Paul Smith Colchester LD🔸️

Cllr for St.Anne's & St.John's, Colchester. Former council leader. LSE Econ grad. @UCC_Colchester. @LGAcomms advisor. #CPFC. Lifelong LibDem

[Paul Smith Colchester LD🔸️ @PaulSmithColcLD]

Hi Twitter,
I'm new here,but have been involved in Colchester politics for a very long time. This year I'm the LD candidate in St.Anne's and St.John's and I'm the GTTO candidate. Taking this seat is crucial to taking back control of CBC from the Tories.
Do you want to help GTTO?

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

'Truss frantically trying to distance herself from Professor Patrick Minford'. Who could have ever seen this coming.

[Jim Pickard 🐋 @PickardJE]

well this has aged marvellously 👍🏻

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

Heartless, stupid, self-serving and lacking even the most rudimentary understanding of what she's talking about. Her prominence is a demonstration of the failure of our political system.

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

A genuinely beautiful story about a little boy who grew up to support sending refugees to Rwanda.

[Liz @lizwoodford]

@TheGazette @willquince he has just stuck 2 fingers up to the people of Colchester shame on him he needs to go at the next election @LD4Colchester @PaulSmithColcLD @MartinGossCol @communitydk1953

[Paul Smith Colchester LD🔸️ @PaulSmithColcLD]

During the Local Plan debate the Tory Leader just suggested that it was Liberal Democrats that stopped the fields by Bullock Wood from being developed. If only they'd admitted to that in their election literature.

[Michael Crick @MichaelLCrick]

I pay a lot of money for my Times subscription. Please could somebody at the Times please explain why this story was pulled. If it was inaccurate please could you warn fellow-journalists so that we don’t repeat your mistake.

[Paul Smith Colchester LD🔸️ @PaulSmithColcLD]

Got the Scrutiny Panel to look at how the Council is making sure everyone who is entitled to the £150 Council Tax refund gets it ASAP.
Pleased to have achieved this.

[Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound]

He’s running…

[European Movement UK @euromove]

But you voted for this. 🤷‍♂️

[Colchester Liberal Democrats @LD4Colchester]

This seems to be a strange thing to be "fizzing with confidence" about. Were we expecting power blackouts despite cripplingly high energy bills?

[Nat Sommers 🔶 @4StJohnStAnne]

@PaulSmithColcLD @NicolaJames007

[Paul Smith Colchester LD🔸️ @PaulSmithColcLD]

Yesterday afternoon was fun. I played "Spot the boundary" with @NicolaJames007. I can't repeat all her reactions in polite company, but the words "bizarre, ridiculous and utterly confusing" featured repeatedly.

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

“And you’re content to back a lawbreaker in office?”

“I certainly am”

That, in a nutshell, is how far the government & country has fallen under Boris Johnson in less than three years…

[Paul Smith Colchester LD🔸️ @PaulSmithColcLD]

Shameful.

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

“And you’re content to back a lawbreaker in office?”

“I certainly am”

That, in a nutshell, is how far the government & country has fallen under Boris Johnson in less than three years…

[Progressive East @ProgressiveEast]

Having seen the final appointments to cabinet and committee's - we did a lot of nodding along. Described to us by someone close to the action as 9/10. An outbreak of complete common sense sees @MartinGossCol in just the right role, similarly with @AdamFoxUK and @NissenIn

[Progressive East @ProgressiveEast]

Other appointments to especially like are @ProfPamelaCox in role & @MarkAlanCory to resources, where he has the bonus of @PaulSmithColcLD as his extra wing.

[John Crace @JohnJCrace]

Er… remind us who was supposed to be responsible for what went on

[Paul Smith Colchester LD🔸️ @PaulSmithColcLD]

I'm surprised and delighted that Essex has gone from 0 to 3 cities so quickly.
https://t.co/nDwG8czxMT

[Paul Smith Colchester LD🔸️ @PaulSmithColcLD]

This really is great news. Well deserved.
Congratulations to all involved!

[Colchester Liberal Democrats @LD4Colchester]

What fantastic news to wake up to!

Gratitude and credit to all those cross party who worked to make this happen. Darius Laws @dariusglaws deserves a special mention.

https://t.co/Jjki5M6Xec