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Lib Dem President and Life Peer. Author, "Polling UnPacked" / http://www.theweekinpolls.co.uk / https://libdemnewswire.substack.com / imprint + privacy http://markpack.org.uk/legal-privacy / he/him

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Is Miliband doing a series explaining the VAT rules to us all?

25.11.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reminder: some Christmas gifts for your political friends Christmas, birthday, wedding, graduation, driving test pass, citizenship acquisition or candidate selection victory gift ideas.

Reminder: some Christmas gifts for your political friends

24.11.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue Lib Dem leader Ed Davey reacts to the conviction of Nathan Gill, former Welsh Leader of Reform UK, for taking pro-Russia bribes.

An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue

24.11.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

I love the fact that this could either be completely serious or fully satirical.

24.11.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did The Times fall for a bit of crude spinning from Wes Streeting's department? The DHSC pulling the wool over the eyes of The Times is certainly one explanation for what happened...

24.11.2025 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Questions for both The Times and Department of Health over resident doctors poll Welcome to the 188th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which returns to the curious story about a poll of resident doctors that ran in The Times. There’s more news, and more questions, about what…

Questions for both The Times and Department of Health over resident doctors poll buff.ly/FyK7qJh

23.11.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Donald Trump expects Ukrainians to be β€˜grateful’ as he prepares a carve-up of the country with Putin.

We can’t let that happen - Starmer must work with our European allies to stop this stitch-up in its tracks.

23.11.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 905    πŸ” 220    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 9

I'm now wishing I'd kept my childhood comics...!

23.11.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Tbf a later Katie Razzall piece was rather good, but if anything reinforces the point that divorcing headlines from explanation so heavily is not necessary; it's an editorial choice.

23.11.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There was a great of example of this with the BBC news ticker recently about a BBC Board member resigning - with no information on why or what their views were, and (at least in the news bit that I watched) no accompanying story to explain the ticker either.

23.11.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

If you don't mind me asking, what's the reason you felt that in your own role you couldn't do more to give it extended coverage?

23.11.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I've had a horrible realisation. I had seen the movie years ago, successfully removed it from my memory and now the podcast has started bringing back fragments of the film.

23.11.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If it's some consolation, I love that you do (and you've got some money from me over the years as a result too!).

23.11.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform UK councillor says frustration led to 'punch him' WhatsApp Peter Osborne, a Kent County Council cabinet member, says his WhatsApp message is not malicious.

Reform UK councillor says frustration led to 'punch him' WhatsApp

22.11.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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a person in a life jacket is riding a tube in a lake ALT: a person in a life jacket is riding a tube in a lake

Clue:

22.11.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh and can you guess which party leader comes out with best net ratings for being trusted on economic and financial matters?

22.11.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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A mixed bag this book: highly opinionated author often lets strength of his views run well ahead of his evidence, but also strikes some very persuasive blows against the idea of a posh clique of incompetents being the story of much of MI5 and MI6 up against Russian moles.

22.11.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not only factual errors that are an issue with Telegraph journalism. It's also the choice of what to leave out from a story.

22.11.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Screenshot is from tomorrow's The Week in Polls, available from 6pm Sunday at theweekinpolls.substack.com

22.11.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not only factual errors that are an issue with Telegraph journalism. It's also the choice of what to leave out from a story.

22.11.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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More of the country turning into Reform-Lib Dem contests Another pair of council by-elections showing how parts of the country are, at local level at least, turning into a new two-party system.

More of the country turning into Reform-Lib Dem contests

21.11.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lib Dems to force vote on creating new customs union with EU Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to β€˜turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises

Lib Dems to force vote on creating new customs union with EU

21.11.2025 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's okay. The fans and players don't really understand what is going on either.

21.11.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes indeed on both counts.

21.11.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lib Dems to force vote in Parliament on new customs union with EU The Liberal Democrats are preparing to push a vote in Parliament on forging a new customs union with the EU.

Lib Dems to force vote in Parliament on new customs union with EU

21.11.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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Partners for progress? A Lib Dem approach to foreign policy - UK in a changing Europe Calum Miller MP reflects on UK foreign policy challenges and outlines the Liberal Democrat's approach to facing them.

Partners for progress? A Lib Dem approach to foreign policy

21.11.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Gambling Giants can’t keep dodging responsibility. #gambling #pmqs #shorts

Gambling Giants can’t keep dodging responsibility.

20.11.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This explains a lot about the state of society.

20.11.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I preferred the phase of your podcast where all we had to worry about was whether the next movie would feature aliens.

20.11.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Illegal waste threatens our rivers. Environment Agencies must act now. #pmqs #ukpolitics

Illegal waste threatens our rivers.

20.11.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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