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@DavidWa01448973

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Liberal Democrat, trade unionist and human rights advocate. I like Roxy Music, Horse racing, @ReadingFC and @Saracens . 'While My Heart Is Still Beating.'

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@DavidWa01448973
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3 years
I see #StarmerOut is trending. What is the matter with people. The only alternative to a Tory government is a Labour one led by @Keir_Starmer and I know which one I prefer!
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It is blindingly obvious that the only way to keep the Tories out of government for a long period of time is to introduce proportional representation. It would almost certainly mean a @UKLabour @LibDems coalition but is that so bad?
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2 years
I firmly believe that a government comprising @UKLabour @LibDems and @TheGreenParty could bring about the change we need. Thinking about it gets me off to sleep at night.
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@DavidWa01448973
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2 years
Support for the @LibDems is growing again. When voters get a Liberal MP or councillor they see the benefits which is why their majority often increases as a result. We see this at every level. #WinningHere
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3 years
From what I am seeing @adrianhughes0 is a brilliant young campaigner who will make a first class @UKLabour councillor. I really hope he is elected in May.
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2 years
This would be a historic win for the @LibDems in a constituency that has always been held by the @Conservatives .
@PollingReportUK
UK Polling Report
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LATEST SEAT PREDICTION: WOKINGHAM LIB @CllrCliveJones GAIN FROM CON @johnredwood MAJ: 1%
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2 years
1/2 In the next ten years I want to see the following; 1. PR for all UK elections. 2. A Labour, Green, Lib Dem coalition government elected by PR. 3. @libdemdaisy @LaylaMoran @natalieben and @CarolineLucas in the cabinet.
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@SamanthaMalin We need a Universal Basic Income which is much higher than the current level of UC.
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2 years
The great Jo Grimond was once asked if the Liberal vote was a protest vote. His response was 'Well there's a lot to protest about' true today as it was then. @LibDems
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Following the demise of @londonirish I will follow @Saracens in the forthcoming season.
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2 years
When I became a postman in 1985 I joined a publicly owned organisation that was efficient, profitable and customer focused. That didn't last Royal Mail has been mismanaged for at least the last 30 years. That isn't the unions fault it's politicians and managers. #StandByYourPost
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Five districts that I hope will go to the @LibDems next week. Arun, Horsham, Mid Sussex, West Berkshire and Wokingham.
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Pleased to see the @LibDems on 13% hopefully part of a trend.
@BritainElects
Britain Elects
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Westminster voting intention: LAB: 44% (-4) CON: 27% (-) LDEM: 13% (+2) REF: 8% (+3) GRN: 4% (-) via @RedfieldWilton , 16 Jul
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2 years
So many young people hoping to turn @UKLabour left. They'd be better off in the @TheGreenParty .
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2 years
At the last General Election Lib Dem candidate @monicabeharding cut the Conservative majority in Esher and Walton to just 2,743. Only a Lib Dem can defeat the Tories in the constituency next time.
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It was a Liberal government that introduced pensions in 1909, it was the Liberal Party that put forward a radical plan to conquer unemployment in 1929 and it was a Liberal who wrote the plan in 1944 that led to the creation of the NHS. @LibDems are the heirs to that radicalism
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Despite the result in Mid Bedfordshire I still believe the @LibDems are on course to win more than 30 seats at the next General Election. #LibDems
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2 years
Support for the @LibDems has been growing steadily in Mid Sussex. Their prospective parliamentary candidate @AlisonEBennett is the only one who can beat the Tory at the next #GeneralElection
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2 years
I think @LordRennard wins the award for being the most active @LibDems peer on twitter.
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The @LibDems are well on their way to becoming the UK's third largest party in parliament. I can feel it. #Liberals
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@DavidWa01448973
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2 years
The journey from the Labour left to radical Liberalism has been an interesting one. Where I am now the atmosphere is less toxic. #Liberal
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2 years
A lot of support for @LizWebsterLD to be next President of the @LibDems . The party needs a fresh start and Liz can provide it.
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@DavidWa01448973
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2 years
Being a #liberal isn't about being a centrist it's about being radical. @LibDems .
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I caught the last 15 minutes of something called 'Call Jonathan Pie' on @BBCRadio4 last night while waiting for the news. What are the BBC doing broadcasting such a programme. Sexist, foul language and totally inappropriate.
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2 years
Given it was a Liberal Lloyd George who introduced old age pensions I would love to see the @LibDems take up the issue of pension justice. #50sWomen
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The @LibDems are back! A progressive non socialist alternative to the Conservatives and on course for big gains at the next General Election whenever it is called.
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2 years
Cheadle is a top @LibDems target seat and Tom will be a first class MP for the constituency.
@ThomasMorrison
Tom Morrison MP
2 years
The Lib Dems are best placed to beat the Conservatives in Cheadle. We’re attracting supporters from all parties, both Labour and Conservatives to help get Lib Dem councillors and a Lib Dem MP elected here.
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2 years
Question to my followers who support @getprdone @LibDems and @TheGreenParty . If in the event of a hung parliament PR was on offer for Local Government and an elected Upper House of parliament with the Commons retaining FPTP would that be acceptable to you?
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8 months
I do not aspire to elected office but I want to help as many @LibDems as possible voted in to local authorities, the devolved assemblies and parliament.
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3 years
@JoshNeicho @tahirmirza @nicholascecil Looks like Labour is continuing its journey to becoming a modern social democratic party.
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2 years
Boris Johnson you have disgraced the office. #NoConfidence #NoConfidenceVote #NotMyPM
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9 months
'The safe seat of Epsom and Ewell' I think @helenemaguire and the @LibDems would have something to say about that! Mhairi Fraser: the rising Tory force who was bowled over by Trump
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@DavidWa01448973
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2 years
Wokingham was historically seen as a safe Conservative seat but times have changed. The @LibDems came close to winning there in 2019 and can go one better next time.
@wokinghamlibdem
Wokingham Lib Dems
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Reminder that the @LibDems are best placed to oust our Tory MP.
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3 years
@LML96_ @juliasuzanne76 @Keir_Starmer It finally looks like we have a Labour Party which is a government in waiting.
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2 years
Another future MP for the @LibDems
@JoshBabarinde
Josh Babarinde OBE MP
2 years
🎥After a whirlwind by-election win in #Eastbourne , I hot-footed it over to the BBC studios to give my take on: 🏖Supporting our tourism industry ⚡️Lack of govt leadership on energy saving 🧡The Home Secretary’s “dreams” about deporting people 🗳 I mentioned our election win too!
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@RpsAgainstTrump Do you think you can stop Trump winning the @GOP nomination?
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2 years
Strikes are not a casual thing for those who take action. They are the last resort of the unheard. Solidarity with all those currently fighting injustice in; @unitetheunion @unisontheunion @CWUnews @theRCN @pcs_union @ucu and @RMTunion .
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2 years
One day hopefully in the not to distant future @LibDems and @TheGreenParty will be in government. The country will see the benefit. #LibDems #Greens
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2 years
The #Tories need to be really worried when their spokesperson gets booed loudly by an audience in West Dorset. #bbcaq #AnyQuestions
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2 years
A few years ago a door opened and I walked through it. The sign on that door said Liberal. @LibDems
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Given my political history some might wonder why I am not with the @TheGreenParty . The answer is quite simple I am not a socialist anymore and the Greens are a socialist party. I am a Liberal now and for that reason I back the @LibDems . #Liberal #LibDems
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2 years
The @LibDems are the party of localism. Give them your vote in the council elections this May and could elect a community champion. #LibDemGain
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2 years
Seeing all the brilliant @LibDems campaigners out and about gives me a real lift. I am confident we will see big gains in Mays local elections. #Liberals
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10 months
@omid9 You were my late partner Daphne's favourite comedian. Seeing your tweets reminds me of her.
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2 years
The UK party with the best record of human rights are the @LibDems .
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2 years
Good to see #stockportcounty on the up.
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2 years
The #ConservativeParty needs PR so it can split into two parties. @getprdone
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2 years
Sarah is a great campaigner, hopefully the next MP for Somerton and Frome. @LibDems
@SarahDykeLD
Sarah Dyke MP 🔶
2 years
While the cabinet was being re-shuffled again yesterday, I was out talking to residents in #Wincanton . I’m doing a Residents Survey over the next few months across #SomertonandFrome to make sure I’m fully informed about all the concerns of local people. #DemandBetter
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Alex will make a first class @LibDems MP!
@hartlibdems
Hart Lib Dems 🔶
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I will be the strong voice that is needed in Hampshire North East. I will bring real world experience and be a genuine champion for our community. #LibDems #AlexBrewer #HartLibDems #PositiveChange #NEHants #NEHampshire
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7 months
The only way to get the Tories out in Mid Sussex is to vote for Alison Bennett the @LibDems candidate.
@MidSussexLabour
Mid Sussex Labour
7 months
Talking to voters in Hassocks this morning. The message is clear: voters will vote Labour here and get the Tories out of Mid Sussex.
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2 years
Alison is a great campaigner for the @LibDems who I hope will be the next MP for Mid Sussex.
@AlisonEBennett
Alison Bennett
2 years
It hasn't dried up. The bucket hat is in use
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2 years
This needs to be a key part of the @LibDems manifesto at the next General Election.
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Matthew Pennell
2 years
I know there's a debate about a National Care Service, but these below are all great policies. I'm proud that the @LibDems make adult social care such a priority
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9 months
Spot on @RobertCHeale the @LibDems are on the ballot in Rochdale and offer a hard working community champion to its voters. #RochdaleByElection
@RobertCHeale
Robert C Heale
9 months
The Labour Candidate describes his comments as "ignorant". The Green party Candidate has effectively withdrawn after "some regrettable social media posts". I suggest that the good people of Rochdale support the Liberal Democrats in this By-Election.
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2 years
2/2 @CarolineLucas @carla_denyer @AdrianRamsay @Amelia_Womack @GreenJennyJones @natalieben @ZackPolanski and @sianberry have all impressed me. We need a lot more Greens like them elected to office in the years ahead.
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11 months
Hopefully @SorchaEastwood will win Lagan Valley at the next General Election!
@SorchaEastwood
Sorcha Eastwood MP
11 months
DUP clearly worried lol. And they should be. Numbers bear that out and they know it. Lagan Valley is a changing place, a diverse place. It needs progressive, positive representation to match & Alliance will deliver that- we ran it close last time-this time we finish the job 💪
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7 months
The @LibDems candidate @AlisonEBennett is the main challenger to the Tories in this seat.
@tomorrowsmps
@Tomorrow'sMPs
7 months
🔴MID SUSSEX (Lab target 204): Dave Rowntree, 49, drummer with Blur since 1989. Former solicitor with Kingsley Napley; helped Beagle 2 Mars mission, 1998-2003; former radio presenter; computer animator; fought Cities of London & Westminster, 2010; Norfolk county cllr 2017-21.
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2 years
If the TUC had given Arthur Scargill and the NUM their 100% backing in 1984 we wouldn't be in the mess we are now. #MinersStrike
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9 months
I am not a @UKLabour member but I have followed @juliasuzanne76 for some time. She is just the type of person we need involved in policy making. Committed, experienced and passionate about social justice.
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Julia Suzanne 🌹🇬🇧🥂
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If you're in Yorkshire and the Humber, it would be fab if you could nominate us for the NPF at your next CLP meeting 😊🌹
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@RacquelRMorris @StephenKing Read the others first.
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@habibi_uk I wonder which Trotskyist sect the speaker belongs to?
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The next @LibDems MP for Somerton and Frome.
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Sarah Dyke MP 🔶
1 year
Lovely to be out speaking to people in Frome this sunny afternoon with @libdemdaisy . ☀️🔶
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2 years
Starting to come to the conclusion that a #ProgressiveAlliance is only possible through an arrangement between @LibDems and @TheGreenParty . Labour are not going to come on board and some would argue that they are not progressives.
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2 years
@AaronBastani That sort of thing has been going on for 40 years now! Some of us remember Bermondsey in 1983 and Knowsley North in 1986.
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2 years
The Conservative majority in Guildford is just 3,337. The Lib Dem prospective parliamentary candidate for the constituency is @ZoeFranklinLD Zoe is the only one who can beat the Tories in Guildford. @GuildfordLibDem
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2 years
My money is on Mid Sussex going Liberal in the #LocalElections and #GeneralElection .
@AlisonEBennett
Alison Bennett
2 years
Lucky today to dodge the rail strikes and get a trip to @LibDems HQ to work with other @SELibDems teams on our plans for the #LocalElections in May and the next #GeneralElection Plenty of ambition and energy from Sussex, Surrey and Kent, and of course from the #MidSussex Team
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Following the win in Somerton and Frome @libdemknight @CarolineVoaden @edwardlucas @LizJarvisUK @vikki4mdnp @ZoeFranklinLD @JoshBabarinde @JamesMacCleary @AlisonEBennett @DannyVet are @LibDems who stand a great chance of heading to the House Of Commons after the next Election.
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@hollowood_zoe I like the reference to the working classes. There are too many issues that occupy the time and discussions of the chattering classes that are of little or no interest to the vast majority of people.
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2 years
Forty years ago this week I was a 19 year old @UKLabour Agent for the Newbury District Council elections. Now I am an online campaigner for the @LibDems and @allianceparty . It has been quite a journey but I'm still on the side of the 'angels.'
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2 years
Arthur was right.
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2 years
@electpoliticsuk @Omnisis If the polls are anything like that next Spring Sunak will be on his way out.
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Stephen Alambritis might well be the Labour candidate but I predict @PaulKohlerSW19 will win Wimbledon for the @LibDems .
@tomorrowsmps
@Tomorrow'sMPs
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🔴 WIMBLEDON: Stephen Alambritis announces he's made Labour long-list for this seat. Who else has?
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@RebeccaTurnerLD Hopefully followed by a Lib Dem council very soon.
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2 years
We need a lot more @LibDems and @TheGreenParty MPs elected. To do achieve that we need some level of cooperation between the two parties. Who is with me?
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2 years
@SarahDykeLD is the prospective parliamentary candidate for Somerton and Frome for the Liberal Democrats a seat the party held as recently as 2015. Only Sarah can beat the #Tories at the next #GeneralElection #MakeVotesMatter
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2 years
Despite the polls I can't see a majority @UKLabour after the next #GeneralElection . I predict they will win just over 300 seats, @SNP 50 plus @LibDems around 30 and Northern Ireland parties 18. @Plaid_Cymru 3/4 and @TheGreenParty 1. That would leave the #Tories on less than 250.
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Hopefully a few of these will go onto be @LibDems councillors.
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@juliasuzanne76 I am guessing that all the platform speakers and a majority of those in attendance are well heeled enough to survive the financial impact of more years of Tory government. Most of us can't.
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7 months
Really pleased to see Clive Jones and @wokinghamlibdem supporting our club @ReadingFC in difficult times. Makes me proud of the @LibDems . #readingfc
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2 years
@juliasuzanne76 Reservoir Dogs.
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2 years
@tomorrowsmps High Peak would have been a more appropriate constituency for him.
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The next MP for Somerton and Frome.
@SarahDykeLD
Sarah Dyke MP 🔶
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⬇️ Calling out the #SomertonandFrome MP over his decision to vote against publishing information to the public which would have allowed them to know which schools in #Somerset have unsafe buildings #School #demandbetter @SomersetLibDems @SF_LibDems
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3 years
@PippaCrerar To many Labour councils treat their workforce badly. If it isn't tackled support will be lost in those areas.
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2 years
@NHSActivistRN In 1988 I was a speaker at a public meeting organised in solidarity with striking health service workers. They have my full support in 2022!
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2 years
There is now real momentum behind the @LizWebsterLD campaign for President of the @LibDems . Liz4President.
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The next @LibDems MP for Esher and Walton!
@monicabeharding
Monica Harding MP
7 months
Great turn out @ElmbridgeLibDem #LocalElections2024 launch last night! Fantastic @LibDems candidates in every ward looking forward to joining our excellent cllrs leading @ElmbridgeBC on May 2nd. What a team! Thanks to @jonny_oates for joining @brucemcd23 and me #EsherandWalton
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@DannyBeales @Keir_Starmer @hstplabour Hopefully our next Prime Minister.
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Basingstoke would go Labour for the first time ever!
@PollingReportUK
UK Polling Report
1 year
LATEST SEAT PREDICTION: BASINGSTOKE LAB @dc_lawrence GAIN FROM CON @MariaMillerUK MAJ: 2.1%
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@FamEdTrust @MartinEgg3 I know Tony from my time as a CWU NEC member. Always good to chat with and a wealth of experience.
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7 months
I predict 100s of @LibDems gains in the local elections and plenty more in the General Election whenever it comes. The party is back as a significant third force in British politics!
@PeterKempFBPE
Peter Kemp 🔶️ 🇺🇦
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Could the Lib Dems be on the brink of a new electoral breakthrough? ** Yes!! ** @MarishaRayLD @JulianHeather1 @LibDems @Iiveral 🔸️ 🔶️
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2 years
Hopefully one of many @LibDems GAINS.
@PollingReportUK
UK Polling Report
2 years
LATEST SEAT PREDICTION: HAZEL GROVE LIB @ @lisa_smart GAIN FROM CON @William_Wragg MAJ: 3.5%
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2 years
Over 40 plus years active in politics I have changed my views on some things but overall I remain committed to a fairer society. A decent standard of living for everyone, a safe secure home and protection from state intrusion. #Liberal
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Delighted to see the @LibDems standing up for people with long term health issues.
@LibDems
Liberal Democrats
11 months
This Government doesn't understand that thousands of people with long-term health issues are desperate to get back to work, but Ministers' failure to tackle NHS waiting lists is stopping them. They seem more interested in penalising people than helping them get back into work.
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@ElmParkRoyals We badly need a manager who knows the Championship.
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2 years
The solution to any 'problem' relating to Northern Ireland is always unification. Righting a wrong from 100 years ago. #Ireland
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2 years
Great list of @LibDems candidates in West Berkshire for the May elections. In contrast Labour are very thin on the ground leaving wards in Newbury uncontested.
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