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Advocate of proportional representation and progressive politics. Humanist. Anti Brexit! Anti Trump! @libdems.org.uk

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Trump accuses Starmer of seeking to 'join wars after we've already won' The remarks come after a public back-and-forth between Trump and Sir Keir Starmer over UK involvement the US's joint offensive with Israel against Iran.

Trump accuses UK PM of seeking to 'join wars after we've already won' - The ‘special relationship’ is a sick joke. We need to learn the lesson and join with our closest friends and allies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

08.03.2026 05:50 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Truth social post from Donald Trump:
The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East. That’s OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them any longer — But we will remember. We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Truth social post from Donald Trump: The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East. That’s OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them any longer — But we will remember. We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won! President DONALD J. TRUMP

The Prime Minister must stand firm against Trump’s bullying and avoid getting sucked further into this illegal and damaging war.

07.03.2026 22:41 👍 148 🔁 23 💬 5 📌 0
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Blair can go to hell

07.03.2026 22:22 👍 51 🔁 5 💬 7 📌 0
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It’s a definition of ‘won’ I’m not familiar with

07.03.2026 22:13 👍 24 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
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Good question

07.03.2026 17:56 👍 40 🔁 9 💬 5 📌 0
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Vote Farage get Trump…

07.03.2026 13:49 👍 31 🔁 10 💬 3 📌 1
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For Trump it is a war movie…

07.03.2026 13:44 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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Christopher Harborne has cemented Reform’s status as a mo... New political donation rules won’t stop him giving as much as he likes

In the second half of 2025, one man accounted for almost 40% of all money donated to political parties in the UK: a crypto-billionaire who lives in Thailand.

Britain desperately needs to rewrite its party funding rules.
observer.co.uk/news/the-sen...

06.03.2026 18:47 👍 595 🔁 263 💬 18 📌 18
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It’s time to end Britain’s first-past-the-post election lottery The Gorton and Denton by-election confirmed just how capricious our electoral system has become

💥 Professor Vernon Bogdanor writes for @financialtimes.com:

"An electoral system should do two things: ensure that the majority rules and that significant minorities are adequately represented.

First Past the Post achieves neither."

07.03.2026 10:00 👍 110 🔁 68 💬 5 📌 6
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Latest UK polling: As voters spread their support, our voting system can’t keep up Where elections often used to be a two-horse race between Labour and the Conservatives, voters are now spreading their support across an increasingly crowded field – and our voting sys

Latest UK polling: As voters spread their support, our voting system can’t keep up electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-uk-po... Electoral Reform Society – ERS

07.03.2026 07:56 👍 27 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 1

Old Testament devotees?: ‘In the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites - as the Lord your God has commanded you’

07.03.2026 07:55 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Hard to imagine a more disgusting sight.

07.03.2026 06:48 👍 116 🔁 14 💬 17 📌 2
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US-Israel war with Iran: B-1 Lancer bomber lands at RAF Fairford The aircraft is the fastest bomber in the US Air Force and is piloted by a crew of four.

The UK is now part of this illegal war…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

07.03.2026 06:38 👍 18 🔁 9 💬 4 📌 0
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Lifting the Lid on Britain's Pressure Cooker Politics: How Inequality and Neoliberal Capture Broke First Past the Post - Compass This new paper makes a direct link between the levels of inequality seen in Britain today and our first-past-the-post voting system.

Read the publication here: www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...

05.03.2026 10:02 👍 16 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0
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📝OUT NOW

In 2029, Reform UK could win on under 30% of the vote according to some polls. Our new research paper shows our voting system has a hand in this.

Read more & find out why electoral reform is not a nice-to-have, but an emergency.

#ukpolitics #PR #FPTP #VotingSystem

05.03.2026 10:02 👍 73 🔁 94 💬 8 📌 4
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Faith leaders pray for Trump at White House Christian leaders from around the US joined the president to pray in the Oval Office. It comes as the war with Iran entered its seventh day.

Faith leaders pray for Trump at White House 🤔
news.sky.com/video/share-...

06.03.2026 22:22 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 6 📌 0

'Starmerism' is being unbothered by such trivial concerns as 'is that even true, though?' or even follow-up questions like 'is this lie even a useful one for us to tell?'

06.03.2026 11:47 👍 195 🔁 39 💬 10 📌 0

Between all the “cat ladies” and “angry Muslims” in Gorton and Denton you have to wonder why Goodwin ever wanted to represent this group of voters?

06.03.2026 13:59 👍 68 🔁 9 💬 8 📌 0

Trump says there will be "no deal" with Iran except "unconditional surrender" Following their surrender he tells Iran they should choose a new leader acceptable to him. - So much for his earlier claim that he was giving the country back to its people! #Imperialism

06.03.2026 20:50 👍 28 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
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Good Systems Agreement - Make Votes Matter

The Good Systems Agreement: This agreement sets out the principles that a new fair voting system must deliver, and calls for a citizen-led, deliberative process to choose a new system. Please support. @makevotesmatter.bsky.social
makevotesmatter.org.uk/good-systems...

06.03.2026 12:39 👍 12 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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''I think Donald Trump needs to rein it in a little bit and, be reminded who his allies are in this very fragile world.''

@libdemdaisy.bsky.social

06.03.2026 10:15 👍 53 🔁 22 💬 2 📌 1
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Nissan ‘says Sunderland plant could close’ if UK excluded from Made in Europe rules Reports of carmaker’s warning come as lobby group says EU proposals could damage £70bn cross-channel trade

In a word, Brexit!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

06.03.2026 08:28 👍 44 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0
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EU agrees to chop meaty names from vegetarian and vegan food products Lawmakers will ban use of 31 meat-related names as part of efforts to help livestock farmers in food supply markets

Ridiculous - No one is confused!
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

06.03.2026 08:25 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 4 📌 0
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Crypto investor based in Thailand donates further £3m to Reform Christopher Harborne’s gift is latest to party’s election war chest and comes amid calls for cap on political donations

Who the hell is this guy? And what does he want as a return on his £millions invested in Reform? Because it sure as shit isn’t a fairer, more progressive, equal and prosperous UK with good public services and well-regulated consumer protections.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

05.03.2026 13:42 👍 1095 🔁 460 💬 111 📌 26
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A UK-EU customs union would kickstart our economy, cut red tape and build ties with our reliable allies in the face of Trump’s chaos.

Why is the Chancellor so opposed?

@libdemdaisy.bsky.social

03.03.2026 18:42 👍 112 🔁 42 💬 6 📌 4
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Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack.

Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections.

05.03.2026 13:17 👍 18024 🔁 6348 💬 517 📌 264

Deluded. Labour lost about ten points during the course of the 2024 campaign. A strategic triumph it was not.

05.03.2026 11:15 👍 423 🔁 99 💬 36 📌 11
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Our Armed Forces must always protect British citizens wherever they are in the world.

But tax exiles and influencers who make a living criticising the UK should contribute to the country they still expect to protect them.

05.03.2026 09:30 👍 162 🔁 60 💬 6 📌 8
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Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

05.03.2026 08:46 👍 3884 🔁 2108 💬 101 📌 186
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 👍 17130 🔁 5975 💬 514 📌 493