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Rob Parsons

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Educational jack of all trades. #COYS. Carer for #pwme. Born in the NHS at 312 ppm CO₂.

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Rebecca Jones 🔶 @rebeccajones03.bsky.social · 47m

Please see below my article for Lib Dem Voice titled 'Have we forgotten what we stand for?'.

In it I talk about why so many young and diverse members feel disillusionment with the party and what I believe needs to change.

www.libdemvoice.org/have-we-forg...

Have we forgotten what we stand for?

I joined the Liberal Democrats six years ago. I was 16, I’d just finished my GCSEs and I wanted to make a difference. I believe in Liberalism, and the party’s preamble spoke to me. After all, who woul...

www.libdemvoice.org

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 23h

"the Tories decided the world had changed and the press had cleaned up their act" - no, they just decided that the world had changed.

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 1d

Yum.

Chris 🔶️ @sussexbythesea.bsky.social · 1d

First bake today #sourdough #mixedgrains #baking

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 1d

An excellent, clear and simple explanation of why we are where we are. Thank you. There's just one tiny alteration I'd make to your last post. "concentrating the nervous system of our world in the hands of a few *self interested* players."

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 2d

I disagree. I used to have a lot of time for Charles but he's been a sad disappointment since becoming king. No inclination to modernise, no inclination at all to give up any of his power or any of his revenues. And far too helpful to Andrew, who he should have simply jettisoned by now.

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ringmerlibrary.bsky.social @ringmerlibrary.bsky.social · 2d

Ringmer review

A distraught reader writes:

"I've just finished the last @ellygriffiths.bsky.social Ruth Galloway.

"WHAT DO I DO NOW????

"SEND HELP!"

Book cover. The top two thirds is a darkling sky. (Ruth Galloway book covers are always dominated by a dark cloudy sky.) In the distance is a church with a light in its back window, among a line of trees against the horizon. In the foreground a delapidated and overgrown farm gate has fallen open. There is a hint of a pathway towards the church but it is obscured by a puff sticker.

Text: "Galloway now seems as real as Marple and Morse. The Times. Elly Griffiths The Last Remains. Intensely atmospheric India Knight. A Dr Ruth Galloway mystery."

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 2d

I trust you sieve the sweepings just in case he's collected something of archaeological interest.

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 4d

You're using the wrong eye. "See with the inner eye; between the warp and the weft, the paths on which the dead and the living plot their ways....."

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 4d

I suspect I'm on the same medication as you at the moment.

My immediate reaction, though, is if maps of Hookland on handkerchiefs are not a thing, then make them one. You can just sell plain white handkerchiefs - "look carefully, and there you will see Hookland, lair of the unknown".

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 4d

It won't be. It will be for whoever the voters think can beat Reform - and they've become pretty good at working that out.

(And PS to that I don't think pollsters have properly factored in how general vehement distaste for Reform is changing voters' behaviour.)

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, I assume that too, which shows how far removed from real life that judge is because you can't be that stupid innocently.

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 4d

High Court judge said there had been "no bad faith"????? You have to be wilfully stupid to rely on ChatGPT. The judge needs to be taken aside and given a talking to.

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 5d

The conduct of the country's so called elite *is* an important matter.

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 5d

does the north of Scotland want him?

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 6d

These comments show just how the Conservatives has moved away from the fundamental values of decency, tolerance and respect for the rule of law that the vast majority of people in our country hold dear.

Join us today and defend those values: www.libdems.org.uk/join

Become a Liberal Democrat member today.

www.libdems.org.uk

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 7d

If you're looking for a place to rent, it's roomscrolling.

Scornflake Ghhhoul @scornflakegrrrl.bsky.social · 7d

If you’re looking for woven materials it’s loomscrolling

Lee Harveryscary @valleyguitarist.bsky.social · 7d

If you're looking for psychedelic fungus, it's shroomscrolling

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 8d

Libdems do say that, Steve, and have been for some time. Where have you been for the last ten years?

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 8d

They also tell quite barefaced lies. The last letter I got said "Our records show there has been a change of circumstances". After a bit of back and forth, they admitted they not only had no evidence of a change, they actually had no records.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 8d

Then fix it.

Screenshot from BBC: Rachel Reeves blames Brexit deal for long-term damage to economy.

Rachel Reeves made the comment about the 2020 deal at a key meeting of the world's leading finance ministers and central bankers.

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 9d

Is he actually better educated, as in learning how to think critically, or did he just go to a more expensive school?

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 9d

Hospices are at breaking point as staff lose jobs and beds close. Families shouldn’t pay the price.

The Government must act now to protect children’s hospice funding, reverse the £34 million NI hike, and make sure funding meets local needs.

LBC ARTICLE

TEXT: England's hospices 'on the brink' as 12,000 terminally ill patients could lose care.

Read the full story below

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 9d

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ringmerlibrary.bsky.social @ringmerlibrary.bsky.social · 10d

Ringmer review

Moira Buffini: Songlight

A reader writes: enthralling.

Book cover. The background is deep black. There is a shield like pattern with a gold eight pointed star at its centre and a blue woven edge with points north south east and west, and gold stars. Inside the edge is a riot of shapes outlining a stormy sea, black flames with gold edges, blue clouds and water, and a female face, black with gold edging.

Text: Songlight. They are hunting those who shine. Moira Buffini.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 10d

If you share this thread or images, please credit @thenerve_news.

We are only 3 weeks old (!!) & can only do this work with your support.

And if there was ever a story that proves why Britain needs fiercely independent news outlets, it’s this.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...

The glamorous TV host, the web of influence and a mysterious trip to Moscow – inside the downfall of Reform’s disgraced MEP

Ahead of a critical Welsh byelection for Reform next week, part two of our investigation into Nathan Gill uncovers the web of Russian influence that encircled him – and asks why it took so long to cha...

www.thenerve.news

Rob Parsons @robparsons.bsky.social · 10d

I agree he's practised and he's paid attention and worked to improve. But I think most people would interpret the initial post the way I did.