🚨 BRAND NEW COLUMN!!! 🚨 In my new Mathew on Monday column for Lib Dem Voice: 🔶️ What a Liberal Response to the Middle East Crisis Actually Looks Like. 🔶️ Gorton and Denton Shows Progressive Voters Know How to Stop the Right. 🔶️ And more!!! www.libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo...

🚨 This one is deeply personal for me-and rooted in the values I believe should guide us in moments of crisis. In a noisy, polarised debate, I'm setting out what a genuinely liberal response looks like: humane, principled, and grounded in international law. Later on Lib Dem Voice.

The pure jealousy from some towards people who've made their lives in Dubai is really something to behold. 🤦‍♂️

🎧 Was good to be on BBC Radio Leicester just now, talking about the situation in Dubai and what it's like having family out there. My main message: Dubai is an amazing and resilient city and I can't wait to go back there.

🚨 I'm on air later, commenting on a very fast-moving situation and what it's like having relatives in the region. Please join me. 📻

Rounding off my birthday weekend at Nando's in Brum with my dear mate Andy! 👍

I started my birthday celebrations at Hinckley's own LGBT+ venue...and I'm ending it here, with dear friends! 🥳

Happy Birthday To Me! 🥳 * At Tarro Lounge, Hinckley.

Me and two of my besties in Cov earlier, as part of my birthday celebrations. Thanks, fellas. 🥳 (Loved the glasses...thanks Paddy!)

Starting my birthday with Andy at the Hinckley Pride coffee morning at Electric Chapel! ☕️ 🏳️‍🌈

It's my (kind of) birthday today!!! (There's no 29th this year, so I celebrate on the 28th). 🥳

🚨 BRAND NEW EPISODE!!! 🚨 In the brand new ep of Political Frenemies we give full comment on the Greens victory in the Gorton & Denton by-election/what the result means for wider British politics. Myself & Chris are joined by our regular Green contributor Daniel Laycock. youtu.be/-fdwR-C7MDs?...

Cheers! 🍷

Andy's here, so my birthday weekend can begin!!! 🥳 - At Home.

▶️ WATCH: "Trans people are human beings and they have rights." I was on Patrick Christys Tonight on GB News on Tuesday, advocating for Trans Rights.

Again tactical voting has shut out Reform. I welcome that. We need to see much more of that in May.

📺 📻 🎙 I was on Patrick Christys Tonight on GB News on Tuesday evening, again speaking up in defence of the rights of Trans people...as I always will.

▶️ WATCH: "It's no surprise is it, that we're in the crisis that we're in." On Talk on Tuesday I spoke to Peter Cardwell about the ongoing crisis in emergency care.

▶️ WATCH: "I'm shocked, but I'm not shocked." On Talk on Tuesday I spoke to Peter Cardwell about my reaction to news that a 97-year old woman was found dead on the floor at home after being told an ambulance might not get to her for ten days. Not hours (which would have been bad enough)...days!

▶️ WATCH: On Tuesday I appeared on Talk with Peter Cardwell, commenting on yet another tragic case of an elderly person dying after an unacceptable failure of emergency care. In this clip I remind Peter and viewers of what happened to my late Mum almost four years ago.

▶️ WATCH: "You say (he was) joking, but I don't think there's anything funny about this at all." On The Late Show Live on GB News early on Monday morning, I gave my take on a police officer who lost his job after reportedly using very derogatory language about the traveller community.

In case you were wondering...

Having a cheeky Starbucks in sunny Nunny! 🌞 - At Starbucks, Nuneaton.

📺 📻 🎙 It was good to be on Talk last night, but sad that it was about yet another example of the ongoing crisis in emergency care. Profoundly tragic, almost four years since my mum's death two days after waiting eleven hours for an ambulance, that this is still happening again and again.

On the bus to Nuneaton. 🚌

📺 I'm watching NBC News Now's special coverage of the State of the Union address. Will Trump go off script? How many Democrats will boycott the event? We're about to find out! 🇺🇸

Phew! 😀

Had a lovely catch-up up with my wonderful niece Tyra today. ❤️ x - At Understated, Hinckley.

📺 📻 🎙 Good to be on Patrick Christys Tonight on GB News just now, defending the rights of Trans people as I'm always happy to do.

🚨 I'm on GB News shortly.

📺 📻 🎙 Good o be on Talk just now, speaking to Peter Cardwell about the ongoing crisis in emergency care. Something I'm tragically all too well versed on after what happened to my beloved mum almost four years ago.

Update: My appearance will be at around 8.30pm.

🚨 Ambulance delays aren't abstract statistics-they're about real people, real families, and sometimes irreversible loss. On Talk later I'll be discussing why this crisis is still happening-and what needs to change. Please join us. 📺 📻 🎙

A cuppa and a read of the paper. Lovely stuff. ☕️ 🗞 - At Understated, Hinckley.

'More than anyone else, she made me who I am.' In my Mathew on Monday column for Lib Dem Voice today I pay tribute to my late Mum Jackie, on what would have been her 82nd birthday. Read the full column, here: www.libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo...

🚨 BRAND NEW COLUMN!!! 🚨 In my Mathew on Monday column for Lib Dem Voice this week: 🔶️ What Rob Jetten's victory means for liberals everywhere. 🔶️ How more must die before Wes Streeting fixes the ambulance crisis? 🔶️ And more. www.libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo...

🚨 BREAKING NEWS!!! 🚨 Peter Mandelson has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

🚨 In my Mathew on Monday column for Lib Dem Voice later... A hopeful moment for liberals-and a reminder that the broad, confident Centre can still win. Don't miss it!!! 👍

My darling mum Jackie would have been 82 today. I miss her so much. Her smile. Her warmth. Her laugh. Her love. More than anyone else, she made me who I am. She was the most amazing mum and nanna. Here's to you, Mum. I miss and love you. ❤️ x

📺 📻 🎙 It was good to be back on The Late Show Live on GB News early this morning, talking about a police officer who has been dismissed after reportedly using very derogatory language about the traveller community. I argued we should expect high and respectful standards from people in public office.

📺 📻 🎙 Good to be on GB News just now, commenting on a police officer sacked for reportedly using derogatory language about the traveller community in a WhatsApp group. I made the point that we all, and certainly people in public office, need to be respectful at all times in our utterances.

🚨 Some lines shouldn't be blurred, however heated the debate. I'll be making the case later on GB News that decency in public office isn't "woke"-it's foundational to a healthy democracy. Do tune in and join in the conversation.

100 years on from his birth, here's one of my favourite Kenneth Williams moments. When he and Maggie Smith did a sublime reading of John Betjeman's poem, 'Death in Leamington,' to the man himself on an episode of Parkinson. All are now dearly departed. youtu.be/BzzBwic-xjw?...

🚨 Later today, Politics In Depth on my Substack. Labour feels restless. The country feels unconvinced. And the Prime Minister looks increasingly boxed in. I dig into whether a strategic shift could steady the ship-or whether something deeper is at play. (Image: AI generated).

👀!!! More shocking revelations about this story in today's Sunday Times!

Time for a cuppa and read of the paper. ☕️ 🗞 - At Understated, Hinckley.

✍️ NEW: 'I stay because my faith is deeper than any Synod vote.' I'm very proud to be published by LBC's opinion pages today. On the governing body of the Church of England's vote to halt all work towards LGBT+ equality. www.lbc.co.uk/article/chur...

📺 WATCH: Forget the tired, old Sunday morning political shows! Get the new, vibrant, lively politics debate on your TV! By watching the latest ep of Political Frenemies, via the YouTube app. This week Chris & I are joined by James Nation, former No.10 deputy head of policy. youtu.be/RLM9NPApBlQ?...

👀!!! On BBC Radio Leicester yesterday (listen to clip in post below). "I think we at Republic are fair to ask: what did Charles and William know? Will they be interviewed as part of this process? We don't yet know."

✍️ READ: Serious times demand serious leadership-not the ideological grandstanding of Reform UK and the Greens. If you're interested in a calm, liberal case for strong alliances and national security, please give a read to my Lib Dem Voice column this week. www.libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo...