Liberal Tweets
Last updated Wednesday 11th December 2013 22:36 GMT
Separated at birth - RT @JoeyEssex_: With my mate @Ed_Miliband at the #Millies #SELFIE pic.twitter.com/mHfYE7MjPl
RT @SBNLukeThomas: Tom Wright absolutely & intellectually humiliates Phil Rothfield in this follow-up to the Aussie's orig. article: http://t.co/1H4lvtjm5X
RT @bristolfighter: @GregMulholland1 Must run in the family - You're our Star too.
RT @bristolfighter: @allbeernews @GregMulholland1 Love Slee's "..no legitimate industry source." quote, his own company accounts and @beerandpub questioned LOL
RT @brass_castle: If you're interested in racing dragons, you can find a print-your-own-prototype version to download here: http://t.co/CUjsmV9Djt
MT @lordbonkers: Liberal England: Peter Cook nearly fought #Hampstead for the Lib Dems bit.ly/1iKEoUc @CamdenLibDems @NewJournal
RT @Half: "When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful." -Malala Yousafzai (@MalalaFund) pic.twitter.com/15ehhspbyY
Hi @Paul_Gadsby -sorry to hear what happened to u this morning. Hope you're resting & on the mend. Did it happen in Vassall part of Clap Rd?
Watching lots of videos on South African politics online. I'm very impressed by @LindiMazibuko! youtube.com/watch?v=HurIWg…
RT @ConstableChaos: .@SirIanBlair Pls read/RT - Frontline Fears for Canine Cops ! - News Release re latest cuts to #police #dogs http://t.co/l6wOrMFvMt
Cllr Phil Mynott's motion on WHW disabled car park removed from agenda by Mayor. As you were. Normal service resumed. Back to reality etc
RT @TheoPaphitis: @Bermondsey_Lab @SimonHughesMP Very comfortable with the good work carried out by @SimonHughes in the local community thank you !
unanimous vote sees Cllr Barry Aspinell's motion on keeping webcasts for perpetuity approved unanimously! Barry's off to get lottery ticket!
RT @TheBKCC: Great to see another fine Leicester City Centre establishment stocking Bottle Kicking Cider ..St.Martins Tea and Coffee Merchants,fantastic
Liberal England: Peter Cook nearly fought Hampstead for the Liberal Democrats bit.ly/1iKEoUc A popular post from earlier this week
Hello, Twitter, I am wondering if any of you know of any studies that confirm/deny that PMT is a real thing that exists? (cc @bengoldacre)
RT @AvramovKosta: @TheSunNewspaper @tnewtondunn PM CAMERON IS WALKING ELEGANCE OR STYLE IN MOTION. TRY TO IMAGINE CHAMPAGNE SOCIALIST ED MILIBAND,LIKE THIS.
Goodness! We just won a vote! Cllr Barry Aspinell gets agreement to investigate a multi purpose vehicle for gritting etc! #smellingsalts
RT @ISNJH: #rumint SBS reports "unconfirmed" aid to KJU Uncle defected with key docs on #DPRK nuke program. news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/n… … @CustosDivini
Today I won ballot to introduce a private members bill. Clock ticking 25 days to lay motion to enshrine minimum nursing levels in Welsh Law
RT @ShenfieldGraeme: Tories have just stopped debate on the switch off of our lights. As Cllr Kendall says it's a disgrace.
RT @RevRichardColes: A trimphone on #Lucan. My granny had the first in Barton Seagrave. It stood on a table in the hall under her MBE citation.
Another day for UK banks. Lloyds fined 28m pounds. RBS fined $100m. Proud to have led for Lib Dems today on latest stages of banking bill
Theresa May faces grilling from MPs as MI5 and No 10 spurn hearings gu.com/p/3y6vf/tw via @guardian
Attended exhibition this evening of proposals to redevelop former nursey on corner Groveway & Stockwl Pk Rd. Keen to hear views of residents
RT @MarcusInStroud: In 10 days time, nights start getting longer which means SUMMER IS COMING!!!
The widow of the Charles Shulz (the guy who drew Snoopy) is doing an AMA on Reddit. it's really rather sweet reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment…
RT @MPSKingston: Police Appeal - 80 year old woman hit by a car outside @KingstonHospNHS on the 26.11.13. Did you see anything? http://t.co/yxAnq8YPis
Looking forward to showing Edwina Hart the Economic Development Minister around some of our great B&R manufacturing businesses tomorrow.
I wonder if @ShenfieldGraeme should do a David Tennant & adopt a cockney accent so Tories don't shout at him because they can't understand.
RT @yoliverpool: Three generations of Liverpool women. Poverty, slum housing. 1950s pic.twitter.com/GurZub9unV
RT @allbeernews: MP and pub company clash over beer overcharging claim - Channel 4 News ift.tt/19CuZo9
RT @BluesChronicle: Chelsea to face one of the following in Mon's CL 2nd round draw: Bayer Leverkusen, Galatasaray, Olympiakos, Zenit St Petersburg, AC Milan.
Interesting tactic from spammers: "An extra inch and you become the love guru". How do they know how many inches I have already?
RT @Isysuttie: The fact that prawn crackers can be eaten directly out of the freezer is both brilliant and terrifying.
Liberal England: GUEST POST Politic360: Mending online political discussion bit.ly/18V4U9w
RT @RailfutureEA: DfT plans for new and enhanced rail links for Cambridge-Oxford-London technology triangle including @eastwestrail https://t.co/jpLNbinzow
RT @LumiereWedding: #weddinghour same sex weddings due to start in March, who's doing it? East Midlands Gay wedding show February 16th Hilton Derby
RT @allpartycycling: The end of an era… Royal Mail to phase out post bikes completely in 2014 | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/bi…
I'm embarrassed to be on @Brentwood_BC, nay, ashamed. Glad I'm not on Tory administration but I detest being tarred with this brush.
Tories in Brentwood have just voted to end a debate and go to vote. They won. Democracy a big loser.
It's exactly 20 years today since comedy became The New Rock and Roll. God that makes me feel old.
That said, our mini collapse means we can now play Barcelona, Madrid, Dortmund, PSG etc in the next round. Bloody hell
Thank god for that. My poor heart had nearly forgotten the stress of Arsenal cocking it up!
Watching last night's Masterchef. Loving the totally contrary styles of Scott Davies (unemotional) and Massimo Bottura (passionate).
RT @richardmillwood: “@LouiseMcKinlay: Abstentions are pointless - Councillors are elected to make decisions.” <- that is so ironic after tonight's abdication!
RT @a4ann: … But it’s ok because the @Brentwood_BC MD will be back just before end Jan to make decision. Perfect. (Not) #WHW
RT @a4ann: … But @Brentwood_BC on hols until late Jan so work to be done by her deputy…. /cont.
RT @a4ann: So the decision on #WHW will be made solely by @Brentwood_BC Managing director by end of Jan… /cont.
RT @thecookeryangel: My spelling tonight has #gonetopot A TERRIBLE decision has been made by Conservative Council regarding my beloved Brentwood #CONFAIL :(
RT @ShenfieldGraeme: Cllr Kendall asked more questions than all other councillors combined. He's obviously done his homework. Gold star!
The new constitution that Tories voted for was supposed to give us less meetings, started with six less, it is now ONE more than year before
RT @iankatz1000: Also tonight: we'll be trying to untangle the brain-meltingly twisty story behind this tape recording http://t.co/32C1gtqBb0 #newsnight
RT @Twurchsteward: Dear @macmillancancer - just made hot cuppas for 3 chuggers +thawed them out for you. I don't give to charities who treat staff like this.
Soho police raids show why sex workers live in fear of being "rescued" theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Lib Dem motion on protecting community pubs, amended to mention @CAMRA_Official 's List Your Local campaign passes unanimously
we've got the backing of council for our motion to allow the recording of meetings by default to improve openness and transparency
MT @herbert_tiemens: Tonight board of @RegioUtrecht unanimous agreed with bicycle policy for next 15 years 《 imagine. A 15 year bike policy.
Cameron’s #LittleBlackBook- Glad Lib Dems stopped inheritance tax cuts for millionaires & running schools 4 profit bit.ly/1dpzTaS
RT @NewsManc: Friday is 'wear a festive item of clothing to work' day, so I'm just giving this bad boy an iron. pic.twitter.com/s5xV8sAkzh
Does anyone apart from the kookiest labour nuts actually believe that the right are scared of Ed Balls?
RT @guardiannews: Theresa May faces grilling from MPs as MI5 and No 10 spurn hearings gu.com/p/3y6vf/tf
Motion unanimously passes - public in South Glos now allowed to record their council's meetings and debates
I'm getting quite fed up with all these fines on RBS. Given that RBS is subsidised by UK taxpayers that means WE are paying these fines!
RT @MikeLeSurf: brentwood tories have surely hit rock bottom. no democracy. no leadership. no vision. no hope. sad day :-(
RT @richardmillwood: To make matters worse Brentwood Tory's have agreed to delegate to MD who is on holiday in the one month to make the decision!
Hinckley & Bosworth Council backs Charter to Stop Payday Loan Rip-Off (East Midlands Lib Dems) bit.ly/18V2cRm
So, new Tory chair of scrutiny committee admits she didn't bother reading procedures of her own committee. How v. competent & professional.
many many radio 4 podcasts to choose from. hmm. Let's try some in our time. Melvyn, send me into the arms of morpheus. please.
Alan Lawrence proposes LD motion to allow members of public to make recordings at council - not currently allowed.
of course now I'm IN bed my brain has gone PING. *tries to find something really boring to listen to*
RT @philverney: London friends....a friend is looking for a room to rent in zone 1-2 for around £400 per month. Does anyone know of one going?
Councillors unanimously pass LD version of local council tax reduction scheme - protects the poorest as far as possible from cuts
- just spent a few minutes searching for #10 on my advent calendar. Already been there, of course! 14 days to go...
My brief review of The Gamblers by John Pearson from last month bit.ly/I0f7oj #Lucan pic.twitter.com/9YcQAtIOa4
RT @ShenfieldGraeme: And the Tories vote to give the MD the power to decide on whether we proceed with WHW or not. Why were they elected?
RT @sj_robinson: Essex Conservatives press on with plans to slash youth service budget. Good that all Oppn Cllrs voted for #LibDem motion against
South Gloucestershire's Core Strategy has been approved, with the backing of the Lib Dems - an important step for our area
Great to see the gorgeous @donnacastle & @HelenaCJohnson this eve for birthday & Xmas celebrations pic.twitter.com/6OloPWn8qU
Just seen the second Schalke goal. How did the assistant not see the 4 offside players? #fail #championsleague
RT @hcamember: @russellquirk @CllrMorrissey @walloyd @ShenfieldGraeme Will someone tell the Mayor that all her tut tutting is very unprofessional
RT @richardmillwood: Brentwood's Tory Councillor's show they can't trust themselves to make decisions, so ask MD to do it - how could anyone vote for them again?
RT @jsapwell: Do we want to have the Town run by an MD and not elected members? I know we have our faults, but we are accountable. #emotionsrunninghigh
Now a named vote on the CS rec 1 - all LD and Con members for, Labour a 3 part mix of for/against/abstain
Gutted today that I could not be back home in #Leeds North West for my youngest's #Christmas play! She was a blue star!
Eavesdrop on a right wing anti-trans training camp: teaching fear mongering and lies - j.mp/1codzw9
How can you take someone seriously when they wear glasses like these? bit.ly/1kAqPCo
RT @DRichmondLocal: Richmond Park in @VisitBritain Top 10 UK Winter Walks twitter.com/VisitBritain/s… @twicktownbiz @LBRUT @Visit_Richmond1 @BritishTraveler
RT @BluesChronicle: Another goal in Gelsenkirchen: Schalke 2-0 Basel. Only a calamitous cave-in would see Chelsea not top the group now. <long-pregnant-pause>
RT @prateekbuch: haha thanks :-) RT @DrEdLong: As per usual, @prateekbuch talks Sense About Economics independent.co.uk/voices/comment…
I'd just like to thank Tories for selling my town down the river....cheers for that. As a resident I did not move here for you to destroy it
Religion poisons everything. And let's observe that in this occasion it is hardline Hindus who are the offenders. Not always Abrahamic.
Hmm, @currybeer crowd are discussing going to the National Media Museum in Bradford one Saturday afternoon in Jan @miss_s_b @A_C_McGregor
RT @ZacGoldsmith: How can Govt pretend the airports review is 'independent' if only a week before publication, it insists on a re-write?http://t.co/gnJHh0yevG
Pat Hockey (LD planning lead) reminds of fight to keep Bristol from expanding to the outer SG boundaries. Want a healthy, prosperous area.
RT @laurenlaverne: Catching up on the FANTASTIC Blues America series. A must-watch for music lovers. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01…
Ruth Davis, leader of the Lib Dems thanks planners for the immense work done - Yate and South Glos got off lightly compared to possibilities
Liberal England: David Heath to promote new laws to control spying agencies bit.ly/18AR1KW
RT @LibDemMEPs: New opportunities for UK universities/businesses as £12.5bn of EU research funding announced @FionaHallMEP #whyiamIN http://t.co/0ZSeJa0pu4
RT @cllr_anood: Very interesting examples of how to get cycling up to 40% in Cambridge from @julianhuppert . It needs political leadership!
Tories abdicate their responsibility and give all the power to the MD of Brentwood Council to decide on William Hunter Way. Priceless.
Looking more and more like a by election in Richmond Park early 2014. I'll be fighting the good fight for @robinmeltzer
LD DfT Minister @SusanKramer is determined that Gov't plans to improve life for Britain’s travellers remain on track: buff.ly/19gQMoS
With rumours of Davies Commission recommendations & Labour potentially pro 3rd runway - looks like a by-election in Richmond early 2014
Uruguay fully legalizes the cannabis trade. It will be interesting to see the impact on organized crime http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/12/11/making-history-in-montevideo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+andrewsullivan%2FrApM+%28The+Dish%29
oyoyoy ... I just stood up and owwwww. hurty hurty. Going out is clearly dangerous! (maybe a stiff drink is called for...)
Christmas card/birth announcements ordered. My work is done for the evening. Now I just need to stare in to my daughters eyes...
#AllAboutChardonnay tasting @HardysWineUK with @IGersLondon, I've voted with my sips. pic.twitter.com/D4EzXCI3dX
#AllAboutChardonnay wine tasting, had an Eileen Hardy Chardonnay. My mouth salutes you @HardysWineUk & @MissBouquet pic.twitter.com/0a7r9BXiTz
@davepage_mcr been having nightmares. The one on Monday was quite silly but the last two nights have been horrific.
Some fuckwit found a way of blaming Israel. Also, if it has nothing to do with religion, why aren't clergy struggling against it? Twats
Have decided against going to pub quiz tonight on the grounds that I appear to be falling asleep...
RT @ThatSabineGirl: I sometimes think the reason these supposedly new wave feminists dislike sex workers is that I get to have my cock and eat it.
Congratulations RT@siriusacademy Excellent effort from Year 8 Girls whose A team were crowned Hull Schools Dodgeball champions this evening
RT @bitcoin_txt: I just described Bitcoin to a friend in relatively simple terms pic.twitter.com/F07fdXA0gB
RT @SMBC_Museums: Christmas Past at Staircase House. A family tour & make a wartime decoration. Sat Dec 14. Book on 0161 474 4444. #SKChristmas
Thanks for the early Xmas present! RT @AlyonaMink: Led Zeppelin catalog comes to Spotify. Best. News. Ever. rollingstone.com/music/news/led…
Cllrs been given a detailed and thorough explanation of the Core Strategy and proposed changes - all in the chamber throughout
#Yeovil Lib Dems are the Party of All Year Round Campaigning in South #Somerset. Support our work and join today: buff.ly/19eVzqP
RT @landscapeevent: Gorgeous little stone sculpture of @Volkswagen Beetle!! Would love to find this in our garden. #sculpture http://twitter.com/rxQWs7GjJlD
Excellent joke from @MartinChelt re UKIP MEPs given their poor voting/activity record "you turn up, you claim expenses, you kip"
RT @chakrabortty: Why corporate feminism is convenient for capitalism @dawnhfoster theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
*teaching dad the lib dem version of the 12 days of Christmas in the car on the way home* #onmessage #involume #overtime
RT @SMBC_Museums: Make a decoration at Hat Works #SKChristmas Craft Session. Sat, Sun Dec 14, 15. Details & booking on 0161 474 2399 http://t.co/QIDiPT8SSR
RT @chrisparker411: Thanks for having me on panel. Really important to thank the 50,000+ people who volunteer in Sutton. Now thats 'Getting Involved' #SuttonQT
RT @LoriAdorable: If you are a transphobic, whorephobic 'feminist', you are contributing to the violence of women all ready most likely to be hurt.
RT @stuheritage: Today has a sequential date. The next time this will happen will be SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP FUCKING SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP.
RT @LoriAdorable: Relatedly, you cannot fight for trans women without fighting for sex workers, and vice versa. The overlap is too great.
#India is now on my banned list of countries along with #Russia and #Croatia as well as all #ReligiousStates #GayRights
Interesting - Labour candidate for Park ward questions whether children should start learning before age of 7 twitter.com/xMATTxLAWx/sta… #rdguk
Me earlier talking about archaeology and the meedja previouslyonearth.wordpress.com/2013/12/11/put…
Ooh, I have a "real-life stalker" who is also a "cyber-stalker". digitalpolitico.net/2013/12/05/fre… Bit weird.
Make sure you listen to this Radio 4 documentary on #Oxford's housing crisis and land market: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03…
Quentin Letts on Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, offensive surely against the PCC editors code? carons-musings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/quenti…
RT @brilliantname: Union-basher @rupertmurdoch supports IPSO - @NUJofficial welcomes rival press regulator IMPRESS - nuj.org.uk/news/nuj-welco… #leveson @IFJGlobal
Jose's welcoming committee. (@ Stamford Bridge - @chelseafc for Chelsea vs Steaua Bucuresti w/ 107 others) [pic]: 4sq.com/18USWMY
MT @TelePolitics: British workers spend 2 weeks a year working just to pay for their parents' state pension: tgr.ph/J5vFfC
How about making the rise (which is justified) contingent on performance (eg. reduction in inflation/increase in family income) @Ed_Miliband
Thank you @GeorgeFergusonx for exploring street level engagement, information sharing and experimentation of Our Streets Our Scheme.
At @swklibdems Cycle Summit to talk about #getbritaincycling. Good to see @cllr_anood @CarolinePidgeon & @SimonHughesMP take seriously #fb
What the hell has this got to do with the uni..Also,can't help but feel this would not be happening if it was a bloke independent.co.uk/student/news/w…
"@BBCBreaking Scientology is NOT a religion, it is just a massive fraud. bbc.in/1co67Bh
Kid runs past me shouting "It will eat you". Relieved/disappointed to discover 'it' was a fox.
RT @LibDemMEPs: .@lfeatherstone and @SarahLudfordMEP criticise Tory and UKIP MEPs who refused to condemn FGM in vote today http://t.co/P9kf04ARtl
RT @leftoutside: Ignore The Express's scaremongering, here's how many immigrants we'll get next year: leftoutside.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/her… http://t.co/H3Hmn0t8XN
MT @annagraceclark: @ruthdombey @Dan_Peck @HelenGasparell1 @SimonFParker he's going to have to get on the twitter bandwagon! #suttonqt
A welfare spending cap risks creating a mini equivalent of the USA's debt ceiling shenanigans. No thanks.
Ouch! Managed to finally get access into the admin part of my mail server - queue of 89 stuck emails in there (now released). grrrr!
RT @TheSilaiCentre: @DrJonRogers @GeorgeFergusonx More parent friendly meeting needed to hear the voices of people that care for children @SingleParentNwk
Home again. Feet are damn painful, as are knees and selected other bits of body. Great day at #tech4open though. Much to consider & develop.
RT @vikki4mdnp: #11-12-13 day to remember for me. Official launch of my #GE2015 campaign to be MP for #MidDorsetNorthPoole VIP guest @timfarron #500days
RT @LgbtSutton: #SuttonQT Next seminar on LGBT History is 30th Jan 6:15pm Civic Offices Meeting room 5. Hope to see you all there? Ty