Leader of the opposition on Barnsley Council ๐ถ๏ธ
Barnsley Lib Dem group leader
Cllr for Penistone West ๐ถ๏ธ
LD candidate for SY Mayor 2024
All views own. She/her
@SpillerOfTea
This whole vile argument is a ridiculous distraction from the real perpetrators of violence against women, because cis men certainly don't need to "pretend to be women" in order to abuse, rape and murder (trans & cis) women.
#ciswiththet
I am delighted to welcome
@angelasmithmp
to the Lib Dems. She has been committed & passionate in protecting her constituents from a damaging Brexit & has supported us in many recent local campaigns.
I am very much looking forward with you Angela! ๐ถ๏ธ๐
Delighted to announce that I have been backed by
@unitetoremain
as the
#remain
candidate here in Penistone & Stocksbridge.
Huge thanks to
@TheGreenParty
for standing aside for me on this occasion - be assured that I will fight to tackle our climate emergency ๐๐
#UniteToRemain
Delighted to confirm that I will be the Lib Dem candidate fighting to win Penistone & Stocksbridge at the next GE. We love having a
@LibDems
MP here & want to keep it that way!
Thank you
@angelasmithmp
for your kindness and support, all the best for your new opportunity ๐ถ๏ธ๐
Absolutely delighted to have been re-elected onto Barnsley Council tonight with an increased majority.
I am so so grateful to everyone who voted for me and supported me, and so looking forward to being your councillor for another 4 years.
Thank you ๐
I'm in Devon and the sun is shining ๐๐๐๐
It's polling week in the Tiverton & Honiton by-election. Let's go beat some Tories ๐ช๐ป๐๐ถ๏ธ๐๐ฅณ๐ถ๏ธ๐
Utter nonsense from the usually excellent
@stellacreasy
Votes for 16 and 17 year olds has been Lib Dem policy for years.
Labour have never been interested before, until now when they are scrabbling for excuses to avoid a GE. Or a PV, for that matter.
So disappointed to hear
@joswinson
refuse to support giving 16 and 17 year olds vote in the next general election by agreeing to put it in their bill-seems lust Lib Demโs have for a chance of electoral success is once again making them jettison any principled causesโฆ
#brexithaos
Oh, the actual suggestion that
@EdwardJDavey
@LibDems
made LAST WEEK which Labour said was unworkable.
Now they pinch it and pretend it was their idea.
Great work lads ๐
Huge new policy from Labour.
They are to call for a ban on the energy price cap rising this Autumn.
Current average bills are ยฃ1900, they are expected to rise to ยฃ3,600 in the Autumn. The policy would save households nearly ยฃ2,000.
Dozens of business leaders back
@libdems
, insisting Jo Swinson's party is the only one with a "credible plan for future prosperity".
Read their open letter here:
I'm backing
@EdwardJDavey
to be the next
@LibDems
leader. He's strong on climate change, clear on Brexit, committed to liberal values & has a proven record of WINNING when no one expected us to win. Plus he's kind, genuine & compassionate. Politics needs that
#EdForLeader
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If, after 3 GEs, 3 awful Conservative governments and 3 hopeless Tory PMs, you are STILL bleating about the coalition and STILL blaming the Lib Dems for all the wrongs in the world you need to give yourself a shake.
At this rate you'll have a Tory government forever.
Appalled to see
@LabourSheffield
activists heckling
@angelasmithmp
during her excellent speech today.
Cannot allow pathetic internal politics & nastiness to hijack a cross party event at a time of national crisis.
@_OliviaBlake
- get your
@PeoplesMomentum
trolls under control
Yesterday my postal vote arrived and I have voted for myself โ
This is a very pleasing if slightly surreal feeling.
Time to build a
#BrighterFuture
for Penistone and Stocksbridge and indeed for Britain.
#VoteLibDem
#GE2019
#GeneralElection2019
I've already voted for
@EdwardJDavey
in the
@LibDems
leadership election. In leave voting areas like ours we need a leader who is clear on Brexit but can see beyond it.
I'm standing for Parliament at the next GE. I'd love to have Ed as leader when that happens ๐ถ๏ธ
#EdForLeader
Congratulations to
@UKLabour
for their big by-election wins last night.
Exhausted from 14 hrs & 37k steps yesterday & gutted for
@EmmaMidBeds
and team who gave this their all ๐
But it's been a pleasure to participate in a good dose of democracy in a formerly safe Tory seat ๐๐ป
Delighted to report that I have been elected onto Federal Conference Committee!
Huge thanks to everyone who voted for me and congratulations to everyone who will be sitting on the committee with me ๐
Delightful pile on tonight folks.
Momentum would be proud.
I'll be out delivering leaflets tomorrow to get more lib dems elected. You should all do the same ๐
It's been quite a day!!
Amazing Lib Dem results nationally ๐
Here in Barnsley we remain the official opposition now with TEN councillors ๐
Holds in Pen West, Darton East & Dodworth.
GAIN in Kingstone ward from Labour ๐ฅณ๐
AND we've taken control of Penistone Town Council๐
Just so so thrilled with this. The only party to gain seats at this election, Lib Dems are now the official opposition on
@BarnsleyCouncil
๐
All thanks to my amazing team ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ
Super proud that at last week's
@BarnsleyCouncil
Full Council meeting I seconded a motion to enhance support, recognition and inclusivity of trans and non binary people living and working in Barnsley.
The motion passed unopposed in the council chamber.
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I'm loving campaigning hard - hoping to be re-elected to Barnsley Council this May.
Would any of my local/ Penistone friends & supporters be willing to display a window poster or a garden stakeboard please?
Visible support is so motivating at this busy time!
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There are many things I wish to say but for now, just this:
Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who chose to vote for me yesterday. You made a positive choice for a hopeful future. I am grateful for every vote.
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Lovely day out campaigning in
#BatleyAndSpen
with this gorgeous chap my friend
@tomgordonLD
๐
In the background you can't see but the Tories were having lunch in Cleckheaton Wetherspoons ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Lammy stating clearly that Labour will not repeal the anti-protest legislation if it gets into government
'We can't come into office picking through all the Conservative legislation and repealing it. It would take too much time.'
Being a Lib Dem candidate can be a thankless task, espec when party attention is (rightly) elsewhere & when you get abuse from the progressive alliance crowd.
So huge thanks to
@SimRey14
for standing in this one. You gave 647 people the chance to vote Lib Dem. That's democracy๐
I don't want to visit a car showroom. I want my kids to be able to see their grandparents.
Easing lockdown should be starting with expansion of household social bubbles as is working so well elsewhere.
They are going about this backwards.
1. If you live in Penistone & Stocksbridge & want to remain in the EU you need to vote for me tomorrow.
๐ถ๏ธ I am the only remain candidate on the ballot paper.
๐ถ I have been endorsed by
@unitetoremain
๏ธ๐ถ I am the only candidate who is honest about wanting to
#StopBrexit
Fantastic Lib Dem team out on the doorsteps of Kingstone ward this afternoon.
So many people excited that their vote might make a difference here this year with a chance to elect someone who isn't Labour๏ผ
Time for change ๐
#winninghere
Did this small but mighty dream team deliver the whole of Kingstone ward again in a day??
Yes, yes they did.
We'll be back working hard in Penistone tomorrow ๐
#winninghere
#LocalElections2023
Well, this is disgusting.
Fallen in love with someone who is isn't a British national? Tough, say
@UKLabour
Oh, unless you're wealthy, in which case that's fine.
Great to get out on the doorstep this evening!! The remain vote is with us in Oughtibridge and everyone was happy to chat about the important local issues ๐๐ถ๏ธ
Thanks to
@LibDemLaura
for campaigning with me.
This tweet sums up the state of politics in S Yorks
In
@TracyBrabin
's mind
@olivercoppard
has already won.
For Labour politicians, the fight is too often the selection, not the election. That's just wrong.
This is why
@LibDems
work so hard to be effective opposition to Labour.
Congratulations
@olivercoppard
! Can't wait to fight Yorkshire's corner with you as Mayor.
Commiserations to all the other terrific candidates.
Together you demonstrate the breadth of
@UKLabour
talent in our region. ๐น
Out delivering our latest newsletter and a survey in Ingbirchworth this morning.
With Lib Dem councillors you get regular contact and hard work all year round ๐๐
Amazing day out campaigning in Chesham Buckinghamshire yesterday for the upcoming parliamentary by-election.
Hoping
@SarahGreenLD
will be the next MP there! ๐
#winninghere
#libdems
We also gained two seats from Labour which means the Lib Dems now have NINE councillors on Barnsley Council
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Out campaigning on the other side of the hills yesterday - Bramhall in Cheadle, working to make sure my friend
@ThomasMorrison
is the next MP for this part of Stockport ๐๐
#NationalComingOutDay
Most people I care about already know this now, but it took me a really really long time to a) work it out and b) be able to say it out loud.
I'm bisexual ๐๐๐
This has to be the end of
@UKLabour
They've lost their working class voters over Brexit.
They've lost their middle class voters over Brexit.
Time for smart, sensible Labour MPs to look elsewhere.
@LibDems
maybe?
Huge congratulations to Cllr
@WillSapwell
and the Sheffield team, absolutely superb victory in a very cold January by-election ๐๐๐๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ
My thoughts are also with all the Sheffield LD team for whom Vickie was an incredible colleague and friend. She was always a big supporter of our work to build Liberal Democracy in Barnsley too. RIP Vickie xx
It is with great sadness that we learned yesterday of the passing of Cllr Vickie Priestley.
Cllr Colin Ross said: โMy thoughts are with Vickieโs family and friends at this difficult time.โ
We will be flying the Union flag at half-mast in her memory.
Out campaigning in Oxspring this morning and bumped into
@miriam_cates
I'm trying to win this seat for the Lib Dems, she is trying to win for the Tories, but we had a good chat and lots of laughs at our matching coats!!
#moreincommon
The main thing I am hearing on the doorsteps over & over again is
#NeverCorbyn
Even from lifelong Labour voters.
Tonight's interview with
#AndrewNeil
has demonstrated why. Evasive, snappy, impatient & remorseless on institutional antisemitism. Unfit to be PM.
Corbyn was clearly well prepared for the ITV debate.
But today with
@afneil
he seemed irritable, tired, not across the detail of his own policies, and without clear answers on the most obvious of questions. Damaging.
#andrewneilinterviews
|
#GE19
Great speech from Sunak.
If you ignore the fact that his Conservative party have been not just sowing, but watering, nurturing and fertilising the seeds of hatred and division for quite a few years now... ๐๐๐
We are delighted that an agreement with Plaid Cymru and the Green Party has been reached. We would like to thank
@unitetoremain
for making this possible.
This is a significant moment for all people who want to support remain candidates across the country.
#UniteToRemain
Tomorrow, use your voice to:
โ Stop Brexit
๐ Tackle the climate emergency
๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ Give every child the best start in life
๐ Build a fairer economy
๐ค Transform our mental health services
Let's build a
#brighterfuture
. Vote
@LibDems
.
Absolutely disgusting.
I don't know who the Lib Dem candidate is in Canterbury but I hope we go full on for her and her horrific record on LGBT+ rights at the next GE.
Rosie Duffield has survived the Labour trigger ballot process in her Canterbury seat, and is therefore reselected as candidate at the next election, though the announcement hasn't yet been formally made yet.
Deeply unimpressed that our candidate approval and selection process has yet again failed to weed out a PPC with views so utterly at odds with LD values.
Let's be clear though -
@UKLabour
members are not in a position to gloat at all.
Glass houses and all that.
Absolutely astonishing that the
@LibDems
have selected
@DavidCampanale
, an ex-prominent member of the Christian Peopleโs Alliance as a candidate.
The CPA is anti-abortion, racist, homophobic and misogynistic. Heโs now running in Sutton & Cheam, a Lib Dem target seat.
Thread ๐
I've missed this and missed this guy
@KurtisCrossland
!!
Felt SO GOOD to get out there delivering with
@SheffLibDems
today, we need to beat Labour in Sheffield, Barnsley and Rotherham and get more hard working lib dem cllrs elected next May ๐
This is
@BarnsleyCouncil
's response to the
#ClimateEmergency
Felling healthy trees to build an unnecessary and unwanted roundabout gyratory system on Penny Pie Park.
This is a disgraceful act of environmental vandalism. They should be utterly ashamed.
Lib Dems beating Tories in Rotherham- basically a warm up for N Shropshire next week ๐
December elections are never the most fun, but winning at the ballot box is the only way to get
#BorisJohnsonOut
After yet another night out it was fabulous to get some fresh air and talk to lots of Tory > Lib Dem switchers on the doorsteps of
#NorthShropshire
today ๐
So much support for
@helenhalcrow
- I'll be back on polling day!!
If elected I will be a collaborative, outward looking mayor for the whole of
#SouthYorkshire
"You don't have to dim anyone else's light to make your own shine brighter" ๐
Thanks
@CentreforCities
#hannah4mayor
If you were super happy with the RO's rulings and statements last week, but super furious about this one, you need to be questioning your own bias, not that of the RO.
Right. A little Twitter break for me. I have anxiety issues, specifically related to the health of my family members, which have been under control for a couple of years now. They are spiralling.
Residents- you know where I am and you are always free to contact me. X
I got this members' email and I've been knocking on doors in Mid Beds this week.
'Traditional values' means Conservative voters who have always voted Conservative and wouldn't vote Labour if they were the only party on the ballot paper.
That's it.
Lib Dems use innuendo to suggest our candidate doesnโt match the โtraditional valuesโ of Mid Bedfordshire.
He was raised here. He went to school here. He lives here.
Iโm so proud of
@alistrathern
. He doesnโt just understand the values Mid Beds, he embodies them.
This is unforgiveable dishonesty from
@Keir_Starmer
and
@UKLabour
Even if Labour win every single council seat up for grabs in Thursdays local elections (spoiler: they won't) the Tories will STILL RUN THE COUNTRY.
1.
Barnsley Labour demonstrating beautifully at Full Council this morning that anyone who has hopes of a
#progressivealliance
is absolutely deluding themselves.
Much support for the Tories.
Endless attacks on the Lib Dems.
Congratulations to
@kimleadbeater
- an incredibly narrow victory & I'm sure a huge relief.
Also huge thanks & congratulations to
@tomgordonLD
who was a candidate with relentless energy and enthusiasm, giving people the option to vote Lib Dem.
And no, we shouldn't have stood down.
The
@LibDems
would:
โ reinstate safe and legal routes
โ scrap the Rwanda scheme and invest that money in tackling the asylum backlog
โ create the right for asylum seekers to work and pay taxes after 3 months of arriving in the UK
Absolutely fantastic article in
@yorkshirepost
from
@angelasmithmp
You are very welcome in the Lib Dems Angela. I have a feeling many more will be following you soon ๐ถ๏ธ๐
Great article in todayโs
@yorkshirepost
from
@angelasmithmp
- and great to have a Lib Dem MP in Yorkshire again! Will be working to make sure there are a few more after the next election!
@LBC
@john4london
@IainDale
I am entirely sure that Miriam does not actually use public transport. Because her constituency has absolutely atrocious public transport links.
EPIC day today campaigning in Brecon & Radnorshire to get
@DoddsJane
elected as an MP! Great response on the doorsteps and smiles all round.
Yes
@Jandrewsbmbc
I not only left the borough today I left the country. Amazing.
The results for Hullโs local elections are in. The Liberal Democrat group have held control of Hull City Council, with 32 seats out of a total of 57.
The political make-up of the council is now:
Liberal Democrat Group โ 32 seats
Labour Group โ 25 seats
Thanks for joining us.
@SteveBarclay
@injiduducu
@Conservatives
The vast majority of cis women know perfectly well that some trans men and non binary people also have cervixes.
That fact does not erase us at all.
Rights aren't pie. There's plenty to go round.
Yesterday's timing was particularly cruel, but it is NEVER acceptable to make transphobic jokes at PMQs. Or in the House of Commons. Or in any workplace at all. Ever.
As for
@Keir_Starmer
's rebuke - you dunk on trans people and families all the time you absolute hypocrite.
๐น"New technology was trialled for the first time, using a smartphone app to deliver a paperless polling day."
@andy_sawford
lifts the lid on the
@UKLabour
+
@Gvkitchen
campaign strategy that helped get the sensational Wellingborough byelection win:
Just a snapshot of this week's campaigning activity!
I've been to Thurgoland, Crane Moor, Ecclesfield, Chapeltown, Grenoside, Oughtibridge, Deepcar, Stocksbridge, Dunford Bridge, Carlecotes, Hood Green, High Hoyland, Millhouse Green, Oxspring, Silkstone ...
Phew! ๐ถ๏ธ๐๐ถ๏ธ
It's no secret I am no fan of
@UKLabour
and every day they remind me why.
This is utterly disgusting gutter politics. Absolutely appalling. No better than the Tories.
I had a thoroughly enjoyable time hosting a Q&A with
@EdwardJDavey
this morning as he launches his Lib Dem leadership campaign. Far reaching questions from care to Covid, renewables, farming, inequality and rebuilding the party.
#VoteEd