Leon Duveen 🔶️🟣 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 🇵🇸
@leonduveen.bsky.social
I am a Lib Dem & chair Liberal Democrats for Peace in the Middle East (@ldfpme.bsky.social). I live in Worksop, Notts in the UK.
Also at @leonduveen on X@LeonDuveen & leonduveen on Threads.
All views are my own, reposts do not indicate agree
Also at @leonduveen on X@LeonDuveen & leonduveen on Threads.
All views are my own, reposts do not indicate agree
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Barnoldswick- Pendle Borough Council
LIB DEMS HOLD ANOTHER COUNCIL SEAT!
LD🔶- 1008- 59.8% (+1.5)
RFM➡️- 441- 26.2% (New)
CON🔵- 170- 10.1% (-11.7)
LAB🔴- 66- 3.9% (-11.1)
Congratulations to Cllr Bryony Hartley and the Pendle team for a fantastic campaign!
LIB DEMS HOLD ANOTHER COUNCIL SEAT!
LD🔶- 1008- 59.8% (+1.5)
RFM➡️- 441- 26.2% (New)
CON🔵- 170- 10.1% (-11.7)
LAB🔴- 66- 3.9% (-11.1)
Congratulations to Cllr Bryony Hartley and the Pendle team for a fantastic campaign!
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Barnoldswick- Pendle Borough Council
LIB DEMS HOLD ANOTHER COUNCIL SEAT!
LD🔶- 1008- 59.8% (+1.5)
RFM➡️- 441- 26.2% (New)
CON🔵- 170- 10.1% (-11.7)
LAB🔴- 66- 3.9% (-11.1)
Congratulations to Cllr Bryony Hartley and the Pendle team for a fantastic campaign!
LIB DEMS HOLD ANOTHER COUNCIL SEAT!
LD🔶- 1008- 59.8% (+1.5)
RFM➡️- 441- 26.2% (New)
CON🔵- 170- 10.1% (-11.7)
LAB🔴- 66- 3.9% (-11.1)
Congratulations to Cllr Bryony Hartley and the Pendle team for a fantastic campaign!
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This Government has chosen to reject the single biggest thing it could do to turbocharge economic growth and repair the £90 billion Brexit black hole.
For millions of people struggling with higher bills this was a botched budget.
For millions of people struggling with higher bills this was a botched budget.
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This Government has chosen to reject the single biggest thing it could do to turbocharge economic growth and repair the £90 billion Brexit black hole.
For millions of people struggling with higher bills this was a botched budget.
For millions of people struggling with higher bills this was a botched budget.
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Ed Davey
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Ed Davey
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
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Closing in on 70,000 signatures
Please sign share to help get this important petition debated in Parliament
Yesterday PM sidestepped the issue in Parliament when Ed Davey leader of LiberalDemocrats asked in PMQ’s
Please sign share to help get this important petition debated in Parliament
Yesterday PM sidestepped the issue in Parliament when Ed Davey leader of LiberalDemocrats asked in PMQ’s
Well worth signing AND sharing. Time to root out the truth about Russian influence! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Closing in on 70,000 signatures
Please sign share to help get this important petition debated in Parliament
Yesterday PM sidestepped the issue in Parliament when Ed Davey leader of LiberalDemocrats asked in PMQ’s
Please sign share to help get this important petition debated in Parliament
Yesterday PM sidestepped the issue in Parliament when Ed Davey leader of LiberalDemocrats asked in PMQ’s
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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This is now the 3rd large scale waste dump which is the result of serious and organised waste crime to be uncovered since the HoL Climate Change & Environment Committee Report was published just one month ago. The EA agues they only previously knew of 6 sites in the UK of this size.
IT STINKS Fury as rubbish mountain ‘the size of eight semi-detached houses’ is dumped at UK beauty spot.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3744295...
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3744295...
Fury as rubbish mountain 'size of eight houses' is dumped at UK beauty spot
LOCALS have been left furious after a mountain of rubbish “the size of eight semi-detached houses” was dumped at a UK beauty spot. The disgusting mound was discovered in a yard just off…
www.thesun.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
This is now the 3rd large scale waste dump which is the result of serious and organised waste crime to be uncovered since the HoL Climate Change & Environment Committee Report was published just one month ago. The EA agues they only previously knew of 6 sites in the UK of this size.
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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 🤔?
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Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
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Today's #budget must set things right by British farmers.
The government has repeatedly dealt blows to those who put food on our tables.
I will be listening keenly in the House of Commons today... and will keep pushing hard if the budget doesn't deliver what Farmers deserve.
The government has repeatedly dealt blows to those who put food on our tables.
I will be listening keenly in the House of Commons today... and will keep pushing hard if the budget doesn't deliver what Farmers deserve.
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Today's #budget must set things right by British farmers.
The government has repeatedly dealt blows to those who put food on our tables.
I will be listening keenly in the House of Commons today... and will keep pushing hard if the budget doesn't deliver what Farmers deserve.
The government has repeatedly dealt blows to those who put food on our tables.
I will be listening keenly in the House of Commons today... and will keep pushing hard if the budget doesn't deliver what Farmers deserve.
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I’m beyond proud of Peter Ettedgui speaking out about Farage and the vile antisemitic abuse he endured. I first heard Peter’s story nearly 20 years ago when Farage was a virtual nobody. It’s not a hit job. Just the truth
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I’m beyond proud of Peter Ettedgui speaking out about Farage and the vile antisemitic abuse he endured. I first heard Peter’s story nearly 20 years ago when Farage was a virtual nobody. It’s not a hit job. Just the truth
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We have seen record numbers of wildfires witch are devastating to people & biodiversity. Our firefighters need the resources & tools required to address the growing threats. We continue to wait for the publication of governments Wildfire Strategy and Action Plan.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show
Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We have seen record numbers of wildfires witch are devastating to people & biodiversity. Our firefighters need the resources & tools required to address the growing threats. We continue to wait for the publication of governments Wildfire Strategy and Action Plan.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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During my maiden speech in Parliament I called for the Government to freeze rail fares. I’m pleased the Government has listened to repeated @libdems.org.uk calls to do so and are now freezing fares until 2027 - which help commuters across our area.
Rail fares to be frozen in England next year
Regulated fares, which include season tickets and off-peak returns, will not see annual price rises for the first time in 30 years, the government announces.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
During my maiden speech in Parliament I called for the Government to freeze rail fares. I’m pleased the Government has listened to repeated @libdems.org.uk calls to do so and are now freezing fares until 2027 - which help commuters across our area.
Protesters, joined by opposition leaders, gather at Habima to demand 'state commission of inquiry now'
Call for a proper State Inquiry into #Netanyahu'sWar are growing!
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Call for a proper State Inquiry into #Netanyahu'sWar are growing!
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Protesters, joined by opposition leaders, gather at Habima to demand ‘state commission of inquiry now’
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www.timesofisrael.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Protesters, joined by opposition leaders, gather at Habima to demand 'state commission of inquiry now'
Call for a proper State Inquiry into #Netanyahu'sWar are growing!
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Call for a proper State Inquiry into #Netanyahu'sWar are growing!
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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"Not only have you fobbed off the guy who's just asked this question for an apology, you fobbed off the whole country, who have been utterly let down."
@joshbabarinde.bsky.social on the failure of the Conservatives to handle the pandemic. #BBCQT
@joshbabarinde.bsky.social on the failure of the Conservatives to handle the pandemic. #BBCQT
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"Not only have you fobbed off the guy who's just asked this question for an apology, you fobbed off the whole country, who have been utterly let down."
@joshbabarinde.bsky.social on the failure of the Conservatives to handle the pandemic. #BBCQT
@joshbabarinde.bsky.social on the failure of the Conservatives to handle the pandemic. #BBCQT
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We've come a long way in politics when it comes to equal representation, and this is worth celebrating.
But we're not quite there yet.
Therefore, today, on #AskHerToStand Day, I'm putting out a call: if you know any women who could do some good in politics, please encourage them to get involved.
But we're not quite there yet.
Therefore, today, on #AskHerToStand Day, I'm putting out a call: if you know any women who could do some good in politics, please encourage them to get involved.
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We've come a long way in politics when it comes to equal representation, and this is worth celebrating.
But we're not quite there yet.
Therefore, today, on #AskHerToStand Day, I'm putting out a call: if you know any women who could do some good in politics, please encourage them to get involved.
But we're not quite there yet.
Therefore, today, on #AskHerToStand Day, I'm putting out a call: if you know any women who could do some good in politics, please encourage them to get involved.
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There are 650 MPs, and I’m only the 660th woman ever elected.
Ask Her to Stand Day marks the 1918 law that first allowed women to stand for Parliament.
We’ve come far, but there’s more to do.
Find out more: 5050parliament.co.uk/sign-up-to-s...
#AskHerToStand @5050Parliament
Ask Her to Stand Day marks the 1918 law that first allowed women to stand for Parliament.
We’ve come far, but there’s more to do.
Find out more: 5050parliament.co.uk/sign-up-to-s...
#AskHerToStand @5050Parliament
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
There are 650 MPs, and I’m only the 660th woman ever elected.
Ask Her to Stand Day marks the 1918 law that first allowed women to stand for Parliament.
We’ve come far, but there’s more to do.
Find out more: 5050parliament.co.uk/sign-up-to-s...
#AskHerToStand @5050Parliament
Ask Her to Stand Day marks the 1918 law that first allowed women to stand for Parliament.
We’ve come far, but there’s more to do.
Find out more: 5050parliament.co.uk/sign-up-to-s...
#AskHerToStand @5050Parliament
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The "Dominic Cummings is a genius" types were worse than Dominic Cummings because they enabled Dominic Cummings.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The "Dominic Cummings is a genius" types were worse than Dominic Cummings because they enabled Dominic Cummings.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
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Apologies for vague-posting but:
I really hate it when competent people in political parties get punished for not licking the right arses, when incompetent people get promoted purely because they licked the right arses.
it's a lot of what's wrong with the world IMHO
I really hate it when competent people in political parties get punished for not licking the right arses, when incompetent people get promoted purely because they licked the right arses.
it's a lot of what's wrong with the world IMHO
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Apologies for vague-posting but:
I really hate it when competent people in political parties get punished for not licking the right arses, when incompetent people get promoted purely because they licked the right arses.
it's a lot of what's wrong with the world IMHO
I really hate it when competent people in political parties get punished for not licking the right arses, when incompetent people get promoted purely because they licked the right arses.
it's a lot of what's wrong with the world IMHO
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And Labour will walk into this trap, too
Farage and Zia Yusuf are going to announce tomorrow that a Reform government will strip millions of EU nationals of benefits, more than double the cost of the NHS surcharge and cut foreign aid spending by more than 70%, The Times reports.
More Trumpian blood and soil nonsense.
More Trumpian blood and soil nonsense.
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
And Labour will walk into this trap, too
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I've spent a lot of my political career listening to Labour activists call me, as a Lib Dem, a 'yellow Tory'.
Yet here is a Labour Government announcing a bunch of policies that are simply cruel, apparently due to political panic.
Any decent Labour members left need to stop this.
Yet here is a Labour Government announcing a bunch of policies that are simply cruel, apparently due to political panic.
Any decent Labour members left need to stop this.
Today, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood prepares to announce the latest attack on refugee rights in the UK.
A host of hostile policy changes have already been announced. We don’t yet have the full details, but we’ll keep you updated as more becomes clear.
⬇️Here’s what we know + think so far:
A host of hostile policy changes have already been announced. We don’t yet have the full details, but we’ll keep you updated as more becomes clear.
⬇️Here’s what we know + think so far:
Starmer braced for backlash from Labour MPs as Mahmood sets out asylum plans – UK politics live
Home secretary to announce a drastic tightening of rules, including requiring asylum seekers to wait 20 years before getting the right to permanently settle in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I've spent a lot of my political career listening to Labour activists call me, as a Lib Dem, a 'yellow Tory'.
Yet here is a Labour Government announcing a bunch of policies that are simply cruel, apparently due to political panic.
Any decent Labour members left need to stop this.
Yet here is a Labour Government announcing a bunch of policies that are simply cruel, apparently due to political panic.
Any decent Labour members left need to stop this.
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We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
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Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
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Wow!
Health Secretary Wes Streeting says that the British Medical Association, which represents Britain's doctors, is a threat to the NHS. Streeting took a record £225k from private healthcare-related donors in just two years.
British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike
Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demands
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Wow!
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"Mahmood said a raft of tough immigration controls were designed to unlock “the inherent openness, tolerance and generosity” of the British people."
Such nauseating shamelessness.
Such nauseating shamelessness.
Mahmood’s new asylum plan: when home is ‘safe’, we’ll send you back | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
"Mahmood said a raft of tough immigration controls were designed to unlock “the inherent openness, tolerance and generosity” of the British people."
Such nauseating shamelessness.
Such nauseating shamelessness.