Cliff Waterman
westsuffolkcliff.bsky.social
Cliff Waterman
@westsuffolkcliff.bsky.social
Labour councillor and Leader of West Suffolk Council.

Residents of West Suffolk can email me on
cliff.waterman@westsuffolk.gov.uk
I once lent my DVD of North by Northwest to a friend, telling her it was my favourite Hitchcock. "Sexist rubbish" was her verdict. I prefer to think of it as portrayed here: an incredibly stylish, confident and involving film, made by a craftsman on his top form.
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Twitter and other social media companies are publishers and should be treated as such. And noone wants to be associated with a publisher of fascist propaganda. So it's obvious that any self respecting body should not be using them.
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
social media needs government action to control it. As @jimmcmahon.co.uk has called for, social media companies need to be treated as editors, not neutral channels. Their algorithms choose what to amplify and what to suppress, acting in a clearly editorial fashion.
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The problem here is simple: "What the public thinks" is very dependent on what they're told. With right-biased media making the news, the BBC struggles to maintain impartiality. The answer is two fold. One, OFCOM needs to do a much better job in upholding standards. And two, the flood of untruth on
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The right hate the BBC for its committment to truthfulness. It's our patriotic duty to defend our national broadcaster from Trump, Musk, Zuckerberg and all the others who want their warped world view to dominate.
November 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Shows that radical left-leaning policies that prioritise ordinary people are popular and win elections. I hope the lesson is not last on Labour's leaders.
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I used to use Twitter, but since it's been owned by Musk and has become a breeding ground for toxic hate and misinformation I've left for good. Each and every sensible person in Britain should do the same patriotic thing.
November 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I agree, everyone should stop using Facebook and Instagram. But they make it really difficult to delete your account.
November 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This is why everyone should avoid these Meta products - Facebook and Instagram. But they deliberately make it hard to cancel accounts. This is something decent governments should be taking action on.
November 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
As a country, we need to do two things to solve the water crisis. Firstly, we need more and better micro management of water. The other thing is the water companies should be taken back into public ownership. They are shipping vast sums to their shareholders, rather than investing in our future.
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We're so lucky to have EcoCarriers and their brilliant volunteers in Bury St Edmunds.
October 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Great news for Colchester. It shows that Labour is still winning in the East. People trust us, and want sensible politicians like us who tell the truth and deliver for their communities.
October 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Great work by the Suffolk system - this was financed by the Suffolk Public Sector Leaders group, which includes all the local public sector leaders, including me.
October 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Definitely worth a look!
October 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
If you'd like to know more, visit carclubs@suffolk.gov.uk
October 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM