Laura Gordon

The promise was fulfilled. We left. It's been a disaster. We're allowed to vote for something different now.

I don't think there should be a special personal allowance for pensioners, if the govt wants to raise the threshold to keep this group of pensioners out of tax they should raise it for everyone. Anything else is absurdly unfair.

What's extra weird about this is that I feel like making something up would have been quicker than asking AI?

Incredible news from Brazil and Serbia especially given attempts to rig the election in Brazil by Meta and others. Time for some serious thinking about how to regulate social media companies - it shouldn't be up to Mark Zuckerberg what Brazilian voters see.

Genuinely want to know how much these people are paid. And how much that is in comparison to say, a nurse.

Happy birthday East West Rail! (…now how about some trains?) The Oxford–Milton Keynes line was declared open two years ago today, 20 October 2024. No passenger services have yet run over the line due to an industrial dispute over whether the trains should have guards.

Good news story here from Vale of White Horse DC - they are third for affordable housing delivery, with West Oxfordshire at #10 and Cherwell at #17. But we really need Oxford City to step up and help fix the problem rather than allocating every scrap of land to employment.

Genuinely proud to see a Lib Dem Council doing this - the RNLI are the best of us.

Wise words from @lordrickettsp.bsky.social on BBC R4 Today after Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine: UK gov’t has to start a conversation with the people about the threats from Russia & what it means for us. Europe can’t keep hoping that life will return to normal, as long as Trump & Putin are in power.

So apparently I wasn't on enough Liberal Democrat committees... some news 👇🏻

Eritrea has open ended conscription for all citizens aged 18-40. Attempts to evade (like leaving the country) are severely punished. That's why most asylum applications are granted.

Oxfordshire County Council has taken the formal step of issuing a legal letter to government ahead of a potential judicial review regarding local government reorganisation (LGR) in Oxfordshire and West Berkshire. More from council leader Cllr Tim Bearder in the video.

One of the top asks from Oxfordshire tip users is better reuse facilities. And with the tip at Ardley coming to the end of its lease, we're exploring options to build a new, modern facility - nearer Bicester and Kidlington and with on-site re-use facilities ♻️ Read more 👇🏻

Congratulations to everyone who ran! And early access entries are open if you're feeling inspired 🎽🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️

Ok good, now open the train to Milton Keynes

Absolutely insane policy if it happens. In the current environment decarbonisation IS defence!

Lovely day to be out 🔸 canvassing in Caversham Heights, with @lauragordon.bsky.social and @readinglibdems.bsky.social & @libdemsoxon.bsky.social

The Home Office is out of control

I don’t think I would trust a party that can’t add up a spreadsheet column correctly with running the country ever again! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nice campaign road trip to help Salisbury Lib Dems with their must-win by-election - with control of Wiltshire County Council on the line!

In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown.

I have so many questions, mainly about our sheepy brothers in Sardinia

None of this makes any sense unless they're planning an early election. An early election would be an insane thing to do given the war in Iran etc. But apart from LGR and Devo, what are they going to do for 3 years? It doesn't make any sense!

So far the Tories are going to abolish stamp duty and massively cut inheritance tax (and reintroduce benefits to high earners which probably won't cost) all paid for by unspecified benefit cuts' - they need to be asked exactly which cuts if this is to be remotely credible (it isn't)

Obviously engaging with this stuff is a mugs game but most people don't live 2 miles away down 60mph lanes, most people live in cities, towns, and larger villages. If the people that can, walk, cycle and use public transport more, it frees up road space doe people that can't - so they benefit too.

As soon as I saw this was in Hebden Bridge I knew it'd be amazing 🤣

Hannah Fry is amazing but she's also had way too much screen time to survive (and is too good to have lasted much longer even without getting stitched up by Jerry) #CelebrityTraitors

The motion passed at Green Party Conf' actively undermines a 2-state solution, and does not address the rising threats of Islamophobia and Antisemitism here in the UK. This is a divisive motion that pours fuel on the fire of tensions in the UK, and will leave many British Jews feeling less safe.

Just chatting to one of our local volunteers who delivers leaflets and also runs a draughts advice line where she advises people to, among other things, get better draught excluders on their letterboxes and honestly I think she's a saint (but talk about mixed feelings!)

I reckon it's Amol Rajan going home, he's had way more screen time #CelebrityTraitors

And change needs to come this parliament, not next. There will need to be a tax solution to this also. The strain on local councils is huge and allowing their services to be stretched further only helps political opponents.

If only there was some sign that Andy Burnham ducks difficult decisions