This is the park I walked circles round listening to Zagreus and other Eight audios during my permitted lockdown walks

50 years ago, liberals across Europe came together to build something bigger than themselves. Today, as @libdems.org.uk , we continue that mission as proud members of the @aldeparty.bsky.social! We choose the future 🇬🇧🇪🇺✨

Starmer needs to get on the phone to Trump and ask him to set out a plan to protect civilians and support a democratic transition in Iran. We've seen before that bombs don't bring about democracy and regime change without a plan just leads to more chaos and suffering.

Decompressing at Olive Garden is becoming one of my post #gally1 traditions

I've been going here since the 32nd and I JUST discovered midnight photo??? #gally1

Everyone who knows me on a work basis knows I am the most militant fire warden in Brussels. On a related note, I am 100% awake now. #gally1

Welcome back from Parking Lot Con, everyone! #Gally1

"I think C'rizz joining the queer community would be great - you writing that down, Jason?" #gally1

one of the many overlaps between being a Whovian and being a British Liberal Democrat has now got the Skye Boat Song in my head on repeat #gally1

Oops, all Masters #gally1

"To my understanding, you have been in a long term intimate relationship with the Daleks." No context #gally1 - 2nd edition

"Obviously, babies can't work full time." No context #gally1

One of the (many) really lovely things about this convention is that I am existing in a place where I can text my mum in the UK to say good night and tell her I just played Adric opposite the 5th Doctor #gally1

"Patrick Troughton's being all lovely and playing the recorder, and then Jon Pertwee comes in and starts beating people up." #gally1

Love to walk up to the Marriott and see the flag of my people (yes, this does imply the song of my people is Dugga Doo) #gally1

It will be pizza and bed for me this fine evening I'm afraid - aiming to be functional for the in and out run tomorrow 😂 #gally1

let's go gallifreyans #gally1

Lovely pre-flight catch-up with @hbettsworth.bsky.social and @nwhyte.bsky.social at Brussels airport. We’ll reunite much later today in LA, but for now, I’m heading via Heathrow and they’re taking a different route. Our arrival times are identical, so this makes it a race to be first on the ground.

Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela. Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe. Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.

it is actively hilarious to me that I am on a train which they are rebooting to try to make it work

We, the Liberal Democrats only official women's group, wholeheartedly stand by the amazing Woman that Cllr Chris Northwood is. She is an inspiration to many within the party with her dedication to the party and her constituents. She is a very deserving winner.

Just because I'm on my way home from #LDConf: imagine if all the neurodivergent queers who sit on the various lib dem committees got a living wage for it and could devote all the time they wanted to it? Apart from anything else conference would SPARKLE.

Standing ovation for Shamim Mohammed after her powerful speech. Let’s hope she can become a @libdems.org.uk councillor in Haringey next May. #ldconf

Shamim Mohammed shares her experience of domestic abuse and coercive control. When she was homeless and powerless she was turned away by police and social services because she had no recourse to public funds. No woman should be left without the means to house, feed and support herself. #ldconf

Shaming Muhammed from Haringey shared her experience at #LDConf of domestic violence as a woman with 'no resource to public funds' - and how her fmr partner underestimated her strength and power 💪 She was supported by Women's Aid for two years and now has her degree

Excellent session on Defending Women's Rights Across the Globe at #LDConf From powerful speeches by Lizzie Adundo of the Orange Democratic Movement sharing that a woman dies from intimate partner violence every 3 days in Kenya to Julie Adnams Hatch who's delightful friend barked for trans rights

Brilliant speech from Julie Adnams Hatch accompanied by assistance dog Birdie highlighting how disabled and trans women face increasing abuse and violence #ldconf

So many fantastic speeches on this motion - from Lizzy Adundo of our sister party ODM Kenya on her fight for women’s rights, from @hinabokharild.bsky.social about the abuse she’s faced on social media, from Julie Adnams-Hatch on the ways women’s pain is overlooked and our health neglected #ldconf

Lizzie from our Kenyan sister party highlights how 40% of Kenyan women endure domestic violence and highlights the programmes which given women safe escape. “Kenyan women are crying out for help despite facing brutal retaliation. We can’t abandon them now.” #ldconf

If anyone has seen my fan which has a rainbow tardis and “found family is family” on it, I will be so very grateful if you let me know #ldconf - I think it’s either in the Marriott or the business lounge in the BIC ❤️

“I don’t care who’s in power, they have to call [electoral interference] out. It’s our democracy, not Elon Musk’s.” - Nick Clegg #ldconf

“Le Pen, or whoever the chap is called” Bardella destroyed by a casual aside from Nick Clegg, 10/10 no notes #ldconf

“Conference, we need to end the genocide.” #LDconf

This is my Britain 🇬🇧 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍸❤️ #ldconf @juvelad.bsky.social

We really do need investment in admin support for our FIRC work: well said @chalmersdavid.bsky.social #ldconf

Great first-time chairing from @charleyhasted.bsky.social at #LDConf - "For those of you who can hear the rattling, we are advised it is an air con issue, not an imminent Final Destination situation" Those aren't mutually exclusive!

Throwback to the #SEFSy era of British liberal democracy in this room right now #ldconf

I need one of these bags 🤩❤️ #ldconf

Vote for the motion to send Trump hameward tae think again! #ldconf

Good riddance to bad rubbish #ldconf (F4 has been discarded by such a large majority there was no need to count)

On my way! I wonder if the far right gets annoyed about Woking. #ldconf

It's that time of year again! I would greatly appreciate support from the Lib Dems among you for my candidacy in the internal elections, so I can keep working hard for you in Europe #liberaldemocrats

come get your man, he’s experiencing cosmic angst

“What was different from us and the other parties is that we had fun” during the campaign in Iceland - Viðreisn, describing one of the universal joys of liberal campaigning #ALDECouncil

I remember struggling with the moral complexity of the Witcher 3 quest to kill the Latvian entry.

I am increasingly disappointed that the concerns of the #LGBTQ+ community over what the Supreme Court judgement means for them are not yet being addressed. I have written to the Government asking them to make clear how trans and non binary rights will be protected.

“I am The Master, and I demand to see your line manager!”

(on a personal note it's quite striking how quickly I've gone from "generally a bit of a pinko on defence issues" to "and could I just do a monthly direct debit to BAE Systems, would that help")

I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.

I hope Ukraine wins the war and Zelenskyy gets to live the rest of his long, long life in complete and utter peace, jesus christ