Colin Baldy 🇪🇺 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 🌈 🔶#FBPE
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Brexit refugee living in Italy. Singer, writer, teacher, director and Italophile.
He talks about how prosperity in the past has not been properly shared across the country. He points out that the levelling up agenda was a good principle but, of course, under Johnson wasn't properly implemented.
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
He talks about how prosperity in the past has not been properly shared across the country. He points out that the levelling up agenda was a good principle but, of course, under Johnson wasn't properly implemented.
I recommend reading Ed's speech here (the full speech is after his summary at the start of the article):
www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
My liberal vision for a thriving economy
I’m proud that once again it is the Liberal Democrats leading the way, with our vision for an economy that is growing strongly, where everyone feels the benefits.
www.libdems.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I recommend reading Ed's speech here (the full speech is after his summary at the start of the article):
www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
I could believe anything of these people.
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I could believe anything of these people.
That was my thought exactly.
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
That was my thought exactly.
I remember screaming at both the radio and the TV whenever he came on and opened his mouth.
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I remember screaming at both the radio and the TV whenever he came on and opened his mouth.
That's an interesting observation with a ring of verisimilitude about it.
November 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
That's an interesting observation with a ring of verisimilitude about it.
Could be. It seems like pulling up the drawbridge to me.
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Could be. It seems like pulling up the drawbridge to me.
Patel, Braverman, Mahmood...
What is it with the children of immigrants being so appallingly authoritarian and right wing?
What is it with the children of immigrants being so appallingly authoritarian and right wing?
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Patel, Braverman, Mahmood...
What is it with the children of immigrants being so appallingly authoritarian and right wing?
What is it with the children of immigrants being so appallingly authoritarian and right wing?
Why isn't he raising tax on millionaires, as even they are asking him to? And why are they proposing these appalling, draconian new asylum rules? They won't work but they do show Labour and being authoritarian and right wing. Not what people voted for.
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Why isn't he raising tax on millionaires, as even they are asking him to? And why are they proposing these appalling, draconian new asylum rules? They won't work but they do show Labour and being authoritarian and right wing. Not what people voted for.
Appalling. Plus every time I see photos of the Oval Office these days it looks more and more like what my father used to describe as, "a tart's boudoir."
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Appalling. Plus every time I see photos of the Oval Office these days it looks more and more like what my father used to describe as, "a tart's boudoir."
Being an eternal optimist, I tend to think that the press is completely out of touch with what real people think and believe. The social attitudes surveys, for instance, show the public is far more progressive than the media would have you think.
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Being an eternal optimist, I tend to think that the press is completely out of touch with what real people think and believe. The social attitudes surveys, for instance, show the public is far more progressive than the media would have you think.
Lol. Bus deregulation was, if anything, more catastrophic than rail privatisation.
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Lol. Bus deregulation was, if anything, more catastrophic than rail privatisation.
These memes are great but how do we ensure that potential Reform voters see them? I worry that just circulate in anti Reform echo chambers.
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
These memes are great but how do we ensure that potential Reform voters see them? I worry that just circulate in anti Reform echo chambers.