Terry Weldon

Terry Weldon

@terryweldon.bsky.social

S African/British LibDem councillor (W Surrey, Waverley,Haslemere ) Gay, married, practicing Catholic 2 daughters, 4 grandchildren Living "with & beyond" a rare cancer (GIST); Interested in queer religion, politics (SA, UK, USA); obsessive poll watcher

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Reintroduction🧵: Lifelong liberal activist since 1970, knocking on doors in Cape Town; now Liberal Democrat councillor in Surrey UK. Openly gay, married - with two daughters from previous marriage. Practicing Catholic; previously active campaigner for LGBT inclusio, ran "Queering the Church blog

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The climate crisis in one sentence: We have enough food, technology, and money to save the planet. We just have a system where destroying it is more profitable. That's not a climate problem. That's a greed problem. #ClimateJustice

Remarkable that a party that built it's appeal on the need to "take back control" is happy to accept financial dependence on foreign donors. But perhaps it wasn't really about taking back control after all, but just creating necessary publicity for a money making machine?

“True scale of Reform UK’s donations from overseas donors revealed. 80% of the money received by Reform UK from donations in the year 2025-26 has come from individuals or companies who have been based abroad in the past two years” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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Oxford Street is one of the world's most famous high streets. Pedestrianisation can help unlock its full potential, creating a safer, greener and more vibrant destination for shoppers, visitors and businesses alike.

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Yesterday on fallow land I saw plants that once buzzed with bees & insects before 2000… now silent. Pesticides didn’t just kill pests. They wiped out the pollinators that keep us alive. No bees = no food security. This is environmental terrorism by design.

Of course they are war crimes. That's why the rest of us must help Ukraine where we can.

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com

⚡️️️️️️️Russia's assault on Ukraine's energy grid is a war crime, UN says. Russia’s attacks on energy infrastructure, which weaponize winter to inflict suffering, amount to war crimes, a UN inquiry has found.

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Please God get rid of Netanyahu. I know the alternative isn't great but it's better than more of him with Ben Gvir and Smotrich.

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"Witnessing such a young elephant lose its life to trophy hunting is a painful reminder of why we cannot allow this to continue.Together, let's demand stricter regulations and an immediate ban on trophy hunting. Our wildlife deserves better. #BanTrophyHuntingNow"

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Ten years on, we have the worst of both worlds on immigration and asylum. Without freedom of movement, businesses face red tape while losing skilled workers. Restoring it cuts business costs, creates quality jobs for Young people, and helps us tackle the crisis together.

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BBC happily interviews lots of Zionists saying they are offended and fearful about Green Party rehashing a 1975 UN motion saying Zionism is racism But not Palestinians living in apartheid Israel about discrimination they face in jobs, housing, education every day of their lives meme via Dave Toller

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Before the Brazilian election where progressive Lula beat right-wing Bolsonaro, Meta is accused of disrupting Lula's Insta and WhatsApp accounts Meta blamed "technical difficulties" That would be more believable if similar incidents had not happened recently in the US Tech billionaires are evil

bloomberg.comMeta Unseats Musk as Tech Villain for Lula in Brazil’s ElectionA new villain is emerging in the closing stretch of Brazil’s bitterly contested presidential election: Meta Platforms Inc.

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Nigel Farage says Brexit gave us our "country back" But is OK with "71% of shares in England's nine privatised water companies are owned by organisations from overseas" He lied "Share with those who voted Brexit, did you get your country back or has it gone missing again?" via Love not Hate

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Conservative peer Lord Jackson told a debate on Lords reform on Friday: "An elected House...will result in a House of compliant placemen from party lists, donors, careerists, cranks and the unemployable." Which to most members of the public sums up their view of the Lords as it is *now*

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Trump admin arrests Colorado priest. Incarcerates him for over a year. Judge orders him released without charges. They release him without the wheelchair he needs -- other prisoners have to bodily carry him out. He's now being tested for latent TB: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/colo...

newsfromthestates.comColorado priest from Uganda released after 13 months in ICE detention in AuroraAfter 13 months in an Aurora immigrant detention center, where he became reliant on a wheelchair as his health deteriorated, a Ugandan priest who has lived in Colorado for more than 25 years was relea...

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Bolsonaro's loss is not just a loss for Bolsonaro. It's a loss for Trump. For Musk. For Milei. For Netanyahu. For Farage. For Meta and Zuckerberg. For the meat barons, the fossil fuel corporations, and the rest of the neocolonial looters. And it is a massive win for humanity and the living planet.

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Anti-Reform@antireform.bsky.social

Farage caught out in blatant lie He pretends to care about poor people while proposing our NHS replaced by US-style private healthcare where the super-rich get excellent care the well-off go bankrupt the poor left to die "Our NHS is not safe in Nigel Farage’s hands" www.youtube.com/shorts/Q9fnI...

WHY? What is the point of a response to a budget which nobody has seen? Why provide this level of coverage to someone with no constitutional standing except that he is an MP (who seldom attends) and is embroiled in numerous scandals over standards, possible criminal proceedgings and HMRC issues?

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social

BBC News just interrupted its coverage to go, live, to Nigel Farage - a man with no contitutional standing in our setup - responding to the budget - a document which nobody has seen yet. WHY

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"Climate denial is out of touch with reality.They accept scientific facts that benefit humankind in medicine,so why cherry-pick and deny climate science? It's time to reject the lies of climate deniers and stand up for our planet's future. Like and retweet to spread the truth.

Why would anyone bother to hear their proposals for IF they were to form a goverment? It's not going to happen - not even in coalition with Tories, which Badenoch has rejected. . Their proposals are irrelevant.

“Farage & Jenrick were forced to face rows of empty seats as they set out a limp package of rehashed plans ahead of the Budget..The miserable turnout another sign of Reform’s sliding popularity…Ipsos this weekend put Labour on 32%, Tories on 24% & ReFUK on 20%..” www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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Fascinating Jeremy, now tell us about the time you cut national insurance twice as an electoral game despite knowing we couldn't afford it.

The i Paper @theipaper.com

“Healey should remove anxiety and depression as a reason to claim benefits and offer people treatment instead. It would be better for the individuals and a fraction of the cost.” Read more: trib.al/cxsKwxw

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You can't forget that pic however much you try, can you? The screaming incompetence of the Tories on full display. EU folks, prepared, serious. Tories, empty handed, empty brained smirking from all of the free sherry they consumed on the flight over. Shysters, utter shysters.

If you want win-win we need to #RejoinEU