Liberal Tweets
Last updated Monday 20th May 2013 15:31 BST
I'd rather take a step forward now than wait 3 years to take a side step, 2 back, 3 forward and a jump on the spot at the whim of government
Oh for the love of God why is Ben Howlett on Newsbeat about #equalmarriage they should talk to Kav and Sam because they're awesome
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RT @BigBigBen: @stonewalluk if a Catholic country like here in Spain can legalise #equalmarriage then surely the UK can too?
So Shawn Mullins' "Lullaby" just came on Spotify and I remembered how much it is a Karolina Dean song.
Aaron Swartz legacy lives on with New Yorker's Strongbox: How it works | TechRepublic j.mp/116JET3
Only heard Get Lucky which seems alright but it's not Revolution 909 is it. I'll have to wait till I get good speakers to listen to it
RT @Jackhoar24: I respect everyones right to an opinion, but sometimes I just think, really? REALLY?
RT @mrchrishull: Today is exactly 100 days until the opening ceremony of @SOGreatBritain 2013 National Summer Games! #bath2013 http://t.co/iXHh1TO5nP
Nick Clegg is the only leader to engage with the public - Nick Ferrari bit.ly/160MP7P
Appear to have missed all the RAM controversy, and I like Daft Punk, so shame on me I guess
#Syrian Doctor says he does not recognize #Damascus anymore because of the destruction bbc.in/10g6ITW
RT @foreignoffice: We'll be live tweeting parts of @WilliamJHague's #Syria update to @UKParliament.Or watch it live at 1530: http://t.co/xDCohy2UvS
Good to meet @StephenTall and learn more about the Education Endowment Foundation @SuttonTrust #EEF #pupilpremium
Robot Guns, Combat Facebook: The Tech of the Army's 'Last' Afghanistan Brigade | @daxe for Danger Room j.mp/116IWVS
Stockport residents may see A-boards and assume MEN story about "Council Power Grab" refers to Stockport. It doesn't - it's Salford.
RT @gerrypasha: @BBCgmu @StephenNolan IF DUP vote against equal marriage 4 England/wales it only fair 2 have mainland MPs included nxt time vote comes here
The First World War had an unprecedented impact on our communities, with so many young men leaving for the front.... fb.me/1IHs35Z9J
RT @LSEpoliticsblog: Leader of Noway's Conservatives: The ‘Norwegian model’ would be a poor alternative to EU membership for the UK http://t.co/JTEA9RUMQq
RT @koertdebeuf: The West missed many chances to support the right people in #Syria. I fear the last window of opportunity is closing fast. Do act now.
Service 22A Fredrick Road: Service 22AFredrick Road 28th-29th May 201307:00-17:00 Due to the East Sussex Count... bit.ly/16Ek3d2
RT @BryanAGraham: How the Premier League table would look if the 265 shots that hit the woodwork had counted as goals. http://t.co/jIN49FTMFt
RT @MattChorley: Every family would be up £3,500 worse off if Britain left the EU, business chiefs warn bit.ly/114Dd8Z
.@UKGaynews whilst true and I agree it's far from perfect, all LGBT people left behind in Northern Ireland.
Fuck you, Labour: MT @BBCNormanS: Labour keep open threat of backing Loughton "wrecking" amendment if Govt refuse to support Lab amendment.
RT @TlfTravelAlerts: Meandering delays on the Circle line as it embarks upon a Proustian monologue. Journey times between stations are averaging about an hour.
New post: bit.ly/161Vvut On John Stuart Mill's 207th birthday, shouldn't #LibDems be more Liberal? #LiberalMondays #LibDemValues
Baroness @SalBrinton asks if doctors record dementia as death cause even if it is not the main one as it is often under reported.
RT @patrickjbutler: Jobseekers and benefits data release postponed by DWP gu.com/p/3gxv5/tw << DWP fastidious about statistics integrity shocker...
RT @StevenLBell: Congratulations to all at @IndigoFM. South Lakes station praised by judges at North West awards ceremony http://t.co/DSiabxI1c4
Glad to see the brother of my Conservative opponent in 2010 supporting #equalmarraige today. @Andrew4Pendle
Councillor Gary Malcolm: Ealing Council Bank Holiday Changes to Refuse and Recycling fb.me/32zgqtJOG
At @Nacro_, I set out how ensuring people can live free from crime & fear of crime is essential to a fairer society bit.ly/12GEcKM
Campaigning with @christinejardine and @malcolmbruce in Donside #CAJardine Winning here @scotlibdems pic.twitter.com/Ar9livG0Fi
RT @Andrew4Pendle: @johnwilliams77 I supported #equalmarriage back in Feb & plan to do so again this week, but would welcome residents views ahead of the vote
Baroness @jollyjudith asks minister what are arrangements to monitor accurate data on death certs thro locally accountable bodies.
RT @CllrGaryMalcolm: New Blog post: Ealing Council Bank Holiday Changes to Refuse and Recycling: A lot of the refuse and recycling ... http://t.co/l45LTNBfxK
RT @NigelAlanSmall: After dealing with #EqualMarriage, parliament will be debating the controversial Earth Roundness Bill.
Lancs CC News: Zambian Pupils Cotton On To Computing: Pupils at a remote primary school in Zambia are cottonin... bit.ly/16EfdfR
Check out this chart from @TheEconomist about the different groups operating in #Syria. econ.st/11Rz6yA
Lord Sharkey then asks if review traffic commissioners can include powers to interview local authorities where bus services delayed by works
RT @ArnieEtc: Why would anyone be against allowing straight couples the right to have a civil partnership?
Lord John Sharkey asks Minister if there are any proposals that may affect local bus services
RT @KatMiddleton: Hello Olbia. You are overcast and not very warm but we love you anyway.
Baroness Sally Hamwee then asks Minister to make clear distinction between asylum seekers and economic migrants.
RT @BBCRadio3: The 'Siegfried Idyll' was Wagner's gift to Cosima on the birth of their son Siegfried. Here he is 58 years later: http://t.co/n1hFqrgMwn
Nick Clegg’s Speech: The Rehabilitation Revolution: Almost ten years ago, I started my career on the Liberal D... bit.ly/114CFQn
RT @GuidoFawkes: WATCH: Bercow Announces Nigel Evans Office Searched: bit.ly/12oQ7LJ
RT @politicshomeuk: An MP's offices were searched yesterday under a warrant from Preston Police, Speaker Bercow announces.
Lord Roger Roberts then asks if this would reduce benefits, increase tax revenue, reduce childhood poverty.
Very shiny, but hardly holographic. Westbourne Park Hologram polish | @nailsinc nailsinc.com/nailpolish/wes…
We have fought over a decade to #SaveStHelier and we can’t stop here. Help deliver leaflets to gain support. Pls email info@tombrake.co.uk
RT @NewStatesman: The truth about welfare - the system is broken and the government is making it worse, says @ianmulheirn http://t.co/M3Ki9iggXp
Lord Roger Roberts asks Minister if asylum seekers can have the right to work 6 months waiting for decision on their application.
- just came across some archive emails where @jon_gleeson first had his Twitter username as "jonbongleeson" #rockandroll ha!!
Asda came through big time. Belgian chocolate tarts, chocolate donut balls and white chocolate & raspberry cookies. Result.
RT @pinknews: Francis Maude: How my late gay brother's legacy shaped my equal marriage support p.ink.cx/11R94M4
RT @MENnewsdesk: Salford mayor hit by ‘power grab’ row as top team expands bit.ly/Z7EQTp
Lord Dominic Addington asks minister for assurance that no expertise is lost in links between school sports and clubs in the community.
RT @RTaylor_MEP: It does seem inconsistent that #NRT products can be fruit flavoured, but some say #ecigs shouldn't be... Need to examine! #TPD #health
One of the parents asked me to draw a cladogram of arthropods yesterday. You'll be disappointed to know that I put arachnids next to insects
RT @Clive_Bates: V good @RTaylor_MEP e-cigs video > inspiring MEP now on the case and questioning fake 'health' propaganda. #SWOF https://t.co/1WXZVckPaG
In #DWP questions I have just asked for progress on WCA 'alternate assessment' for those with hidden & fluctuating conditions.
RT @faisalislam: Vetoed in my attempt to use new Daft Punk track in tonights #c4news report on Help to Buy, housing stimulus and what Osborne's telling IMF
Lunchtime in Radstock looking round Victoria Hall @vhradstock talking about the progress on refurbishment. Great... fb.me/yYWbBjDs
Lancs Fire & Rescue: Fire to property in Morecambe at 12:00 hrs: Marine Road East, Morecambe Fire at the rear ... bit.ly/114HiKh
There are nearly 4m people displaced inside #Syria due to the conflict and 95,000 have died. Please RT to raise awareness.
.@Nick_Clegg’s Speech: The Rehabilitation Revolution - http://www.libdems.org.uk/latest_news_detail.aspx?title=Nick_Clegg%E2%80%99s_Speech%3a_The_Rehabilitation_Revolution_&pPK=01599a8f-de31-43e7-954b-414e68bf2d41
Europe must stick up for principle, defend against bullying & speak up for #Tibet @emcmillanscott fb.me/16VVQLeDa
RT @combatjourno: Afghan intelligence service say a truck loaded with 6,000 kilograms of explosives is found & disarmed in Kunduz province.
Having really bad hair day 4 Clic Sargent the children's cancer charity.Joined by voluptuously haired Mary&Luciana pic.twitter.com/YFjMV5JVl2
RT @frasernelson: Get the church out of the state,and the state will stay out of the church - Hugo Rifkind in The Spectator http://t.co/wsazs5dcfV
I liked a @YouTube video from @visionontv youtu.be/h59rEHXGhEw?a Practical Diversity - Meri Williams @ OpenTech
The Paul McGarry is out! paper.li/paulmcgarryuk ▸ Top stories today via @GerryHassan @GlasgowCC @edwardmba
Morning spent in Southdown with Cllr Dine Romero and highways engineer discussing issues and problems around the... fb.me/FCxQteA3
I was reading about Labour realising they were risking the whole bill, and then I saw the SNP crying "scaremongerers" again about the
Glad that @Ofcom is using the full extent of its legal powers to address the issue of nuisance calls. 82% of people receive an unwanted call
The war in #Syria is a humanitarian disaster that has regional and international consequences with 3m refugees predicted by the end of 2013.
Wonderful announcement. Lib Dems at their best. Reminds me of a blog I once wrote rhystaylor.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/i-p… guardian.co.uk/society/video/…
Am I bovvered? The Ministry of Defence on sexual abuse and bullying of forces' kids wp.me/pHiYZ-Pv via @davidhencke
RT @GMPFederation: "It was important to keep the memory of the two girls alive" - Steve Phillips on his 230m run for PC Bone & PC Hughes http://t.co/ewOJdOxNne
RT @ArfonLibDems: @Gisdacyf Llongyfarchiadau mawr i chi! Gwasanaeth werth pob ceiniog - gwaith anhygoel yn ein cymunedau!
RT @BBCSteveR: #Eurovision mystery. Azeri ambassador to Moscow says Baku recounting votes; says Azerbaijan should have given Russia 10 pts (instead of 0)
RT @SocietyGuardian: Nick Clegg promises prison rehabilitation revolution - video gu.com/p/3gx8g/tf
RT @andycoughlan: The Elementalist, is free on Kindle until Thursday. Lets see if we can crack the top 100 - icont.ac/1KXc5 #kindle #free
That last RT? Ridiculous. Cameron himself has been one of the few Tories supporting this from start to finish. He is not his backbenchers.
RT @Bonn1eGreer: The only Peter Mandelson utterance that I have ever found relevant: Quote: "#UKIP-The 'UK Isolation Party' ".
RT @sunny_hundal: Senior source on why Labour are putting forward own amendment: "Cameron cannot be given any excuse to wreck the gay marriage bill"
RT @Gisdacyf: Rydym yn hynod falch o gyhoeddi heddiw ein bod wedi llywddo i gael grant o £857,000 gan @LoteriFawrCymru - prosiect newydd i rhieni ifanc
RT @Gisdacyf: We are pleased to announce today that we have been successful in getting a grant worth £857,000 from @BigLotteryWales Young parents project
RT @markpack Sending a criminal to prison costs more than sending a child to Eton bit.ly/14mChvm << and often has worse results :)
The pro-membership side of the EU debate shows signs of life independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
RT @gillradcliffe: The Home Affairs Committee will publish its report ‘Police and Crime Commissioners: Register of Interests’ on Thursday 23 May 2013 at 00.01.
RT @CliveSSmith: Unclassified (please retweet): Shaker Aamer would like everyone to call US Embassy 020 7499-9000 to demand action on Guantanamo Bay
RT @antonyhook: Business could not be clearer that we must stay in EU. I hope these business leaders will vote Lib Dem accordingly http://t.co/mwwzYH9rae
RT @blackwellharb: Armed response unit called out to Harborough after gun shot heard - News - Harborough Mail: harboroughmail.co.uk/news/crime/arm…
Liberal England: An explanation to the Liberal Democrat position on a European referendum bit.ly/10OCBzn Indeedy-ho!
RT @AlexiMostrous: Story on @Telegraph website says Miss World competition is "more than just bikinis and waterboard stomachs" #missguantanamo
Liberal England: Tories begin defecting to Ukip over 'loons' slur bit.ly/10GOPJs Headline of the Year?
@caronmlindsay i emailed the no voters from last time a week ago, no responses...
RT @Birdyword: I'd rather everyone paid less tax, but can agree in part w. @OwenJones84 - "the state is at the service of the rich" http://t.co/pByc342xmH
RT @liberalyouth: Lib Dem MPs: Vote for equality, human rights and love today by @Juvelad ldv.org.uk/34585 via @libdemvoice
RT @NewStatesman: Labour abandons support for gay marriage "wrecking" amendment bit.ly/161zFaG
I am officially a failure at being a doggy foster mum....Bailey joins the gang and is staying with me forever! pic.twitter.com/PaWyzZUJp9
Lancs CC News: Schools named Chairman's Challenge Champions: The final of the Chairman's Challenge 2013 has ta... bit.ly/14nF1IS
British business leaders say we need to stay in the EU or risk losing £92bn a year from the UK economy #EU independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
RT @professorgreen: Lol RT @TherealNihal: I'm heterosexual and married. How will Gay marriage undermine my wedding day. Will Gay people erase my wedding video?
Decided I don't want to get married or have a civil partnership. Instead I want a Service Level Agreement.
RT @DropletPay: We've been nominated for #Birmingham Made Me's 'Best Midlands Radical Innovation and Design' award. Head here to vote http://t.co/rR99Nqwa8L
Campaigning to save Peebles Court from SNP closure plans @jennylongdenITV @scotlibdems @BorderTV pic.twitter.com/HiDEu3AJja
RT @catherinemep: Business leaders have said: "The economic case to stay in the #EU is overwhelming," in letter to @Independent http://t.co/VHcVGJlH0K
If allowing 'opposite sex' partners to have Civil Partnership was precursor to getting 'marriage' completely separate from state then GREAT!
2 replies from Lib Dem MPs. @malcolmbruce supports #equalmarriage but is away from Westminster today. David Heath also in favour.
The new rules on the retention of children's DNA by the police cannot come into force soon enough cypnow.co.uk/cyp/news/10772…
Campaigning to save Peebles Court from SNP closure plans. @jennylongdenITV @scotlibdems pic.twitter.com/RUcDOGbFkD
Congratulations to @LondonYouth for their new lottery funding. LY's Olympic sporting legacy programme is brilliant cypnow.co.uk/cyp/news/10772…
From @libdemvoice > Opinion: Lib Dem MPs: Vote for equality, human rights and love today ow.ly/2x0Fy3
#TwitterProblem When your mother telephones you to 'comment' upon a tweet you made which might have referred to her (but didn't really)
Hands up everyone who believes that Tim Loughton is remotely interested in equality. #equalmarriage
Sainsburys two weeks ago, M&S last week, Asda today, I'm turning into a supermarket slut.
This Saturday the Carshalton Camera Club are holding their annual photographic exhibition at Carshalton Methodist Church between 10am & 5pm.
#FirstWorldProblems is asking why I still have around 250 VHS video tapes taking up shelf space when I haven't watched one this century.
RT @samfisk93: "Few of us will want to help them in the future" - @Juvelad on Lib Dem MPs voting against #equalmarriage. http://t.co/a0dcrcfrXn
RT @GoodwinMJ: 43% of Brits broadly favourable toward #EU (-2 pts on 2012). But only 26% think integration has strengthened economy http://t.co/yKX80TV10F
Opinion: Lib Dem MPs: Vote for equality, human rights and love today ldv.org.uk/34585 via @libdemvoice
So far, of the Lords that have given a definite yes/no answer, 90% of them are in favour of #equalmarriage. Still a long way to go, though.
RT @Pieandapint: Announcing the launch of the cross-party Alienated Raving Swivel Eyed Political Organisers & Operatives group. Get your ARSEPOO t-shirt now.
RT @richardgomer: Acknowledgement that David Burrowes (sadly) exists is not the same as endorsing or promoting him. Sort of like teachers and SSM. #upIsDown
"@CheltAntiCuts:LibDem policy adopted @ 2003 conference said “Liberal Democrats start with a bias in favour of market solutions” excellent
Parliament mustn't waste time on gay marriage when there are vital issues like the Hertfordshire County Council (Filming on Highways) Bill.
New blogpost: Too important for politicians peterblack.blogspot.com/2013/05/too-im…
Blogged: Worth Reading 109: Mouths of the wicked and deceitful: 24 Hours In Any City In The World – “The perfe... bit.ly/114vwQ9
"@marcuschown: Doesn't take genius to guess Cameron's plan. Starve NHS of money. " How is having no cuts starving it of money #deluded
.@juvelad warns Lib Dem MPs who oppose equal marriage that few will want to campaign for them.
Hard hitting article on same sex marriage by Adrian Trett of LGBT+ Lib Dems just published on @libdemvoice libdemvoice.org/opinion-lib-de…
RT @LoveMusicLeeds: @GregMulholland1 Thanks for the follow,hope you will nominate a song here lovemusicleeds.org.uk & spread the word #mentalhealth #wellbeing
RT @ByrneToff: "Conservatives" lining up to demand civil partnerships and thereby undermine marriage.
.@joswinson spoke to @ObsMagazine about #bodyimage, shared parental leave, women in politics & working in @bisgovuk bit.ly/Z7zKq2
RT @suttonnick: "We would recommend to people not to support the Tim Loughton amendment" - Yvette Cooper on #wato #equalmarriage
RT @UpikTips: Nigel Farage's open letter to Conservatives from The Telegraph pic.twitter.com/jcIazWkduh
RT @nicholaswatt: Equal marriage bill saved by @YvetteCooperMP as she tells MPs not to back @timloughton amendment as Lab tables its own
“Issuing fixed penalty notices to parents of children skipping school is counter-productive” says @AledRobertsAM w.lib.dm/a2BRK
Lancs Fire & Rescue: House fire in Great Harwood at 08:33: Location: Saint Huberts Road. Further Details: Fire... bit.ly/14nxZE1
RT @DocHackenbush: If Nigel Farage's Open Letter To Tory Voters Was 100% More Honest. #ukip #Arseholes pic.twitter.com/51yirmOUyx
Just had very interesting meeting with @PostOfficeNews about their plans to make bank accounts simpler, fairer and more accessible.
Fancy giving me your views? Pls take a moment to fill in my online survey & encourage friends & family to do so too svy.mk/12G1GzF
I'm really unconvinced at the argument that civil partnerships for heterosexual couples will delay same-sex marriage for two years.
RT @BritInfluence: UK benefits from ERC grants - since 2007, 12,800 participants received € 4.9 bn! tinyurl.com/lhgo3rk @jonmbutterworth @ERC_Research
RT @ProfDavidNutt: Speaking at Oxford Union tonight on need to change the drug laws to enable the Neuroscientific Enlightenment for brain research & treatments
A SPAD's busman's holiday. In the footsteps of Kasper (Borgen) in the cloisters of Danish Parliament pic.twitter.com/8H5SCjUkq8
Gay couple threatened with death in violent late night homophobic assault in South London pinknews.co.uk/2013/05/19/lon…
RT @DrLizJEvans: excellent analysis from Tim Smith from @NottsPolitics on impact of incumbency in British politics - key for LD http://t.co/lsAbR4s3KQ
RT @wallaceme: Sky News have the former Chairman of Merton Conservatives, now a UKIPper, live on air now...
RT @CommonsHomeAffs: According to @ukhomeoffice, 1,136,000 DNA profiles from innocent people have been deleted from Nat DNA Database: http://t.co/41Mw0USTMl
This is exactly the sort of stand the business sector needs to take to quell the trend of Euroscepticism independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
RT @PenguinGalaxy: A man walks into a bar with a lump of tarmac under his arm. He says to the barman, "One beer for me and one for the road."
RT @MajaMaricevic: Interesting listening to Nancy Rothwell and @julianhuppert - explaining science effectively to society vital #CrickPostdocs @britishlibrary
RT @internaware: Thanks to @julianhuppert for signing our letter urging firms to stop auctioning internships for Westminster School http://t.co/cvqBUSQbgC