Banbury Liberal Democrats
@banburylibdems.bsky.social
The name largely says it all really - unofficial because keep getting told off for being slightly ahead of the party - for Banbury Constituency with the Districts and Wards within.
Many Banbury Lib Dems spent a lot of time and money to help get our former colleague (boundary changes) and friend Calum elected - proving to be good use of both.
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Many Banbury Lib Dems spent a lot of time and money to help get our former colleague (boundary changes) and friend Calum elected - proving to be good use of both.
This is perfect BS.
There is no option they must (and have to) refuse an illegal order. There is no option. This is what the US military is taught (or was), and it is Law (the ochre baboon will go) - but law will (may) stay. Others may find this true ...
There is no option they must (and have to) refuse an illegal order. There is no option. This is what the US military is taught (or was), and it is Law (the ochre baboon will go) - but law will (may) stay. Others may find this true ...
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This is perfect BS.
There is no option they must (and have to) refuse an illegal order. There is no option. This is what the US military is taught (or was), and it is Law (the ochre baboon will go) - but law will (may) stay. Others may find this true ...
There is no option they must (and have to) refuse an illegal order. There is no option. This is what the US military is taught (or was), and it is Law (the ochre baboon will go) - but law will (may) stay. Others may find this true ...
This is, of course, the correct response.
Everyone in Labour, in this case, the Lib Dems (Green, PC, MK, SNP etc) and I hope all of Nus Ghani's party stand firm against this bigotry- maybe leave GBNews to the Gobshite racists and Tommy Robinson fangirls.
OFFCOM your part of ship. Do something 🤔?
Everyone in Labour, in this case, the Lib Dems (Green, PC, MK, SNP etc) and I hope all of Nus Ghani's party stand firm against this bigotry- maybe leave GBNews to the Gobshite racists and Tommy Robinson fangirls.
OFFCOM your part of ship. Do something 🤔?
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is, of course, the correct response.
Everyone in Labour, in this case, the Lib Dems (Green, PC, MK, SNP etc) and I hope all of Nus Ghani's party stand firm against this bigotry- maybe leave GBNews to the Gobshite racists and Tommy Robinson fangirls.
OFFCOM your part of ship. Do something 🤔?
Everyone in Labour, in this case, the Lib Dems (Green, PC, MK, SNP etc) and I hope all of Nus Ghani's party stand firm against this bigotry- maybe leave GBNews to the Gobshite racists and Tommy Robinson fangirls.
OFFCOM your part of ship. Do something 🤔?
Oh great yet another bottom feeder wants me dead (actually he would be so confused with my colour and features that his inbred idiocy would blow the tiny mind).
But hey Reform why is he even in your non-fascist party?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
But hey Reform why is he even in your non-fascist party?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group featuring extremist posts
Tom Pickup confirms he was member of group in which one participant allegedly called for ‘mass Islam genocide’
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Oh great yet another bottom feeder wants me dead (actually he would be so confused with my colour and features that his inbred idiocy would blow the tiny mind).
But hey Reform why is he even in your non-fascist party?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
But hey Reform why is he even in your non-fascist party?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have to start to wonder why every Labour Government ends in this fu**ing place. There is something that is ingrained and capricious about the depths of their cynicism and degeneracy.
Jury trials aren't the norm in a lot of places, but to describe the situation in these terms is fucking insane.
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
We have to start to wonder why every Labour Government ends in this fu**ing place. There is something that is ingrained and capricious about the depths of their cynicism and degeneracy.
Labour, in the end, are never Liberal or Progressive (Occasionally make the right sounds and some members even are, but...) immigration, id cards, this, etc.
For Liberalism you have to support/ join/ vote for the real thing. As every Labour Government has proved. With Roy Jenkins as an exception
For Liberalism you have to support/ join/ vote for the real thing. As every Labour Government has proved. With Roy Jenkins as an exception
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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UK politics live – latest updates
Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Labour, in the end, are never Liberal or Progressive (Occasionally make the right sounds and some members even are, but...) immigration, id cards, this, etc.
For Liberalism you have to support/ join/ vote for the real thing. As every Labour Government has proved. With Roy Jenkins as an exception
For Liberalism you have to support/ join/ vote for the real thing. As every Labour Government has proved. With Roy Jenkins as an exception
Now this is a result I wasn't expecting to see. Clearly either the good folk of Hale have a beef against Zack (and he's from these parts - well greater Manchester), the candidate or something else...
Hale (Trafford) Council By-Election Result:
🌳 CON: 46.5% (+9.7)
🌍 GRN: 38.1% (-9.6)
➡️ RFM: 8.1% (New)
🌹 LAB: 4.2% (-7.6)
🔶 LDM: 3.1% (-0.6)
Conservative GAIN from Green.
Changes w/ 2024.
🌳 CON: 46.5% (+9.7)
🌍 GRN: 38.1% (-9.6)
➡️ RFM: 8.1% (New)
🌹 LAB: 4.2% (-7.6)
🔶 LDM: 3.1% (-0.6)
Conservative GAIN from Green.
Changes w/ 2024.
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Now this is a result I wasn't expecting to see. Clearly either the good folk of Hale have a beef against Zack (and he's from these parts - well greater Manchester), the candidate or something else...
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I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
'We invited a homeless man for dinner - he stayed for 45 years'
The man was only meant to stay for a day.
metro.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
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Due to woke, the role of Jim Callaghan has now gone to an Asian woman.
- It is entirely legitimate for the Home Secretary to highlight the overt racism that she receives for taking part in public life.
- Everybody should oppose that racism against her, whatever their politics.
- But it is important to make several other points about this argument about racism.
- Everybody should oppose that racism against her, whatever their politics.
- But it is important to make several other points about this argument about racism.
November 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Due to woke, the role of Jim Callaghan has now gone to an Asian woman.
Can't disagree with Stew's point.
Oxford residents will be entirely unsurprised that this moral husk is in favour of Mahmood's asylum policy.
Labour MP Luke Akehurst says he "wholeheartedly welcomes" Mahmood's plans "which I believe will tackle a failure by the previous government to maintain one of the most basic fundamental functions of government, which is control of our borders."
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Can't disagree with Stew's point.
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Calum Miller, MP for Bicester and Woodstock and Lib Dem Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, has presented a Bill to Parliament to enable the seizure of frozen Russian assets and direct the proceeds to Ukraine’s defence, reconstruction and humanitarian relief.
whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal532...
whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal532...
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Calum Miller, MP for Bicester and Woodstock and Lib Dem Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, has presented a Bill to Parliament to enable the seizure of frozen Russian assets and direct the proceeds to Ukraine’s defence, reconstruction and humanitarian relief.
whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal532...
whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal532...
Well said Rob 👏
Cllr Rob Pattenden: “We are investing in our local communities. We believe that real change starts at a grassroots level, and these grants are a great way for community groups to make Cherwell a place where everyone feels supported, included, and proud to call home.”
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Well said Rob 👏
This is surely true, sad that it even needs saying...
There is nothing “centre-left” about neglecting climate change.
What distinguishes centre-left politics is that its proponents seek to solve problems through progressive reforms that benefit individuals and society.
When the “centre-left” fails to do this it opens the way to reactionary politics.
What distinguishes centre-left politics is that its proponents seek to solve problems through progressive reforms that benefit individuals and society.
When the “centre-left” fails to do this it opens the way to reactionary politics.
Save the planet? Today’s centre-left leaders have more pressing concerns
The Covid pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the cost-of-living crisis have all pushed the climate crisis onto the political back burner, writes Jeevan Vasagar.
https://bit.ly/47v858Z
The Covid pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the cost-of-living crisis have all pushed the climate crisis onto the political back burner, writes Jeevan Vasagar.
https://bit.ly/47v858Z
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is surely true, sad that it even needs saying...
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Banbury Lib Dems is currently (re) reading 'The strange Death of ...' (as well as pictured.
Should I start sharpening my pen to write 'The non-very Strange Death of Labour England'? Chapt 1, Brown's Inheritance ... , Chapt 9 taking the piss the Corbyn years, Chapt 12 Starmer - things fall apart...
Should I start sharpening my pen to write 'The non-very Strange Death of Labour England'? Chapt 1, Brown's Inheritance ... , Chapt 9 taking the piss the Corbyn years, Chapt 12 Starmer - things fall apart...
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Banbury Lib Dems is currently (re) reading 'The strange Death of ...' (as well as pictured.
Should I start sharpening my pen to write 'The non-very Strange Death of Labour England'? Chapt 1, Brown's Inheritance ... , Chapt 9 taking the piss the Corbyn years, Chapt 12 Starmer - things fall apart...
Should I start sharpening my pen to write 'The non-very Strange Death of Labour England'? Chapt 1, Brown's Inheritance ... , Chapt 9 taking the piss the Corbyn years, Chapt 12 Starmer - things fall apart...
AGM done. Thanks to all.
Lots of opportunities for the party going into the next few election cycles.
Thanks in particular to @ollyglover.bsky.social for overcoming Cross Country rail to come and speak & discuss with us local national and international issues; wide-ranging probably just covers it.
Lots of opportunities for the party going into the next few election cycles.
Thanks in particular to @ollyglover.bsky.social for overcoming Cross Country rail to come and speak & discuss with us local national and international issues; wide-ranging probably just covers it.
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
AGM done. Thanks to all.
Lots of opportunities for the party going into the next few election cycles.
Thanks in particular to @ollyglover.bsky.social for overcoming Cross Country rail to come and speak & discuss with us local national and international issues; wide-ranging probably just covers it.
Lots of opportunities for the party going into the next few election cycles.
Thanks in particular to @ollyglover.bsky.social for overcoming Cross Country rail to come and speak & discuss with us local national and international issues; wide-ranging probably just covers it.
This sounds like excellent news. Curlew numbers are in free fall, iconic bird
Wading birds such as lapwings, redshanks, and curlews will benefit from a new agreement between the council and @rspb.bsky.social.
Works are getting way to extend the RSPB’s existing site at Otmoor, creating the district’s second habitat bank, an area set aside for nature recovery.
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Works are getting way to extend the RSPB’s existing site at Otmoor, creating the district’s second habitat bank, an area set aside for nature recovery.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This sounds like excellent news. Curlew numbers are in free fall, iconic bird
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Cat. Dog. Mouse. Dunno.
Gardai say Co Clare's 'Escaped Lion' is actually a shaved dog called Mouse
'He's very friendly'
www.corkbeo.ie
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Cat. Dog. Mouse. Dunno.
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I’m a 3rd child. My father left when I was 3. Overnight we fell from middle class to poverty. My mother already struggled financially but without child benefit, homelessness and hunger would’ve been inevitable.
If you support this policy, you think I should be dead, and I will take that personally.
If you support this policy, you think I should be dead, and I will take that personally.
The two-child limit is cruel, trapping children in poverty and denying them a fair start.
This Autumn Budget, ministers must act and end the unfair cap once and for all.
@stevedarlingmp.bsky.social
This Autumn Budget, ministers must act and end the unfair cap once and for all.
@stevedarlingmp.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I’m a 3rd child. My father left when I was 3. Overnight we fell from middle class to poverty. My mother already struggled financially but without child benefit, homelessness and hunger would’ve been inevitable.
If you support this policy, you think I should be dead, and I will take that personally.
If you support this policy, you think I should be dead, and I will take that personally.
Interesting evening on the 'cultural appropation' front in kitchen. Given full eyes role, sigh 'leave it to me' for using the wrong rose petals (needed the purple not yellow) in Rose Harissa - who knew - ' I'll do it...' etc
But put monkfish on a pizza and you are a hero and should enter Masterchef
But put monkfish on a pizza and you are a hero and should enter Masterchef
November 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Interesting evening on the 'cultural appropation' front in kitchen. Given full eyes role, sigh 'leave it to me' for using the wrong rose petals (needed the purple not yellow) in Rose Harissa - who knew - ' I'll do it...' etc
But put monkfish on a pizza and you are a hero and should enter Masterchef
But put monkfish on a pizza and you are a hero and should enter Masterchef
Execs tonight last before AGM.
Major takeaway; never, never NEVER forget to put salt in the pizza dough you intend to bake and eat afterwards.
Adding a few more salted capers managed to make it largely delicious
Major takeaway; never, never NEVER forget to put salt in the pizza dough you intend to bake and eat afterwards.
Adding a few more salted capers managed to make it largely delicious
October 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Execs tonight last before AGM.
Major takeaway; never, never NEVER forget to put salt in the pizza dough you intend to bake and eat afterwards.
Adding a few more salted capers managed to make it largely delicious
Major takeaway; never, never NEVER forget to put salt in the pizza dough you intend to bake and eat afterwards.
Adding a few more salted capers managed to make it largely delicious
The neighbours are certainly getting busy. Hope they don't forget about us ... 😢
I’m absolutely delighted to have been offered the role of Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk. I’m looking forward to supporting @libdemdaisy.bsky.social and the rest of the team, as we continue to build on the LibDem record of responsible, ambitious economic policy.
October 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The neighbours are certainly getting busy. Hope they don't forget about us ... 😢
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I’m absolutely delighted to have been offered the role of Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk. I’m looking forward to supporting @libdemdaisy.bsky.social and the rest of the team, as we continue to build on the LibDem record of responsible, ambitious economic policy.
October 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’m absolutely delighted to have been offered the role of Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk. I’m looking forward to supporting @libdemdaisy.bsky.social and the rest of the team, as we continue to build on the LibDem record of responsible, ambitious economic policy.
Now this is what we like. Well done everyone 👏
Liberal D66 party set to win Dutch parliamentary elections, exit poll suggests on.ft.com/47fiLIJ
Liberal D66 party set to win Dutch parliamentary elections, exit poll suggests
The far-right Freedom party is projected to come second
on.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Now this is what we like. Well done everyone 👏
This may be simplistic, but ... well, more than sophisticated than Uncle Nigel and the bigots accepting and praising Putin, and those against people of colour in UK advertisements
October 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This may be simplistic, but ... well, more than sophisticated than Uncle Nigel and the bigots accepting and praising Putin, and those against people of colour in UK advertisements