Lib Dem Shropshire Councillor for Ruyton and Baschurch, Deputy Portfolio Holder for Transport and Economic Growth. ESL tutor. All views are my own.https://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3mjprdy3jsk27They are focusing on the wrong 'lie'. Why was Mandleson appointed? Was it in spite of his links to Epstein and Trump or because of them? The stuff about vetting is to disguise the lie. Starmer should resign if he tried to exploit a man's connections to a pedophile, without regard for the victims.17 Apr 2026 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjprdy3jsk27https://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3mjd3t3vpzk2gOrban, Orbin, Orgone. 🇭🇺🇪🇺12 Apr 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjd3t3vpzk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3mirreedlqk2mKier Starmer has said Britain won't be dragged in to this war, but here we have had a US F15 jet from RAF Lakenheath engaged in an illegal war of aggression, violating Iranian airspace, shot down by Iran, prompting a land incursion to save the pilots. This was not defensive. What is going on?05 Apr 2026 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3mirreedlqk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3mgiwczoexs2jThe UK should not be assisting the US in its illegal war, in any way, 'defensive' or not. UK bases and territories should be off limits for the US until it ends its war. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Mar 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgiwczoexs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3mg47exehas24The Oswestry and Border Counties Advertizer @advertizer.bsky.social casually blowing the dog whistle for clickbait with this misleading headline. The number is zero.02 Mar 2026 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg47exehas24https://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3meeb2iemzs2jIf it is appropriate for the advisor, Morgan McSweeney, to resign over advice given to appoint Mandelson, surely it follows that those who followed the advice should also resign? The appointment reeks of a deliberate attempt to influence Trump through his seedy liaisons, with no regard for victims.08 Feb 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3meeb2iemzs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3md7fwlm3sc2sLet all ICE agents - and all federal or any other officials who enable their actions and impunity - know that at some point in the future they will be held to account, under the law, for their actions today.24 Jan 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3md7fwlm3sc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3mcx5ozekjc2tThey're all knocking back the Kool-aid. We have to detoxify our economy and security by breaking US dependence. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jan 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcx5ozekjc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3mcndiqrusc2eUS busineses and interests are heavily entrenched in the UK, in every sector from tech, to defence to food and much more. Some will argue that this means we have to kowtow to Trump. We don't, we have incredible leverage over the US and we need to start using it.17 Jan 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcndiqrusc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3mc5yoypjy22lWe all know who threw away the burger. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jan 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc5yoypjy22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3mc2xolm3zs24I grew up in a world where Britain played a strong geopolitical role, as a bridge between Europe and the US. Ten years ago the country chose to abdicate that position. Right now is the time for urgent realignment. It's time to cut the US off.10 Jan 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc2xolm3zs24https://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3m57wn26sdk2rWhatever you want to say about the BBC, and I am a critic, US government interference in a British public institution of the magnitude of the BBC is untenable. There must be a diplomatic response! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Nov 2025 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57wn26sdk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3m4ns3bhp622qIt was fantastic to see the new, spectacular poppy fall put up at All Saints Church in Baschurch on Saturday. So many people turned up and we were joined by Helen Morgan and the Deputy Lord Lieutenant for Shropshire. https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2025/11/02/beautiful-and-stunning-poppy-display-is-hung-from-church-near-shrewsbury-for-remembrance-with-a-little-help-from-the-fire-brigade/02 Nov 2025 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ns3bhp622qhttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3m3wqh3uzd22oA clear example of Shropshire business being held back by Brexit red tape, harming our economy, damaging jobs and prosperity. It's time for the government to bring this madness to an end. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c17p5rex2r1o24 Oct 2025 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3wqh3uzd22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3lt2lgdsvfs2sIt seems to me that the ORR may be acting primarily in the interest of building an unnatural monopoly to suit the government nationalisation agenda, rather than acting in the interests of rail users, consumers and communities. https://www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/richard-bransons-virgin-trains-comeback-31982393?int_source=nba03 Jul 2025 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt2lgdsvfs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3ln447m32tc22Yuval Noah Harari's analysis is bang on the money. Trump threatens the liberal world order, and the price will be recession, trade wars, insecurity, poverty and finally global war and ecological collapse. We must not kowtow to his demands. https://www.ft.com/content/06cc7b0f-3e32-4164-b096-ff92a153223618 Apr 2025 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln447m32tc22https://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3lmwej47xlc2gPeople are people, regardless of gender, identity, biology, or the decisions of courts. The law must protect and guarantee the dignity of all people, and not segregate them into groups that in some cases can be highly subjective or arbitrary.16 Apr 2025 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwej47xlc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3lmweio6axc2gToday's decision by the Supreme Court is troubling. The decision risks trampling on the identity, rights and dignity of people who were clearly protected until now. We have to wait to fully understand the implications of the decision, but the signal it sends is dangerous.16 Apr 2025 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmweio6axc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3lmev7dijvk2d🤣 [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2025 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmev7dijvk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3lma4horch22h'This is not a phase' and 'globalisation is over' are absurd statements. Trump is not introducing a new kind of economics. It's just the economic equivalent of RFK Jr and antivaxxers. Because 'balance of trade' is an indicator of buyer/seller relationships, it's not a profit and loss account.07 Apr 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3lma4horch22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3lkbwdevlfs2cListened to the excellent interview of Sarah Wynn-Williams earlier today on @newsagents.bsky.social podcast. Social media and networks like Facebook are powerful tools and in my view are not at all inherently bad. But as with anything, they can be dangerous when abused.13 Mar 2025 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbwdevlfs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/salopianrob.bsky.social/post/3ljwtsazgs22jNo, the Ukrainians did not bring it on themselves. But the US certainly is bringing something on itself. Europe is pivoting away from the US and it will make a much better partner for China than Russia ever could. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/09/they-brought-it-on-themselves-a-new-low-in-us-ukraine-relations09 Mar 2025 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:ali26c6hbimayjpyfifxtras/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljwtsazgs22j