Terry Weldon
@terryweldon
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
It's widely believed that Americans have a poor grasp of world geography. As far as Africa is concerned at least, this proves it. A map prepared by the State Department "mis-identified the locations of Cote d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Nigeria by enormous margins".
This is just one of the reasons Farage will not be PM. Most polling projections show him just short of a majority, so would need a coalition with Tories, which Kemi says she won't do. Also: recent by-elections in Wales, Denton and Makerfield show the importance of tactical voting against Reform.
Pioneering trans woman, Christine Jorgensen. Does anybody really believe she should be using male bathrooms?
Here's another flycatcher not at all "drab": African Paradise Flycatcher.
Liberal Democrat MP Marie Goldman gives the LD view on the EHRC guidance: "unworkable, exclusionary and expensive for businesses".
Seems that Badenoch agrees that "we" (LibDem, not Tories) have excellent councils. None of the list she names are in fact run by the Tories. <img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:em757wzhqcbrha4ymtaj5all/bafkreidycp6tvb6lyowsyfgr5b7uvnmhgybamqokesdbv7j6vnwxs3hl5e"/>
Dems generic ballot lead with this pollster has been increasing steadily: Dec +2 Jan + 6 Feb + 8 March +7 April + 10 <img src="https://emersoncollegepolling.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/image-16-1024x470.png"/> emersoncollegepolling.com/april-2026-n...
"Sex offenders" includes Trump. Is he really serious that he would not allow his great idol to visit UK? Or should we just accept, as usual, that we cannot believe anything he says?
Which party leader would make the best Prime Minister? In head to head polling from YouGov, Ed Davey beats Farage, Starmer and Polanski, and is within margin of error against Badenoch. Badenoch now doing better than previously. Polanski ahead only against Farage, who loses against all.
Once again, Nigel Farage displays his ignorance.u Of course Trump's Venezuela adventure will encourage Russian and China to "think again" - but not in a good way. It will demonstrate to them that might is right - and encourage them in their own adventures in their areas on influence.
International law does not support unprovoked attacks on foreign countries, nor kidnapping their leaders. Keir Starmer and you should have made that clear in your response. Trump's actions in Venezuela are simply not acceptable.
The "specialrelationship" has ended. The bully Trump is not our friend, but Russia's. We shoud be standing up to him, as to all bullies - resist.
Poles returning to their "booming homeland" - booming because they're enjoying EU support - and leaving UK which has been destroyed by Brexit.
It's "someone else's fault" because in this case, it is - as the OBR itself acknowledge in an apology at the time. <img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:le3snqzui22uenjjk7v4btfb/bafkreiazridyqc4qj7g3xjox2vvwihce4ohny6oggzbjooiok66rqudwge@jpeg"/>
In Survation's "Progressive Majority" segment, Ed Davey way ahead. www.survation.com/labour-faili...
Both openly supported Russia. Gill did it for cash, Farage did it for ......love of his hero Putin? <img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h6mlwpw4iedy63qxzk6ux2oh/bafkreigasgxhlkqrbs7g7dn6s3kcpqfqqwzdsmdltcf4nucyxae2a7avd4@jpeg"/>
Reform announding that for Remembrance Sunday, "campaigning will be suspended" - apart from placing party logo on wreaths. <img src="https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:d7d4yllrxyzboys62gdefmpn/bafkreibkoqvvtxs5cdvuj7o4s6qntj2dr2cmdyvjmunl2h6hqfhcsgkd5i@jpeg"/>
The myth that this is UKIP, not Reform: When Farage left UKIP to form Brexit, so did virtually all his MEPs and councillors. In effect, UKIP became Brexit. When Brexit became Reform, that was just a change of name at companies house. open.substack.com/pub/monkdebu...