@ahertfordlibdem.bsky.social
A LibDem in Hertford. Tweets represent personal views. May tweet things of local import or local LibDem news. Sometime cog in local machine.
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Weak, weak, weak. This appeasement must end.
Starmer should be uniting with our allies against Trump's threats, not splitting off to suck up to him.
Starmer should be uniting with our allies against Trump's threats, not splitting off to suck up to him.
January 19, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Weak, weak, weak. This appeasement must end.
Starmer should be uniting with our allies against Trump's threats, not splitting off to suck up to him.
Starmer should be uniting with our allies against Trump's threats, not splitting off to suck up to him.
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This is Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales
She is 22 years old and has a U.S. birth certificate
ICE detained her for -25 days- and now is being forced to wear an ankle monitor by ICE because they question her citizenship status
She is 22 years old and has a U.S. birth certificate
ICE detained her for -25 days- and now is being forced to wear an ankle monitor by ICE because they question her citizenship status
January 19, 2026 at 4:03 AM
This is Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales
She is 22 years old and has a U.S. birth certificate
ICE detained her for -25 days- and now is being forced to wear an ankle monitor by ICE because they question her citizenship status
She is 22 years old and has a U.S. birth certificate
ICE detained her for -25 days- and now is being forced to wear an ankle monitor by ICE because they question her citizenship status
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Palantir runs the tech for linking huge amounts of NHS data, and now for the UK Ministry of Defence too
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
January 19, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Palantir runs the tech for linking huge amounts of NHS data, and now for the UK Ministry of Defence too
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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The takeaway from the entire story should have been "HOLY SHIT THIS DUDE IS STARK RAVING INSANE."
Instead, NYT did 20 stories squealing, "OMIGOSH we've got access again!!!"
[And I don't think I'm exaggerating on that number.]
Instead, NYT did 20 stories squealing, "OMIGOSH we've got access again!!!"
[And I don't think I'm exaggerating on that number.]
January 19, 2026 at 10:19 AM
The takeaway from the entire story should have been "HOLY SHIT THIS DUDE IS STARK RAVING INSANE."
Instead, NYT did 20 stories squealing, "OMIGOSH we've got access again!!!"
[And I don't think I'm exaggerating on that number.]
Instead, NYT did 20 stories squealing, "OMIGOSH we've got access again!!!"
[And I don't think I'm exaggerating on that number.]
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"WE MUST OWN GREENLAND TO PROTECT IT FROM RUSSIA ALSO LETS HAVE PUTIN MY BEZZIE MATE ON THE GAZA CARVE UP TABLE - Thank you for your attention DJT"
news.sky.com/story/putin-...
news.sky.com/story/putin-...
Putin invited to join 'Peace Council' for Gaza, Kremlin says
Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join a US-led "Peace Council" for Gaza, the Kremlin has said.
news.sky.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM
"WE MUST OWN GREENLAND TO PROTECT IT FROM RUSSIA ALSO LETS HAVE PUTIN MY BEZZIE MATE ON THE GAZA CARVE UP TABLE - Thank you for your attention DJT"
news.sky.com/story/putin-...
news.sky.com/story/putin-...
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I've harped on congressional war powers for a long time and we do need to fix all that, but threatening to invade Greenland while ranting at Norway about the Nobel Peace Prize and imposing trade sanctions on NATO is more the kind of thing you can only fix by not having a literally insane president.
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 AM
I've harped on congressional war powers for a long time and we do need to fix all that, but threatening to invade Greenland while ranting at Norway about the Nobel Peace Prize and imposing trade sanctions on NATO is more the kind of thing you can only fix by not having a literally insane president.
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The Concentration Camp Industrial Complex.
You know where all this ends folks, don't you.
You know where all this ends folks, don't you.
This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
January 19, 2026 at 10:31 AM
The Concentration Camp Industrial Complex.
You know where all this ends folks, don't you.
You know where all this ends folks, don't you.
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Trump has invited Pution to sit on the 'Gaza board of peace'
Trump is our enemy, dosesn't Starmer get any of this?
Trump is our enemy, dosesn't Starmer get any of this?
KREMLIN: PUTIN WAS INVITED TO JOIN THE ‘BOARD OF PEACE’
January 19, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Trump has invited Pution to sit on the 'Gaza board of peace'
Trump is our enemy, dosesn't Starmer get any of this?
Trump is our enemy, dosesn't Starmer get any of this?
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Hard agree. Trump looks drunk on the power of the spectacle
Hard to see how ‘security and economic guarantees’ are gonna cut it.
What will Europe - and UK - do if he pushes on?
This could quickly become an existential question for Brussels - and for Starmer
Hard to see how ‘security and economic guarantees’ are gonna cut it.
What will Europe - and UK - do if he pushes on?
This could quickly become an existential question for Brussels - and for Starmer
It's clear that Greenland is now such an idée fixe for Trump that the entire US state will be used to pursue it.
Interesting how, when pressed to sound more forceful personally against Trump, Starmer restates essential nuclear and intelligence partnership. Wld be interesting to know what, if any, implicit and explicit threats US has made to withdraw that cooperation. Strong whiff of backstage menaces there.
January 19, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Hard agree. Trump looks drunk on the power of the spectacle
Hard to see how ‘security and economic guarantees’ are gonna cut it.
What will Europe - and UK - do if he pushes on?
This could quickly become an existential question for Brussels - and for Starmer
Hard to see how ‘security and economic guarantees’ are gonna cut it.
What will Europe - and UK - do if he pushes on?
This could quickly become an existential question for Brussels - and for Starmer
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One thing to watch for in European leaders’ responses to Trump’s claims relating to Greenland, is the language they use.
It might not seem like much, but it will have long-term consequences. 1/8
It might not seem like much, but it will have long-term consequences. 1/8
January 19, 2026 at 8:33 AM
One thing to watch for in European leaders’ responses to Trump’s claims relating to Greenland, is the language they use.
It might not seem like much, but it will have long-term consequences. 1/8
It might not seem like much, but it will have long-term consequences. 1/8
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BREAKING: Just when you thought you had heard it all Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join a US-led "Peace Council" for Gaza, the Kremlin has said!
news.sky.com/story/putin-...
news.sky.com/story/putin-...
Putin invited to join 'Peace Council' for Gaza, Kremlin says
Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join a US-led "Peace Council" for Gaza, the Kremlin has said.
news.sky.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:41 AM
BREAKING: Just when you thought you had heard it all Vladimir Putin has received an invitation to join a US-led "Peace Council" for Gaza, the Kremlin has said!
news.sky.com/story/putin-...
news.sky.com/story/putin-...
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1️⃣ He didn't say that.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
January 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM
1️⃣ He didn't say that.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
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I'm good thanks. I think I probably won't move to the country where the authorities pump out neo-Nazi memes and masked militias roam the streets.
The Trump administration has discussed offering asylum to Britain’s Jewish population, a lawyer for the president has said.
Robert Garson, Trump’s personal lawyer, said that the UK was “no longer a safe place for Jews” ⬇️
Robert Garson, Trump’s personal lawyer, said that the UK was “no longer a safe place for Jews” ⬇️
Trump lawyer says US discussed offering asylum to British Jews
Trump lawyer says US discussed offering asylum to British Jews
www.thetimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:24 AM
I'm good thanks. I think I probably won't move to the country where the authorities pump out neo-Nazi memes and masked militias roam the streets.
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"Give me a peace prize..or ill declare war"
I don't know where we go from here.
Nowhere good.
I don't know where we go from here.
Nowhere good.
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 10:46 AM
"Give me a peace prize..or ill declare war"
I don't know where we go from here.
Nowhere good.
I don't know where we go from here.
Nowhere good.
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🚨Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain:
"There is a way for our Government to protect us and our neighbours in Europe - by extending the beneficial alignment being pursued for agri-food and electricity to all industrial and service sectors"
https://www.bestforbritain.org/protect_brits_from_tariffs
"There is a way for our Government to protect us and our neighbours in Europe - by extending the beneficial alignment being pursued for agri-food and electricity to all industrial and service sectors"
https://www.bestforbritain.org/protect_brits_from_tariffs
Protect Brits from tariffs via alignment with Europe
Campaigners are calling for urgent progress on deepening UK-EU ties after US President Donald Trump threatened eight Eur
www.bestforbritain.org
January 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM
🚨Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain:
"There is a way for our Government to protect us and our neighbours in Europe - by extending the beneficial alignment being pursued for agri-food and electricity to all industrial and service sectors"
https://www.bestforbritain.org/protect_brits_from_tariffs
"There is a way for our Government to protect us and our neighbours in Europe - by extending the beneficial alignment being pursued for agri-food and electricity to all industrial and service sectors"
https://www.bestforbritain.org/protect_brits_from_tariffs
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So there it is, in his own words.
Trump writes to the prime minister of Norway informing him that as a consequence of not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace”.
A dangerous man-child.
Trump writes to the prime minister of Norway informing him that as a consequence of not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace”.
A dangerous man-child.
January 19, 2026 at 10:53 AM
So there it is, in his own words.
Trump writes to the prime minister of Norway informing him that as a consequence of not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace”.
A dangerous man-child.
Trump writes to the prime minister of Norway informing him that as a consequence of not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace”.
A dangerous man-child.
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Amazon's Ring video will be used by govts around the world to suppress the population.
Trump's US will probably be among the first, let's not sleepwalk into Farage's fascist Britain the second.
#ICE #PoliticsLive
bsky.app/profile/davi...
Trump's US will probably be among the first, let's not sleepwalk into Farage's fascist Britain the second.
#ICE #PoliticsLive
bsky.app/profile/davi...
January 19, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Amazon's Ring video will be used by govts around the world to suppress the population.
Trump's US will probably be among the first, let's not sleepwalk into Farage's fascist Britain the second.
#ICE #PoliticsLive
bsky.app/profile/davi...
Trump's US will probably be among the first, let's not sleepwalk into Farage's fascist Britain the second.
#ICE #PoliticsLive
bsky.app/profile/davi...
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I'm not much of a one for moral purity; the world is a complicated place and people have complicated lives. And, well, I know many lines have already been crossed, but the whole Board of Peace situation feels like a very stark one to me. One that it would be worth objecting to.
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 AM
I'm not much of a one for moral purity; the world is a complicated place and people have complicated lives. And, well, I know many lines have already been crossed, but the whole Board of Peace situation feels like a very stark one to me. One that it would be worth objecting to.
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Update to Nixon's Madman Theory: now with no theory, but with an actual madman.
January 19, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Update to Nixon's Madman Theory: now with no theory, but with an actual madman.
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Well of course...
The board, led by U.S. President Donald Trump, is tasked with overseeing Gaza's post-war reconstruction and governance.
Trump Invites Putin to Join Gaza Peace Board: Russia
www.newsweek.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Well of course...
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Ten years on: "For Britain, voting to leave will be a galvanising, liberating, empowering moment of patriotic renewal". Michael Gove.
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Ten years on: "For Britain, voting to leave will be a galvanising, liberating, empowering moment of patriotic renewal". Michael Gove.
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We've spent ten years being proved right about all the things the loudest, biggest voices in the UK media insisted, often obnoxiously, we were wrong about. The real kicker is that there's no consolation whatsoever in being correct. Brexit, Putin, Johnson, Truss, Trump, Twitter, Netanyahu etc etc...
January 19, 2026 at 9:12 AM
We've spent ten years being proved right about all the things the loudest, biggest voices in the UK media insisted, often obnoxiously, we were wrong about. The real kicker is that there's no consolation whatsoever in being correct. Brexit, Putin, Johnson, Truss, Trump, Twitter, Netanyahu etc etc...
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Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time
"All 98 editorials opposing climate action were in right-leaning titles, incl the Sun, Mail, Telegraph, Times & Express"
By Josh Gabbatiss & Sylvia Hayes
www.carbonbrief.org/...
"All 98 editorials opposing climate action were in right-leaning titles, incl the Sun, Mail, Telegraph, Times & Express"
By Josh Gabbatiss & Sylvia Hayes
www.carbonbrief.org/...
January 19, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time
"All 98 editorials opposing climate action were in right-leaning titles, incl the Sun, Mail, Telegraph, Times & Express"
By Josh Gabbatiss & Sylvia Hayes
www.carbonbrief.org/...
"All 98 editorials opposing climate action were in right-leaning titles, incl the Sun, Mail, Telegraph, Times & Express"
By Josh Gabbatiss & Sylvia Hayes
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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"Couldn't have put it better ourselves."
January 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM
"Couldn't have put it better ourselves."
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This is simply a lie. There was no “open borders experiment” and what he’s talking about affected legal migration, not illegal. The attack seems to be that this racist used to be insufficiently racist
“Robert Jenrick is the man who as Immigration Minister oversaw the open borders experiment that led to the biggest increase in illegal immigration in our country”
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
January 16, 2026 at 9:52 AM
This is simply a lie. There was no “open borders experiment” and what he’s talking about affected legal migration, not illegal. The attack seems to be that this racist used to be insufficiently racist