Cllr. Andrew Timothy 🔶
@andrew-timothy-ld.bsky.social
Liberal Democrat North Yorkshire Councillor for Stray, Woodlands, and Hookstone (in Harrogate)
If you’d like to get in touch, you can email me at: [email protected]
If you’d like to get in touch, you can email me at: [email protected]
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Months ago, I asked the Prime Minister a simple question: why did he keep backing Mandelson despite his Epstein links, and what leverage might the Trump administration have over him?
Instead of answering, he waved it away.
Instead of answering, he waved it away.
February 5, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Months ago, I asked the Prime Minister a simple question: why did he keep backing Mandelson despite his Epstein links, and what leverage might the Trump administration have over him?
Instead of answering, he waved it away.
Instead of answering, he waved it away.
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While Labour drifts into Reform-lite rhetoric, the Lib Dems are the only ones having a grown-up conversation.
The best deterrent we could have is having a competent immigration system.
The best deterrent we could have is having a competent immigration system.
February 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
While Labour drifts into Reform-lite rhetoric, the Lib Dems are the only ones having a grown-up conversation.
The best deterrent we could have is having a competent immigration system.
The best deterrent we could have is having a competent immigration system.
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Watching the Jenrick Press Conference:
Really hoping a journalist asks him in the manner of Mrs Merton:
"What was it about losing the Tory leadership contest that helped you realise that the Tories had broken Britain?"
Really hoping a journalist asks him in the manner of Mrs Merton:
"What was it about losing the Tory leadership contest that helped you realise that the Tories had broken Britain?"
a woman with glasses is sitting in a crowd and says " what first attracted you to the millionaire paul daniels "
ALT: a woman with glasses is sitting in a crowd and says " what first attracted you to the millionaire paul daniels "
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January 15, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Watching the Jenrick Press Conference:
Really hoping a journalist asks him in the manner of Mrs Merton:
"What was it about losing the Tory leadership contest that helped you realise that the Tories had broken Britain?"
Really hoping a journalist asks him in the manner of Mrs Merton:
"What was it about losing the Tory leadership contest that helped you realise that the Tories had broken Britain?"
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Well I never - I have been waiting for the U-Turn on jury trials & this cancellation of plans for mandatory digital ID almost passed me by.
It was crazy to think that something so expensive, not in their manifesto & without public support would go anywhere.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It was crazy to think that something so expensive, not in their manifesto & without public support would go anywhere.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government drops plans for mandatory digital ID to work in UK
There will still be digital checks on those starting a new job, but people will not need to hold a digital ID.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Well I never - I have been waiting for the U-Turn on jury trials & this cancellation of plans for mandatory digital ID almost passed me by.
It was crazy to think that something so expensive, not in their manifesto & without public support would go anywhere.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It was crazy to think that something so expensive, not in their manifesto & without public support would go anywhere.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It's absolutely horrifying to see that a woman has been shot dead by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
Trump’s ghoulish response to this tragedy is chilling.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
Trump’s ghoulish response to this tragedy is chilling.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
Minneapolis shooting latest: Protests after woman shot dead by ICE agent
Local officials accuse immigration agents of
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 2:06 PM
It's absolutely horrifying to see that a woman has been shot dead by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
Trump’s ghoulish response to this tragedy is chilling.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
Trump’s ghoulish response to this tragedy is chilling.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
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Horrified by the sickening terrorist attack in Bondi Beach. My prayers are with the families of those tragically killed.
As Jewish communities come together to celebrate Hanukkah, we must stand together against violence and hate. Light will always triumph over darkness.
As Jewish communities come together to celebrate Hanukkah, we must stand together against violence and hate. Light will always triumph over darkness.
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Horrified by the sickening terrorist attack in Bondi Beach. My prayers are with the families of those tragically killed.
As Jewish communities come together to celebrate Hanukkah, we must stand together against violence and hate. Light will always triumph over darkness.
As Jewish communities come together to celebrate Hanukkah, we must stand together against violence and hate. Light will always triumph over darkness.
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Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Because we don’t have a Proportional System in this country, you will probably end up paying more tax, which should be raised from the big banks and social media giants instead.
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Missed the graphic on this one, somehow. Apologies:
December 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Because we don’t have a Proportional System in this country, you will probably end up paying more tax, which should be raised from the big banks and social media giants instead.
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The Government has deliberately turned its back on the single most effective step it could take to kick-start growth and fill the £90 billion Brexit-shaped hole in the public finances.
We need a new Customs Union with the EU to get our economy growing.
We need a new Customs Union with the EU to get our economy growing.
December 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Government has deliberately turned its back on the single most effective step it could take to kick-start growth and fill the £90 billion Brexit-shaped hole in the public finances.
We need a new Customs Union with the EU to get our economy growing.
We need a new Customs Union with the EU to get our economy growing.
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Well said Josh!!
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Gay MP perfectly explains why single-sex spaces guidance is 'unworkable'
A Lib Dem MP perfectly explained in parliament why the EHRC's draft single-space guidance is "unworkable".
www.thepinknews.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Well said Josh!!
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We’ve seen it time and again. When one party holds most of the seats on less than half the votes, the supposed “majority” is fragile from the start. buff.ly/qZOD3rT
November 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
We’ve seen it time and again. When one party holds most of the seats on less than half the votes, the supposed “majority” is fragile from the start. buff.ly/qZOD3rT
China’s rate of CO2 emission has been stable for 18 months.
If the most populous country in the world (and one of the fastest growing economies) can make changes to reduce pollution, so can we
If the most populous country in the world (and one of the fastest growing economies) can make changes to reduce pollution, so can we
Flatlining CO2 emissions in China foreshadows that global emissions will peak
Not fast enough, and the fall may not be steep enough. But at least the peak is is sight
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Not fast enough, and the fall may not be steep enough. But at least the peak is is sight
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
China’s rate of CO2 emission has been stable for 18 months.
If the most populous country in the world (and one of the fastest growing economies) can make changes to reduce pollution, so can we
If the most populous country in the world (and one of the fastest growing economies) can make changes to reduce pollution, so can we
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🚨 Big decision THIS WEEK! 🚨
💧 Harrogate Spring Water wants to expand, and chop down Rotary Wood to do it.
❌ I’ve objected to the plans, but I want to know what YOU think.
🗳️ My friend Andrew at Suffrago is polling local people - have your say here👇
suff.ag/QEQ1P4
💧 Harrogate Spring Water wants to expand, and chop down Rotary Wood to do it.
❌ I’ve objected to the plans, but I want to know what YOU think.
🗳️ My friend Andrew at Suffrago is polling local people - have your say here👇
suff.ag/QEQ1P4
October 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🚨 Big decision THIS WEEK! 🚨
💧 Harrogate Spring Water wants to expand, and chop down Rotary Wood to do it.
❌ I’ve objected to the plans, but I want to know what YOU think.
🗳️ My friend Andrew at Suffrago is polling local people - have your say here👇
suff.ag/QEQ1P4
💧 Harrogate Spring Water wants to expand, and chop down Rotary Wood to do it.
❌ I’ve objected to the plans, but I want to know what YOU think.
🗳️ My friend Andrew at Suffrago is polling local people - have your say here👇
suff.ag/QEQ1P4
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A far right politician with credibility is dangerous: they dog whistle rather than speak their racism aloud, and they speak calmly and clearly.
We're sure they're racists, but it's hard to prove.
I'm really grateful when the likes of Pochin say the quiet part out loud and prove it for free.
We're sure they're racists, but it's hard to prove.
I'm really grateful when the likes of Pochin say the quiet part out loud and prove it for free.
Reform UK MP says seeing adverts 'full of Black people' drives her 'mad'
Sarah Pochin was responding to a question about whether her party will do anything about the 'representation of demographics in TV adverts', and claimed white people were 'demonised'
www.mirror.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A far right politician with credibility is dangerous: they dog whistle rather than speak their racism aloud, and they speak calmly and clearly.
We're sure they're racists, but it's hard to prove.
I'm really grateful when the likes of Pochin say the quiet part out loud and prove it for free.
We're sure they're racists, but it's hard to prove.
I'm really grateful when the likes of Pochin say the quiet part out loud and prove it for free.
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🚨Families have waited over a year for the new SEND school. Now NYC has named the wrong trust.
This shambles only deepens concerns about delays & failures in SEND provision.
I’ve written to Cllr Wilkinson with local councillors demanding urgent clarity. Parents deserve competence, not confusion.
This shambles only deepens concerns about delays & failures in SEND provision.
I’ve written to Cllr Wilkinson with local councillors demanding urgent clarity. Parents deserve competence, not confusion.
October 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🚨Families have waited over a year for the new SEND school. Now NYC has named the wrong trust.
This shambles only deepens concerns about delays & failures in SEND provision.
I’ve written to Cllr Wilkinson with local councillors demanding urgent clarity. Parents deserve competence, not confusion.
This shambles only deepens concerns about delays & failures in SEND provision.
I’ve written to Cllr Wilkinson with local councillors demanding urgent clarity. Parents deserve competence, not confusion.
🙌 It’s always good to see national recognition for our work to make Harrogate and Knaresborough the best places in the country to live
Ed knows that the good work we’re doing here can provide a model for all of Yorkshire
Ed knows that the good work we’re doing here can provide a model for all of Yorkshire
👏 Great to see Ed highlight the hard work we’ve been getting on with in Harrogate & Knaresborough.
💪 Proud that our campaigning is helping, alongside that of fantastic councillors, to put the Lib Dems back on the map in Yorkshire and across the North.
👇 Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
💪 Proud that our campaigning is helping, alongside that of fantastic councillors, to put the Lib Dems back on the map in Yorkshire and across the North.
👇 Read more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lib Dems 'really positive' on Yorkshire prospects, says Sir Ed Davey
Sir Ed Davey is confident his party can build on the success of its sole MP in the region.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🙌 It’s always good to see national recognition for our work to make Harrogate and Knaresborough the best places in the country to live
Ed knows that the good work we’re doing here can provide a model for all of Yorkshire
Ed knows that the good work we’re doing here can provide a model for all of Yorkshire
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Local Labour MPs voted against a Lib Dem plan to expand free bus travel for disabled residents.
The amendment, tabled by @tomgordonld.bsky.social, would have removed all time restrictions on disabled people using their bus passes.
www.newcastle-libdems.org.uk/news/article...
The amendment, tabled by @tomgordonld.bsky.social, would have removed all time restrictions on disabled people using their bus passes.
www.newcastle-libdems.org.uk/news/article...
September 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Local Labour MPs voted against a Lib Dem plan to expand free bus travel for disabled residents.
The amendment, tabled by @tomgordonld.bsky.social, would have removed all time restrictions on disabled people using their bus passes.
www.newcastle-libdems.org.uk/news/article...
The amendment, tabled by @tomgordonld.bsky.social, would have removed all time restrictions on disabled people using their bus passes.
www.newcastle-libdems.org.uk/news/article...
If you’d like to meet our excellent MP - and Town Councillor Patrick Milne and myself - we will be outside the Saints’ Coffee Shop on the 6th September from 10am until 10:30.
It’s been awesome to join Tom meeting with constituents, and I’m really looking forward to the tour coming to our area!
It’s been awesome to join Tom meeting with constituents, and I’m really looking forward to the tour coming to our area!
💛 Being your MP is my wildest dreams, and I can’t wait to be getting out and about - spending more than a fortnight on the doors throughout August and beyond.
👀 I’ll even be joined by some special guests along the way.
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👀 I’ll even be joined by some special guests along the way.
👇More details below 2/2
August 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If you’d like to meet our excellent MP - and Town Councillor Patrick Milne and myself - we will be outside the Saints’ Coffee Shop on the 6th September from 10am until 10:30.
It’s been awesome to join Tom meeting with constituents, and I’m really looking forward to the tour coming to our area!
It’s been awesome to join Tom meeting with constituents, and I’m really looking forward to the tour coming to our area!
I wish I was shocked when I realised that the article I talked about in the council chamber was written by a Conservative councillor
Unfortunately, prejudice of renewable energy and talking down the UK and our international partners are things I’ve come to expect
This cannot be allowed to continue
Unfortunately, prejudice of renewable energy and talking down the UK and our international partners are things I’ve come to expect
This cannot be allowed to continue
August 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I wish I was shocked when I realised that the article I talked about in the council chamber was written by a Conservative councillor
Unfortunately, prejudice of renewable energy and talking down the UK and our international partners are things I’ve come to expect
This cannot be allowed to continue
Unfortunately, prejudice of renewable energy and talking down the UK and our international partners are things I’ve come to expect
This cannot be allowed to continue
People needing inpatient mental healthcare is rare - but when it does happen, people should be cared for as close to home as possible. That’s why I asked the exec member for health to make sure that people don’t have to go all the way from Harrogate to Teeside just to get the care they need
August 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
People needing inpatient mental healthcare is rare - but when it does happen, people should be cared for as close to home as possible. That’s why I asked the exec member for health to make sure that people don’t have to go all the way from Harrogate to Teeside just to get the care they need
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Lib Dem MP & member of the joint human rights select committee, @tomgordonld.bsky.social says he has “serious concerns” over the Government’s choice of Chair for the Equality and Human Rights Commission as she failed to demonstrate “sufficient understanding” of issues including race and disability.
August 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Lib Dem MP & member of the joint human rights select committee, @tomgordonld.bsky.social says he has “serious concerns” over the Government’s choice of Chair for the Equality and Human Rights Commission as she failed to demonstrate “sufficient understanding” of issues including race and disability.
Yet again, North Yorkshire has been forgotten by the Labour Government in favour of their urban strongholds to the south.
We were promised that a combined authority and a mayor would get us more investment - instead, people in our area - especially commuters - have been shafted.
We were promised that a combined authority and a mayor would get us more investment - instead, people in our area - especially commuters - have been shafted.
On Look North, I welcomed investment in West Yorkshire’s mass transit – but voiced frustration that North Yorkshire is overlooked again.
People live, work & commute across regions. Any serious transport plan must reflect that.
The Govt must stop ignoring our region.
People live, work & commute across regions. Any serious transport plan must reflect that.
The Govt must stop ignoring our region.
June 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Yet again, North Yorkshire has been forgotten by the Labour Government in favour of their urban strongholds to the south.
We were promised that a combined authority and a mayor would get us more investment - instead, people in our area - especially commuters - have been shafted.
We were promised that a combined authority and a mayor would get us more investment - instead, people in our area - especially commuters - have been shafted.
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The Liberal Democrats are now the second largest party of local government, and we’re on track to overtake the Conservatives at the next general election.
Across the country, voters have chosen our community politics over the Conservatives’ division and disdain.
Across the country, voters have chosen our community politics over the Conservatives’ division and disdain.
May 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The Liberal Democrats are now the second largest party of local government, and we’re on track to overtake the Conservatives at the next general election.
Across the country, voters have chosen our community politics over the Conservatives’ division and disdain.
Across the country, voters have chosen our community politics over the Conservatives’ division and disdain.
Very well said from Sarah on this Mothering Sunday - and a special thanks to my own Mum, who comes out delivering leaflets with me with impressive regularity!
Wishing a very happy Mother's Day to all the incredible mums, grandmothers, carers & those who've stepped into the role.
Today we celebrate all mothers & thank them for their kindness, resilience & love.
We also acknowledge those for whom this is a difficult day, and send them strength.
Today we celebrate all mothers & thank them for their kindness, resilience & love.
We also acknowledge those for whom this is a difficult day, and send them strength.
March 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Very well said from Sarah on this Mothering Sunday - and a special thanks to my own Mum, who comes out delivering leaflets with me with impressive regularity!
“It’s not about potholes, it’s about decent road maintenance in the first place”
Wendy is dead right here - this is why we’re calling on the Tories at North Yorkshire Council to invest in damage prevention rather than firefighting problem after problem.
Not just on the roads, but for everything.
Wendy is dead right here - this is why we’re calling on the Tories at North Yorkshire Council to invest in damage prevention rather than firefighting problem after problem.
Not just on the roads, but for everything.
One issue that consistently comes up on the doorsteps is potholes. On BBC Question Time yesterday, I highlighted the importance of overall road maintenance to prevent potholes from appearing in the first place.
March 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“It’s not about potholes, it’s about decent road maintenance in the first place”
Wendy is dead right here - this is why we’re calling on the Tories at North Yorkshire Council to invest in damage prevention rather than firefighting problem after problem.
Not just on the roads, but for everything.
Wendy is dead right here - this is why we’re calling on the Tories at North Yorkshire Council to invest in damage prevention rather than firefighting problem after problem.
Not just on the roads, but for everything.