Lance J Allan
@lance01.bsky.social
Retired Town Clerk and President Elect of the Society of Local Council Clerks.
Cyclist.
Cyclist.
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This year has shown the real impact of practical, values-led policy to deliver change across the country and in our communities.
December 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This year has shown the real impact of practical, values-led policy to deliver change across the country and in our communities.
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Layla Moran, "The Liberal Democrats have long argued that closer ties with the EU is the direction we should be in"
Nadine Dorries, "The country voted to leave the EU"
Moran, "That was such a long time ago now"
Dorries, "It was 2016"
Moran, "People want change, growth, and positivity"
Nadine Dorries, "The country voted to leave the EU"
Moran, "That was such a long time ago now"
Dorries, "It was 2016"
Moran, "People want change, growth, and positivity"
January 4, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Layla Moran, "The Liberal Democrats have long argued that closer ties with the EU is the direction we should be in"
Nadine Dorries, "The country voted to leave the EU"
Moran, "That was such a long time ago now"
Dorries, "It was 2016"
Moran, "People want change, growth, and positivity"
Nadine Dorries, "The country voted to leave the EU"
Moran, "That was such a long time ago now"
Dorries, "It was 2016"
Moran, "People want change, growth, and positivity"
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Trump is acting with impunity in Venezuela, sending a dangerous signal that leaders can be removed by force.
The PM must call an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
@calummillerld.bsky.social
The PM must call an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
@calummillerld.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Trump is acting with impunity in Venezuela, sending a dangerous signal that leaders can be removed by force.
The PM must call an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
@calummillerld.bsky.social
The PM must call an emergency UN Security Council meeting.
@calummillerld.bsky.social
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Standing up for international law means condemning leaders when they break it whether that’s Vladmir Putin or Donald Trump.
January 4, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Standing up for international law means condemning leaders when they break it whether that’s Vladmir Putin or Donald Trump.
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Donald Trump is a Kremlin stooge who wants to sell out Ukraine and the rest of Europe to Putin. We can't let that happen.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Donald Trump is a Kremlin stooge who wants to sell out Ukraine and the rest of Europe to Putin. We can't let that happen.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
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Kind of feels like a big deal that a Reform/Brexit Party former MEP has been convicted of taking bribes to promote Russian interests in Ukraine, and it feels like a bigger deal that this isn’t being treated as the major scandal that it clearly is.
September 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Kind of feels like a big deal that a Reform/Brexit Party former MEP has been convicted of taking bribes to promote Russian interests in Ukraine, and it feels like a bigger deal that this isn’t being treated as the major scandal that it clearly is.
Elblag. Is twinned with the west Wiltshire towns of Bradford on Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury.
Bozankaya signs Elbląg tram contract, as Iași car presented at Trako https://bit.ly/4nOn9DO
Bozankaya signs Elbląg tram contract, as Iași car presented at Trako
Bozankaya signs Elbląg tram contract, as Iași car presented at Trako https://bit.ly/4nOn9DO
bit.ly
September 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Elblag. Is twinned with the west Wiltshire towns of Bradford on Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury.
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WATCH: "Free speech imposter" | Nigel Farage v US Congressman Jamie Raskin
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzl0J-10SJ0
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzl0J-10SJ0
"Free speech imposter" | Nigel Farage v US Congressman Jamie Raskin
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight
www.youtube.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
WATCH: "Free speech imposter" | Nigel Farage v US Congressman Jamie Raskin
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzl0J-10SJ0
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzl0J-10SJ0
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“It is the opposite of patriotism… a treacherous act… because he goes to other countries and does us in”
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle on Nigel Farage giving evidence on free speech to the US House of Representatives, in which he compared the UK to North Korea.
#Newsnight
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle on Nigel Farage giving evidence on free speech to the US House of Representatives, in which he compared the UK to North Korea.
#Newsnight
September 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“It is the opposite of patriotism… a treacherous act… because he goes to other countries and does us in”
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle on Nigel Farage giving evidence on free speech to the US House of Representatives, in which he compared the UK to North Korea.
#Newsnight
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle on Nigel Farage giving evidence on free speech to the US House of Representatives, in which he compared the UK to North Korea.
#Newsnight
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“It struck me as a very bizarre presentation to come here and to advocate for the US to criticise the UK… when it's one of the freest societies on earth.”
Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin on his clash with Nigel Farage over free speech at the US House Judiciary Committee.
#Newsnight
Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin on his clash with Nigel Farage over free speech at the US House Judiciary Committee.
#Newsnight
September 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
“It struck me as a very bizarre presentation to come here and to advocate for the US to criticise the UK… when it's one of the freest societies on earth.”
Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin on his clash with Nigel Farage over free speech at the US House Judiciary Committee.
#Newsnight
Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin on his clash with Nigel Farage over free speech at the US House Judiciary Committee.
#Newsnight
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Climate change has made events like tomorrow's 32°C 100x more likely than it was before.
Read more here --> yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Read more here --> yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
June 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Climate change has made events like tomorrow's 32°C 100x more likely than it was before.
Read more here --> yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
Read more here --> yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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🔴Hundreds of Local Authorities Remain on the Brink of Bankruptcy, Despite Government Bailouts
An ageing population and successive cuts by the last Conservative Government have left local council budgets on the brink, reports @davidhencke.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
An ageing population and successive cuts by the last Conservative Government have left local council budgets on the brink, reports @davidhencke.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
Hundreds of Local Authorities Remain on the Brink of Bankruptcy, Despite Government Bailouts
An ageing population and successive cuts by the last Conservative Government have left local council budgets on the brink, reports David Hencke
bylinetimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
🔴Hundreds of Local Authorities Remain on the Brink of Bankruptcy, Despite Government Bailouts
An ageing population and successive cuts by the last Conservative Government have left local council budgets on the brink, reports @davidhencke.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
An ageing population and successive cuts by the last Conservative Government have left local council budgets on the brink, reports @davidhencke.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
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What if the answer to national decline isn’t top-down reform, but bottom-up power?
Communities aren’t broken, they’re just waiting to be trusted.
Stephen McNair takes a look at a new report.
#PowerShift #PoliticalRenewal
Communities aren’t broken, they’re just waiting to be trusted.
Stephen McNair takes a look at a new report.
#PowerShift #PoliticalRenewal
Time to shift the focus of our politics
A new report explores how people across Britain feel about their country and their communities – and the contrasts are striking
eastangliabylines.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
What if the answer to national decline isn’t top-down reform, but bottom-up power?
Communities aren’t broken, they’re just waiting to be trusted.
Stephen McNair takes a look at a new report.
#PowerShift #PoliticalRenewal
Communities aren’t broken, they’re just waiting to be trusted.
Stephen McNair takes a look at a new report.
#PowerShift #PoliticalRenewal
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“First, Britain put up severe obstacles to trade with its largest partner in the form of regulatory and customs checks. Now it faces sky-high tariffs with its second biggest partner.”
Brexit: an endless moronathon that leaves us permanently weaker and worse off.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/361...
Brexit: an endless moronathon that leaves us permanently weaker and worse off.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/361...
Trump has proved what a humiliating position the UK is in
We are having elements of our domestic policy dictated by tech bros in the White House
liveapp.inews.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“First, Britain put up severe obstacles to trade with its largest partner in the form of regulatory and customs checks. Now it faces sky-high tariffs with its second biggest partner.”
Brexit: an endless moronathon that leaves us permanently weaker and worse off.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/361...
Brexit: an endless moronathon that leaves us permanently weaker and worse off.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/361...
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£37bn a year. Let that sink in.
New figures reveal Brexit costing UK business £37bn a year
Exclusive: Billions of pounds worth of lost business with other European Union countries prompts calls to re-enter customs union and single market
www.independent.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
£37bn a year. Let that sink in.
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“Small-particle emissions (PM2.5) from vehicle exhausts were 31% lower in outer London in 2024 than they would have been had Ulez not been expanded in 2023.
Air quality has improved at 99% of monitoring sites across London since 2019.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Air quality has improved at 99% of monitoring sites across London since 2019.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion
People in capital breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Small-particle emissions (PM2.5) from vehicle exhausts were 31% lower in outer London in 2024 than they would have been had Ulez not been expanded in 2023.
Air quality has improved at 99% of monitoring sites across London since 2019.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Air quality has improved at 99% of monitoring sites across London since 2019.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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No schadenfreude or satisfaction in seeing ‘prominent’ Trump
cheerleaders in the UK finally see the light & change their tune (Andrew Neil is just the latest). Just a low simmer at their toxic blend of arrogance, cupidity & ignorance & the knowledge that the media will still promote their ilk.
cheerleaders in the UK finally see the light & change their tune (Andrew Neil is just the latest). Just a low simmer at their toxic blend of arrogance, cupidity & ignorance & the knowledge that the media will still promote their ilk.
March 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
No schadenfreude or satisfaction in seeing ‘prominent’ Trump
cheerleaders in the UK finally see the light & change their tune (Andrew Neil is just the latest). Just a low simmer at their toxic blend of arrogance, cupidity & ignorance & the knowledge that the media will still promote their ilk.
cheerleaders in the UK finally see the light & change their tune (Andrew Neil is just the latest). Just a low simmer at their toxic blend of arrogance, cupidity & ignorance & the knowledge that the media will still promote their ilk.
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer 👏
March 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Prime Minister Keir Starmer 👏
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Sunday’s front pages in the UK.
“We’ve got your back”
Leadership.
“We’ve got your back”
Leadership.
March 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Sunday’s front pages in the UK.
“We’ve got your back”
Leadership.
“We’ve got your back”
Leadership.
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Really quite a moment.
Sunday’s front pages in the UK.
“We’ve got your back”
Leadership.
“We’ve got your back”
Leadership.
March 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Really quite a moment.
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Absolutely @deborahmeaden.bsky.social 👏
March 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Absolutely @deborahmeaden.bsky.social 👏
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Proud to be British this evening.
Starmer to Zelenskyy: You are very very welcome here in Downing Street. As you heard from the cheers outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom.
March 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Proud to be British this evening.
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"It's quarter to the midnight. As there are doubts over the support of the Americans towards Europe over time, we need to mobilise hundreds of billions of euros. It is Europe's strategic wake-up moment." www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Macron: EU needs ‘hundreds of billions’ in defense spending as US pivots away
French president’s urging comes ahead of Thursday’s special EU summit focused on defense, as Trump signals a friendlier approach to Moscow and disengagement from Europe.
www.politico.eu
March 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"It's quarter to the midnight. As there are doubts over the support of the Americans towards Europe over time, we need to mobilise hundreds of billions of euros. It is Europe's strategic wake-up moment." www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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🔴 King Charles will meet Zelensky at Sandringham tomorrow.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Zelensky embraced by Starmer as he arrives for talks in wake of Trump showdown - latest
The meeting comes as the BBC understands Ukraine's president will meet the King tomorrow.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🔴 King Charles will meet Zelensky at Sandringham tomorrow.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...