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Patrick Stillman, a Liberal Democrat member, argues against the stereotype that Lib Dem voters are exclusively from affluent areas like those with Gail’s Bakery in London. He emphasizes the party's commitment to all residents of Camden, highlighting issues such as housing neglect and job insecurity faced by people across economic backgrounds. Despite receiving only 5.8% of votes in the 2024 General Election, Stillman asserts that the Liberal Democrats continue to champion social care reform and proportional representation, positioning themselves as key influencers on the national agenda.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-07,
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Patrick Stillman, a member of The Liberal Democrats, argues against the misconception that Lib Dem voters are solely those who can afford expensive bakeries like Gail’s. He emphasizes that in areas such as Camden, Holborn, and St Pancras, people from diverse backgrounds share common issues like unemployment among well-prepared young adults and poor housing conditions neglected by landlords or local councils, including the Camden Council. Stillman highlights the party's commitment to addressing these widespread concerns, contrasting this with a potential lack of presence in previous elections. He suggests that political engagement transcends economic boundaries and reflects broader societal issues affecting various demographics within these communities.
Written for “UK Politics Lib Dems” on 2026-10-07,
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Politics begins by showing up.
left emphasizes the importance of political engagement for addressing societal issues
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people rich and poor, old and young, religious or secular, all reflect the same distrust and disappointment in our politics.
left highlights widespread dissatisfaction with current political systems and policies
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Some will invite you in and show you the damp, the mould, the visible signs of neglect from their landlord, Camden Council. Their complaint, and any request for repairs, has been lost in the depths of a database, and any follow-up with the engineer who was supposed to be back last week (or the week before) clearly forgotten – or worse, ignored.
left criticizes government inefficiency and neglect in addressing residents' issues
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For our team, it's simply not good enough that there are people in Camden in poverty, people in our Borough who live in insecure or unsafe housing, or whose kids can’t find work or whose parents are scared of losing theirs.
left expresses a strong commitment to addressing social and economic inequalities
Leaning: leans left for article 61987 (high confidence, 4 verified quotes) · logged 2026-10-07
I’ve long taken exception to the idea that there are “Lib Dem areas” (notably those with a Gail’s Bakery) or “Lib Dem voters” (those that can afford Gail’s).
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that → take → Gail
Politics begins by showing up.
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Politics → begin → ?
In areas of Camden borough, and across Holborn and St Pancras as a constituency, people rich and poor, old and young, religious or secular, all reflect the same distrust and disappointment in our politics.
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people → reflect → politics
Some will pour their heart out on the door step about how their now-adult-kids, who have by all accounts done everything right, find themselves unable to get so much as an interview for a job they’ve spent their whole young adult life preparing for.
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they → pour → life
Some will invite you in and show you the damp, the mould, the visible signs of neglect from their landlord, Camden Council.
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Some → invite → landlord
Their complaint, and any request for repairs, has been lost in the depths of a database, and any follow-up with the engineer who was supposed to be back last week (or the week before) clearly forgotten – or worse, ignored.
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who → lose → engineer
With Holborn & St Pancras, we could have very easily not shown up.
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we → show → Holborn
In the 2024 General Election, the then Prime Minister took nearly 50% of the vote.
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Minister → take → vote
So,why are we bothering?
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we → bother → ?
Because we’re bothered.
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we → ’re → ?
Our Council Group, currently representing wards the North of the Borough, already does fantastic work standing up for residents.
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Group → represent → residents
But there are issues across Camden that we can’t solve without talking to people across the area, without learning about them, without championing the things that residents care about.
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residents → be → that
For our team, it's simply not good enough that there are people in Camden in poverty, people in our Borough who live in insecure or unsafe housing, or whose kids can’t find work or whose parents are scared of losing theirs.
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parents → be → theirs
As a party the Lib Dems have pushed the debate so far on Europe, on social care reform, on proportional representation, that the Prime Minister practically read out our manifesto on stage on Tuesday last week.
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Minister → push → Tuesday
The Greens - who have less MPs in Parliament than we have in London - like to claim they’re the ones that have forced the government's hand on the big issues, but the fact remains that it is the Liberal Democrats who’ve set the national agenda for the next three years.
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who → have → years
And whilst Burnham spends that time working out how to do the things we would have started over two years ago, we’re continuing to look out for the issues of tomorrow.
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we → spend → tomorrow
We are a party that looks to the future.
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that → look → future
Unafraid that behind that door might be someone whose trust in politics is so broken that the very idea that you could restore it is scoffed at as something truly futile.
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you → restore → something
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Politics is only futile if we decide it is.
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it → read → More
When we assume we know what the answer behind the door will be.
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answer → assume → door
When we treat politics as electoral territory that already belongs to someone else.
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that → treat → someone
And for myself and the Camden Liberal Democrats, that’s simply never going to be an option.
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that → go → myself
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