Banbury Liberal Democrats

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If these don't head the bill then the organisers should be ashamed.

'We invited a homeless man for dinner - he stayed for 45 years' The man was only meant to stay for a day.

I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.

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Due to woke, the role of Jim Callaghan has now gone to an Asian woman.

Oh God, does that mean he'll be back in Oxfordshire backing Tories to continue running councils (well, if they had any to run, he'd be there), and sending SEND back into special measures... a special special case.

Can't disagree with Stew's point.

Thought he had his brain scooped out years ago... never knowing done anything moral.

I think (but not sure) that my wife can stay under these proposals... Assume Thatcher ordering a BA flight to stay & wait on the runway (remember the days when the Conservatives loved Political Asylum seekers as heros against Totalitarianism) means she had permission & has been here long enough...

Only a couple of signatures required now. Changed during COVID and not changed back - to everyone's relief.

Calum Miller in Parliament. Credit, House of Commons.

Calum Miller, MP for Bicester and Woodstock and Lib Dem Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, has presented a Bill to Parliament to enable the seizure of frozen Russian assets and direct the proceeds to Ukraine’s defence, reconstruction and humanitarian relief.
whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal532...

Well said Rob 👏

This is surely true, sad that it even needs saying...

Banbury Lib Dems is currently (re) reading 'The strange Death of ...' (as well as pictured.
Should I start sharpening my pen to write 'The non-very Strange Death of Labour England'? Chapt 1, Brown's Inheritance ... , Chapt 9 taking the piss the Corbyn years, Chapt 12 Starmer - things fall apart...

Only Glover MP Lib Dem Didcot and Wantage speaks at Banbury Lib Dem AGM at the historic Globe room at the Olde Rein Deer in Banbury

AGM done. Thanks to all.
Lots of opportunities for the party going into the next few election cycles.
Thanks in particular to @ollyglover.bsky.social for overcoming Cross Country rail to come and speak & discuss with us local national and international issues; wide-ranging probably just covers it.

This sounds like excellent news. Curlew numbers are in free fall, iconic bird

Gardai say Co Clare's 'Escaped Lion' is actually a shaved dog called Mouse 'He's very friendly'

Cat. Dog. Mouse. Dunno.

I’m a 3rd child. My father left when I was 3. Overnight we fell from middle class to poverty. My mother already struggled financially but without child benefit, homelessness and hunger would’ve been inevitable.

If you support this policy, you think I should be dead, and I will take that personally.

Thanks Nick great piece and was just thinking very similar thoughts.

Interesting evening on the 'cultural appropation' front in kitchen. Given full eyes role, sigh 'leave it to me' for using the wrong rose petals (needed the purple not yellow) in Rose Harissa - who knew - ' I'll do it...' etc
But put monkfish on a pizza and you are a hero and should enter Masterchef

He is/ was a builder, which somehow seems to make it worse...

Never do the right thing once, in case you are expected to do it again - the mantra of conservatives through the ages (be they in Con or Lab party)

There is an exception for construction traffic anyway. I am so old that I remember Plymouth, Truro, Durham & Southampton were going to be ghost towns with pedestrianisation.
Narrator: they are not

Probably improve with quicker deliveries.
At least Oxford has the pleasure of not welcoming Cllr Keiran Mallon, which must be considered a win. Assume he can't understand how to take a train from Banbury or a bus from a P&R, sad really

When did you get the first fig crop. We had a great harvest but only at the normal time and far too late for a second attempt. Rural effect?

We are feeling the mood. And it's nice to be interesting... but before we get excited, we have Council seats to win 😠 .
Not as many now, but still plenty... joins us. 😊

Execs tonight last before AGM.
Major takeaway; never, never NEVER forget to put salt in the pizza dough you intend to bake and eat afterwards.
Adding a few more salted capers managed to make it largely delicious

The neighbours are certainly getting busy. Hope they don't forget about us ... 😢

I’m absolutely delighted to have been offered the role of Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk. I’m looking forward to supporting @libdemdaisy.bsky.social and the rest of the team, as we continue to build on the LibDem record of responsible, ambitious economic policy.

Now this is what we like. Well done everyone 👏

This may be simplistic, but ... well, more than sophisticated than Uncle Nigel and the bigots accepting and praising Putin, and those against people of colour in UK advertisements