Graham Simpson
@grahambs.bsky.social
Advocate of proportional representation and progressive politics. Humanist. Anti Brexit! Anti Trump! @libdems.org.uk
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Graham Simpson
@grahambs.bsky.social
· Sep 12
It’s time for a politics, free of vested interests, free of dogma, free of corruption, free of populist easy answers to complicated questions. A politics which puts justice, the individual and the community ahead of narrow self interest. A politics based on evidence, rationality and compassion. Now!
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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.
Trump's plan for ending the war in Ukraine would hand swathes of
land to Russia, forbid them from joining NATO and limit the size of Kyiv's military - Trump is giving Putin everything he wants…
news.sky.com/story/trumps...
land to Russia, forbid them from joining NATO and limit the size of Kyiv's military - Trump is giving Putin everything he wants…
news.sky.com/story/trumps...
Trump's 28-point Ukraine peace plan in full
The document states Ukraine must cede land it currently controls. The plan closely resembles the list of demands repeatedly outlined by Vladimir Putin.
news.sky.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Trump's plan for ending the war in Ukraine would hand swathes of
land to Russia, forbid them from joining NATO and limit the size of Kyiv's military - Trump is giving Putin everything he wants…
news.sky.com/story/trumps...
land to Russia, forbid them from joining NATO and limit the size of Kyiv's military - Trump is giving Putin everything he wants…
news.sky.com/story/trumps...
Reform - The friends of Putin and Trump…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Reform - The friends of Putin and Trump…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Ed Davey is writing to all Labour MPs urging them to back a bill in favour of a customs union with the EU as the best way to boost growth and raise revenue. The Lib Dems hope to demonstrate support among pro-EU MPs for the idea of a new customs union.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lib Dems to force vote on creating new customs union with EU
Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Ed Davey is writing to all Labour MPs urging them to back a bill in favour of a customs union with the EU as the best way to boost growth and raise revenue. The Lib Dems hope to demonstrate support among pro-EU MPs for the idea of a new customs union.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At PMQs, Starmer avoided answering a question from Ed Davey, about whether the government would act to stop gambling companies shifting profits offshore to avoid UK tax. Davey said that online gambling firms are taking record revenues of over £7bn per year.
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
www.itv.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
At PMQs, Starmer avoided answering a question from Ed Davey, about whether the government would act to stop gambling companies shifting profits offshore to avoid UK tax. Davey said that online gambling firms are taking record revenues of over £7bn per year.
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
Palestinian land continues to be taken illegally by Israel.
apnews.com/article/west...
apnews.com/article/west...
Israel plans to seize historical site in the West Bank as a new settlement appears
Israel plans to seize parts of a major West Bank historic site and settlers have established a new outpost there, even as the country faces pressure to crack down on settler violence in the Palestinia...
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Palestinian land continues to be taken illegally by Israel.
apnews.com/article/west...
apnews.com/article/west...
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Trump calls for Democratic members of Congress to be hanged
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Trump calls for Democratic members of Congress to be hanged
A terrible price to pay…
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A terrible price to pay…
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10…
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10…
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It’s time for Proportional Representation. Please sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Petition to Democracy Minister
First Past The Post undermines our politics.
It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...
actionnetwork.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It’s time for Proportional Representation. Please sign the petition:
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🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform.
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform.
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
What Antony says:
I have a strong personal angle on Labour’s proposal of potentially returning refugees to their country of origin up to 20 years after they are granted asylum, which is appalling. It treats human lives as administrative errors to be corrected decades later.
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
What Antony says:
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"What he does is he shames," says Emily Maitlis
"He finds the easiest response is just to shame women into silence or hope that he's shaming women into silence"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/quie...
"He finds the easiest response is just to shame women into silence or hope that he's shaming women into silence"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/quie...
Quiet piggy: ‘Trump finds the easiest response is to shame women into silence’ | The News Agents
The president has had two public outbursts against female reporters in the past week, showing a leader unravelling on live TV. Is the Epstein Files pressure finally getting to him?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"What he does is he shames," says Emily Maitlis
"He finds the easiest response is just to shame women into silence or hope that he's shaming women into silence"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/quie...
"He finds the easiest response is just to shame women into silence or hope that he's shaming women into silence"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/quie...
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Nigel Farage has been paid £330,000 by GB News in the last year alone.
He's deep in the pockets of a company that aims to replace the BBC.
He's deep in the pockets of a company that aims to replace the BBC.
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Nigel Farage has been paid £330,000 by GB News in the last year alone.
He's deep in the pockets of a company that aims to replace the BBC.
He's deep in the pockets of a company that aims to replace the BBC.
I asked AI to give me a paragraph in favour of proportional representation. Not bad!
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I asked AI to give me a paragraph in favour of proportional representation. Not bad!
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Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 30% (-1)
LAB: 20% (=)
CON: 20% (+1)
LDM: 14% (=)
GRN: 11% (-1)
SNP: 3% (+1)
Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 14-17 Nov.
Changes w/ 7-10 Nov.
RFM: 30% (-1)
LAB: 20% (=)
CON: 20% (+1)
LDM: 14% (=)
GRN: 11% (-1)
SNP: 3% (+1)
Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 14-17 Nov.
Changes w/ 7-10 Nov.
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 30% (-1)
LAB: 20% (=)
CON: 20% (+1)
LDM: 14% (=)
GRN: 11% (-1)
SNP: 3% (+1)
Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 14-17 Nov.
Changes w/ 7-10 Nov.
RFM: 30% (-1)
LAB: 20% (=)
CON: 20% (+1)
LDM: 14% (=)
GRN: 11% (-1)
SNP: 3% (+1)
Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 14-17 Nov.
Changes w/ 7-10 Nov.
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The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
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John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
£44m funding approved for new council care home - We’ll done Medway Council, there needs to be more council owned and run care homes.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Medway council approves £44m funding for new care home
Conservatives say it is unaffordable, but their Labour opponents say the area needs to improve care.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 AM
£44m funding approved for new council care home - We’ll done Medway Council, there needs to be more council owned and run care homes.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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While problem gambling tears families apart and costs lives, firms like SkyBet go abroad to dodge their taxes.
It’s time to tax their UK profits. No escape, no loopholes.
It’s time to tax their UK profits. No escape, no loopholes.
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
While problem gambling tears families apart and costs lives, firms like SkyBet go abroad to dodge their taxes.
It’s time to tax their UK profits. No escape, no loopholes.
It’s time to tax their UK profits. No escape, no loopholes.
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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💥 Recently in the Guardian:
“If, as seems likely, the results of the next general election are more unfair than ever before (...) then the case for proportional representation may finally become irresistible.”
The faults of First Past the Post are becoming impossible to ignore.
It's time for PR.
“If, as seems likely, the results of the next general election are more unfair than ever before (...) then the case for proportional representation may finally become irresistible.”
The faults of First Past the Post are becoming impossible to ignore.
It's time for PR.
Britain’s two-party politics is fragmenting: what unintended consequences await? | Andy Beckett
On one hand, no more safe seats or long careers could mean less complacency. On the other, no big parties could mean greater corporate influence, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
💥 Recently in the Guardian:
“If, as seems likely, the results of the next general election are more unfair than ever before (...) then the case for proportional representation may finally become irresistible.”
The faults of First Past the Post are becoming impossible to ignore.
It's time for PR.
“If, as seems likely, the results of the next general election are more unfair than ever before (...) then the case for proportional representation may finally become irresistible.”
The faults of First Past the Post are becoming impossible to ignore.
It's time for PR.
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The Dutch election proved what we've been saying for ages: that PR voting systems tame extremist parties and expose them.
FPTP in Britain has delivered Reform's agenda without them needing to get anywhere near Number 10.
The Temper Trap author Stuart Donald for @politicshome.bsky.social.
FPTP in Britain has delivered Reform's agenda without them needing to get anywhere near Number 10.
The Temper Trap author Stuart Donald for @politicshome.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Dutch election proved what we've been saying for ages: that PR voting systems tame extremist parties and expose them.
FPTP in Britain has delivered Reform's agenda without them needing to get anywhere near Number 10.
The Temper Trap author Stuart Donald for @politicshome.bsky.social.
FPTP in Britain has delivered Reform's agenda without them needing to get anywhere near Number 10.
The Temper Trap author Stuart Donald for @politicshome.bsky.social.
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“MPs across the Commons are calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform: a time limited, independent process to review First Past the Post and alternatives and recommend a way forward”
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk writing in @prospectmagazine.co.uk
🔗 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/letter...
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk writing in @prospectmagazine.co.uk
🔗 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/letter...
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“MPs across the Commons are calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform: a time limited, independent process to review First Past the Post and alternatives and recommend a way forward”
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk writing in @prospectmagazine.co.uk
🔗 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/letter...
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk writing in @prospectmagazine.co.uk
🔗 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/letter...