a Lib Dem one.
Join our winning team today:
libdems.org.uk/join-local
A resounding success, with 15/19 councillors - just 2 votes shy of 16, and building upon our General election.
The first ever Harrogate town council is a Lib Dem one.
Join our winning team today:
libdems.org.uk/join-local
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When you arrive early for @conference.libdems.org.uk with nothing to do, what else but to deliver leaflets for @edwardm12.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
When you arrive early for @conference.libdems.org.uk with nothing to do, what else but to deliver leaflets for @edwardm12.bsky.social
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Cutting PIP & disability benefits isn’t just cruel, it’s a fundamental misunderstanding of what they’re for.
They aren’t means-tested or linked to employment; they exist to cover the extra daily costs of disability.
Cutting them would be an outright attack on disabled people.
They aren’t means-tested or linked to employment; they exist to cover the extra daily costs of disability.
Cutting them would be an outright attack on disabled people.
Starmer decries ‘worst of all worlds’ benefits systems ahead of deep cuts
Starmer decries ‘worst of all worlds’ benefits systems ahead of deep cuts
PM expected to announce billions in savings from the personal independence payment, the main disability benefit
Britain’s benefits system is the “worst of all worlds”, with the numbers out of work or training “indefensible and unfair,” the prime minister…
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March 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Cutting PIP & disability benefits isn’t just cruel, it’s a fundamental misunderstanding of what they’re for.
They aren’t means-tested or linked to employment; they exist to cover the extra daily costs of disability.
Cutting them would be an outright attack on disabled people.
They aren’t means-tested or linked to employment; they exist to cover the extra daily costs of disability.
Cutting them would be an outright attack on disabled people.
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Similar treatment to Wales over HS2 …
Today, I asked the Transport Secretary when the North would see the money promised after HS2’s northern leg was scrapped.
She called it “fantasy money.”
The Tories failed to level up the North - now Labour is failing to invest. Broken promises yet again.
She called it “fantasy money.”
The Tories failed to level up the North - now Labour is failing to invest. Broken promises yet again.
February 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Similar treatment to Wales over HS2 …
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Today, I asked the Transport Secretary when the North would see the money promised after HS2’s northern leg was scrapped.
She called it “fantasy money.”
The Tories failed to level up the North - now Labour is failing to invest. Broken promises yet again.
She called it “fantasy money.”
The Tories failed to level up the North - now Labour is failing to invest. Broken promises yet again.
February 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Today, I asked the Transport Secretary when the North would see the money promised after HS2’s northern leg was scrapped.
She called it “fantasy money.”
The Tories failed to level up the North - now Labour is failing to invest. Broken promises yet again.
She called it “fantasy money.”
The Tories failed to level up the North - now Labour is failing to invest. Broken promises yet again.
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We can't let British democracy turn into a plaything for overseas billionaires with short attention spans.
At PMQs, I urged the Prime Minister to work with us to make sure power always sits with the voters, not wealthy foreign oligarchs.
At PMQs, I urged the Prime Minister to work with us to make sure power always sits with the voters, not wealthy foreign oligarchs.
January 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We can't let British democracy turn into a plaything for overseas billionaires with short attention spans.
At PMQs, I urged the Prime Minister to work with us to make sure power always sits with the voters, not wealthy foreign oligarchs.
At PMQs, I urged the Prime Minister to work with us to make sure power always sits with the voters, not wealthy foreign oligarchs.
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Taking the leap into Bluesky 👋
January 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Taking the leap into Bluesky 👋
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🚨 Today, I’ve launched my new website:
👉 tomgordon.org.uk
📱 With over 100 articles, you can find out more about what I’ve been up to - both in our area and in Parliament.
📧 You can also sign up for my regular newsletter to stay up to date:
👉 tomgordon.org.uk/newsletter
👉 tomgordon.org.uk
📱 With over 100 articles, you can find out more about what I’ve been up to - both in our area and in Parliament.
📧 You can also sign up for my regular newsletter to stay up to date:
👉 tomgordon.org.uk/newsletter
December 16, 2024 at 4:38 PM
🚨 Today, I’ve launched my new website:
👉 tomgordon.org.uk
📱 With over 100 articles, you can find out more about what I’ve been up to - both in our area and in Parliament.
📧 You can also sign up for my regular newsletter to stay up to date:
👉 tomgordon.org.uk/newsletter
👉 tomgordon.org.uk
📱 With over 100 articles, you can find out more about what I’ve been up to - both in our area and in Parliament.
📧 You can also sign up for my regular newsletter to stay up to date:
👉 tomgordon.org.uk/newsletter
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Liberal Democrats have always led the fight for fair votes.
As we have done for a century, we will continue to fight for electoral reform to make sure that no one can be ignored in our democracy.
As we have done for a century, we will continue to fight for electoral reform to make sure that no one can be ignored in our democracy.
December 3, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Liberal Democrats have always led the fight for fair votes.
As we have done for a century, we will continue to fight for electoral reform to make sure that no one can be ignored in our democracy.
As we have done for a century, we will continue to fight for electoral reform to make sure that no one can be ignored in our democracy.
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MPs have BACKED Sarah Olney's Lib Dem bill on electoral reform. This is a historic day for fair votes.
Today, as we have done for a century, Liberal Democrats are leading the fight for fair votes and making sure that no one can be ignored in our democracy.
Today, as we have done for a century, Liberal Democrats are leading the fight for fair votes and making sure that no one can be ignored in our democracy.
MPs will today vote on Sarah Olney's bill, which would introduce electoral reform and proportional representation to elections in England.
Following years of the Conservatives’ denigrating standards in public life, we urgently need to restore the public’s trust in politics.
Following years of the Conservatives’ denigrating standards in public life, we urgently need to restore the public’s trust in politics.
December 3, 2024 at 3:28 PM
MPs have BACKED Sarah Olney's Lib Dem bill on electoral reform. This is a historic day for fair votes.
Today, as we have done for a century, Liberal Democrats are leading the fight for fair votes and making sure that no one can be ignored in our democracy.
Today, as we have done for a century, Liberal Democrats are leading the fight for fair votes and making sure that no one can be ignored in our democracy.
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A win for Sarah Olney’s 10 minute rule bill - Elections (Proportional Representation). With a majority of 2!
Our country desperately needs a fairer electoral system under which every vote count.
Our country desperately needs a fairer electoral system under which every vote count.
December 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM
A win for Sarah Olney’s 10 minute rule bill - Elections (Proportional Representation). With a majority of 2!
Our country desperately needs a fairer electoral system under which every vote count.
Our country desperately needs a fairer electoral system under which every vote count.
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You’ve never heard a Christmas single quite like this before.
You’ve never heard a Christmas single quite like this before.
You’ve never heard a Christmas single quite like this before.Ed Davey and Bath Philharmonia Young Carers' Choir present: “Love is Enough” - in support of the...
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November 28, 2024 at 1:48 PM
You’ve never heard a Christmas single quite like this before.