Benjamin-Robert🔶
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Liberal. Proud Brit and Brummie. Standing to be the next councillor for Pype Hayes, Birmingham. @ocben
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please can we stop pretending the national flag is some far right symbol
This just came through our door. The OH: “I thought it was from Reform, but it’s Labour.”
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Starting with you
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on may 7 2015, former lib dem leader charles kennedy lost his seat to the snp. 4 weeks later he sadly passed away due to medical effects of alcoholism. just over 9 years later the lib dems have won the most seats in 100 years and have regained his seat. this is for you charlie.
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if only you had the power to build, idk a high speed rail line. you’d need a job like, maybe the secretary of state for transport or something. idk i think that’d be helpful
On my (delayed) train to London to deliver the Second Reading of the Public Ownership Bill 🚆 🚉 🚄
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we’ve found it. a guy who was satisfied enough with the coalition that they actually voted lib dem
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you’re only allowing them to claim it as theirs. the british flag is a work of art and should be used in campaigns!
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the green party would’ve opposed the train line being built
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okay it is at least a little bit funny that we beat what i thought we could achieve with a perfect campaign
Looked into the data, what does an absolutely perfect lib dem campaign look like? here it is. 68 MPs.
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I hate to break it to you but 90% of lib dem meetings involve everyone being bladdered
Ed Davey says the government “don’t know where their arsehole is” to punters outside one of his locals
Follow our election liveblog here
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the greens are just about getting round to the idea of nato
Sir Ed Davey says of the Lib Dems "we are the most pro-European party in British politics". I imagine the Green Party may have something to say about that...
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cry me a fucking river we colonised a quarter of the world, having a large population of immigrants is a consequence of that. you can’t masquerade as a patriot if you subscribe to ethnonationalism despite the country being founded as a multi-ethnic kingdom
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@IrisLibre
exactly. you should love your country but that doesn’t mean you should think it’s the only thing we should be concerned about
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remember when tommy robinson finished behind change uk
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Looked into the data, what does an absolutely perfect lib dem campaign look like? here it is. 68 MPs.
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The biggest downgrade any constituency has ever had
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I’d rather live under communism than fascism
We live under communism, many of you just don’t realise it yet
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Well… now the general elections finished, i’m delighted to be able to announce i’ll be standing as the liberal democrats candidate for pype hayes for birmingham city council. i’ll be working tirelessly for the next 2 years to improve pype hayes.
@brumlibdems
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@RealAlbanianPat
@DonovanEckstrom
@Wikipedia
yeah and they should be banned for doing this without consensus on the chat pages. they do it everywhere it is so so ridiculous
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houses on top of train stations is genius btw
Here's a quick housing win for Labour.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has the power to approve 97 mid-rise homes and a hotel on top of Hampton Court train station.
The Planning Inspectorate have recommened approval.
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My benchmarks:
<40 - disappointing night
40-49 - about expectations
50-62 - good night
63-69 - fantastic night
>=70 - absolutely unbelievable, knight ed again. sir sir ed davey
Here’s what my benchmark for judging how well we do next week:
30-40 MPs - Decent but should’ve been better.
40-50 MPs - Really good.
50-60 MPs - Incredible!
60+ MPs - Literally a dream!
Also if we become 3rd biggest party again then that would be perfection!
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For all the faults of the empire, its lasting legacy of integration of different cultures is massively impressive. Anyone can succeed in britain. that’s something to be proud of.
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@IrishPatri0t
the french rioted after winning the world cup in 2018 and then rioted after losing it in 2022 too hahahaha
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Give me one reason why everywhere in blue shouldn’t become one country
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@TrueSlazac
I do love the online rhetoric that anyone I don’t like = Hitler. Stalinists have a lot more in common with Hitler than any liberal
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completely and utterly insane that we turned a conservative majority of 23,015 into a lib dem majority of 17,155 in 9 years
this was kind of a foundational moment for where we are now
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> do nothing
> win
> be gareth southgate, pic unrelated
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To apologise would be to say he was complicit in the scandal, which he wasn’t. He still wants compensation, he still wants it fast. A situation 13 years ago he was mislead on is not a reason to demand resignation. He was the first to actually attempt to find out anything
Sir Ed Davey has refused to apologise over his position in the Post Office scandal, despite being asked to more than ten times in an interview with ITV News'
@PaulBrandITV
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the party has evolved since 2015, and i’m sure charlie would be incredibly proud of what we’re fighting for and what we’ve achieved. his legacy will always live on.
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My final prediction for the 2024 uk general election
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@CharlieInBrum
banter timeline is greens losing pavilion but winning their three other targets
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are they just making up tories now
NEW:
James Cleverly, Kevin Hollingrake and Mel Stride are all likely to stand in the Conservative leadership contest.
Kemi Badenoch, Priti Patel and Robert Jenrick are all expected to stand too.
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wow. beyond our wildest dreams. congratulations to all 72 of you, and thank you to all 630 liberal democrats who stood. results like this will improve countless lives.
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Some figures from YouGov for lib dems to be happy about:
15% overall
23% (!) amongst 18-24
16% 25-49 (2nd in both groups)
17% ABC1 (2nd)
9% 2019 Lab
7% 2019 con
19% remain
23% rest of south (2nd and only 6 points off first)
16% london (2nd)
11% midlands
11% scotland (3rd)
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You’re bragging about 6% of the vote in your strongest region lmao
Like that time I got 500 more votes than your party?
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areas which vote lib dem were the least apathetic towards politics. clear evidence lib dems both have the most fun and are the best party
The 2024 General Election if Not Voting counted as a vote for the 'Apathy Party':
Apathy: 611, 40.3%
LDM: 22, 7.3%
LAB: 13, 20.1%
GRN: 2, 4.0%
CON: 1, 14.2%
RFM: 0, 8.5%
Others: 1, 5.6%
Apathy majority of 572.
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Even as a royalist, i see this as wrong. Our MPs should be swearing allegiance to the people of the united kingdom, not to the king. Clive Lewis merely exercised his right to freedom of speech, doing this only adds oxygen to republicanism.
We are pleased to see that Clive Lewis MP has been forced to retake his affirmation of allegiance following our complaint to the Clerk of the House of Commons.
MPs must not be excused from the common allegiance that binds our nation together.
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cyril smith, simon danczuk and george galloway. has a constituency ever had that bad a list of former mps?
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I do wholeheartedly believe that the lib dems are currently to the left of labour
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@DaveyBiden2024
describing peronism on the political spectrum is impossible. it’s like schrödinger’s ideology
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The effort’s been put in, the numbers have been crunched, and here it is; the 2010 United Kingdom General Election under a completely proportional electoral system.
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Here it is: my prediction for the next general election with margins.
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being a lib dem is just kind of insane. never thought i’d be sitting in a pub with a former MEP in the middle of my a levels
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@TrueSlazac
200,000 members for a political party only promoting the rights of autistic people. Brazil once again proving they are the best country in the new world
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sorry to anyone in wales, scotland, northern ireland or cornwall! you don’t get to vote if you only speak your native tongue!
If you’re unable to read in English, you probably shouldn’t vote in the UK.
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Why I’m Voting Liberal Democrat in the General Election
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more elections. i want more
BREAKING: Vaughan Gething has announced he will resign as Wales' first minister
Follow all updates live:
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This is very good. We should be doing the same in the UK. Drug use is not a crime, its a health problem, and the only way to combat it is to decriminalise and regulate drugs, and to provide safe spaces for people to be able to access drugs on their road to recovery
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@TrueSlazac
inflation was way higher for ages and the economy has stagnated. they’ve also just taken the piss with the rules and conventions in our political system
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@TrueSlazac
cdu to the right of the csu tells you all you need to know without even looking at the other positions
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Did Mexico just not give anyone the vote or something? Less than 19,000 votes is crazy
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this isn’t me being optimistic or wishful thinking, this is purely what are the seats we could win given an absolutely perfect realistic campaign. orkney and shetland are included in this but just are out of frame. a result like this would likely see us as the opposition.
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Nine years ago, we lost one of the finest men this country had ever seen. Rest well charlie.
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does this guy want young people to switch to the greens and lib dems
🚨NEW: Keir Starmer says Rosie Duffield is right to say only women have a cervix
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oh he’s definitely stealing it hahahahahaha
🚨 NEW: Wes Streeting says "the Lib Dems and other parties have good ideas" on social care
"There is plenty of blame to go around but I want to have a different politics on social care"
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why would anyone want this system
Here it is, the eagerly anticipated map of the 2024 general election if it were held under STV.
Bear in mind, I estimated the transfers by hand, and I tried to factor in tactical voting but I'm not sure I did it very well, so that might explain some of the disproportionalities.
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It was a resounding success when the world saw birmingham in 2022
do you have the slightest idea of what the world seeing Leeds or god forbid Birmingham would do to british global standing
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possibility for HUGE gains in cornwall, devon, hampshire, surrey, worcestershire, oxfordshire, wiltshire, shropshire and cambridgeshire based off of the general election. the hard work cannot stop.
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@nikicaga
I have spent a concerning amount of time finding Celtic languages from England we should revive
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how has he managed to turn the campaign into a holiday paid for by the party hahahahhaa
Ed Davey conducts an ITV interview from the baseline (2024)
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@jacktism_
SFL when someone’s a millionaire: 😡😡😡
SFL when someone suggests not giving millionaires benefits supposed to be for people in poverty:😡😡😡😡😡
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Photo from friday night, you might’ve assumed John would be disappointed with the result but he was absolutely delighted with how the campaign went. We brought fun back to Sutton Coldfield. Wishing John the best of luck in whatever seat decides to take him, they won’t regret it!
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can we just stop referendums full stop outside of independence referendums
🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage has used his maiden speech to call for a referendum on the ECHR
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2nd amongst remoaners?? we’re so back
How did Remain and Leave voters vote at the 2024 general election?
Remain voters
Labour: 47%
Lib Dem: 17%
Conservative: 16%
Green: 8%
Reform UK: 3%
Other: 8%
Leave voters
Conservative: 37%
Reform UK: 28%
Labour: 19%
Lib Dem: 7%
Green: 3%
Other: 5%
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Hi everyone, we’ve seen a few people expressing interest in helping us campaign in Sutton Coldfield!
If anyone is interested in helping out with canvassing or delivering then feel free to drop me a DM or email me at bensuttonnorthbrum
@gmail
.com
Thanks, Ben
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we failed to win 4 of the seats i had here, and won 7 (i forgot to click wokingham but it was meant to be on there) that i didn’t have there. kind of insane.
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Charles Kennedy was a man universally adored and respected, his addiction did not change the man he was and it is absolutely abhorrent to use it as a slight against his character
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has he… has he got 4 arms?
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@TrueSlazac
Iraq restricts expression of homosexuality but openly has a parliament with a rainbow???? this doesn’t add up
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“she’s only had the job for 3 weeks” she was saying this in april. this criticism is absolutely valid
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@TrueSlazac
Mass boycott and I’m assuming others counts spoiled ballots. Election before had pretty normal results
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another session today, some really good conversations on the door with residents who are absolutely fed up with labour and the tories. Labour and conservative supporters saying they’d be more than happy to vote for me! We can win here!
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Delighted to be able to reveal that famed journalist John Sweeney is the liberal democrat candidate for sutton coldfield!
War Diary Day 814
I've "thrown away" my crutches, back in Ukraine next month. Like Tom Cruise, I do my own stunts.
But the war is going badly. Russia is stronger, US is weak - Trump, Putin's creature - Ukraine is running out of courage.
If Ukraine loses, we're next.
#VPDFO
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