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Duncan Brack

@DuncanBrack

Environmental policy analyst / adviser, mostly on forest policy issues, Liberal Democrat policy-maker, Editor, Journal of Liberal History. All opinions my own.

Katılım Mart 2013
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Robert Doyle@RJDoyleSW2·
This story has been shared a lot this weekend. There *is* a very real chance Labour will lose control of Lambeth Council in local elections on May 7th. But it is *much* less likely that there will be an overall Green majority in Lambeth Town Hall. @brixtonbuzz @heartstreatham
Max Kendix@MaxKendix

There is one London borough that will be particularly painful to lose to the Greens for generations of politicians around Sir Keir Starmer This is how Labour's “Lambeth mafia” are bracing for defeat to the left twenty years on from a much-mythologised win

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Duncan Brack@DuncanBrack·
Pleased to have contributed a chapter on the Norwich by-election of 1904 to this book, published today (just as important as Barnard Castle but much less mentioned): politicos.co.uk/products/by-el…
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James Murray
James Murray@James_BG·
Appreciate there are no easy options, but truly mind blowing the UK can be staring down the barrel of two lost decades and be seriously considering more of the austerity that was so central to the first lost decade. theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m…
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Pascal Canfin
Pascal Canfin@pcanfin·
After this morning’s Council meeting, at least 24 out of 27 countries oppose changes to the deforestation law. To ensure the 1 yr delay is met, the 🇪🇺 Parliament has no choice but to revert to the Commission’s original proposal. Any other strategy would put all at risk #EUDR
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Anton Spisak
Anton Spisak@AntonSpisak·
Andrew Bailey is right. Most people don't realise how shockingly *bad* the UK's goods trade has been after Brexit and the pandemic. UK exports are 23% lower than the pre-2020 trend and imports are 16% below the trend.
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Little Green Space 🦋
Little Green Space 🦋@LGSpace·
A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. RT if you agree 🌳
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Ed Davey
Ed Davey@EdwardJDavey·
Fixing the UK’s broken relationship with the EU is even more urgent than before. We must strengthen trade and defence cooperation across Europe to help protect ourselves from the damage Trump will do.
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Duncan Brack@DuncanBrack·
@davidtorrance Interesting that ‘landslide’ in this context means ‘very large losses’. When did people start using it in its modern meaning, which always - I think - refers to ‘very large gains’?
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David Torrance
David Torrance@davidtorrance·
A hundred years ago today the first Labour government was defeated in a general election. Labour’s vote actually increased by a million, but it fell from 191 to 150 seats on a 33.3% vote share (in July this year the party won 411 seats on a 33.7% vote share) #thewildmen
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Will Hutton
Will Hutton@williamnhutton·
The estimated cost of Brexit in annual lost tax revenue is £40 billion. The Treasury briefs there is now a £40 billion fiscal adjustment to be made. Of course other decisions ( the Tory NI cuts) have contributed. Nonetheless October 30th is fairly the Brexit Budget Reckoning .
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Liz Webster
Liz Webster@LizWebsterSBF·
It’s time for @Keir_Starmer to be honest with the country about the fact the Brexit red lines are self defeating. Britain won’t get investment and growth back until we repair the Brexit rupture which is destroying trade. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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James Murray
James Murray@James_BG·
A genuinely historic day for Britain and the world. The crucible of the Industrial Revolution halting the use of coal power once and for all, and proving it is possible for an advanced economy to end its reliance on coal inside a decade or so. businessgreen.com/news/4364612/e…
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Jess Ralston
Jess Ralston@jessralston2·
Ratcliffe, the UK's last coal power station, is about to power down for the last time 🔥 It's got me reminiscing about all the times we were told this would cause blackouts 👀 much like we hear about phasing out gas for renewables today
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Hina Bokhari OBE AM 🔶
Hina Bokhari OBE AM 🔶@HinaBokhariLD·
Whenever @timfarron speaks on this issue it is with passion and from his heart. We must always put humanity first in our politics and this why I’m a #LibDem
Liberal Democrats@LibDems

"I tell you what is the best deterrent, competence." - @timfarron on #BBCQT Instead of wasting money on failed schemes like the Rwanda Plan, let's process asylum claims quickly. Return those who aren't refugees humanely, and welcome those who are.

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Peter Foster
Peter Foster@pmdfoster·
Brexit is having “profound and ongoing” negative impact on UK goods exports and imports, latest @jundu_econ analysis finds. No one lives in the counter factual world, but leaving single marks continues to cost UK. And 2023 was worse! 1/2 on.ft.com/4gpd3qd
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Rt Hon Jennie@RtHonJen·
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