Golfing Duncan
@golfingduncan.bsky.social
Lover of sport, founder of St Catherine’s Hospice Golf Society, Arsenal fan, pro Europe, FBPE and a Lib Dem
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JUST IN: Latest from the Liz Truss Supporters' Club
October 7, 2026 at 2:27 PM
JUST IN: Latest from the Liz Truss Supporters' Club
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Kemi Badenoch claims the Conservative Party has changed, but people in Spelthorne aren't so convinced.
I came to hear their concerns, and it's clear: empty promises won’t make them forget years of Conservative chaos, neglect and failure.
I came to hear their concerns, and it's clear: empty promises won’t make them forget years of Conservative chaos, neglect and failure.
October 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Kemi Badenoch claims the Conservative Party has changed, but people in Spelthorne aren't so convinced.
I came to hear their concerns, and it's clear: empty promises won’t make them forget years of Conservative chaos, neglect and failure.
I came to hear their concerns, and it's clear: empty promises won’t make them forget years of Conservative chaos, neglect and failure.
So true!!!
Badenoch has spent half her conference making unfunded promises, and half lecturing the country on fiscal responsibility.
We’re all still paying the price for Conservative financial mismanagement. Liberal Democrats will act as the firewall stopping her handing No 10 to Farage.
We’re all still paying the price for Conservative financial mismanagement. Liberal Democrats will act as the firewall stopping her handing No 10 to Farage.
October 7, 2026 at 12:52 PM
So true!!!
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When I visited the Nova music festival site, the impact of October 7th hit home. Three years on, the violence continues, and we have seen an appalling rise in antisemitism here and around the world.
We must stand with the Jewish community, stamp out antisemitism, and work for a lasting peace.
We must stand with the Jewish community, stamp out antisemitism, and work for a lasting peace.
October 7, 2026 at 7:30 AM
When I visited the Nova music festival site, the impact of October 7th hit home. Three years on, the violence continues, and we have seen an appalling rise in antisemitism here and around the world.
We must stand with the Jewish community, stamp out antisemitism, and work for a lasting peace.
We must stand with the Jewish community, stamp out antisemitism, and work for a lasting peace.
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The Conservatives want to cut £1bn from culture, sport and youth services.
Listen to Anna Sabine's take on their plans.
Listen to Anna Sabine's take on their plans.
October 4, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The Conservatives want to cut £1bn from culture, sport and youth services.
Listen to Anna Sabine's take on their plans.
Listen to Anna Sabine's take on their plans.
Good job too!!
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Andy Burnham urged by Lib Dems to reveal all meetings with owners of Manchester City
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Andy Burnham urged by Lib Dems to reveal all meetings with owners of Manchester City
Andy Burnham urged by Lib Dems to reveal all meetings with owners of Manchester City
The prime minister is facing calls from the Liberal Democrats to publish details of all his meetings with Manchester City’s owners
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Good job too!!
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Andy Burnham urged by Lib Dems to reveal all meetings with owners of Manchester City
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Andy Burnham urged by Lib Dems to reveal all meetings with owners of Manchester City
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The motion passed at Green Party Conf' actively undermines a 2-state solution, and does not address the rising threats of Islamophobia and Antisemitism here in the UK.
This is a divisive motion that pours fuel on the fire of tensions in the UK, and will leave many British Jews feeling less safe.
This is a divisive motion that pours fuel on the fire of tensions in the UK, and will leave many British Jews feeling less safe.
October 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The motion passed at Green Party Conf' actively undermines a 2-state solution, and does not address the rising threats of Islamophobia and Antisemitism here in the UK.
This is a divisive motion that pours fuel on the fire of tensions in the UK, and will leave many British Jews feeling less safe.
This is a divisive motion that pours fuel on the fire of tensions in the UK, and will leave many British Jews feeling less safe.
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The Tories continue to let young people down.
£2bn in apprenticeship funding unspent. Youth mobility with Europe ended.
Now they want to cut support for young jobseekers and take away 100,000 university places.
Lib Dems have a plan to give young people opportunities they deserve.
£2bn in apprenticeship funding unspent. Youth mobility with Europe ended.
Now they want to cut support for young jobseekers and take away 100,000 university places.
Lib Dems have a plan to give young people opportunities they deserve.
October 1, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The Tories continue to let young people down.
£2bn in apprenticeship funding unspent. Youth mobility with Europe ended.
Now they want to cut support for young jobseekers and take away 100,000 university places.
Lib Dems have a plan to give young people opportunities they deserve.
£2bn in apprenticeship funding unspent. Youth mobility with Europe ended.
Now they want to cut support for young jobseekers and take away 100,000 university places.
Lib Dems have a plan to give young people opportunities they deserve.
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They will try to break our country, we will stop them.
September 25, 2026 at 6:45 PM
They will try to break our country, we will stop them.
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We will cut income tax by raising the personal allowance, and take 750,000 ordinary people out of paying the higher 40p rate.
September 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
We will cut income tax by raising the personal allowance, and take 750,000 ordinary people out of paying the higher 40p rate.
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Check out our fantastic new policy! 🔶
Liberal Democrats took more than 3 million people out of paying income tax with the personal allowance.
So we will raise the tax-free personal allowance to £15,000. Taking 2 million more people out of paying tax altogether, and giving most taxpayers a £680 tax cut.
September 22, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Check out our fantastic new policy! 🔶
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Petrol and diesel prices are higher than they've been for a long time and people need help now.
September 20, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Petrol and diesel prices are higher than they've been for a long time and people need help now.
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Donald Trump is trying to bully AI firms not to engage with Britain’s AI Safety Institute.
He’s making the world less safe. The UK must stand up to him.
He’s making the world less safe. The UK must stand up to him.
September 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Donald Trump is trying to bully AI firms not to engage with Britain’s AI Safety Institute.
He’s making the world less safe. The UK must stand up to him.
He’s making the world less safe. The UK must stand up to him.
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We have to treat mental health with the same seriousness we treat physical health.
And that starts with funding. While mental health services receive such meagre funding, vulnerable people and children will be left on waiting lists.
We need fairer funding to get this right.
And that starts with funding. While mental health services receive such meagre funding, vulnerable people and children will be left on waiting lists.
We need fairer funding to get this right.
September 7, 2026 at 5:06 PM
We have to treat mental health with the same seriousness we treat physical health.
And that starts with funding. While mental health services receive such meagre funding, vulnerable people and children will be left on waiting lists.
We need fairer funding to get this right.
And that starts with funding. While mental health services receive such meagre funding, vulnerable people and children will be left on waiting lists.
We need fairer funding to get this right.
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There were three senior Reform men involved in those conversations.
Two of them have been kicked out, the third is Nigel Farage.
Reform have clearly accepted what happened here was wrong. So surely the buck stops with Farage?
Two of them have been kicked out, the third is Nigel Farage.
Reform have clearly accepted what happened here was wrong. So surely the buck stops with Farage?
September 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
There were three senior Reform men involved in those conversations.
Two of them have been kicked out, the third is Nigel Farage.
Reform have clearly accepted what happened here was wrong. So surely the buck stops with Farage?
Two of them have been kicked out, the third is Nigel Farage.
Reform have clearly accepted what happened here was wrong. So surely the buck stops with Farage?
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Will Nigel Farage be investigated over Reform UK secret donations plot?
www.channel4.com/news/will-ni...
www.channel4.com/news/will-ni...
Will Nigel Farage be investigated over Reform UK secret donations plot?
By early this morning Reform announced their Head of Policy James Orr and top Farage adviser Dan Jukes had stepped down.
www.channel4.com
September 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Will Nigel Farage be investigated over Reform UK secret donations plot?
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Farage has always behaved as though the rules apply to everyone but him. These allegations against Reform look like the latest example.
Lib Dem Cabinet Office spokesperson
@lisasmartmp.bsky.social has written to the police and the electoral commission asking them to investigate.
Lib Dem Cabinet Office spokesperson
@lisasmartmp.bsky.social has written to the police and the electoral commission asking them to investigate.
September 3, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Farage has always behaved as though the rules apply to everyone but him. These allegations against Reform look like the latest example.
Lib Dem Cabinet Office spokesperson
@lisasmartmp.bsky.social has written to the police and the electoral commission asking them to investigate.
Lib Dem Cabinet Office spokesperson
@lisasmartmp.bsky.social has written to the police and the electoral commission asking them to investigate.
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Let’s get big money out of politics.
September 2, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Let’s get big money out of politics.
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This is racism, straight out of the Trump playbook. Reform are trying to turn our great country into a franchise of Trump's America.
There are countless British patriots who came here from overseas, many of them refugees we proudly welcomed. That's the kind of country we are.
There are countless British patriots who came here from overseas, many of them refugees we proudly welcomed. That's the kind of country we are.
September 3, 2026 at 10:56 AM
This is racism, straight out of the Trump playbook. Reform are trying to turn our great country into a franchise of Trump's America.
There are countless British patriots who came here from overseas, many of them refugees we proudly welcomed. That's the kind of country we are.
There are countless British patriots who came here from overseas, many of them refugees we proudly welcomed. That's the kind of country we are.
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People are fed up. Bills are rising, waiting lists are growing and too much feels broken.
It’s time to fix our broken politics and put power back where it belongs: with the British people.
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
It’s time to fix our broken politics and put power back where it belongs: with the British people.
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
September 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
People are fed up. Bills are rising, waiting lists are growing and too much feels broken.
It’s time to fix our broken politics and put power back where it belongs: with the British people.
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
It’s time to fix our broken politics and put power back where it belongs: with the British people.
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
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Extreme heat is hitting communities across the country, yet Andy Burnham has been bafflingly silent.
After the UK’s hottest summer on record, we need to see far more action.
We need cross-party talks to protect Britain from worsening extreme weather.
After the UK’s hottest summer on record, we need to see far more action.
We need cross-party talks to protect Britain from worsening extreme weather.
September 2, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Extreme heat is hitting communities across the country, yet Andy Burnham has been bafflingly silent.
After the UK’s hottest summer on record, we need to see far more action.
We need cross-party talks to protect Britain from worsening extreme weather.
After the UK’s hottest summer on record, we need to see far more action.
We need cross-party talks to protect Britain from worsening extreme weather.
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Have the Conservatives learnt nothing from Liz Truss's disastrous mini-Budget?
September 2, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Have the Conservatives learnt nothing from Liz Truss's disastrous mini-Budget?
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💷Immediately fund teacher pay awards
⏰Properly enforce legally mandated working hours
🏠New guidance on flexible working
🔺Introduce reasonable limits on overtime
The government must listen and introduce our emergency package of 'back to school' measures before it is too late.
⏰Properly enforce legally mandated working hours
🏠New guidance on flexible working
🔺Introduce reasonable limits on overtime
The government must listen and introduce our emergency package of 'back to school' measures before it is too late.
August 31, 2026 at 6:02 PM
💷Immediately fund teacher pay awards
⏰Properly enforce legally mandated working hours
🏠New guidance on flexible working
🔺Introduce reasonable limits on overtime
The government must listen and introduce our emergency package of 'back to school' measures before it is too late.
⏰Properly enforce legally mandated working hours
🏠New guidance on flexible working
🔺Introduce reasonable limits on overtime
The government must listen and introduce our emergency package of 'back to school' measures before it is too late.
A small number of MPs taking lucrative second jobs is giving all MPs a bad name. We're calling on the Government to take action on MPs' second jobs. Please sign our letter.
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MPs' Second Jobs
A small number of MPs taking lucrative second jobs is giving all MPs a bad name. We're calling on the Government to take action on MPs' second jobs. Please sign our letter.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
August 29, 2026 at 8:18 AM
A small number of MPs taking lucrative second jobs is giving all MPs a bad name. We're calling on the Government to take action on MPs' second jobs. Please sign our letter.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/199569/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/199569/...
Another week where Reform lose a seat to the@LibDems
St Neots Eynesbury (Huntingdonshire) Council By-Election Result:
🔶 LDM: 47.9% (+29.8)
➡️ RFM: 30.3% (+3.1)
🌳 CON: 6.7% (-3.8)
🌍 GRN: 5.5% (-12.5)
🌹 LAB: 4.9% (New)
🙋 Ind: 4.8% (New)
No Ind (-26.2) as previous.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Reform UK.
Changes w/ 2026.
🔶 LDM: 47.9% (+29.8)
➡️ RFM: 30.3% (+3.1)
🌳 CON: 6.7% (-3.8)
🌍 GRN: 5.5% (-12.5)
🌹 LAB: 4.9% (New)
🙋 Ind: 4.8% (New)
No Ind (-26.2) as previous.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Reform UK.
Changes w/ 2026.
August 21, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Another week where Reform lose a seat to the@LibDems