Nigel Quinton
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Optimist, liberal, environmentalist. Life's complicated. The answer is usually 'It Depends'
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European Democrats
about 8 hours ago
Ten years after the Brexit vote, the bill is brutal. Britain has paid for Nigel Farageās lie with two million fewer jobs, Ā£27bn in lost trade, an economy up to 8% smaller and costs estimated at Ā£90bn every year. 1/2
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Meidas Rick āš«šŗšøšŗš¦šØš¦š¬š±ššø
about 14 hours ago
AMAZING: Protesters are now tearing down barricades at a beach in southern Albania, saying that the land belongs to the people and not to oligarchs like Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Share everywhere to show your support!
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Raw America (@rawstory)
AMAZING: Protesters are now tearing down barricades at a beach in southern Albania, saying that the land belongs to the people and not to oligarchs like Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Share everywher...
https://substack.com/@rawstory/note/c-280774713?r=6h9bt&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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Liberal Democrats
about 5 hours ago
After ten years of the Conservativesā Brexit experiment, the British public have had enough. Nigel Farage pocketed a Ā£5 million ārewardā for the damage heās caused, while the rest of us are paying for it dearly. Itās time to end the chaos and fix our broken relationship with Europe.
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Buck Frexit
about 8 hours ago
Ten years ago today the whole country and its future were sacrificed on the altar of Boris Johnsonās ego, David Cameronās stupidity and Nigel Farageās prejudice. A decade thrown away and a nation left angrier and poorer. Thanks, you absoute pricks.
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Ed Davey
about 6 hours ago
Nigel Farage pocketed a £5 million Brexit reward. When he promised we would be better off, he clearly only meant himself. 10 years on, it's time to end the chaos and fix our broken relationship with Europe, starting by joining the single market.
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Otto English
about 9 hours ago
It's the 10th anniversary of the dumbest moment in modern British history so let's celebrate some of the idiots who made it happen. First up ... Jacob Rees-Mogg and his promise of cheap food and wine... In fact food prices have increased some 12% as a direct result of Brexit (LSE) 1/5
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Josiah Mortimer
about 6 hours ago
Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey has unveiled a billboard campaign across the UK to mark the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum today. The billboards call out Reform leader Nigel Farageās Ā£5 million "reward for campaigning for Brexit, whilst people across the country feel the pinch."
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Great framing. Farage is a grifter.
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Anyone would think these heat waves have just come along from much of media coverage. But they were predicted. A long time ago now. And nobody acted.
#AgeOfStupid
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Liberal Democrats
about 9 hours ago
10 years on, the very same politicians who caused the Brexit mess say nobody can dare try to fix it. We say enough. It's time for a bold new deal with Europe to make Britain safer, richer and stronger. Watch our new film here ā¬ļø
youtu.be/ihdhBLT6YYM
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It's time for a bold new deal with Europe.
10 years on, the very same politicians who caused the Brexit mess say nobody can dare try to fix it. We say enough. It's time for a bold new deal with Europe to make Britain safer, richer andā¦
https://youtu.be/ihdhBLT6YYM
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Led By Donkeys
about 9 hours ago
Exactly 10 years since the Brexit vote, the verdict is in.
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David Frost accuses Starmer of not thinking hard enough. Give me strengthā¦
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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UKās former Brexit negotiator says Burnham should ditch much of Starmerās EU reset if made PM ā Europe live
As UK marks 10 years since the EU referendum, David Frost says outgoing prime ministerās team ādidnāt think hard enough about the choices and the processesā
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jun/23/uk-eu-brexit-visegrad-four-czech-republic-hungary-poland-slovakia-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-6a3a4fea8f082ef543847bf3#block-6a3a4fea8f082ef543847bf3
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Robert Reich
11 days ago
Elon Musk spent $290 million getting Trump elected. During this midterm cycle, he's spent $85 million. In total, thatās 0.0375% of his $1 trillion net worth. Oligarchs can rig the system at the expense of everyone else, and only spend pennies doing so. We must get Big Money out of politics.
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martindvz.bsky.social
11 days ago
We simply need to rejoin with all the normal rules of the club. Weāre losing Ā£100 billion pounds a year because of Brexit, according to Bloomberg.
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From hedgehogs and bats to butterflies and newts, the UKās wildlife is disappearing fast ā and our government is letting it happen. Iāve just signed
@friends-earth.bsky.social
ās petition calling for urgent action. Add your name:
action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tel...
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Tell the government: act for nature before itās too late
Add my name Did you know the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world? Thereās less wildlife today than in living memory ā and itās still disappearing before our eyes. From hedgeho...
https://action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tell-government-act-nature-its-too-late?refsid=1582108&utm_source=bluesky_share&utm_campaign=%5B2657%5D&utm_medium=share
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Adam Bienkov
25 days ago
It has now been 10 weeks and three days since Nigel Farage last turned up to vote in the House of Commons
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Michael Liebreich
26 days ago
My latest for Bloomberg: "We are about to see the Great Clean Energy Acceleration 2.0 ā a discontinuity in energy markets as profound as the oil shocks of the 1970s, and one that could bring forward the peak in fossil fuel use and emissions to this side of 2030."
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Liebreich: The Great Clean Energy Acceleration 2.0 | BloombergNEF
In September 2022, six months after Russia invaded Ukraine and with oil and gas prices around the world soaring, I wrote a piece entitled After Ukraine - the Great Clean Energy Acceleration, predictin...
https://about.bnef.com/insights/clean-energy/liebreich-the-great-clean-energy-acceleration-2-0/
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Liberal Democrats
24 days ago
The new EHRC Code of Practice is not fit for purpose. It does not provide clear guidance or do enough to protect everyone from discrimination, and it is not compatible with longstanding British values.
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
and
@MarieCGoldman.bsky.social
have written to Bridget Phillipson. ā¬ļø
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Marie Goldman MP
24 days ago
Ed Davey and I have written to the Minister for Women & Equalities, asking her to withdraw the EHRC Code of Practice. The Government have repeatedly assured trans people that they have protection from discrimination, yet this guidance does the opposite, breaking decades of precedent.
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Iain Roberts
25 days ago
The 1970s, when a temperature of 23C saw front page stories of "sizzling" Britain.
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Britainās politics has changed, but our voting system hasnāt. Iām asking my MP to support an independent National Commission on Electoral Reform so we can build a voting system fit for modern Britain. Join me.
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Ask your MP to back the amendment to fix our broken voting system.
Last monthās elections have shown just how broken our voting system is. 70 MPs have just supported an amendment demanding a total review of this system, and a change to proportional representation. B...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-back-the-amendment-to-fix-our-broken-voting-system?source=direct_link&referrer=group-electoral-reform-society
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Torsten Bell
27 days ago
3. There is no real policy on energy here. Which reflects the failure to recognise the real pressure on bills is twofold. Our - reliance on hydrocarbons - need for investment in energy generation/distribution (in part because of a criminal lack of investment in 2010s & 2000s)
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George Monbiot
about 1 month ago
When we need broad public consent for the green transition, and should be able to allay concerns that corporate power is using it as an excuse to get what it wants, Starmerās team treats it as a holy war against the landscape-loving infidel. Beating us into submission on behalf of power.
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George Monbiot
about 1 month ago
For whose benefit? Theyāve told us. Rachel Reeves said she hatched her assault on nature protections over a āsmoked salmon and scrambled eggs breakfastā with corporate executives. Starmer told us he wanted to kick down the planning rules as the result of his āconversations with leading CEOsā.
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George Monbiot
about 1 month ago
This agenda is justified, yet again, with violent and hate-filled language. Starmer and Reeves boast about ātearing downā, ākicking downā and āripping upā our rights to object, and label people who care about their neighbourhoods and about nature as āblockersā, āzealotsā and ātime-wasting nimbysā.
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George Monbiot
about 1 month ago
Instead it has instinctively gone straight for the throat, further curtailing our democratic rights, further restricting public participation and centralising decision-making. More freedom for corporations and billionaires, less for the citizen. Much like its assaults on the right to protest.
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George Monbiot
about 1 month ago
It makes no attempt to win people over, to persuade, to build consensus. Where are the public information videos and emergency briefings on climate breakdown, like the emergency briefings on Covid-19? What happened to the Green Prosperity Plan, which was going to transform our lives? Ditched.
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Richard Foord MP
about 1 month ago
First past the post is contributing to disillusionment with politics. It risks an unrepresentative, populist government elected by perhaps 30% of people who vote. The Representation of the People Bill is an opportunity for the Government to introduce proportional representation.
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Jonathan Portes
about 1 month ago
- Subsidising consumption in the face of a supply shock - reducing incentives to drive less/switch to EVs - using up limited fiscal space to help better-off drivers rather than the most vulnerable. Hard to think of a worse policy right now.
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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory
about 1 month ago
āWe object to working on Palantir's FDP ā it is not & never was, the right choice for the Health Service. NHS must not renew Palantir's contract & we will fight internally to make that happenā⦠āThere is a better way & we are willing to build it ourselvesā ššš
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Weāre NHS analysts organising together against Palantir. Hereās why
As NHS data workers, we see Federated Data Platformās flaws up close. Thatās why weāve launched an open letter to fight it
https://www.opendemocracy.net/nhs-england-palantir-federated-data-platform-open-letter-analysts-together/?ref=daily-newsletter
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Fair Votes Now
Support proportional representation so everyone's voice counts.
https://www.libdems.org.uk/fairvotes
about 1 month ago
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Liberal Democrats
about 1 month ago
MPs tonight have a chance to back our amendment, restore a strong trading relationship with Europe and turbo-charge our economy. It's time for a UK-EU customs union.
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Liberal Democrats
about 1 month ago
Labours leadership wannabes should drop their red-lines over a closer relationship with Europe and back our plan, beginning with a UK-EU customs union to turbocharge our economy. Tonight's vote on our amendment is the perfect chance.
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Ed Davey
about 1 month ago
Tonight, Labour MPs face a simple choice on our Kingās Speech amendment for a UK-EU Customs Union: vote to cut bills, boost trade and strengthen our security, or choose to continue the Brexit mayhem.
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Cambridge for Europe
about 1 month ago
Starmer is smart enough to know that the FPTP isn't fit for purpose, he said so himself when in opposition. But he's obviously too timid to do anything about it, held hostage by MPs who put career and party before country.
electoral-reform.org.uk/keir-starmer...
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Keir Starmer: āWeāve got to address the fact that millions of people vote in safe seats and they feel their vote doesnāt countā
Keir Starmerās backing of electoral reform puts democracy at the heart of Labourās leadership contestFrom one Keir to another, support for electoral re
https://electoral-reform.org.uk/keir-starmer-weve-got-to-address-the-fact-that-millions-of-people-vote-in-safe-seats-and-they-feel-their-voice-doesnt-count/
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Make Votes Matter
about 1 month ago
šŗ WATCH: Today at
#PMQs
@ollyglover.bsky.social
asked Keir Starmer about the UK's broken voting system. "Does the Prime Minister still have full confidence in the First Past the Post system to deliver strong and stable government?" "Yes I do," responded our 6th Prime Minister in 10 years š
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Kentish Fran #FBPE
about 1 month ago
You can't usually shut Farage up. Something going on?
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Britainās voting system is broken. 70 MPs are backing an amendment to finally review it. But to make an impact, we need many more. Iāve urged my MP to support it with this tool. Can you contact yours too?
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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D.Moore
about 1 month ago
Farage "I can't be bought" Also Farage -
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Liberal Democrats
about 1 month ago
Liberal Democrats will always fight for Proportional Representation, to make sure politics works for everyone. We may have every councillor on some councils, but we don't have every vote. Everyone's voice deserves to be heard and represented.
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Labour4PR š¹š³ļø
about 1 month ago
š„ Westminster's First Past the Post system is broken and unfair. š¹ Today, 66 Labour MPs have signed an amendment, led by
@alexsobel.co.uk
, to mend it. š Letās make sure the āRepresentation or the People Billā does what it says on the tin.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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More than 60 Labour MPs call for review of UK voting system
The MPs say the current first-past-the-post system for general elections is
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgpzp87p11o
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Calum Miller
about 1 month ago
This isnāt a fringe position - Starmerās own advisers urged him to embrace a customs union. In December, thirteen Labour MPs broke their whip to vote for one. The economic argument was settled long ago and what is missing in No10 is the nerve to act on it.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/12/keir-starmers-european-opportunity
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Calum Miller
about 1 month ago
Analysis by the House of Commons Library, commissioned by my Lib Dem colleagues, found that a more ambitious deal with the EU - even within Starmerās straitjacket - could generate at least Ā£25bn a year for the public finances.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/17/lib-dems-claim-deeper-trade-deal-with-eu-would-raise-25bn-of-tax-revenue?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Younity
about 1 month ago
ā” The biggest breakthrough in clean energy might not be solar panels or wind turbines...itās batteries. For years, critics argued renewables could never replace ābaseloadā power because the sun sets and the wind slows. But new battery economics are changing the equation fast.
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The dawn of 24/7 solar power
Falling battery costs drive the economics of round-the-clock renewables
https://www.ft.com/content/b5c53f48-0f8c-4ef8-9152-53feffe60461?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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Younity
about 1 month ago
ā»ļøāļø Researchers have found a way to upcycle silicon from old solar panels into reusable catalysts for clean chemistry. The breakthrough could help tackle growing solar waste while supporting pharmaceuticals and fine chemical production š¬ā” A strong step toward a truly circular solar economy š
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Upcycling silicon from end-of-life solar modules via palladium nanoparticles
Researchers in Italy have developed a Pd/Si catalyst for upcycling silicon from end-of-life PV panels. The system showed performance comparable to commercial-silicon catalysts and stable recycling ove...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/05/16/upcycling-silicon-from-end-of-life-solar-modules-with-palladiuma-research-team-from-italy-has-proposed-a-method-for-upcycling-silicon-si-from-end-of-life-eol-pv-panels-by-developing-a-pd-si-cataly/
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Forward Democracy
about 1 month ago
A progressive majority can be invisible. If we stay divided, an extremist minority wins on a fraction of the vote. Weāre joining
@compassoffice.bsky.social
to demand strategic cooperation. Letās act like a majority. Sign the letter:
forwarddemocracy.com/neighbourhood
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Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine
about 1 month ago
Sexual abuse of Palestinians should force a reckoning for the British government. Article by Anne-Marie Simpson, Chair of Lib Dem Friends of Palestine
@ldfpalestine.bsky.social
@libdems.org.uk
www.declassifieduk.org/sexual-abuse...
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Sexual abuse of Palestinians should force a reckoning for the British government
Israeli soldiers and settlers are using sexualised violence to displace Palestinians, a new report finds. Britain should pull every lever available to stop this
https://www.declassifieduk.org/sexual-abuse-of-palestinians-should-force-a-reckoning-for-the-british-government/
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Peter Stefanovic
about 1 month ago
On Brexit Deputy PM David Lammy says āFarage said it would bring down immigration, it hasnāt itās got worse, Farage said we would be better off, weāre much much poorer, everyone across the country realises that, there were promises made and we should hold their feet to the fireā š
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