‘Tories are not listening’: Ed Davey sure Lib Dems can woo more disgruntled voters https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/27/ed-davey-sure-lib-dems-woo-disgruntled-voters?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #LocalElections #LocalElections2025 #UK #LibDems
Christine Burns, one of the UK’s best known #trans rights advocates, said a blanket ban on trans women using women’s facilities was:
“an incredibly dangerous statement, given that they give no indication how that should be enforced”
I still fail to see how any rational clarity has been brought by this Supreme Court ruling.
@scaramanga the Lib Dems ran the same campaign in my area during a previous election. A vote for anyone but them was a waste, they said. It had a similar dodgy graph. My area is a Labour safe seat, so I'm not even sure what they were on about. I voted Green anyway. Labour did go down (pro-Gaza voters moved away), but Greens went up and a pro-Palestine party took some of Labour's share. This graph was just made up nonsense. IIRC the Lib Dem candidate got about 6% of the vote.
"After 10 months in power, next week could show #Labour how much the reality of government can really hurt."
"#Reform might be the loudest group, but they're not the only one making life hard for the big boys. The #LibDems reckon with a good night they might control more councils than the #Tories this time next week."
"Lastly, but not least, the #Greens want to continue their steady march into council seats across England."
CAMBRIDGESHIRE & PETERBOROUGH OPINION POLL
Mayoral voting intention by #YouGov:
Conservatives: 32%
Reform UK: 20%
Labour: 19%
Liberal Democrats: 18%
Green Party: 10%
Conservative lead of 12 points.
Conducted 9-23 April 2025.
CAVEAT: Local/regional election turnout is much lower than national elections and varies widely depending on what other elections are taking place and how much campaigning is taking place on the ground. This can lead to very large polling errors.
WEST OF ENGLAND OPINION POLL
Mayoral voting intention by #YouGov:
Green Party: 27% Labour: 23% Reform UK: 18% Conservatives: 17% Liberal Democrats: 13%
Independent: 2%
Green lead of 4 points.
Conducted 9-23 April 2025.
CAVEAT: Local/regional election turnout is much lower than national elections and varies widely depending on what other elections are taking place and how much campaigning is taking place on the ground. This can lead to very large polling errors.
GREATER LINCOLNSHIRE OPINION POLL
Mayoral voting intention by #YouGov:
Reform UK: 40% Conservatives: 25% Labour: 15% Green Party: 8% Independent: 7% Liberal Democrats: 5%
Reform lead of 15 points.
Conducted 9-23 April 2025.
CAVEAT: Local/regional election turnout is much lower than national elections and varies widely depending on what other elections are taking place and how much campaigning is taking place on the ground. This can lead to very large polling errors.
I tweaked the text a bit to send to the #LibDems as well.
Because, seriously, where the hell are the LibDems?
‘Sir Ed Davey says a future UK-US trade deal could harm British interests by undermining farming standards and online safety rules for children’
Glad someone in British politics is speaking up about the dangers of a UK-US trade deal with the fascist #Trump and his court of Broliarchs.
https://www.itn.co.uk/news/ed-davey-warns-over-ukus-trade-deal-risks-0
I’m the Liberal Democrat candidate for Margate in the Kent County Council (KCC) Elections
If you live near me, I’d appreciate your vote.
Political messages must have a specific wording on them. In my case:
Promoted by – Jeremy de Rose of 24 Gilbert Road, Ramsgate, CT11 7QR on behalf of Thanet Liberal Democrats
What you want to say, but are too afraid too, is "we need to undo Brexit, as it was a massive fucking mistake"
Starmer there, thinking like a child caught in a divorce and not a National Leader in a time of global crisis "doesn't want to choose between the US and the EU"
Don't you get it you slow mutherfucker, you don't make that choice, it's already been made for you, WAKE UP!
![So if the US wants to do this [impose global tariffs], then it’s perfectly within the
bounds of feasibility for other large economies to structure themselves, stop this
addiction to the US consumer, and start to consume more themselves, as well as
between each other.
O'Neill said, by turning his back on free trade, Trump was turning his back on
“the major thing which has made the United States so prosperous over the
last 40 to 50 or more years”. Other countries “shouldn't get sucked into the
same game”, he said, because overall, “whether it’s life expectancy or
wealth”, the whole world has benefited from this model.
The Liberal Democrats and the Greens have both said Keir Starmer should
respond to the Trump tariffs by strengthening economic links with countries
like Canada and the EU. But Starmer has rejected this idea, saying it would be
wrong to choose between being close to the US and being close to Europe.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/280/211/559/361/104/original/813856de59d2c02c.png "So if the US wants to do this [impose global tariffs], then it’s perfectly within the
bounds of feasibility for other large economies to structure themselves, stop this
addiction to the US consumer, and start to consume more themselves, as well as
between each other.
O'Neill said, by turning his back on free trade, Trump was turning his back on
“the major thing which has made the United States so prosperous over the
last 40 to 50 or more years”. Other countries “shouldn't get sucked into the
same game”, he said, because overall, “whether it’s life expectancy or
wealth”, the whole world has benefited from this model.
The Liberal Democrats and the Greens have both said Keir Starmer should
respond to the Trump tariffs by strengthening economic links with countries
like Canada and the EU. But Starmer has rejected this idea, saying it would be
wrong to choose between being close to the US and being close to Europe.")
Given the #LibDems #ChartCrime habits I used a ruler to check this graph. Fair play. Seems legit. Bars are right size. No room for Greens I guess *cough*. But wait, 2021? Pretty sure there was a district council election last year...they are so naughty.
With Starmer in charge, any coalition isn't going anywhere. He doesn't have the smarts to pull it off
The Lib Dems know this, and are right to point it out. We can't be doing with a slow witted quisling right now.
This is British Politics, everyone is a prop comic now.
Ed actually has some important things to say, but he has to behave like a clown to get attention so people will hear it apparently
Are we a serious country?
@ginger_tosser @ChrisMayLA6 @HarriettMB @NorthantsGreens As far as I'm concerned - you must do as you think fit - there is no quandary. I won't vote for anyone standing under the Labour Party banner, or the Tory one, or the Reform UK one. If there's no #green to vote for, I'll vote for the #libdems.
Although Lib Dems going through the lobbies with the Tories to support austerity is hardly ancient history, credit where credit is due - Davey's approach would be so much better than Starmer's attempts to ingratiate himself with Trump.
Ed Davey: UK must stand up to 'bully' Donald Trump
Brits want to fight back at Trump and Musk's assault on our culture and freedom. But our coward PM won't do it, wanting to appease Hitlers instead of stand up to them.
"We want Growth, but not like that, not like that...." - Labour
Watch Labour reply like the US hasn't declared a Trade War with the outside world and is still our bestest, bestest fwend.
Canada will be in the EU before we will....
Ed Davey calls on Keir Starmer to back Canada against Trump attacks https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/14/ed-davey-calls-on-keir-starmer-to-back-canada-against-trump-attacks?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #UK #LibDems #Canada
