Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Husband, Father, Son and Local Liberal Democrat Councillor for, Ouseburn Ward in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Imprint, promoted by the Liberal Democrats, 1 Vincent Square, SW1P 2PN.
Imprint, promoted by the Liberal Democrats, 1 Vincent Square, SW1P 2PN.
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The Chancellor has finally decided to abolish the two-child benefit cap.
The Liberal Democrat Group at the LGA has long championed the abolition of the two-child benefit cap, our members on the Children, Young People and Families Committee raised this at every opportunity.
The Liberal Democrat Group at the LGA has long championed the abolition of the two-child benefit cap, our members on the Children, Young People and Families Committee raised this at every opportunity.
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The Chancellor has finally decided to abolish the two-child benefit cap.
The Liberal Democrat Group at the LGA has long championed the abolition of the two-child benefit cap, our members on the Children, Young People and Families Committee raised this at every opportunity.
The Liberal Democrat Group at the LGA has long championed the abolition of the two-child benefit cap, our members on the Children, Young People and Families Committee raised this at every opportunity.
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Today the Government had the opportunity to end the cost of living crisis, get Britain growing again and repair the £90bn Brexit black hole - by fixing our trade with Europe.
It didn't.
It didn't.
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Today the Government had the opportunity to end the cost of living crisis, get Britain growing again and repair the £90bn Brexit black hole - by fixing our trade with Europe.
It didn't.
It didn't.
Apologies for the unexpected closure of the Strategic Cycle Route from the City Stadium round the back of St Jude's Church onto Barker Street.
It'll be worth it (I hope)!
It'll be worth it (I hope)!
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Apologies for the unexpected closure of the Strategic Cycle Route from the City Stadium round the back of St Jude's Church onto Barker Street.
It'll be worth it (I hope)!
It'll be worth it (I hope)!
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A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.
The mould truth: Expert warns Brits of one common habit that brings damp into their homes
As winter returns, and households dry laundry indoors, new research suggests this is contributing to dangerous mould problems in the home
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 AM
A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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When even the RSPB tells you that Labour hates nature, you really should listen.
Last night the Government steamrollered its Planning Bill through, slamming the door on vital protections for nature.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
When even the RSPB tells you that Labour hates nature, you really should listen.
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"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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This is £600m from the same university sector that is pretty close to collapse in a growing number of major institutions?
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This is £600m from the same university sector that is pretty close to collapse in a growing number of major institutions?
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
Many of them universities that are among the biggest employers in the very ‘left behind’ towns and cities that Labour talks so much about…
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A “hole?”……there’s a bloody great Brexit chasm that is going to swallow Labour whole if they don’t open their eyes and stop chasing Reform and the Brexit Vote.
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else. The bill has finally arrived.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A “hole?”……there’s a bloody great Brexit chasm that is going to swallow Labour whole if they don’t open their eyes and stop chasing Reform and the Brexit Vote.
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The evidence in favour of 20 mph speed limits is overwhelming, cheaper insurance, less emissions, less car crashes, it saves the NHS, Police and councils money. But Gary from Port Talbot's commute now takes 42 minutes instead of 40 so it simply must go.
September 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The evidence in favour of 20 mph speed limits is overwhelming, cheaper insurance, less emissions, less car crashes, it saves the NHS, Police and councils money. But Gary from Port Talbot's commute now takes 42 minutes instead of 40 so it simply must go.
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I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
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Nothing to see here, just a UK politician taking bribes from a country that, to all intents & purposes, were at war with.
Reform is a grift, so of course its leaders are grifters. Gill should be facing charges of high treason.
Reform is a grift, so of course its leaders are grifters. Gill should be facing charges of high treason.
8/ In these messages Voloshyn asks Gill to arrange for three MEPs to make "comments on camera". He mentions ex-Ukip/Brexit party MEPs Jonathan Arnott and David Coburn. There's no suggestion Arnott & Coburn took bribes, knew about Voloshyn, or agreed to this particular proposal
![Voloshyn: "I've aksed V [Medvedchuk] Get xxx please and Coburn as well. I will get 5 for you if you get these three comments on camera". "Or Arnott". "We need three" Gill: "OK" "What time and where" V: "They are to come to EP in roughly an hour" Gill: "OK" "All three here"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lkvrabjcnztzl3nsbzj53tal/bafkreibn6emgy23ccdnomrkp6mztork3os3binghwpb3qpgkotphpcf3yq@jpeg)
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Nothing to see here, just a UK politician taking bribes from a country that, to all intents & purposes, were at war with.
Reform is a grift, so of course its leaders are grifters. Gill should be facing charges of high treason.
Reform is a grift, so of course its leaders are grifters. Gill should be facing charges of high treason.
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This bus-and-cycle expressway runs directly from Nijmegen station to the university and hospital in the south of the city. People on bikes and buses get there fast without delays, while motor traffic has to take the longer route.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This bus-and-cycle expressway runs directly from Nijmegen station to the university and hospital in the south of the city. People on bikes and buses get there fast without delays, while motor traffic has to take the longer route.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
Priorities matter. This is what it looks like when a city means it.
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The same Lloyd Russell Moyle who campaigned against Brighton LTNs & about whom Caroline Lucas previously said: “Thankfully our city has one MP who speaks sense - not the one spreading misinformation about schemes to make people safer and the air cleaner to breathe”? Ok.
Welcome to the Green Party, former Labour and Co-operative MP for Brighton Kemptown, @russell-moyle.co.uk 💚
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The same Lloyd Russell Moyle who campaigned against Brighton LTNs & about whom Caroline Lucas previously said: “Thankfully our city has one MP who speaks sense - not the one spreading misinformation about schemes to make people safer and the air cleaner to breathe”? Ok.
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High streets are struggling, with pubs, restaurants and cafés shutting their doors.
Cutting VAT on hospitality and energy would put money back in people’s pockets, support local jobs, and give the country a much-needed boost.
Cutting VAT on hospitality and energy would put money back in people’s pockets, support local jobs, and give the country a much-needed boost.
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
High streets are struggling, with pubs, restaurants and cafés shutting their doors.
Cutting VAT on hospitality and energy would put money back in people’s pockets, support local jobs, and give the country a much-needed boost.
Cutting VAT on hospitality and energy would put money back in people’s pockets, support local jobs, and give the country a much-needed boost.
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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Rachel Reeves admits Brexit has damaged the economy but won’t take the steps needed to fix it.
Lib Dems have a plan to rebuild Britain’s trade with the EU and boost growth.
Lib Dems have a plan to rebuild Britain’s trade with the EU and boost growth.
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Rachel Reeves admits Brexit has damaged the economy but won’t take the steps needed to fix it.
Lib Dems have a plan to rebuild Britain’s trade with the EU and boost growth.
Lib Dems have a plan to rebuild Britain’s trade with the EU and boost growth.
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David Clayton is running for congress in NC's District 5 against #FuckMAGA Republican Virginia Foxx — and this is how he introduced himself.👇
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David Clayton is running for congress in NC's District 5 against #FuckMAGA Republican Virginia Foxx — and this is how he introduced himself.👇
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
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David Clayton is running for congress in NC's District 5 against #FuckMAGA Republican Virginia Foxx — and this is how he introduced himself.👇
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David Clayton is running for congress in NC's District 5 against #FuckMAGA Republican Virginia Foxx — and this is how he introduced himself.👇
If self driving cars are ever to be allowed on roads in the UK, they should be made to sit a driving test.
Proper stern examiner, asking them to turn in the width of the road, park next to the kerb and do an emergency stop.
This looks like it's been trained by a bad driver!
Proper stern examiner, asking them to turn in the width of the road, park next to the kerb and do an emergency stop.
This looks like it's been trained by a bad driver!
It's baffling that we allow private companies to use public infrastructure as their R&D lab, externalizing the risk onto the public, while they fine tune their unproven software.
November 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
If self driving cars are ever to be allowed on roads in the UK, they should be made to sit a driving test.
Proper stern examiner, asking them to turn in the width of the road, park next to the kerb and do an emergency stop.
This looks like it's been trained by a bad driver!
Proper stern examiner, asking them to turn in the width of the road, park next to the kerb and do an emergency stop.
This looks like it's been trained by a bad driver!
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So much winning...
"By 2025, the UK economy is 6%–8% smaller than it would have been had we stayed in the EU"
"Business investment is down 12%–18%"
"Fewer tax receipts mean less money for public services, less for investment"
Brexit impact study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
"By 2025, the UK economy is 6%–8% smaller than it would have been had we stayed in the EU"
"Business investment is down 12%–18%"
"Fewer tax receipts mean less money for public services, less for investment"
Brexit impact study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer | East Anglia Bylines
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
So much winning...
"By 2025, the UK economy is 6%–8% smaller than it would have been had we stayed in the EU"
"Business investment is down 12%–18%"
"Fewer tax receipts mean less money for public services, less for investment"
Brexit impact study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
"By 2025, the UK economy is 6%–8% smaller than it would have been had we stayed in the EU"
"Business investment is down 12%–18%"
"Fewer tax receipts mean less money for public services, less for investment"
Brexit impact study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes for pro-Russia interviews and speeches.
Who else was involved,?
Party can now add treason to racism, misogyny, islamaphobia, economic illiteracy as its electoral credentials.
Who else was involved,?
Party can now add treason to racism, misogyny, islamaphobia, economic illiteracy as its electoral credentials.
Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
Nathan Gill, 52, is sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after admitting taking bribes while an MEP.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes for pro-Russia interviews and speeches.
Who else was involved,?
Party can now add treason to racism, misogyny, islamaphobia, economic illiteracy as its electoral credentials.
Who else was involved,?
Party can now add treason to racism, misogyny, islamaphobia, economic illiteracy as its electoral credentials.
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Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time | Peter Morris
Council tax shock for thousands of Durham’s poorest – thanks to Reform UK
Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time | Peter Morris
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Unless you live in a car and never have to leave it, *everybody* is a pedestrian at each end of a journey.
Pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders are statistically likely to be paying less tax and be less inclined to vote. Rational choice.
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Unless you live in a car and never have to leave it, *everybody* is a pedestrian at each end of a journey.
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An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue. And we all know who should be questioned first.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue. And we all know who should be questioned first.