BBC News - Badenoch says ditching net zero will not cost North East jobs - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... with the green sector creating economic growth at 10% - far greater than any other - the Conservatives are once again demonstrating their full grasp of Trussonomics.

Kemi Badenoch has chosen the side of Vladimir Putin and Nigel Farage with her plan to leave the European Convention on Human Rights. The ECHR is a proud British creation, championed by Churchill, that protects everyone's rights and freedoms.

Source: BBC search.app/ik7Jx Oh look - another one. Reform seamlessly morphing into the Turquoise Tories. Remember the Tory legacy of the past 10 years? Reform would be that - amplified. Turned out well didn't it!

www.theguardian.com/environment/... Increasingly difficult to get a cigarette paper between the Blue Tories and the Turquoise Tories. No wonder Farage is recruiting so many of them. Their values and beliefs are driven by funding cheques.

Congratulations to the Red Roses! World champions! What a result!

Reform faces questions over tech investor's role in cost-cutting drive www.bbc.com/news/article... There are serious questions to ask about what exactly is going on here. If an appointment is made, we will make sure that full scrutiny takes place through the appropriate channels. @libdems.org.uk

Picked up some Lib Dem stats at conference. Some of these surprised me (especially given media coverage): 1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party 2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories. (1/x)

Our party has passed a comprehensive policy paper that takes the twin climate and nature crises seriously. We are also pleased that our amendment, strengthening our commitment to protecting those most vulnerable to climate change, was passed. @pippaheylings.bsky.social @conference.libdems.org.uk

Well done to the Friends of Brixworth Church on hosting their Heritage Day. The beauty and multilayered history of Brixworth Church never ceases to amaze, with its origins in 680AD and the use of reclaimed Roman tiles as part of its structure. A parish church with an origin story as a monastery.

Lib Dems want every police force in England and Wales to open counters in venues such as supermarkets, shopping centres and libraries. The party says the move would boost public confidence in policing and make it easier for people to report crime and share information. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Back out delivering our next Focus in Clipston, for our neighbouring ward of Rural North East in sunny West Northamptonshire. @libdems.org.uk

Well said, @jamesomalley.co.uk "The more we allow racist intimidation to become normal, the harder it becomes to return to a society where racism is considered beyond the pale." open.substack.com/pub/jamesoma...

The Cons look absolutely desperate.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... And another one. It's now clear why Reform are called Reform. They are reforming into the Conservative party MK2 - they are the same group of people who created the disaster that is Brexit, the crash under Truss and supported duplicitous Johnson.

The dogma runs deep. Science and fact count for nothing in Reform's world.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Call Reform what it really is. A Conservative rehash. @libdems.org.uk

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/co...

A big thank you to @joshbabarinde.bsky.social for dropping by and spending some time with the West Northamptonshire @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social crew today. Your time and willingness to listen was highly valued. 🙏

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... Lucky lucky Reform. They must be overjoyed!

www.itv.com/news/central... Reform UK. Such bastions of free speech! Pure Trumpian mimicking.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Just so I am clear - Farage is in the US today claiming that the UK has no free speech. Am I missing something? Utter charlatans. What they really mean - it's been said many times - is don't you dare disagree with us or we'll play the free speech card.

'A very sorry saga of wasted time, effort and money.' Politico on the hundreds of thousands invested into near-redundant border inspection facilities because of Brexit. www.politico.eu/article/brex...

www.westnorthants.gov.uk/news/council... Just brilliant when the new Reform cabinet member takes the credit for IIE Silver - based on the work of a cross party sustainability group over the past 12 months, having a focus of local net zero targets - which they have now scrapped. @josiah.writes.news

These same masked men no doubt want to ban the burqa and blame asylum seekers for crime in Britain news.sky.com/story/police...

Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea' search.app/CciqM Deluded Conservatives. Any oil and gas would go onto the open market to the highest bidder. It's not 'ours'. The Conservatives continue to do their best to out Reform Reform.

www.westnorthants.gov.uk/news/stateme... The populist approach to everything. Ignore a clear legal ruling and potentially waste tax payers money in dogmatic pursuit of idealism. This is a complex issue with Reform UK providing no practical alternative solutions - unless you include the Talibhan Tax

BBC News - Northamptonshire asylum hotels subject to council debate - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... And what a complete waste of tax payers money this is. The Conservatives and Reform UK are doing their best to outdo each other. Suggesting simplistic solutions for complex Global problems.

Nigel Farage and the Reform Party’s Taliban Tax means sending hundreds of millions of taxpayers' money to an oppressive regime that British soldiers fought and died to defeat.

Nigel Farage pretending to be patriotic while pledging to rip up Britain's proud record of leading the world on human rights.

"The idea she was the PM's political prisoner, or had an 'unfair trial'? She pled guilty!" Lucy Connolly - jailed for a race-hate post after Southport - is being used to criticise the British judicial system by the right.

ICYMI: The main organisers behind ‘Operation Raise the Colours’ flag campaign are well-known far-right extremists linked to Tommy Robinson and EDL, Hope Not Hate has revealed

Lib Dem Daisy Cooper said: “Farage’s plan crumbles under the most basic scrutiny. The idea that Reform UK is going to magic up some new places to detain people and deport them to, but don’t have a clue where those places would be, is taking the public for fools.” www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

On the news of more US import tariffs on British goods, Lib Dem Daisy Cooper said: “⁠This is yet more proof of Trump acting like a playground bully with America's longest standing allies. “Ministers are asleep at the wheel whilst small businesses are being punished by Trump’s damaging trade war."

It was an honour and a pleasure to join the Ukrainian Independence Day celebrations at Northampton's Guildhall this lunchtime. Thank you to all of those who performed and made speeches. @libdems.org.uk

Via London's City Hall today: "So far, this summer alone, the London Fire Brigade has already responded to 64 wildfires, compared to just 19 in the entire summer of 2020 — a staggering 237 per cent increase with weeks still to go of this hot summer." Sadiq Khan notes climate change is a major driver

"Solar power generation in Britain so far this year has surpassed *the total for 2024* as panels are rapidly installed and amid favourable weather, underlining renewable energy’s increasing importance to the grid." www.ft.com/content/9e49...

A new Reform UK administration’s decision to scrap its net zero targets, while continuing to take public cash for green projects, is being challenged today by opposition councillors My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/08/19/r...

www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/people/... The only people creating and inflaming a them and us mentality are Reform UK.

He's so anti elite - unless it's his own. Charlatan.

Bus services are lifelines for people living in rural communities. They are vital for tackling isolation, supporting our high streets, and easing congestion on our busy roads. I'm fighting for the Government to increase funding for bus provision.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Such a dignified and considered response.

The call-in document challenging Reform's scrapping of Net Zero targets is now available on the West Northants Council website. Call-in meeting will be 19th August: westnorthants.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g2...

Is it just me or is there irony of their council publishing guidance on dealing with heatwaves when its Reform led administration is progressing the binning of interim net zero targets for its emissions and the emissions of the wider area? Stay safe out there @libdems.org.uk @josiah.writes.news

Crime is roughly half what it was in the 90s. Britain is still one of the safest countries in the developed world. So why does Reform want you to think London’s a hellscape? The Bear provides the answer ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk

We've just launched a crowdfunder @bylinetimes.bsky.social to ramp up scrutiny of Reform UK in power, on councils in England. Chip in if you can and support investigative journalism subscribe.bylinetimes.com/reform-uncov...

Poll: 8 in 10 Brits would support the UK generating more energy by expanding the UK’s renewable energy infrastructure, including nearly two thirds (65%) of Reform supporters. The new YouGov survey for Friends of the Earth also finds broad public support for fair climate policies.

nation.cymru/opinion/why-... He creates the problem, and the weaponises it to sew further fear and anger. No solutions - just an agent provocateur.

Thank you. Hence my caution with the Telegraph.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08... Not a fan of posting Telegraph articles - but Labour have again made a reckless short term decision here. What about all of the other health and wellbeing benefits that allotments bring. I'm appalled.

Fewer than a third of voters would back Brexit again, poll finds share.google/AKX6dayDgWCJ... When you hear Reform UK politicians kicking off about binning net zero, remember that the vast majority of them were either the architects or cheerleaders for Brexit. We can all see how that worked out.