Terry Weldon
@terryweldon.bsky.social
S African/British LibDem councillor (Waverley, Surrey)
Gay, married, practicing Catholic
2 daughters, 4 grandchildren
Living "with & beyond" a rare cancer (GIST);
Interested in queer religion, politics (SA, UK, USA); obsessive poll watcher
Gay, married, practicing Catholic
2 daughters, 4 grandchildren
Living "with & beyond" a rare cancer (GIST);
Interested in queer religion, politics (SA, UK, USA); obsessive poll watcher
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Terry Weldon
@terryweldon.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Reintroduction🧵:
Lifelong liberal activist since 1970, knocking on doors in Cape Town; now Liberal Democrat councillor in Surrey UK.
Openly gay, married - with two daughters from previous marriage.
Practicing Catholic; previously active campaigner for LGBT inclusio, ran "Queering the Church blog
Lifelong liberal activist since 1970, knocking on doors in Cape Town; now Liberal Democrat councillor in Surrey UK.
Openly gay, married - with two daughters from previous marriage.
Practicing Catholic; previously active campaigner for LGBT inclusio, ran "Queering the Church blog
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"Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP..." You couldn't make this shit up. Coburn wanted Brexit, but eveidently not enough to sell up and move back to Blighty. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
"Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP..." You couldn't make this shit up. Coburn wanted Brexit, but eveidently not enough to sell up and move back to Blighty. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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There no migrant crisis. The crisis is Starmer's Labour won't invest in integration, language and job support so migrants can contribute to the economy. They're afraid of Reform UK Ltd racists crying about it.
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
There no migrant crisis. The crisis is Starmer's Labour won't invest in integration, language and job support so migrants can contribute to the economy. They're afraid of Reform UK Ltd racists crying about it.
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“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn…”
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn…”
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A traitor was at the very top of Reform UK, aiding and abetting a foreign adversary.
Nigel Farage and his party are a danger to national security.
Nigel Farage and his party are a danger to national security.
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
A traitor was at the very top of Reform UK, aiding and abetting a foreign adversary.
Nigel Farage and his party are a danger to national security.
Nigel Farage and his party are a danger to national security.
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Starmer is correct, I think. The manifesto said "we will not
increase National Insurance, the basic, higher, or additional rates of Income Tax, or VAT." They should break that promise, but they haven't.
increase National Insurance, the basic, higher, or additional rates of Income Tax, or VAT." They should break that promise, but they haven't.
Paul McNamara, "Chancellor breached the manifesto by freezing income tax thresholds and tax rises"
Keir Starmer, "We haven't breached the manifesto"
Labour are now speaking just like the Conservatives did in office. This was not the change people voted for #C4News
Keir Starmer, "We haven't breached the manifesto"
Labour are now speaking just like the Conservatives did in office. This was not the change people voted for #C4News
November 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Starmer is correct, I think. The manifesto said "we will not
increase National Insurance, the basic, higher, or additional rates of Income Tax, or VAT." They should break that promise, but they haven't.
increase National Insurance, the basic, higher, or additional rates of Income Tax, or VAT." They should break that promise, but they haven't.
BBC Question time:
For the second consecutive week, QT have included a prominent Liberal Democrat MP: Josh Barbarinde last week, Calum Miller tonight.
Both have done well - articulate, thoughtful and to the point.
(Also notable - no Reform on the panel).
For the second consecutive week, QT have included a prominent Liberal Democrat MP: Josh Barbarinde last week, Calum Miller tonight.
Both have done well - articulate, thoughtful and to the point.
(Also notable - no Reform on the panel).
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
BBC Question time:
For the second consecutive week, QT have included a prominent Liberal Democrat MP: Josh Barbarinde last week, Calum Miller tonight.
Both have done well - articulate, thoughtful and to the point.
(Also notable - no Reform on the panel).
For the second consecutive week, QT have included a prominent Liberal Democrat MP: Josh Barbarinde last week, Calum Miller tonight.
Both have done well - articulate, thoughtful and to the point.
(Also notable - no Reform on the panel).
The exodus continues: Of Reform councillors elected in May, 39 have since resigned or been suspended.
(There have also been other notable resignations and suspensions, including two MPs).
www.markpack.org.uk/175342/how-m...
(There have also been other notable resignations and suspensions, including two MPs).
www.markpack.org.uk/175342/how-m...
How many councillors has Reform UK lost since May?
A regularly updated list of all the local councillors that Reform UK has shed from the May local elections.
www.markpack.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The exodus continues: Of Reform councillors elected in May, 39 have since resigned or been suspended.
(There have also been other notable resignations and suspensions, including two MPs).
www.markpack.org.uk/175342/how-m...
(There have also been other notable resignations and suspensions, including two MPs).
www.markpack.org.uk/175342/how-m...
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Look, this French publication correctly labels Farage as the leader of a far right party (even if it’s technically a limited company).
Why does the British mainstream media seem to have a different definition?
He is simply called ‘the leader of Reform UK’, which makes him sound innocuous.
Why does the British mainstream media seem to have a different definition?
He is simply called ‘the leader of Reform UK’, which makes him sound innocuous.
British far right leader Nigel Farage urged to clarify party's ties with Russia
The head of the Reform UK party faces mounting pressure after a colleague was sentenced to prison for accepting money from Ukrainian politicians acting on behalf of Moscow.
www.lemonde.fr
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Look, this French publication correctly labels Farage as the leader of a far right party (even if it’s technically a limited company).
Why does the British mainstream media seem to have a different definition?
He is simply called ‘the leader of Reform UK’, which makes him sound innocuous.
Why does the British mainstream media seem to have a different definition?
He is simply called ‘the leader of Reform UK’, which makes him sound innocuous.
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The “leader” of the Tories in Wales was on the BBC saying how ensuring fewer children live in poverty was sending the wrong message about the value of hard work.
That party deserves everything coming its way at the Senedd election - they’ll be lucky to get a seat and rightly so.
That party deserves everything coming its way at the Senedd election - they’ll be lucky to get a seat and rightly so.
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The “leader” of the Tories in Wales was on the BBC saying how ensuring fewer children live in poverty was sending the wrong message about the value of hard work.
That party deserves everything coming its way at the Senedd election - they’ll be lucky to get a seat and rightly so.
That party deserves everything coming its way at the Senedd election - they’ll be lucky to get a seat and rightly so.
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Spain is prosecuting its politicians for COVID corruption, and has just jailed a former minister pending trial, and yet the UK's Johnson, Gove, Hancock, Mone and many other senior Tories still walk amongst us.
Spain’s Supreme Court ordered lawmaker and former Public Works and Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos to be jailed without bond today after deeming him a flight risk ahead of his corruption trial.
Judge jails former Spanish minister ahead of trial, deepening deadlock in parliament
The imprisonment of José Luis Ábalos makes it virtually impossible for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to pass legislation.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Spain is prosecuting its politicians for COVID corruption, and has just jailed a former minister pending trial, and yet the UK's Johnson, Gove, Hancock, Mone and many other senior Tories still walk amongst us.
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"Welfare spending went up, you raised taxes 20 times in the last parliament... you added £1.5 trillion to national debt..."
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges Harriett Baldwin, Shadow Business Minister, on her party's 14-year record - after her criticism of Labour's Budget.
#Newsnight
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges Harriett Baldwin, Shadow Business Minister, on her party's 14-year record - after her criticism of Labour's Budget.
#Newsnight
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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People are realising that Farage is mostly flannel and no substance. We could prosper best with a Green/Libdem coalition rather than a Trump/ Putin domination. Our US cousins are in a peaceful but determined fight to save the nation from fascism I am behind them. Farage's Brexit gave us small boats.
November 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
People are realising that Farage is mostly flannel and no substance. We could prosper best with a Green/Libdem coalition rather than a Trump/ Putin domination. Our US cousins are in a peaceful but determined fight to save the nation from fascism I am behind them. Farage's Brexit gave us small boats.
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"Scandal-struck Reform are sliding back down the polls" www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Scandal-struck Reform are sliding back down the polls
Support for Farage's Reform slides as voters shift, ultimately proving that not all attention is good attention
www.thecanary.co
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"Scandal-struck Reform are sliding back down the polls" www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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We have a UK government intellectually and psychologically unprepared to cope with potential labour shortages or market crashes because these scenarios don't match entreched assumptions about the trajectory of the global order
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We have a UK government intellectually and psychologically unprepared to cope with potential labour shortages or market crashes because these scenarios don't match entreched assumptions about the trajectory of the global order
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Great evening out knocking on doors in Harrogate, hearing from residents about the issues that matter most. Then had the pleasure of chatting with some of our brilliant local Girl Guides for UK Parliament Week!
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Great evening out knocking on doors in Harrogate, hearing from residents about the issues that matter most. Then had the pleasure of chatting with some of our brilliant local Girl Guides for UK Parliament Week!
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Farage slammed for saying Enoch Powell was right - Canary www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
Farage slammed for saying Enoch Powell was right
Nigel Farage is clearly losing whatever grip he had on pretending that Reform aren't fully far-right racists - this time via Enoch Powell
www.thecanary.co
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Farage slammed for saying Enoch Powell was right - Canary www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
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Farage slammed for saying Enoch Powell was right www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
Farage slammed for saying Enoch Powell was right
Nigel Farage is clearly losing whatever grip he had on pretending that Reform aren't fully far-right racists - this time via Enoch Powell
www.thecanary.co
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Farage slammed for saying Enoch Powell was right www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
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I’m not sure Farage’s ruse to distract with a crap PR exercise is the master stroke he thinks it is. 😂😂😂
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 6:32 PM
I’m not sure Farage’s ruse to distract with a crap PR exercise is the master stroke he thinks it is. 😂😂😂
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The way Palestine Action ban was approved by MPs has been raised in the High Court, with Dame Victoria Sharp noting 2 unrelated groups were on the same order
She says MPs may have been "reluctant" to vote against it but the home sec lawyer says the court should be "cautious" giving that any weight
She says MPs may have been "reluctant" to vote against it but the home sec lawyer says the court should be "cautious" giving that any weight
Many MPs demanding explanation on why two other groups are on same banning order
Labour MP Kim Johnson says: "Lumping Palestine Action together with other two obscure groups to ensure it is proscribed is a disgraceful manipulation of parliamentary procedure"
Labour MP Kim Johnson says: "Lumping Palestine Action together with other two obscure groups to ensure it is proscribed is a disgraceful manipulation of parliamentary procedure"
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The way Palestine Action ban was approved by MPs has been raised in the High Court, with Dame Victoria Sharp noting 2 unrelated groups were on the same order
She says MPs may have been "reluctant" to vote against it but the home sec lawyer says the court should be "cautious" giving that any weight
She says MPs may have been "reluctant" to vote against it but the home sec lawyer says the court should be "cautious" giving that any weight
This is not good news.
Lower net migration is because there's an increase in people leaving - many of them highly skilled taxpayers that we need.
Lower net migration is because there's an increase in people leaving - many of them highly skilled taxpayers that we need.
PM describes net migration of 205k as "a step in the right direction". His govt has no public position on a sustainable level of immigration is, nor any known process to decide what, why & how. Starmer is now implying he wants it significantly lower
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer
Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is not good news.
Lower net migration is because there's an increase in people leaving - many of them highly skilled taxpayers that we need.
Lower net migration is because there's an increase in people leaving - many of them highly skilled taxpayers that we need.
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40% of those on universal credit are in work - that’s a disgrace - firms need to pay living wages
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
40% of those on universal credit are in work - that’s a disgrace - firms need to pay living wages
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It's still funny* to me that we frame this as being about immigration but emigration is a big part of the net migration figures. We can get it even lower if we make life here really hellish!
*not funny
*not funny
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It's still funny* to me that we frame this as being about immigration but emigration is a big part of the net migration figures. We can get it even lower if we make life here really hellish!
*not funny
*not funny
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The NHS seems to have virtually stopped recruiting nurses. British or overseas. Without any restrictions, nurses recruited from overseas on a visa has fallen from 6,317 in Jul-Sep 2023 to 337 in Jul-Sep 2025. A 95% fall!
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The NHS seems to have virtually stopped recruiting nurses. British or overseas. Without any restrictions, nurses recruited from overseas on a visa has fallen from 6,317 in Jul-Sep 2023 to 337 in Jul-Sep 2025. A 95% fall!
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The government figuring this out slowly over the coming two years is going to be quite something to behold.
I think the government meant to cut net migration but have accidentally overshot the target by a lot. They haven’t realised this yet.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The government figuring this out slowly over the coming two years is going to be quite something to behold.
Easy answer for the elderly mum - take out a senior mortgage for 50% of the value.
Cash in hand, nothing to pay until after her death. Cash in hand now to pay the tax with more left over, and still something for the kids to inherit.
Cash in hand, nothing to pay until after her death. Cash in hand now to pay the tax with more left over, and still something for the kids to inherit.
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Easy answer for the elderly mum - take out a senior mortgage for 50% of the value.
Cash in hand, nothing to pay until after her death. Cash in hand now to pay the tax with more left over, and still something for the kids to inherit.
Cash in hand, nothing to pay until after her death. Cash in hand now to pay the tax with more left over, and still something for the kids to inherit.