Starmer’s decision risks repeating the mistakes of Iraq, and follows Donald Trump down a slippery slope. While Badenoch and Farage cheer this on, it is British households who are paying the price.

The decision by the Prime Minister reminds us all of the disaster of Iraq and shows how we’re being drawn further and further down Trump’s slippery slope. The UK has to avoid being dragged into another war in the Middle East with no obvious end.

Make that 30kg. Woohoo!

Why are we rewarding Donald Trump with a state visit from our King? His illegal war is driving up costs for British families and he is belittling our country and insulting our troops. Cancel the visit.

Ok. I’ll bite. What’s a straight?

Imagine seeing British people at prayer and thinking “this is a great chance to stoke fear, hatred and division”. People who do that should have no place in British politics. Freedom to worship is a fundamental British value – one the Conservative Party used to believe in.

I am a little sad that even in my own head, I have stopped automatically saying “emoticon” and now use “emoji” instead.

“This is an illegal war, and we should have absolutely nothing to do with any offensive activity whatsoever.” Josh Babarinde on why Britain must not be dragged into another reckless war in the Middle East.

Ed Davey & Lib Dem MPs have warned for months that trailing after Trump was dangerous & damaging, but broadcasters have ignored them = common sense is not newsworthy? Now Farage & Tories find they have backed Trumpflation will the media wake up?

“The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or CONFORMITY”

Trumpflation 👇

Imagine if we could cut rents in London by an average of £460 a month? It sounds impossible - but this is what Austin, Texas has done - by building more. Over the last 10 years it has increased its housing stock by 30% - which has cut rents by 20% relative to the rest of the USA.

Sometimes feels like we are in a big simulation to test just HOW big a warning sign some people need.

Truly one of the all time great takes

wrote a jolly column on this French charity getting people to pick the fresh produce usually left to rot in private gardens as the owners are often elderly or overwhelmed, then hand it all over to foodbanks so everyone has access to fresh fruit and veg: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

“Judeo-Christian” is a meaningless, nonsensical slogan. There’s no such thing. It’s just an American right-wing dog whistle designed to exclude Muslims and non-whites generally. The way it’s creeping into British politics via the far-right is disguising and dangerous

To me the only remarkable thing about this story to me is that they weren’t doing more and still aren’t. Trump will be bored of Iran soon and looking for the next country to invade.

I’m at the Tory local elections launch where James Cleverly is the warm-up man. He says they will play a video of “the best of Kemi” - after which there is a long pause and the video very much fails to play. Insert your own joke here.

And please make sure that every supporter of the anti-trans group LGB Alliance knows that its leader Bev Jackson retweeted and defended Nick Timothy's vile tweet.

Good to see Sadiq Khan joining Wes Streeting and David Lammy in finally catching up with the Lib Dems on the need for a UK–EU customs union. We have led the way, won the vote in Parliament and will now fight to make sure Downing Street wakes up to the damage done by Brexit too.

🐞 Last year seemed to have been a great year for 7 spot ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) here. It has been a delightful week as we see them all wake up from their winter diapause. In the face of insect population decline it’s an image of hope… Also good for the garden! 🌱

As a former card-carrying Lib Dem, I say give me PM Ed Davey

Via Politico: "Lib Dem leader Ed Davey today used PMQs to urge Keir Starmer to act on allegations the broadcaster breached Ofcom rules, based on a deep dive from the New World...Starmer said it was a matter for Ofcom while Farage and his pals scoffed from their Commons seats above."

Lib Dems: "This state visit should not go ahead. Keir Starmer must stop appeasing Trump and advise the Palace to cancel this visit immediately."

Lib Dems: "It would be utterly wrong for His Majesty the King to be placed in the impossible and embarrassing position of acting as a PR shield for an administration that insults our troops and allies, and destabilises the global economy."

The Liberal Democrats have today tabled a Parliamentary motion (EDM), calling on the Prime Minister to advise the King that his upcoming state visit to the United States should be cancelled, "as Donald Trump continues his illegal war in Iran"

24 likes?! That’s a genuine certified Bluesky banger

The Labour government opposes proportional representation. They oppose fair elections. They support a broken electoral system because it has granted them minority rule. The “Labour movement” should vote for parties that actually support fair elections! That’s how democracy is supposed to work!

Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey calls for action against GB News: "We cannot let GB News propaganda turn our great country into their version of Trump's America."

The Greens today propose spending £8bn to subsidise fossil fuel use in the UK this year. This is beyond incoherent.

And this is why you know who Tom Harwood is.

Happy St Patrick’s Day ☘️ We polled how many pints of Guinness people think they’d be able to drink in one sitting, for most it’s 0-2. Liberal Democrat voters stand out (unusually!) as being the most likely to say they could drink more than 8 pints of Guinness in one sitting.

Why am I completely unsurprised…? www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/17/e...

I'm a bit late to this, but it is quite striking for a senior Conservative to describe the loss of 70-ish seats to the Liberal Democrats as essentially an outbreak of middle class un-seriousness by voters who should know better.

*sigh* Oh look, it's exactly what we all predicted the TERFs were after when they started undermining bodily autonomy to go after trans people.

If the shoe fits… or doesn’t 👞

Selective breeding.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius: “There will be no military participation.. We have a situation which we did not provoke.. This war started without any consultations.. What does Trump expect from a handful of European frigates in Strait of Hormuz that the mighty US Navy can't manage alone?"

To be clear: We knew Iran would close the Straits of Hormuz and stop oil & gas supply. The US navy is currently unwilling to take the risk of entering the Strait to protect shipping because of the real threat from Iranian forces. Unless that changes the economic damage will escalate.

The Strait of Hormuz is open for transit

I've covered big wars and little wars. Ones that have been well organised (thought some ultimately not very successful) and shit shows. My jaw is still on the floor that a military as powerful and professional as the US is in such utterly chaotic territory. This isn't mission creep ...

EXCLUSIVE: Senegalese proponents of a tougher anti-LGBT law discussed campaign strategy and mobilization tactics with a US-based "pro-family" group that ​calls homosexuality a public health threat. MassResistance is also working with anti-LGBT activists in Ghana. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Labour are letting America fight their unnecessary, illegal and bloody war of aggression from UK bases. A war that is going to do irreparable harm to the British economy. We must not allow them to drag us any further into this and we must make Labour pay electorally for what they have done already.

The Conservatives and Reform cheered on Trump's war while British families and pensioners were left facing higher petrol, mortgage and energy bills. The Liberal Democrats do not support this war, and we won’t be silent about it either.

Pretty staggering that the FT Trump interview opens with ‘if NATO doesn’t help us sort this mess, there’ll be problems’ and ends with ‘Russia might be helping target American soldiers, but really that’s sort of fair enough - we started it’. www.ft.com/content/1ca6...

🚨 NEW: Ed Davey says Keir Starmer must ignore Donald Trump and rule out deploying British warships to the Strait of Hormuz "Last week Trump said he didn't need Britain's help because he'd already won this war. So we mustn't let him push the UK around now"

Trump’s outrageous, reckless actions are letting people down in America, and they’re letting British people down too. @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

Lots of photos of Zack Polanski speaking at Transmission, and full credit to him, but here's @eddavey.libdems.org.uk and I chatting on the stage at Wembley, before the concert began.

Last week Trump said he didn't need Britain's help because he'd already won this war. So we mustn't let him push the UK around now. Any decision on the deployment of our Armed Forces should be made in the UK's national interest and subject to a vote in Parliament.

Now Trump is begging for foreign help, it is even more important to keep up the pressure of Labour. No British money should be spent or lives put at risk to clean up America’s mess. We can’t let Starmer give any more ground to appease Trump.