Laura Gordon
@lauragordon.bsky.social
Lib Dem based in Oxfordshire
County Cllr for Kidlington North & Otmoor; Cabinet Member for Economy and Environment
Elected Member of Federal Policy Committee
Promoted by Oxon Lib Dems at Unit C5 Grange Court Business Park, OX14 3NB
County Cllr for Kidlington North & Otmoor; Cabinet Member for Economy and Environment
Elected Member of Federal Policy Committee
Promoted by Oxon Lib Dems at Unit C5 Grange Court Business Park, OX14 3NB
Thanks @rebeccabellnews.bsky.social for proposing my amendment on support to women after birth. Women who've given birth deserve time to recover - and that means well-staffed post-natal care
September 19, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Thanks @rebeccabellnews.bsky.social for proposing my amendment on support to women after birth. Women who've given birth deserve time to recover - and that means well-staffed post-natal care
Ok I'm chuffed with that start to conference. Amazing what a bit of sleep can do!
September 19, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Ok I'm chuffed with that start to conference. Amazing what a bit of sleep can do!
I wish I didn't understand this tweet
It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.
September 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I wish I didn't understand this tweet
I'm making my plans for conference and realised I have booked tickets for the whisky tasting on Sunday night and also have to propose an amendment at 9am on Monday morning and
Stitch Stressed
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September 18, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I'm making my plans for conference and realised I have booked tickets for the whisky tasting on Sunday night and also have to propose an amendment at 9am on Monday morning and
I am the local LD councillor and I have not supported this campaign. No one asked me to, presumably because they knew what I'd say. This just absolutely, categorically untrue.
Missed this from various reporting of Piddlington. Lib Dems eh?
September 18, 2026 at 8:41 AM
I am the local LD councillor and I have not supported this campaign. No one asked me to, presumably because they knew what I'd say. This just absolutely, categorically untrue.
Also some excellent caption competition work on the Oxfordshire Lib Dems WhatsApp group!
September 15, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Also some excellent caption competition work on the Oxfordshire Lib Dems WhatsApp group!
I was in the Guardian talking about fridge recycling - we are working hard to keep things moving but government needs to intervene to increase capacity and avoid bottlenecks
Why unwanted fridges are piling up at recycling centres across England and Wales
Capacity has been overwhelmed by heatwaves that have pushed white goods to breaking point
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 9:05 AM
I was in the Guardian talking about fridge recycling - we are working hard to keep things moving but government needs to intervene to increase capacity and avoid bottlenecks
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Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
September 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
If anyone is around please can they ask him his views on masked right-wing mobs blockading ports and trying to beat up teenage cricketers? Since he apparently has time to go for a run I'm sure he'll have time to tell you 👍🏻
September 13, 2026 at 1:18 PM
If anyone is around please can they ask him his views on masked right-wing mobs blockading ports and trying to beat up teenage cricketers? Since he apparently has time to go for a run I'm sure he'll have time to tell you 👍🏻
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Reform has already enjoyed several years of support from a loss-making TV channel whose main function seems to be to give money and favourable coverage to its MPs. The government has done nothing about this. It's probably a more effective way of spending millions than Farage will manage.
September 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Reform has already enjoyed several years of support from a loss-making TV channel whose main function seems to be to give money and favourable coverage to its MPs. The government has done nothing about this. It's probably a more effective way of spending millions than Farage will manage.
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This situation is now completely out of control, and makes an irrefutable case for government to bring forward an annual cap on political donations, and fast.
Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record
The party says the money will allow it to fight the next election on a "level playing field", while rivals have renewed calls for donations from individuals to be capped.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
This situation is now completely out of control, and makes an irrefutable case for government to bring forward an annual cap on political donations, and fast.
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Democratic politics will not serve the people when politicians owe their place and their futures to one or two billionaires.
A serious democratic society simply cannot allow this.
That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas).
The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much.
It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power
That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas).
The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much.
It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power
Harborne has given Reform £36 million to match Delo's £36 million. The Telegraph describes it as a "show of force" from Reform's donors.
The two men's £72 million is greater than all of the spending by all political parties on the 2024 GE
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
The two men's £72 million is greater than all of the spending by all political parties on the 2024 GE
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
September 12, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Democratic politics will not serve the people when politicians owe their place and their futures to one or two billionaires.
Backdated to the start of this parliament
A simple regulatory step that no party may receive or retain a donation from any person convicted of an offence of dishonesty would seem the appropriate reaction.
“Political parties can’t be laundries for dirty money” is not a principle to which I would see the Courts objecting.
“Political parties can’t be laundries for dirty money” is not a principle to which I would see the Courts objecting.
Reform UK has received a second £36m donation in two days, as cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne says he has matched a record-breaking donation announced late on Friday.
September 12, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Backdated to the start of this parliament
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Politicians on the centre-left and centre-right simply don't seem to understand they are in an existential battle for the future of British democracy.
September 12, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Politicians on the centre-left and centre-right simply don't seem to understand they are in an existential battle for the future of British democracy.
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Last year I met with officials from the Electoral Commission and warned them that we were just months away from the sort of political donations that we have just seen Reform attract. I warned them that we faced seeing parties being bought like football clubs - as playthings for billionaires.
September 12, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Last year I met with officials from the Electoral Commission and warned them that we were just months away from the sort of political donations that we have just seen Reform attract. I warned them that we faced seeing parties being bought like football clubs - as playthings for billionaires.
I sure am glad the government decided not to regulate political donations because coming up with a workaround for trade unions seemed just too difficult 🙃
September 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I sure am glad the government decided not to regulate political donations because coming up with a workaround for trade unions seemed just too difficult 🙃
Yet again the government is asleep at the wheel. People across the political spectrum have been shouting from day 1 that our donation rules needed tightening up but they dillied and dallied and this is the result
September 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Yet again the government is asleep at the wheel. People across the political spectrum have been shouting from day 1 that our donation rules needed tightening up but they dillied and dallied and this is the result
Ok good but shouldn't the PM be saying something at some point? Like 'racists blocking ports and threatening teenagers is bad'
Shabana Mahmood urges police to curb far-right, anti-migrant protests
Shabana Mahmood urges police to curb far-right, anti-migrant protests
Home secretary tells officers to make ‘full use’ of their powers after masked vigilantes cause weekend of chaos
Shabana Mahmood has urged police to curb the activities of far-right, anti-migrant groups which have “obvious malign intent” after a weekend of chaos caused by balaclava-wearing vigilantes.
In a meeting on Thursday, the home secretary told senior officers to make “full use” of their powers, including bans on face coverings, after police were assaulted and ports were disrupted in Kent and Hampshire. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Ok good but shouldn't the PM be saying something at some point? Like 'racists blocking ports and threatening teenagers is bad'
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On Andy Burnham's sudden bout of shyness. thecritic.co.uk/sanc...
September 8, 2026 at 6:33 PM
On Andy Burnham's sudden bout of shyness. thecritic.co.uk/sanc...
Now that my initial frustration at being messed around has passed... I'm really glad the government has suspended Local Government Reorganisation. Three unitaries was always the wrong choice for Oxfordshire. Thinking again can only be a good thing.
September 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Now that my initial frustration at being messed around has passed... I'm really glad the government has suspended Local Government Reorganisation. Three unitaries was always the wrong choice for Oxfordshire. Thinking again can only be a good thing.
This government reminds me of Joe Biden. Biden didn't want to be the prosecute Trump president, he wanted to pass an infrastructure bill. Burnham doesn't want to be the take on the hard right PM, he wants to do social care reform and devo. But you have to do the task you're set or face disaster.
Andy Burnham says he’s prepared to spend political capital on social care reform – but how does he intend to win cross-party agreement on a solution?🤝
@matildamartin.bsky.social reports
@matildamartin.bsky.social reports
How Burnham Plans To Win Cross-Party Agreement On Social Care
Andy Burnham says he’s prepared to spend political capital on social care reform. Matilda Martin reveals details of how he plans to go about it
www.politicshome.com
September 7, 2026 at 8:46 AM
This government reminds me of Joe Biden. Biden didn't want to be the prosecute Trump president, he wanted to pass an infrastructure bill. Burnham doesn't want to be the take on the hard right PM, he wants to do social care reform and devo. But you have to do the task you're set or face disaster.
Back at work after maternity leave, closed all 200 of my emotional support tabs unread, and nothing bad has happened so far.
I will learn absolutely nothing from this experience.
I will learn absolutely nothing from this experience.
September 7, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Back at work after maternity leave, closed all 200 of my emotional support tabs unread, and nothing bad has happened so far.
I will learn absolutely nothing from this experience.
I will learn absolutely nothing from this experience.
Better, but there's no need to hem and haw about peaceful protest, this wasn't one, it's not relevant, it just makes you look weak.
Also you obviously don't support peaceful protest or you wouldn't have arrested all those grannies holding signs.
Also you obviously don't support peaceful protest or you wouldn't have arrested all those grannies holding signs.
Emma Reynolds on Sky with a fairly robust response to the new far right agitation in Portsmouth overnight, and the events in Dover: "As a politician, I absolutely support the right to peaceful protest, but this has crossed the line. This is thuggish and intimidating behaviour."
September 7, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Better, but there's no need to hem and haw about peaceful protest, this wasn't one, it's not relevant, it just makes you look weak.
Also you obviously don't support peaceful protest or you wouldn't have arrested all those grannies holding signs.
Also you obviously don't support peaceful protest or you wouldn't have arrested all those grannies holding signs.
You aren't a smol bean you are the government FFS, if you think something needs doing you can just do it! Stop whining and do your job!
“One recent British cabinet member admitted the west had been “crap” at educating its public about the scale of the hybrid conflict with Russia.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
Europe would not be able to sustain war of attrition with Russia, defence officials say
Security experts fear Putin may be winning hybrid war with the west amid rise of pro-Kremlin, far-right parties
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
You aren't a smol bean you are the government FFS, if you think something needs doing you can just do it! Stop whining and do your job!
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Incredible how little attention this has got. Masked men come to Dover in a planned action and block our nation's busiest port.
None were detained. Good job they weren't pensioners holding signs about Palestine or climate change activists or they'd be in court by now!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
None were detained. Good job they weren't pensioners holding signs about Palestine or climate change activists or they'd be in court by now!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Disruption at Port of Dover due to 'stop the boats' protest
The government says it condemns "the behaviour in Dover" and the hours-long disruption it caused.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 6, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Incredible how little attention this has got. Masked men come to Dover in a planned action and block our nation's busiest port.
None were detained. Good job they weren't pensioners holding signs about Palestine or climate change activists or they'd be in court by now!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
None were detained. Good job they weren't pensioners holding signs about Palestine or climate change activists or they'd be in court by now!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...