Graham Evans
@mars164.bsky.social
Retired HR manager who's followed, and often participated in, party politics since my early teenage years.
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Great article with excellent quotes from @robblackie.bsky.social and Victor Chamberlain. I'm just one voice among many who have been saying that the people don't know what the Lib Dems stand for, we don't have a good national message, and we're losing ground in urban areas where we used to do well.
"The danger for us is that now that the Conservatives are no longer in power, being anti-Conservative is less motivating for people"
With the Lib Dems wrestling with strategic questions, The House mag's @noahvickers.bsky.social looks at whether Ed Davey's party can break through in cities again
With the Lib Dems wrestling with strategic questions, The House mag's @noahvickers.bsky.social looks at whether Ed Davey's party can break through in cities again
Urban Lib Dems Fear Their Party Is Too Focused On The Blue Wall
Can the Liberal Democrats break through in big cities again? Noah Vickers reports on the party’s bid to sharpen its ‘national brand’
www.politicshome.com
September 21, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Great article with excellent quotes from @robblackie.bsky.social and Victor Chamberlain. I'm just one voice among many who have been saying that the people don't know what the Lib Dems stand for, we don't have a good national message, and we're losing ground in urban areas where we used to do well.
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Political spending: the gap even better donation rules wouldn’t cover
Political spending: the gap even better donation rules wouldn't cover
We need to worry about controls on how parties spend money, not just about controls on where they get money from.
buff.ly
September 14, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Political spending: the gap even better donation rules wouldn’t cover
Those of us sympathetic to New Labour but not supporters lost faith in it after one event, the Iraq war. In the case of Starmer, and perhaps now Burnham, it's the result of a thousand cuts.
Labour’s indecision has cost us all
Farage is trying to create an oligarchy...
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September 14, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Those of us sympathetic to New Labour but not supporters lost faith in it after one event, the Iraq war. In the case of Starmer, and perhaps now Burnham, it's the result of a thousand cuts.
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What is expected in return ⁉️ 🤷♂️
‘Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire’
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire’
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2026 at 12:05 AM
What is expected in return ⁉️ 🤷♂️
‘Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire’
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire’
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This is outrageous in and of itself. It's also outrageous that the government isn't doing anything about it. There's a constant political refrain that 'the first duty of government is to protect its citizens'. So do it.
Lifeboat museum forced to close after abuse from thugs
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Poole Old Lifeboat Museum shuts after protesters target volunteers
The museum in Poole says it will remain closed until until the anti-migrant protests stop.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 11, 2026 at 4:55 PM
This is outrageous in and of itself. It's also outrageous that the government isn't doing anything about it. There's a constant political refrain that 'the first duty of government is to protect its citizens'. So do it.
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Mayor Sadiq Khan improves kids lungs against massive opposition from the usual right-wing zealots.
BBC News - Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone - BBC News
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BBC News - Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone - BBC News
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Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone
Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 19, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Mayor Sadiq Khan improves kids lungs against massive opposition from the usual right-wing zealots.
BBC News - Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Britannica was beginning to suspect Farage wasn’t a real doctor.
August 19, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Britannica was beginning to suspect Farage wasn’t a real doctor.
It's significant that the msm media have been in uproar about a black academic in a subject area where Cambridge can hardly claim pre-eminence, while almost completely ignoring alleged bullying of female staff, and harassment of a whistleblower, in a department which has an international reputation.
Ok, some thoughts, as an olde tyme academic, on the Arday tragedy.
First, allegations about causes. We don't know what was in his mind, but many people are keen to blame him, or woke lefties/academia, or the media.
Some people are absolutely certain that the media are faultless. 1/
First, allegations about causes. We don't know what was in his mind, but many people are keen to blame him, or woke lefties/academia, or the media.
Some people are absolutely certain that the media are faultless. 1/
August 16, 2026 at 6:54 AM
It's significant that the msm media have been in uproar about a black academic in a subject area where Cambridge can hardly claim pre-eminence, while almost completely ignoring alleged bullying of female staff, and harassment of a whistleblower, in a department which has an international reputation.
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It is a wholly accurate description of a piece where you concluded, without proper evidence, that the issue was about “midwitted groupthink” and that the university sector’s approach on ethnic diversity needs a “healthy reset”. Had you even spoken to the hiring panel?
August 15, 2026 at 11:20 AM
It is a wholly accurate description of a piece where you concluded, without proper evidence, that the issue was about “midwitted groupthink” and that the university sector’s approach on ethnic diversity needs a “healthy reset”. Had you even spoken to the hiring panel?
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48 hours after interviewing an Israeli government spokesperson on live radio, Sangita Myska was taken off air and removed from her show. Please watch and share.
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THE ISRAEL INTERVIEW MEDIA WANT TO BAN: Sangita Myska Doesn’t Hold Back
YouTube video by Double Down News
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August 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
48 hours after interviewing an Israeli government spokesperson on live radio, Sangita Myska was taken off air and removed from her show. Please watch and share.
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Early signs are not encouraging about whether Burnham is willing/able to improve on the most odious failure of the Starmer government: responding to racist violence by condemning the violence but being silent, or even placatory, about the motives behind it.
This is a really inadequate Home Office statement in these circumstancds
It empathises with this protest as expressing legitimate concerns, singles out violence against police, and simply fails to say "violence threatening asylum seekers, migrants & other minorities is shocking + wrong"
It empathises with this protest as expressing legitimate concerns, singles out violence against police, and simply fails to say "violence threatening asylum seekers, migrants & other minorities is shocking + wrong"
August 8, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Early signs are not encouraging about whether Burnham is willing/able to improve on the most odious failure of the Starmer government: responding to racist violence by condemning the violence but being silent, or even placatory, about the motives behind it.
I can't see any of these approaches appealling to Labour or the Conservatives. The trade offs are too convenient a stick with which to batter their opponents.
August 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I can't see any of these approaches appealling to Labour or the Conservatives. The trade offs are too convenient a stick with which to batter their opponents.
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There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
August 6, 2026 at 10:08 AM
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
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My statement on the harmful EHRC guidance coming in to force today 🏳️⚧️
August 5, 2026 at 1:50 PM
My statement on the harmful EHRC guidance coming in to force today 🏳️⚧️
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Andrew Tate’s lawyer is claiming they will be executed in the U.K. Unfortunately MAGAs will believe anything so just to be really clear, there is no such thing as the death penalty in the U.K. and there hasn’t been for many decades.
August 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Andrew Tate’s lawyer is claiming they will be executed in the U.K. Unfortunately MAGAs will believe anything so just to be really clear, there is no such thing as the death penalty in the U.K. and there hasn’t been for many decades.
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I don't know what that means.
Governing is about making choices and politics is about how those choices get made.
UK can have social care workers who are:
Cheap, Local or Plentiful but it can only pick two of those at a time.
Governing is about making choices and politics is about how those choices get made.
UK can have social care workers who are:
Cheap, Local or Plentiful but it can only pick two of those at a time.
July 29, 2026 at 10:22 AM
I don't know what that means.
Governing is about making choices and politics is about how those choices get made.
UK can have social care workers who are:
Cheap, Local or Plentiful but it can only pick two of those at a time.
Governing is about making choices and politics is about how those choices get made.
UK can have social care workers who are:
Cheap, Local or Plentiful but it can only pick two of those at a time.
While Rome burns Badenoch plays her fiddle open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
The civilisational collapse cult
Climate delusion and its consequences...
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July 29, 2026 at 6:43 AM
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Absolutely. The schools curriculum can't change the socio-economic environment in which young people grow up, and that seems to be the default defence of the educational status quo.
Completely agree Sue. Lots of scepticism for Burnham’s tech ed proposal but v few constructive ideas about how else to make secondary sch meaningful & bearable for all YP.
July 29, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Absolutely. The schools curriculum can't change the socio-economic environment in which young people grow up, and that seems to be the default defence of the educational status quo.
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tfw you say you're willing to work cross-party on a total reform of social care but then rule out any of the revenue-raising steps needed to pay for it. #Cakeism is clearly alive and well.
Kemi Badenoch tells PM not to raise taxes to fund social care
In a letter to the PM, the Conservative leader offers to work with him on adult social care reform.
www.bbc.com
July 27, 2026 at 6:18 AM
tfw you say you're willing to work cross-party on a total reform of social care but then rule out any of the revenue-raising steps needed to pay for it. #Cakeism is clearly alive and well.
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Love this. The people's choice: Binface versus Farage in Clacton.
July 26, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Love this. The people's choice: Binface versus Farage in Clacton.
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One particular bugbear of mine: most university degrees have nothing to do with politics, current affairs, or related issues! If you go there to study chemistry, or maths, or nursing, etc, you have a very different experience to, say, PPE.
Journalists with humanities degrees endlessly project...
Journalists with humanities degrees endlessly project...
Heffer showing his ignorance about universities again. For many towns and cities, ‘let them fail’ means one of the biggest local employers disappearing.
July 26, 2026 at 11:59 AM
One particular bugbear of mine: most university degrees have nothing to do with politics, current affairs, or related issues! If you go there to study chemistry, or maths, or nursing, etc, you have a very different experience to, say, PPE.
Journalists with humanities degrees endlessly project...
Journalists with humanities degrees endlessly project...
A challenge to those who think we can't, and shouldn't, reverse globalisation, and who pour scorn on the concept of re-industrialisation. We're not going to return to the days of many, many thousands employed at a single location but we may need to reconsider the concept of competitive advantage.
The Factory We Had to Build Again
Rachel Reeves, John Healey, and the surprising story of Britain’s return to manufacturing. With some big explosions along the way
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July 21, 2026 at 6:34 AM
A challenge to those who think we can't, and shouldn't, reverse globalisation, and who pour scorn on the concept of re-industrialisation. We're not going to return to the days of many, many thousands employed at a single location but we may need to reconsider the concept of competitive advantage.
My feelings precisely, though I take the point that he can always drop Mahmood later when the new immigration bill is law, if he wants to tilt back to social liberals.
EXTRA: The Burnham reshuffle
Lots of good news and one very bleak bit of bad news.
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July 20, 2026 at 10:39 PM
My feelings precisely, though I take the point that he can always drop Mahmood later when the new immigration bill is law, if he wants to tilt back to social liberals.
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JICYMI - hugely enjoyable interview with the Count himself on the Today Programme this morning: starts at 2hrs54min into the show.
July 8, 2026 at 8:52 AM
JICYMI - hugely enjoyable interview with the Count himself on the Today Programme this morning: starts at 2hrs54min into the show.