Welsh European#LiberalDemocrat living in England. Ex Lecturer in Media Studies. Politics and History Graduate #RejoinEU #FBPE #MakeVotesMatter #PR
Joined August 2019
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The Tories will dismantle our democracy piece by piece in a manner that most of the electorate will not even notice. Gradually moving the UK to a one party centralised state with only token opposition. We need a #ProgressiveAlliance or #DemocraticAlliance to stop this. โ at Manchester, England
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Richard Gere: To have any kind of legitimacy, you have to rewrite history. Putin clearly is doing that, saying "There never was a Ukraine, there never was a Ukrainian language, there never was a Ukrainian culture. It's completely made up." Well, it's false.
Exactly what Chinese have done with Tibet, they said, "There never was a Tibet, there never was a Tibetan language, there never was a Tibetan culture." I mean, you have to destroy history to create legitimacy.
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So Reform UK is funded by Russia, Restore bought and paid for by an American trillionaire, GB News owned by a hedge fund in Dubai and the Daily Mail registered in Bermuda. That's patriotism for you these days.
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Tommy Robinson is a useful idiot for a hostile state.
What kind of so-called British patriot jets to Moscow to rub shoulders with Putinโs cronies, bankrolled by a US trillionaire?
We must protect our democracy from far-right thugs, shady tech bros and foreign interference.
ALT Article from The Guardian. "Elon Musk's family foundation took Tommy Robinson to Russia, says Musk's father. Errol Musk says far-right activist is 'a fine young man' and held meetings with Russian...
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Congrations Councillor Alex Davies ๐ถ
The Liberal Democrats gain Streatham St Leonard's in Lambeth from the Greens.
๐ถ Liberal Democrat - Alex Davies : 1161, 41.7%
๐ข Green: 972, 35.0%
๐ด Labour: 421, 15.1%
๐ต Conservative: 119, 4.3%
โก๏ธ Reform: 71, 2.6%
โ๏ธ CPA: 37, 1.3%
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๐ก โ
I share Nick Cleggโs anger about Brexit:
โIโm angry because I know that many of the people who propagated that lie were smart enough to know it wasnโt true.
Forget the ยฃ350 million on the side of the bus. The fundamental assertion was that you would have more control over your own fate by leaving the European Union.
๐คฅ All of those things are lies.
We deal with all of those issues better by working with others.โ
Geography hasnโt changed. We will always be next to France, Belgium and the Netherlands โฆ not Connecticut.
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The real problem with the now obvious corruption in Reform UK and its Conservative converts is not that the press didnโt cover this when it was patent years ago, but that because nothing was done it has become standard operating procedure
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Congratulations to Councillor Terry Weldon ๐ถ
The Liberal Democrats held Haslemere Division on Surrey County Council in yesterday's by-election.
๐ถ Liberal Democrat - Terry Weldon: 1,181, 47.8%
๐ต Conservative: 797, 32.3%
๐ข Green: 280 11.3%
โก๏ธ Reform: 213, 8.6%
Well done ๐ถ
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โผ๏ธ Russian politician Aleksey Zhuravlyov stated in an interview with Ivan Mironov that 20โ30% of Ukraineโs population should be exterminated.
Mironov: โAre you calling for 20โ30% of Ukraineโs population to be exterminated?โ
Zhuravlyov: โThey all must be exterminated. If it were 50% โ even 50% would have to be exterminated.โ
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Westerners don't understand that when Russians talk about Nazis in Ukraine, they don't mean genocidal fascists, they mean Ukrainians who refuse to be Russian, so when they talk about denazification they are talking about genocide.
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Ministers wanted Parliament shut out of a multi-billion pound spending decision.
Sarah Olney MP was blocked in the Commons. But Chris Fox got it into law from the Lords.
See how Lib Dems in the Commons and Lords get things done together.
@sarahjolney1
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Reform UK supporters are asking 'who funds Count Binface?' The short answer is, not a Thailand-based crypto billionaire. And not a guy who was banged up for offering to launder money for a coke cartel.
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People versus the establishment?
Are you kidding?
Nigel Farage is the son of a stockbroker who went to Dulwich College and then follows his dad into the city, gets gifted millions, promotes crypto and gold bullion, been in politics for decades - he IS the establishment
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Farage used to say, "Leave means leave."
Now his latest stunt is triggering a by-election before the investigation is complete.
Clacton deserves the facts before it votes.
@libdemdaisy
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I googled for news articles on Farage and Russia. Apart from articles about the alleged Russian hack, there is nothing recent in the mainstream media about Farage and Russia. Once again the media is effectively concealing Farage's links to Russia from the voters.
It's time the voters of Clacton should learn about Farage's treasonous work for Russia.
On September 16, 2014, Farage and Nathan Gill made speeches to the European Parliament parroting several of the same Russian propaganda lies.
They both called Ukraine "The Ukraine," a term which refers back to the old Slavic word for borderland, which Russia uses to deny Ukraine's nationhood.
They both used the expression "poking the Russian bear."
They both parroted the Russian lie that there had been a coup in Kyiv in 2014.
They both parroted Russian lies about NATO and EU expansion.
They both repeated the Russian claim that the real threat was Muslim extremism, a claim that Putin had very effectively used to distract Western leaders from Russian aggression and its hybrid war against the West.
Reform UK initially claimed Farage barely knew Gill. That turned out to be a blatant lie.
Please spread information about Farage and Russia. Our hapless news media are very likely to forget all about Farage's Russia links unless they are very loudly and repeatedly reminded.
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The Chancellor had the chance to put this by-election on hold for a few weeks so the people of Clacton could have the full facts about the Farage funding scandal.
It is extremely disappointing but exactly what we expect from this โbusiness as usualโ Government.
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Farage is, always has been and always will be the establishment. Like his hero Trump his skill is being able to persuade people he is one of them when in truth he is of money, for money and obsessed with having it. As for being subject to over zealous media I can think of few other senior politicians who have had such an easy ride from our press over the years. Questions unanswered. Scandals ignored. Treated as a jovial commentator. Today was a long desperate whinge by a man being found out and needing to shift the narrative. Classic Trump distraction strategy. Still at least a by election means the people of Clacton might get to see him for once. Will be discussing on @RestIsPolitics with @mehdirhasan out later today
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Henry Fairlie coined โthe Establishmentโ to describe networks of wealth, privilege and influence not simply government. Farage, with his billionaire patrons, elite connections, media access, and aristocratic friends is less a victim of the Establishment than its prime beneficiary
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Notice how everything is an โestablishment hit jobโ for Nigel Farage?
โฆalmost like โthe establishmentโ is what he calls anyone who asks him a question he doesnโt want to answer.
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I said on @RestIsPolitics last week last week I was surprised Trump had not been more engaged in the World Cup. I imagined it was because he was worried about being booed by crowds (which he almost certainly would be,) but also because he would not be the main attraction. I spoke too soon. He and his pet Infantino are a disgrace. I feel sorry for the American players and management because Trump has turned most of the world against them. Never have so many people in so many countries wanted Belgium to win a football match. Go ๐ง๐ช