Patrick Gilbert
@patrickgilbert.bsky.social
Lib Dem campaigns. Some other things I'm sure. he/him
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The @libdems.org.uk and I have written to the Conservative leader urging her to condemn the comments by one of her MPs who said large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported
Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The @libdems.org.uk and I have written to the Conservative leader urging her to condemn the comments by one of her MPs who said large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I will never, ever, be 'culturally coherent' with Katie Lam or anyone else who thinks like this
Sunday Times interview Tory "rising star" Katie Lam
She is clear she wants lots of legal migrants to be told to "go home" so as "to leave a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people"
(The interviewer suggests she is scrapping ILR or stripping people of it)
She is clear she wants lots of legal migrants to be told to "go home" so as "to leave a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people"
(The interviewer suggests she is scrapping ILR or stripping people of it)
October 20, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I will never, ever, be 'culturally coherent' with Katie Lam or anyone else who thinks like this
BBC rapidly entering wrong side of history territory
Chris Mason: Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before
Chris Mason: Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before
The conference feels like that of a big party - but retains the insurgency vibe that the party is seeking to channel.
www.bbc.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
BBC rapidly entering wrong side of history territory
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If I were the BBC political editor, I would, maybe, mention some of the things said at the conference.
Chris Mason: Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before
Chris Mason: Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before
The conference feels like that of a big party - but retains the insurgency vibe that the party is seeking to channel.
www.bbc.com
September 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
If I were the BBC political editor, I would, maybe, mention some of the things said at the conference.
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Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.
August 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.
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I worked with Janet at the DfE - she was my fellow policy adviser (supporting Lib Dem ministers). She was brilliant and cares more about local government than anyone I've ever met so if you happen to live in her ward do vote for her.
Proud to join friends from across London in West Hampstead on Saturday to support the brilliant Janet Grauberg in the by-election happening on 28th August.
…a Lab Cllr defected to the Cons, then resigned after being filmed abusing a local shopkeeper…no wonder residents were behind Janet to win!
…a Lab Cllr defected to the Cons, then resigned after being filmed abusing a local shopkeeper…no wonder residents were behind Janet to win!
August 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I worked with Janet at the DfE - she was my fellow policy adviser (supporting Lib Dem ministers). She was brilliant and cares more about local government than anyone I've ever met so if you happen to live in her ward do vote for her.
I'm not suggesting it warrants its destruction, but the chair is hideous
Tourists damage crystal-covered chair in Italian museum by sitting on it
Tourists damage crystal-covered chair in Italian museum by sitting on it
Palazzo Maffei in Verona contacts police after visitors cause Van Gogh’s Chair to buckle while posing for photos
An Italian museum has contacted the police after two clumsy tourists almost wrecked a work of art while posing for photos.
Video footage released by Palazzo Maffei in Verona showed the hapless pair photographing each other pretending to sit on a crystal-covered chair made by the artist Nicola Bolla – described by the museum as an “extremely fragile” work. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I'm not suggesting it warrants its destruction, but the chair is hideous
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Democratic senators need to stop pretending that GOP senators are their “good friends across the aisle” and realize many of them are just lying sociopaths who are actively fanning the flames of violence against them.
It’s not just Mike Lee — Bernie Moreno is pretending that a registered Republican evangelical anti-abortion Trump voter who assassinated a Democrat and had more on his hit list is a representative of “the extreme left”
June 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Democratic senators need to stop pretending that GOP senators are their “good friends across the aisle” and realize many of them are just lying sociopaths who are actively fanning the flames of violence against them.
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It looks awfully like the government intends to raise the costs of care provision councils are legally required to organise, but fail to fully fund the increased costs. Which will mean voters again paying more in council tax for worse (non-care) local govt. Which will again encourage Reform voting.
May 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
It looks awfully like the government intends to raise the costs of care provision councils are legally required to organise, but fail to fully fund the increased costs. Which will mean voters again paying more in council tax for worse (non-care) local govt. Which will again encourage Reform voting.
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Arresting Quaker women for non-violent protest and breaking into a meeting house to do so. The first time anyone has been arrested in a meeting house in living memory. Despicable behaviour from a Labour government’s Home Office/the Met Police.
🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Arresting Quaker women for non-violent protest and breaking into a meeting house to do so. The first time anyone has been arrested in a meeting house in living memory. Despicable behaviour from a Labour government’s Home Office/the Met Police.
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I don't care what side of the Israel-Palestine conflict your sympathies lie on, snatching up people with a valid student visa for the crime of writing an OpEd is naked fascism and if you don't oppose this you are a threat to this country's most basic values
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I don't care what side of the Israel-Palestine conflict your sympathies lie on, snatching up people with a valid student visa for the crime of writing an OpEd is naked fascism and if you don't oppose this you are a threat to this country's most basic values
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Yes, if there's one thing our murderously divided polity needs at this point, it's a trusted brand feeding it news tailored to confirm their own biases.
SCOOP: BBC News to create a new department using AI to help give the public more personalised content.
In a note to staff seen by the Guardian, Deborah Turness, CEO of BBC News, says the corporation has been “defying gravity” in reaching audiences amid seismic changes in the way news is consumed.
In a note to staff seen by the Guardian, Deborah Turness, CEO of BBC News, says the corporation has been “defying gravity” in reaching audiences amid seismic changes in the way news is consumed.
BBC News to create AI department to offer more personalised content
Boss says BBC News’s reach is ‘defying gravity’ and it must use AI to ‘support and accelerate our growth’
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Yes, if there's one thing our murderously divided polity needs at this point, it's a trusted brand feeding it news tailored to confirm their own biases.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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I’ve been consistently surprised that Canada’s Commonwealth status hasn’t been put to UK govt ministers more. The King (about whom Trump claims “great respect”) is head of state of Canada. Trump is saying he should be head of state of Canada. Is the UK govt neutral on that?
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau:
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
March 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I’ve been consistently surprised that Canada’s Commonwealth status hasn’t been put to UK govt ministers more. The King (about whom Trump claims “great respect”) is head of state of Canada. Trump is saying he should be head of state of Canada. Is the UK govt neutral on that?
"it's difficult, difficult, lemon difficult"
February 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
"it's difficult, difficult, lemon difficult"
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IR is such a US-coded discipline that you have loads of analysts and journalists with IR backgrounds still churning out wordcount about what Trump will do with US hegemony even as the geopolitical reality looks more and more like this:
February 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
IR is such a US-coded discipline that you have loads of analysts and journalists with IR backgrounds still churning out wordcount about what Trump will do with US hegemony even as the geopolitical reality looks more and more like this:
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So pleased for Shaffaq that he will be joining Caroline and the rest of our Lords team, and very humbled that I will be joining them too:
www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
New Liberal Democrat members of the House of Lords
Two Liberal Democrat appointments to the House of Lords have been announced today - Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed MBE and Dr Mark Pack, they join Caroline Pidgeon who was appointed to the House of Lords in Ju...
www.libdems.org.uk
December 20, 2024 at 2:51 PM
So pleased for Shaffaq that he will be joining Caroline and the rest of our Lords team, and very humbled that I will be joining them too:
www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
"Is Borish Johnson autistic" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate,
December 9, 2024 at 4:42 PM
"Is Borish Johnson autistic" - the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate,
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I think Starmer needs to get rid of this bloke. It's unacceptable for someone in a position such as Hendy was to dismiss someone for raising safety concerns.
August 29, 2024 at 7:49 AM
I think Starmer needs to get rid of this bloke. It's unacceptable for someone in a position such as Hendy was to dismiss someone for raising safety concerns.
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Nate Silver shows his whole hand (some might say ass) in this guest column for the @nytimes.com. He’s been hanging with “like minded” folks in Silicon Valley, Wall St, the high stakes poker circuit and crypto—a group he calls the “River.” 1/x
Opinion | I Have Been Studying Poker for Years. Kamala Harris Isn’t Bluffing.
So far in the 2024 election, the party known for aversion to risk has been making better risk-management decisions.
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Nate Silver shows his whole hand (some might say ass) in this guest column for the @nytimes.com. He’s been hanging with “like minded” folks in Silicon Valley, Wall St, the high stakes poker circuit and crypto—a group he calls the “River.” 1/x
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Bluesky is the political wing of Strava
August 13, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Bluesky is the political wing of Strava
I think a sign of me getting older is the amount of sheer respect I have for airport dads now. A man there in a polo shirt with his family and his clear plastic wallet, in awe, so happy for him, etc
August 12, 2024 at 9:01 AM
I think a sign of me getting older is the amount of sheer respect I have for airport dads now. A man there in a polo shirt with his family and his clear plastic wallet, in awe, so happy for him, etc
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Reading a few FAQs on 'r/butteredtoast' and less than a week later, finding myself torn between spending more than $100 on something called the 'Butter Basics kit' vs. something three or four times as much, 'Toast of the Town Complete Kitchen Set'
August 9, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Reading a few FAQs on 'r/butteredtoast' and less than a week later, finding myself torn between spending more than $100 on something called the 'Butter Basics kit' vs. something three or four times as much, 'Toast of the Town Complete Kitchen Set'
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If you’re in line to have your wallet inspected, stay in line
August 8, 2024 at 9:46 PM
If you’re in line to have your wallet inspected, stay in line
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Am I following too few people or are there only Financial Times journalists on here?
December 21, 2023 at 8:33 AM
Am I following too few people or are there only Financial Times journalists on here?