Paul Tyler
@ptylerxlords.bsky.social
Refugee from politics, total of nearly 30 years in Parliament, Cornish MP 1974, then 1992-2005, working Peer 2005-21. Co-author "Can Parliament Take Back Control?" 2023.
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Reform is mired in scandals of racism, corruption and Russian interference.
It's no wonder more and more people are turning to the positive voice of the Liberal Democrats as the antidote to this divisive politics.
It's no wonder more and more people are turning to the positive voice of the Liberal Democrats as the antidote to this divisive politics.
December 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Reform is mired in scandals of racism, corruption and Russian interference.
It's no wonder more and more people are turning to the positive voice of the Liberal Democrats as the antidote to this divisive politics.
It's no wonder more and more people are turning to the positive voice of the Liberal Democrats as the antidote to this divisive politics.
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🔥 WATCH THIS
Ben Maguire MP confronts the Taxpayers’ Alliance, one of the right-wing think tanks behind the Liz Truss mini-budget that sent people’s mortgages soaring.
The people who broke the economy don’t get to lecture the rest of us.
Ben Maguire MP confronts the Taxpayers’ Alliance, one of the right-wing think tanks behind the Liz Truss mini-budget that sent people’s mortgages soaring.
The people who broke the economy don’t get to lecture the rest of us.
December 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🔥 WATCH THIS
Ben Maguire MP confronts the Taxpayers’ Alliance, one of the right-wing think tanks behind the Liz Truss mini-budget that sent people’s mortgages soaring.
The people who broke the economy don’t get to lecture the rest of us.
Ben Maguire MP confronts the Taxpayers’ Alliance, one of the right-wing think tanks behind the Liz Truss mini-budget that sent people’s mortgages soaring.
The people who broke the economy don’t get to lecture the rest of us.
Congrats = Cream first in DEVON (jam first in CORNWALL cos it is so super superior you can get more on that way).
Looks like we’ve scone and done it!
Celebrating our 13th by-election win of the year in Devon - beating the Tories and Reform yet again.
Celebrating our 13th by-election win of the year in Devon - beating the Tories and Reform yet again.
December 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Congrats = Cream first in DEVON (jam first in CORNWALL cos it is so super superior you can get more on that way).
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Our democracy is under threat.
Unless we ditch our outdated voting system, the next election risks allowing Nigel Farage into Number 10 on the “pull of a one-armed bandit” gambling machine. I asked the Leader of the House to back the Lib Dem elections bill when it returns to Parliament in January.
Unless we ditch our outdated voting system, the next election risks allowing Nigel Farage into Number 10 on the “pull of a one-armed bandit” gambling machine. I asked the Leader of the House to back the Lib Dem elections bill when it returns to Parliament in January.
December 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Our democracy is under threat.
Unless we ditch our outdated voting system, the next election risks allowing Nigel Farage into Number 10 on the “pull of a one-armed bandit” gambling machine. I asked the Leader of the House to back the Lib Dem elections bill when it returns to Parliament in January.
Unless we ditch our outdated voting system, the next election risks allowing Nigel Farage into Number 10 on the “pull of a one-armed bandit” gambling machine. I asked the Leader of the House to back the Lib Dem elections bill when it returns to Parliament in January.
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We need an emergency flu vaccine drive to protect the vulnerable and prevent a disaster in the NHS.
That means jabs offered in pubs, churches and community spaces, and taking on the anti-vax lies promoted by Reform and other conspiracy theorists head on.
That means jabs offered in pubs, churches and community spaces, and taking on the anti-vax lies promoted by Reform and other conspiracy theorists head on.
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We need an emergency flu vaccine drive to protect the vulnerable and prevent a disaster in the NHS.
That means jabs offered in pubs, churches and community spaces, and taking on the anti-vax lies promoted by Reform and other conspiracy theorists head on.
That means jabs offered in pubs, churches and community spaces, and taking on the anti-vax lies promoted by Reform and other conspiracy theorists head on.
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And it passed by the narrowest of margins...with Nigel Farage absent.
🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
And it passed by the narrowest of margins...with Nigel Farage absent.
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It's taken Putin 4 years, over a million dead Russians, an insurrection, an expanded NATO and the complete evaporation of the myth of military might... and he still hasn't achieved the scale of Liz Truss' complete economic meltdown. Not yet, at least.
Liz be like: "8% inflation? Tut... Amateurs."
Liz be like: "8% inflation? Tut... Amateurs."
Russia cannot be beaten.
"But Putin can. He’s losing, not winning. And sooner or later, like the tsars and totalitarians of old, that same eternal Russia whose name he glorifies will chew him up and spit him out."
Outstanding piece on Putin's deluded gambit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"But Putin can. He’s losing, not winning. And sooner or later, like the tsars and totalitarians of old, that same eternal Russia whose name he glorifies will chew him up and spit him out."
Outstanding piece on Putin's deluded gambit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall | Simon Tisdall
The war against Ukraine has hit ordinary Russians hard, and the deteriorating situation is likely to inflame tensions, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It's taken Putin 4 years, over a million dead Russians, an insurrection, an expanded NATO and the complete evaporation of the myth of military might... and he still hasn't achieved the scale of Liz Truss' complete economic meltdown. Not yet, at least.
Liz be like: "8% inflation? Tut... Amateurs."
Liz be like: "8% inflation? Tut... Amateurs."
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The penny has dropped FINALLY
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The penny has dropped FINALLY
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A 'Russia Hoax' or Russian Hopes? How Putin’s Troll Farms are Boosting Nigel Farage’s Campaigns – Again
🔎 From the archive — July 2024
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/01/h...
🔎 From the archive — July 2024
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/01/h...
A 'Russia Hoax' or Russian Hopes? How Putin’s Troll Farms are Boosting Nigel Farage’s Campaigns – Again
Islamophobia, the Great Replacement Theory, and GB News are key elements in the Russian propaganda networks supporting the Reform Party
bylinetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
A 'Russia Hoax' or Russian Hopes? How Putin’s Troll Farms are Boosting Nigel Farage’s Campaigns – Again
🔎 From the archive — July 2024
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/01/h...
🔎 From the archive — July 2024
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/01/h...
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This is getting stupid now.
We're at the point where Labour acknowledge both the damage caused by Brexit AND that rejoining the Customs Union (more accurately, joining A Customs Union) would boost growth.
And yet they still reinforce their red lines.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
We're at the point where Labour acknowledge both the damage caused by Brexit AND that rejoining the Customs Union (more accurately, joining A Customs Union) would boost growth.
And yet they still reinforce their red lines.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
This is getting stupid now.
We're at the point where Labour acknowledge both the damage caused by Brexit AND that rejoining the Customs Union (more accurately, joining A Customs Union) would boost growth.
And yet they still reinforce their red lines.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
We're at the point where Labour acknowledge both the damage caused by Brexit AND that rejoining the Customs Union (more accurately, joining A Customs Union) would boost growth.
And yet they still reinforce their red lines.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Striking geographic pattern for where parties have been winning principal authority council by-elections since May.
(The part of the UK cropped out hasn't had any.)
One might even says this... looks like a two-party system?
(The part of the UK cropped out hasn't had any.)
One might even says this... looks like a two-party system?
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Striking geographic pattern for where parties have been winning principal authority council by-elections since May.
(The part of the UK cropped out hasn't had any.)
One might even says this... looks like a two-party system?
(The part of the UK cropped out hasn't had any.)
One might even says this... looks like a two-party system?
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The real scandal here is the Chancellor hiked people's taxes during a cost of living crisis instead of fixing our trade with Europe.
That is exactly what the Conservatives did for years after their disastrous Brexit deal. No wonder Kemi Badenoch isn't keen to talk about it.
That is exactly what the Conservatives did for years after their disastrous Brexit deal. No wonder Kemi Badenoch isn't keen to talk about it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The real scandal here is the Chancellor hiked people's taxes during a cost of living crisis instead of fixing our trade with Europe.
That is exactly what the Conservatives did for years after their disastrous Brexit deal. No wonder Kemi Badenoch isn't keen to talk about it.
That is exactly what the Conservatives did for years after their disastrous Brexit deal. No wonder Kemi Badenoch isn't keen to talk about it.
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It’s time to admit what a disaster Brexit has been.
Liberal Democrats have a plan to fix our trade with Europe to turbocharge the economy, fix the cost of living crisis and properly fund our public services.
Liberal Democrats have a plan to fix our trade with Europe to turbocharge the economy, fix the cost of living crisis and properly fund our public services.
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It’s time to admit what a disaster Brexit has been.
Liberal Democrats have a plan to fix our trade with Europe to turbocharge the economy, fix the cost of living crisis and properly fund our public services.
Liberal Democrats have a plan to fix our trade with Europe to turbocharge the economy, fix the cost of living crisis and properly fund our public services.
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Reform is sliding backwards in the polls
Reform is sliding backwards in the polls
Welcome to the 189th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which you might expect to be all about polling on the Budget.
buff.ly
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Reform is sliding backwards in the polls
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First it was stealth taxes on households, and now it’s a stealth tax on our high streets.
The government is hammering businesses, we need an urgent VAT cut for hospitality services now.
The government is hammering businesses, we need an urgent VAT cut for hospitality services now.
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
First it was stealth taxes on households, and now it’s a stealth tax on our high streets.
The government is hammering businesses, we need an urgent VAT cut for hospitality services now.
The government is hammering businesses, we need an urgent VAT cut for hospitality services now.
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"This was a low-growth, high-tax budget from a government that I fear just isn't listening.”
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"This was a low-growth, high-tax budget from a government that I fear just isn't listening.”
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
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Liberal Democrats vs Reform UK Ltd: who’s really the underdog?
The Liberal Democrats hold 72 parliamentary seats, yet the media have sidelined Ed Davey while Reform UK Ltd hogs column inches and airtime
@politicalsatirical.bsky.social
The Liberal Democrats hold 72 parliamentary seats, yet the media have sidelined Ed Davey while Reform UK Ltd hogs column inches and airtime
@politicalsatirical.bsky.social
Liberal Democrats vs Reform UK Ltd: who’s really the underdog?
The Liberal Democrats hold 72 parliamentary seats, yet the media have sidelined Ed Davey while Reform UK Ltd hogs column inches and airtime
centralbylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Liberal Democrats vs Reform UK Ltd: who’s really the underdog?
The Liberal Democrats hold 72 parliamentary seats, yet the media have sidelined Ed Davey while Reform UK Ltd hogs column inches and airtime
@politicalsatirical.bsky.social
The Liberal Democrats hold 72 parliamentary seats, yet the media have sidelined Ed Davey while Reform UK Ltd hogs column inches and airtime
@politicalsatirical.bsky.social
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The Conservatives have failed to win a single council seat in the South East since May.
Lib Dems, however, are going strong. 💪
Lib Dems, however, are going strong. 💪
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Conservatives have failed to win a single council seat in the South East since May.
Lib Dems, however, are going strong. 💪
Lib Dems, however, are going strong. 💪
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An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue. And we all know who should be questioned first.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue. And we all know who should be questioned first.
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"Is it not time that we had a proper consideration in this House of changes to the voting system, so that the next election is not a disaster for democracy?"
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Is it not time that we had a proper consideration in this House of changes to the voting system, so that the next election is not a disaster for democracy?"
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
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The news that a national lockdown could have been avoided is shattering. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who lost loved ones during the pandemic.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The news that a national lockdown could have been avoided is shattering. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who lost loved ones during the pandemic.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservative Party. This tragedy must never be repeated.
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Tune into BBC1 after the News at 10 or live on BBC iPlayer from 9pm to catch @JoshBabarinde.bsky.social on @bbcquestiontime! #BBCQT
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Tune into BBC1 after the News at 10 or live on BBC iPlayer from 9pm to catch @JoshBabarinde.bsky.social on @bbcquestiontime! #BBCQT
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We Liberal Democrats are fighting to save the high street and cut your cost of living.
Our plan would cut your energy bills, slash VAT for hospitality, and put £270 back in your pocket.
All paid for by a windfall tax on the QE-related unexpected profits of the big banks.
Our plan would cut your energy bills, slash VAT for hospitality, and put £270 back in your pocket.
All paid for by a windfall tax on the QE-related unexpected profits of the big banks.
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We Liberal Democrats are fighting to save the high street and cut your cost of living.
Our plan would cut your energy bills, slash VAT for hospitality, and put £270 back in your pocket.
All paid for by a windfall tax on the QE-related unexpected profits of the big banks.
Our plan would cut your energy bills, slash VAT for hospitality, and put £270 back in your pocket.
All paid for by a windfall tax on the QE-related unexpected profits of the big banks.
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The news that a national lockdown could have been avoided is shattering. Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservatives.
People will never forgive them for partying while they left the country vulnerable and grieving.
People will never forgive them for partying while they left the country vulnerable and grieving.
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The news that a national lockdown could have been avoided is shattering. Kemi Badenoch should apologise on behalf of the Conservatives.
People will never forgive them for partying while they left the country vulnerable and grieving.
People will never forgive them for partying while they left the country vulnerable and grieving.