David Noakes 🔶 🇺🇦 💙💛
@cathedralsdavid
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Former Southwark Lib Dem councillor (1998-2002, 2006-2022) Amnesty International member, LGBTQ+rights & proud UK citizen & European 🏳️🌈🇪🇺
Bermondsey SE16
Joined July 2013
Packed @swklibdems AGM reflecting on progress this year and our campaign to win big at the May 2026 local elections. Thanks to inspiring guest speakers @Bobby_Dean and @HinaBokhariLD And thanks to the Exec for all their hard work - inc Richard who has been an exceptional chair!
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Residents are fed up of being let down by Labour on crime and policing. London AM @Gareth_Roberts_ joined us at City Hall to present our petition to Sadiq Khan to reverse the manifesto-breaking decision to shut Walworth front counter after dark.
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Fed up with Labour’s failures and hearing Reform talked up as if they’re contenders? They’re not. In my @Southwark_News column this week, I set out why only the @swklibdems can deliver real change in Southwark and why every other vote just keeps Labour in power.
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Conservative grandee Ken Clarke exposing the sham of Reform councils
Ken Clarke rips Reform to pieces, they don't know what they are talking about, they don't know what they are doing, they resigned instantly when they realised they couldn't do the job. #bbcqt
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And in case you missed it - Cllr Emily Tester's barnstorming speech. Labour have been in Government for 17 months now - they must start taking responsibility for the decisions being made. https://t.co/6chOsuhK1O
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Labour have run out of excuses. Tonight we’re putting forward a motion for cleaner, safer streets. Labour haven’t even bothered to submit an amendment – they can’t defend their record! They can back our plan or keep letting communities down.
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£270 back in your pocket. Lib Dems are calling for a 5% VAT cut to save the high street and help make small joys affordable again.
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Important call by Daisy Cooper to support our valued pubs, restaurants and cafes with a 5% cut in VAT. Since the Labour govt’s budget rise on NI over 70,000 jobs have been lost in the hospitality sector.
The Liberal Democrats are calling for a 5% cut in VAT in the Budget to support the UK's ailing hospitality sector and their hard-pressed customers. Deputy leader Daisy Cooper told #BBCBreakfast the Chancellor should cut VAT from 20% to 15%, funded by a new windfall tax on big
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Good to see Lib Dem supporters overwhelming support net zero and tackling climate change. Inaction is not an option.
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero? Support: 60% Oppose: 25% Net support by party Green: +81 Lib Dem: +67 Lab: +64 Con: +11 Reform: -44 Results link in replies
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The BBC isn't perfect. But it remains an institution defending British values against a populist, Trump-style takeover. Party leaders must unite to defend it.
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC. The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
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Today, Southwark Liberal Democrats joined services across the borough from HMS Belfast to Dulwich to remember the fallen and all those who have given their service in defence of our freedoms. We will remember them. 🌺 #RemembranceDay #Southwark #LestWeForget
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This Remembrance Sunday, we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. We must never forget them — nor can we forget the veterans and serving personnel who continue to protect our freedom.
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This is so powerful & upsetting. It’s also a reminder that while we need to have a legal, safe and functioning immigration policy that the vast majority of immigrants are law abiding families and individuals seeking to have a better life. There are many immigration stories
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.” A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
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Love this video from the New York City’s Gay Men’s Chorus about voting with the strapline “Gonna be voting, We’re gonna vote vote vote it’s our moment” ❤️🏳️🌈❤️🏳️🌈❤️
NEW YORK you've set the tone for the rest of the country‼️ BRAVO NYC‼️
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Thank you for your leadership and service over almost 40 years Speaker Pelosi @TeamPelosi representing the beautiful and iconic city of San Francisco
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Congratulations to @MikieSherrill @SpanbergerForVA and @ZohranKMamdani for your impressive governor & mayoral wins and all the other Democrat winners including @GavinNewsom proposition 50 to cancel out Republican gerrymandering in Texas
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The @LibDems have defended 93% (26/28) of their council seats since May 2025 and also gained 17 seats from the other parties, unlike Labour who have lost almost 3/4 of their seats (34/47) . The message is clear if you want to keep Reform out vote Lib Dem.
Since May's local elections, Liberal Democrats have won more council seats than Labour, the Conservatives and the Green Party put together. We are taking on Nigel Farage’s divisive politics and standing up for our British values as a caring and decent country.
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In local elections up and down the country, the Liberal Democrats are winning week-in, week-out.
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