Jack Meredith | Liberal Social Democrat
@jackmeredithwrites.bsky.social
Jack Meredith is a liberal social democrat and a member of the Welsh Liberal Democrats. He writes about democratic politics, international affairs, and human rights.
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Lib Dems win the only UK by-election yesterday
Bearsden South in Scotland under multi-stage alternative vote system
INTERESTING: The Labour vote dropped out on stage 4 mostly transferring to Lib Dem not Greens
HT @electionmaps.uk
Bearsden South in Scotland under multi-stage alternative vote system
INTERESTING: The Labour vote dropped out on stage 4 mostly transferring to Lib Dem not Greens
HT @electionmaps.uk
January 30, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Lib Dems win the only UK by-election yesterday
Bearsden South in Scotland under multi-stage alternative vote system
INTERESTING: The Labour vote dropped out on stage 4 mostly transferring to Lib Dem not Greens
HT @electionmaps.uk
Bearsden South in Scotland under multi-stage alternative vote system
INTERESTING: The Labour vote dropped out on stage 4 mostly transferring to Lib Dem not Greens
HT @electionmaps.uk
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I've maintained for a long while that the Starmer project was fundamentally about trying to turn Labour into a centrist-to-centre-right monolith straddling the middle of British politics, in the mould of Macron.
And it's working out just as badly as it has for Macron.
And it's working out just as badly as it has for Macron.
The point of this project - loudly blared by McSweeney at anyone who would listen - was to establish Labour as the natural party of government by winning the approval of cranky reactionaries and racists. A project that was visibly fucked and broken on election day, and has only got more slapstick.
January 30, 2026 at 12:39 PM
I've maintained for a long while that the Starmer project was fundamentally about trying to turn Labour into a centrist-to-centre-right monolith straddling the middle of British politics, in the mould of Macron.
And it's working out just as badly as it has for Macron.
And it's working out just as badly as it has for Macron.
Has Rachel Reeves forgotten the role people who went to university play in society? Doctors, lawyers, lecturers, politicians LIKE HER, who went to Oxford and LSE!
Rachel Reeves: "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to." I don't use local leisure centres and I don't drive, so will I be made exempt for taxation that pays for all that stuff? Or is it only education we'll be going after
January 30, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Has Rachel Reeves forgotten the role people who went to university play in society? Doctors, lawyers, lecturers, politicians LIKE HER, who went to Oxford and LSE!
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Somehow Gorton & Denton makes me think of Dandelion and Burdock.
January 30, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Somehow Gorton & Denton makes me think of Dandelion and Burdock.
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🚨Lib Dems GAIN Bearsden South
Congratulations to our newest councillor Ben Langmead!
Congratulations to our newest councillor Ben Langmead!
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 AM
🚨Lib Dems GAIN Bearsden South
Congratulations to our newest councillor Ben Langmead!
Congratulations to our newest councillor Ben Langmead!
Democracy Translated is a new series on turning democratic values into durable institutions and reliable outcomes.
Publishing soon; platforms to be announced.
Follow along, and if there’s a question you want the series to tackle, drop it in the replies.
#Politics
#Democracy
#PublicPolicy
Publishing soon; platforms to be announced.
Follow along, and if there’s a question you want the series to tackle, drop it in the replies.
#Politics
#Democracy
#PublicPolicy
January 30, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Democracy Translated is a new series on turning democratic values into durable institutions and reliable outcomes.
Publishing soon; platforms to be announced.
Follow along, and if there’s a question you want the series to tackle, drop it in the replies.
#Politics
#Democracy
#PublicPolicy
Publishing soon; platforms to be announced.
Follow along, and if there’s a question you want the series to tackle, drop it in the replies.
#Politics
#Democracy
#PublicPolicy
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The targeting of Fed Chair Jerome Powell is our warning. The Fed must stay independent not because it's perfect, but because once monetary policy becomes political, economic stability collapses.
Check out one of my recent Substack articles, along with a video, at the link in my reply.
Check out one of my recent Substack articles, along with a video, at the link in my reply.
January 29, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The targeting of Fed Chair Jerome Powell is our warning. The Fed must stay independent not because it's perfect, but because once monetary policy becomes political, economic stability collapses.
Check out one of my recent Substack articles, along with a video, at the link in my reply.
Check out one of my recent Substack articles, along with a video, at the link in my reply.
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Nigel Farage wants every police officer in the UK to carry a gun.
Don't let him turn Britain into his version of Trump's America.
Don't let him turn Britain into his version of Trump's America.
January 29, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Nigel Farage wants every police officer in the UK to carry a gun.
Don't let him turn Britain into his version of Trump's America.
Don't let him turn Britain into his version of Trump's America.
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The answer is to ensure that these kids get a good education and their parents can find well-paying jobs.
Welfare reform should not be about pushing people into immediate poverty, it should be about supporting people back into work.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
Welfare reform should not be about pushing people into immediate poverty, it should be about supporting people back into work.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
Scottish Tories to reintroduce two child benefit cap for low income families
Party leader Russell Findlay said the SNP Government's flagship Scottish child payment should only be given to the first two children in a family.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The answer is to ensure that these kids get a good education and their parents can find well-paying jobs.
Welfare reform should not be about pushing people into immediate poverty, it should be about supporting people back into work.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
Welfare reform should not be about pushing people into immediate poverty, it should be about supporting people back into work.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
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The nasty party is well and truly back.
Russell Findlay might be happy leaning into the role of the moustache twirling villain but the bottom line is that this policy will push children in many communities into poverty and it must be condemned.
Russell Findlay might be happy leaning into the role of the moustache twirling villain but the bottom line is that this policy will push children in many communities into poverty and it must be condemned.
January 29, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The nasty party is well and truly back.
Russell Findlay might be happy leaning into the role of the moustache twirling villain but the bottom line is that this policy will push children in many communities into poverty and it must be condemned.
Russell Findlay might be happy leaning into the role of the moustache twirling villain but the bottom line is that this policy will push children in many communities into poverty and it must be condemned.
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Margaret MacGill has been stuck in hospital for more than 400 days, because the carers she needs just aren’t available.
It's now cost the NHS nearly £200,000 to keep her in hospital, when she doesn’t need or want to be there.
You cannot fix the NHS without fixing social care.
It's now cost the NHS nearly £200,000 to keep her in hospital, when she doesn’t need or want to be there.
You cannot fix the NHS without fixing social care.
January 29, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Margaret MacGill has been stuck in hospital for more than 400 days, because the carers she needs just aren’t available.
It's now cost the NHS nearly £200,000 to keep her in hospital, when she doesn’t need or want to be there.
You cannot fix the NHS without fixing social care.
It's now cost the NHS nearly £200,000 to keep her in hospital, when she doesn’t need or want to be there.
You cannot fix the NHS without fixing social care.
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Over 1,000 illegal waste dumping sites discovered last year. Only half have been cleaned up.
This is a national crime. We must crack down on these organised criminals and clean up our communities.
This is a national crime. We must crack down on these organised criminals and clean up our communities.
January 29, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Over 1,000 illegal waste dumping sites discovered last year. Only half have been cleaned up.
This is a national crime. We must crack down on these organised criminals and clean up our communities.
This is a national crime. We must crack down on these organised criminals and clean up our communities.
Grateful to have had work published across these outlets. Writing is how I think through democracy, institutions, and what reform looks like when it’s meant to help people, not just sound good.
#Democracy #Politics #SocialDemocracy #Liberal
#Democracy #Politics #SocialDemocracy #Liberal
January 28, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Grateful to have had work published across these outlets. Writing is how I think through democracy, institutions, and what reform looks like when it’s meant to help people, not just sound good.
#Democracy #Politics #SocialDemocracy #Liberal
#Democracy #Politics #SocialDemocracy #Liberal
Permanent mobilisation can feel #radical.
#Democracy, in practice, is harder.
I’ve written about why #movements without a viable endpoint often fail to deliver change, and how that corrodes #democratic trust.
📖 Why I’m uneasy with permanent mobilisation and what it does to democratic trust.
#Democracy, in practice, is harder.
I’ve written about why #movements without a viable endpoint often fail to deliver change, and how that corrodes #democratic trust.
📖 Why I’m uneasy with permanent mobilisation and what it does to democratic trust.
Why I'm uneasy with permanent mobilisation and what it does to democratic trust
Anger needs an exit strategy
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Permanent mobilisation can feel #radical.
#Democracy, in practice, is harder.
I’ve written about why #movements without a viable endpoint often fail to deliver change, and how that corrodes #democratic trust.
📖 Why I’m uneasy with permanent mobilisation and what it does to democratic trust.
#Democracy, in practice, is harder.
I’ve written about why #movements without a viable endpoint often fail to deliver change, and how that corrodes #democratic trust.
📖 Why I’m uneasy with permanent mobilisation and what it does to democratic trust.
My new piece, Radical stability and the work of reform, argues that Britain’s problem is not a lack of ideas, but weakened institutions and eroded trust, and that reform only lasts when it is built on competence, restraint, and democratic credibility.
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/jackmere...
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/jackmere...
January 27, 2026 at 10:21 PM
My new piece, Radical stability and the work of reform, argues that Britain’s problem is not a lack of ideas, but weakened institutions and eroded trust, and that reform only lasts when it is built on competence, restraint, and democratic credibility.
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/jackmere...
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/jackmere...
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Brief Guide To UK Politics:
Labour: a centrist party trying to appeal to the right that magically becomes left-wing at election time
Tories: a right-wing party that would’ve solved everything if only it wasn’t in government at the time
Reform: The Tories guest starring a paedophile’s friend
Labour: a centrist party trying to appeal to the right that magically becomes left-wing at election time
Tories: a right-wing party that would’ve solved everything if only it wasn’t in government at the time
Reform: The Tories guest starring a paedophile’s friend
January 26, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Brief Guide To UK Politics:
Labour: a centrist party trying to appeal to the right that magically becomes left-wing at election time
Tories: a right-wing party that would’ve solved everything if only it wasn’t in government at the time
Reform: The Tories guest starring a paedophile’s friend
Labour: a centrist party trying to appeal to the right that magically becomes left-wing at election time
Tories: a right-wing party that would’ve solved everything if only it wasn’t in government at the time
Reform: The Tories guest starring a paedophile’s friend
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*Not so fun fact. Matt Goodwin was my dissertation supervisor.
Only briefly mind. I swapped after he said that my idea - a study and survey on the politics of the homeless (less than 1% vote) - was of "no academic interest".
I got a 1st 🎓
Only briefly mind. I swapped after he said that my idea - a study and survey on the politics of the homeless (less than 1% vote) - was of "no academic interest".
I got a 1st 🎓
BREAKING: Reform UK have announced GB News host and far-right commentator Matt Goodwin as their candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
*Not so fun fact. Matt Goodwin was my dissertation supervisor.
Only briefly mind. I swapped after he said that my idea - a study and survey on the politics of the homeless (less than 1% vote) - was of "no academic interest".
I got a 1st 🎓
Only briefly mind. I swapped after he said that my idea - a study and survey on the politics of the homeless (less than 1% vote) - was of "no academic interest".
I got a 1st 🎓
It really is disappointing to see how the man who provided us with a scathing critique of Reform's politics is now willing to sell-out his own principles to stand for them.
NEW: Former academic Matt Goodwin has been announced as Reform UK's candidate for the Gorton & Denton byelection.
January 27, 2026 at 6:18 PM
It really is disappointing to see how the man who provided us with a scathing critique of Reform's politics is now willing to sell-out his own principles to stand for them.
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There is great irony that the man Reform have selected to win Gorton and Denton for them is the same man (in his previous life as a serious academic) who co-wrote a superb book called National Populism that dissects the very same ideas he now promotes.
NEW: Former academic Matt Goodwin has been announced as Reform UK's candidate for the Gorton & Denton byelection.
January 27, 2026 at 5:31 PM
There is great irony that the man Reform have selected to win Gorton and Denton for them is the same man (in his previous life as a serious academic) who co-wrote a superb book called National Populism that dissects the very same ideas he now promotes.
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Alex Pretti was absolutely the best of us
CNN reporting that a week before Alex Pretti was killed, 5 agents tackled him and he suffered a broken rib. CNN says he stopped his car after he saw ICE agents interacting with a family on foot and began to blow his whistle. Source tells CNN Pretti believed “That day he thought he was going to die”
January 27, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Alex Pretti was absolutely the best of us
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The arguments for and against a social media ban for under-16s offer a philosophical challenge for liberals, and @jackmeredithwrites.bsky.social outlines some of the evidence for and against… www.libdemvoice.org/ofcom-has-fa...
Ofcom has failed; banning under-16s won’t fix it
By 261 votes to 150, the House of Lords has backed a social media ban for under-16s. Arguments for the ban On the one hand, I understand the need for action. A study from the Child Mind Institute sugg...
www.libdemvoice.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The arguments for and against a social media ban for under-16s offer a philosophical challenge for liberals, and @jackmeredithwrites.bsky.social outlines some of the evidence for and against… www.libdemvoice.org/ofcom-has-fa...