Edward Sainsbury
@eksainsbury.bsky.social
Interested in Education, Politics & Travel | Head of Year & Head of Dept | School Governor | @LibDems Federal Council | @ALDC Management Committee | 🇬🇧🇮🇳 | 🏳️🌈 he/him
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It is common sense that refugees who have lived in Britain for a long time, and built lives here, should be able to stay.
Labour, cowering from Reform, are planning to break that principle.
Labour, cowering from Reform, are planning to break that principle.
Question on Monday
Is it now your principle that every Ukranian refugee in Britain should leave, must leave once it is safe + that they will all be made to leave?
Is it now your principle that every Ukranian refugee in Britain should leave, must leave once it is safe + that they will all be made to leave?
November 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
It is common sense that refugees who have lived in Britain for a long time, and built lives here, should be able to stay.
Labour, cowering from Reform, are planning to break that principle.
Labour, cowering from Reform, are planning to break that principle.
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🔶 BY ELECTION VICTORIES 🔶
Two fantastic Lib Dem results, a GAIN in Maldon and a WIN in Lewes.
Huge congratulations to the candidates, teams and volunteers who worked hard to make these excellent results possible!
Two fantastic Lib Dem results, a GAIN in Maldon and a WIN in Lewes.
Huge congratulations to the candidates, teams and volunteers who worked hard to make these excellent results possible!
May 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🔶 BY ELECTION VICTORIES 🔶
Two fantastic Lib Dem results, a GAIN in Maldon and a WIN in Lewes.
Huge congratulations to the candidates, teams and volunteers who worked hard to make these excellent results possible!
Two fantastic Lib Dem results, a GAIN in Maldon and a WIN in Lewes.
Huge congratulations to the candidates, teams and volunteers who worked hard to make these excellent results possible!
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Aggregate Result of the 13 Council By-Elections Since the 2025 Local Elections:
LDM: 6 (+1)
RFM: 5 (+5)
LAB: 1 (-3)
SNP: 1 (=)
CON: 0 (-1)
LOC: 0 (-2)
LDM: 6 (+1)
RFM: 5 (+5)
LAB: 1 (-3)
SNP: 1 (=)
CON: 0 (-1)
LOC: 0 (-2)
May 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Aggregate Result of the 13 Council By-Elections Since the 2025 Local Elections:
LDM: 6 (+1)
RFM: 5 (+5)
LAB: 1 (-3)
SNP: 1 (=)
CON: 0 (-1)
LOC: 0 (-2)
LDM: 6 (+1)
RFM: 5 (+5)
LAB: 1 (-3)
SNP: 1 (=)
CON: 0 (-1)
LOC: 0 (-2)
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From a Winter Crisis Plan, to rescuing NHS dentistry, to boosting community mental health support, to properly valuing and championing our carers, Liberal Democrats will always fight for a fair deal for our NHS.
May 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
From a Winter Crisis Plan, to rescuing NHS dentistry, to boosting community mental health support, to properly valuing and championing our carers, Liberal Democrats will always fight for a fair deal for our NHS.
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Given how unpopular Starmer is this is quite a reflection on Farage and Badenoch.
May 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Given how unpopular Starmer is this is quite a reflection on Farage and Badenoch.
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Angela Rayner and Ed Miliband stormed out of spending review meetings as disquiet grows on Labour benches - my piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on Starmer’s summer of discontent observer.co.uk/news/politic...
‘No 10 is dysfunctional’: Labour heads for a summer of discontent | The Observer
Ministers warn of tax rises ahead of next month’s spending review, while senior figures bemoan a lack of vision. By political editor Rachel Sylvester
observer.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Angela Rayner and Ed Miliband stormed out of spending review meetings as disquiet grows on Labour benches - my piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on Starmer’s summer of discontent observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Very positive review of @eddavey.libdems.org.uk new book... - the plight of carers has been a really powerful campaign that Ed has championed throughout his time as leader. Made more powerful by drawing upon his own experience to highlight the state of the care system incl family carers in the UK.
Passed over, targeted, fined – but is the magnificence of family carers finally being recognised? | John Harris
Britain’s army of unpaid support has been excluded from the political conversation. I didn’t expect to find hope in a book by a party leader, writes Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
May 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Very positive review of @eddavey.libdems.org.uk new book... - the plight of carers has been a really powerful campaign that Ed has championed throughout his time as leader. Made more powerful by drawing upon his own experience to highlight the state of the care system incl family carers in the UK.
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Six milestones, five missions, three foundations … Starmer loves a list. Here’s one for him to take to the EU-UK summit this weekend:
May 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Six milestones, five missions, three foundations … Starmer loves a list. Here’s one for him to take to the EU-UK summit this weekend:
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What an insane position to have gotten himself into www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Senior faith leaders urge Starmer to tone down migration rhetoric
Exclusive: Christian, Muslim and Jewish representatives write to prime minister after ‘island of strangers’ speech
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
What an insane position to have gotten himself into www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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By far the best thread I’ve seen on the issue of Starmer’s ‘Island of Strangers’
Starmer's language was deplorable.
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
May 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
By far the best thread I’ve seen on the issue of Starmer’s ‘Island of Strangers’
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@jonnelledge.bsky.social ‘s newsletter is always worth reading, but this one in particular is very good
"But of course, the sudden bout of whatever-the-f*ck is not the only reason I’m not in a good place. Another is that the place I am in is Britain, where the governing party seems to have convinced itself that, “the far right is correct. Vote Labour” is in any way a winning strategy."
Things Can’t Only Get Better
This week: I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party. Also: an early modern way of having too many browser tabs open; and some maps dropped on other maps.
jonn.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@jonnelledge.bsky.social ‘s newsletter is always worth reading, but this one in particular is very good
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"addicted to hiring cheap Labour" okay great looking forward to the white paper about reforming the funding of social care, and the tax rises necessary to pay for it
May 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"addicted to hiring cheap Labour" okay great looking forward to the white paper about reforming the funding of social care, and the tax rises necessary to pay for it
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Starmer's anti-immigrant speech today wasn't just a moral and political embarrassment. It was also an intellectual embarrassment.
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
May 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Starmer's anti-immigrant speech today wasn't just a moral and political embarrassment. It was also an intellectual embarrassment.
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
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My thoughts on the election result and the implications can be read here-
www.markpack.org.uk/174659/mike-...
www.markpack.org.uk/174659/mike-...
Mike Ross reacts to election results
Mike Ross did not quite make it in the election for Mayor of Hull and East Riding. But full credit to him for his response to the results.
www.markpack.org.uk
May 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
My thoughts on the election result and the implications can be read here-
www.markpack.org.uk/174659/mike-...
www.markpack.org.uk/174659/mike-...
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🔶More councils under our control than Conservative.
🔶Our 7th set of gains in a row - our best ever winning streak.
🔶First time in history Liberal Democrats have beaten Labour and the Conservatives in local elections.
🔶Our 7th set of gains in a row - our best ever winning streak.
🔶First time in history Liberal Democrats have beaten Labour and the Conservatives in local elections.
May 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🔶More councils under our control than Conservative.
🔶Our 7th set of gains in a row - our best ever winning streak.
🔶First time in history Liberal Democrats have beaten Labour and the Conservatives in local elections.
🔶Our 7th set of gains in a row - our best ever winning streak.
🔶First time in history Liberal Democrats have beaten Labour and the Conservatives in local elections.
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Bring a team to the best Lib Dem training weekend there is. Kickstart and the Councillors Weekend will help you thrive as a councillor and a campaigner. We also offer an Affinity training weekend. Sign up now for an early bird discount.
www.aldc.org/2024/11/kickst...
www.aldc.org/2024/11/kickst...
May 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Bring a team to the best Lib Dem training weekend there is. Kickstart and the Councillors Weekend will help you thrive as a councillor and a campaigner. We also offer an Affinity training weekend. Sign up now for an early bird discount.
www.aldc.org/2024/11/kickst...
www.aldc.org/2024/11/kickst...
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Huge by-election wins here in #Chelmsford! 🎉
Big congrats to David Loxton, now elected to Essex County Council, and to Helen Ayres and Sean Manley joining Chelmsford City Council — all flying the Lib Dem flag! 🧡
Big congrats to David Loxton, now elected to Essex County Council, and to Helen Ayres and Sean Manley joining Chelmsford City Council — all flying the Lib Dem flag! 🧡
May 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Huge by-election wins here in #Chelmsford! 🎉
Big congrats to David Loxton, now elected to Essex County Council, and to Helen Ayres and Sean Manley joining Chelmsford City Council — all flying the Lib Dem flag! 🧡
Big congrats to David Loxton, now elected to Essex County Council, and to Helen Ayres and Sean Manley joining Chelmsford City Council — all flying the Lib Dem flag! 🧡
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🚨CAR TARIFFS🚨
My 6m primer on the latest chapter in the Trump saga:
- Why some countries face paying not 25% but over 170%(!)
- Why this isn't just about where a car is made but what goes inside.
- And which car company does best out of it? You can prob guess.
📽️Have a watch youtu.be/Tbi6Mdp9rQo?...
My 6m primer on the latest chapter in the Trump saga:
- Why some countries face paying not 25% but over 170%(!)
- Why this isn't just about where a car is made but what goes inside.
- And which car company does best out of it? You can prob guess.
📽️Have a watch youtu.be/Tbi6Mdp9rQo?...
Ed Conway explains the effects of Donald Trump's new tariffs
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
March 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🚨CAR TARIFFS🚨
My 6m primer on the latest chapter in the Trump saga:
- Why some countries face paying not 25% but over 170%(!)
- Why this isn't just about where a car is made but what goes inside.
- And which car company does best out of it? You can prob guess.
📽️Have a watch youtu.be/Tbi6Mdp9rQo?...
My 6m primer on the latest chapter in the Trump saga:
- Why some countries face paying not 25% but over 170%(!)
- Why this isn't just about where a car is made but what goes inside.
- And which car company does best out of it? You can prob guess.
📽️Have a watch youtu.be/Tbi6Mdp9rQo?...
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I love this picture from @imageplotter.bsky.social - makes it look like I've joined the police and my partner and I are going door to door making enquiries
January 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I love this picture from @imageplotter.bsky.social - makes it look like I've joined the police and my partner and I are going door to door making enquiries