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Terry Weldon

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S African/British LibDem councillor (Waverley, Surrey) Gay, married, practicing Catholic 2 daughters, 4 grandchildren Living "with & beyond" a rare cancer (GIST); Interested in queer religion, politics (SA, UK, USA); obsessive poll watcher

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Systemic transphobia There was a brief moment between 2012 and 2016 where trans rights were verging on normative, where trans people’s existence as their…

Given the current UK government's apparent desire to entrench transphobic gender critical beliefs into UK law and healthcare it is urgent that we fight for the trans-inclusive pluralism that we all want to see.
rejserin.medium.com/systemic-tra...

12.03.2026 14:03 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch endorses Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood

Which is enough to know which party Mahmood is batting for

Hint: it's not the traditional Labour vote

12.03.2026 13:11 👍 126 🔁 39 💬 10 📌 9
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Green councillors attend just one meeting each since defecting Councillor Trey Campbell-Simon and Councillor Liz Collins joined the Greens last July

www.mylondon.news/news/west-lo...

12.03.2026 14:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NEWS: The Trump administration confirmed it bombed a girl’s school in Iran.

It's one of the most devastating military errors in decades.

Trump lied about it. Pete Hegseth gutted the office preventing civilian casualties.

175 are dead. Most were kids. Hegseth should be fired.

11.03.2026 16:48 👍 4129 🔁 1309 💬 369 📌 162

Not an issue that bothers me.

There are far more important issues to be concerned about.

11.03.2026 18:35 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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WIN: High Court throws out £8m lawsuit over tax avoidance investigation | Good Law Project We have successfully defended award-winning journalist Dan Neidle from an ‘oppressive’ claim which tried to silence him – but the law still needs reform

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11.03.2026 16:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Once again, Ed Davey shows that he is better at questioning the Prime Minister with his two questions than Kemi Badenoch is with her six questions. #PMQs

11.03.2026 12:24 👍 17 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0

Telling how confident Starmer now feels in owning his Iran decision. His best outing against Badenoch at PMQs in months. KB not alone in shifting her position. Many of those in the press and politics demanding war and condemning Starmer loudest have been far quieter since the inevitable chaos began.

11.03.2026 12:15 👍 1226 🔁 248 💬 58 📌 8

The best case against Farage is the things Farage has said.

11.03.2026 12:31 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Hereditary peers to be removed from Lords as bill passes The bill abolishes the 92 seats reserved for peers who inherit their titles through their families.

Finally!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

11.03.2026 10:16 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Farage U-turns again on Iran war as Reform’s policy descends into ‘chaos’

No principles, no morality, no information, no expertise, just endlessly appeasing Trump, Putin, Netanyahu and assorted billionaires and foreign oligarchs or chasing the next headline, until suddenly colliding with reality. Bang, oof.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

10.03.2026 13:14 👍 726 🔁 213 💬 33 📌 10

Just do it! This country needs an end to the mess that Johnson and Farage have got us into.

10.03.2026 16:43 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Private jet used for Nigel Farage Chagos stunt linked to Reform mega-donor Exclusive: Plane that flew Reform leader to Maldives appears to be linked to billionaire Christopher Harborne

A private jet used for Farage’s Chagos stunt is reportedly linked to a billionaire donor who has given £12m to Reform

Huge money can buy political influence.

The #ElectionsBill must go further. Democracy shld be shaped by voters not the biggest cheque.

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

10.03.2026 12:42 👍 171 🔁 67 💬 6 📌 4

How can you tell if Farage is lying?

Same as with Johnson: check if his mouth is open.

10.03.2026 17:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Flip flop Farage:

10.03.2026 17:37 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | How the Iran War Ends The likeliest scenario is that the U.S. largely clears the Gulf but the regime survives.

“Most likely is an in-between scenario in which the U.S. largely clears the Gulf but the current regime survives....solving nothing fundamental but preserving a fragile balance of power in a vital part of the world.”

As before, except for vast expense and disruption.

www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...

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The blistering speech that tells me Britain’s social care deadlock can finally be broken | Polly Toynbee If anyone can make the public pay for a national care service, it’s Louise Casey, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Britons tend to think that King Charles's planned state visit to the US should be cancelled, as Lib Dem leader Ed Davey calls on the government to call the trip off in response the US-Iran conflict

Should be cancelled: 46%
Should go ahead: 36%

yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

09.03.2026 16:47 👍 28 🔁 10 💬 3 📌 0
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🏳️‍🌈At the very end of last year we looked again at voting intention by sexual orientation
➡️Reform led 🌹Labour by 11 with straight men
➡️Reform led 🌳Tories by 6 with straight women
➡️Reform led 💚Greens by 6 with gay & bisexual men
💚Greens led 🌹Labour by 16 (!) among gay & bisexual women

09.03.2026 19:05 👍 15 🔁 8 💬 10 📌 12

Am going to keep posting the gif until war is over.

09.03.2026 20:16 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

People in Britain need to be really clear that the reason they are about to be worse off is Donald Trump and his enablers.

09.03.2026 21:03 👍 120 🔁 33 💬 2 📌 0
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Poll: Should King Charles still visit the US after Trump-Starmer Iran row? Have your say: Ed Davey has urged King Charles to scrap his US trip as Trump’s attacks on Sir Keir Starmer put the state visit in question

Have your say: Ed Davey has urged King Charles to scrap his US trip as Trump’s attacks on Sir Keir Starmer put the state visit in question trib.al/w5j8i2t

09.03.2026 16:11 👍 53 🔁 19 💬 21 📌 9
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No, not the price of a barrel of oil. It's the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in parts per million over the last 2,000 years.

📈 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

09.03.2026 15:51 👍 18 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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The Tories oversaw the degradation of UK gas storage capacity - 2010 to 2017.

Thatcher privatised the gas and oil industry - 1982 to 1986.

Thatcher closed the collieries - 1986 to 1991.

This woman is an idiot - 1960 to 2026

09.03.2026 13:57 👍 734 🔁 215 💬 42 📌 14
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Black theology has charted a path toward understanding and liberation for some 60 years, challenging Eurocentric norms and calling the Church to justice.

Tamika Royes writes that it should be paid special attention to by Western Catholics. www.blackcatholicmes...

09.03.2026 16:10 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Ukraine is working to help save American lives, taking out a Russian drone factory that supplies drones to Iran. While Trump continues to praise Putin.

The insanity of Donald Trump is crystal clear, as is his loyalty.

Wake the hell up, MAGA Republican Senators and House members. You are complicit.

09.03.2026 16:55 👍 50 🔁 22 💬 2 📌 1
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Opposition to the United States' military action against Iran has risen by 10pts among Britons over the last week

Support: 25% (-3 from 2 March)
Oppose: 59% (+10)

yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

09.03.2026 17:05 👍 302 🔁 119 💬 19 📌 63
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I have a magical device in my driveway that protects me from oil price shocks, emasculates petrothugs, slows the rising seas, and powers my car. During times like these, worth considering!

09.03.2026 14:11 👍 344 🔁 57 💬 26 📌 21

‘Call off King's US visit over Iran, urge Lib Dems’ BBC
YES. CALL IT OFF

09.03.2026 15:45 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0