Tonight for the first time a Europa League final will only be on tv behind a paywall - this simply cannot be allowed to happen a week on Saturday for the Champions League final. Anna Sabine, along with 39 other Lib Dem MPs, has written to Lisa Nandy 👇

Thank you to everyone in Reading who voted for the Reading Liberal Democrats in this year's local elections. We're delighted that Cllr. Meri O'Connell was returned for another four years in Tilehurst, and with the @libdems.org.uk gains across the country for a record eight years running. 🧡

Fantastic reception, as ever, in west Reading #Rdguk and Tilehurst on election week. #LibDems #LE2026

Yesterday Chris and I were joined by Cllr Caleb Pell, delivering our week of poll leaflets across Norcot. Great reception on the bank holiday and another 800 doors reached! Thursday 7th May is the chance to break 40 years of Labour dominance here by voting LD! #rdg #LE26 @readinglibdems.bsky.social

With less than a week to go, we have teams - volunteers, all - out across Reading #Rdguk campaigning right up until voting ends on Thursday. And, of course, we see our fellow 🔶 #LibDems out pounding the pavements across Great Britain, too. 🧡 This is why we do it. 👇

It’s the last week of the election in Reading, and we are still out here fighting Labour. Their mismanagement nationally and locally has turned a ward they’ve held for 40 years into one Lib Dems can win. 800 doors delivered to this afternoon in Norcot! @readinglibdems.bsky.social #LE26 #rdg

Voted by post already? Brilliant — thank you! 🗳️ Please take a second to let us know at libdems.org.uk/voted so we can keep track of our supporters. Every response helps us on the ground on polling day! 🧡

We’re seeing similar stories across Reading where people remember hard-working Liberal Councillors delivering in Tilehurst, Kentwood & Norcot, with the Days and Freeman being mentioned. I’m standing to make a difference like they did, and not leave people behind like Labour have!

In Britain, the government won’t vet their officials to hold public office, but will vet 17 year olds for a cig

Thanks to @chrisn.xyz and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk for this. It's been a hard year, and we have work to do. But we're in the fight, and we're proud that the @libdems.org.uk are in it with us. Trans rights are human rights. 🧡🏳️‍⚧️

We are proud to announce a full slate of #LibDems candidates in this year's elections to Reading Borough Council. Wherever you are, from Abbey to Whitley, from Abbatoirs Road to Zinzan Street, help us demand a fair deal for Reading #rdguk. 👇

Some people will know this already but happy to announce I’ve been successfully nominated as the Lib Dem candidate in Norcot, the ward I’ve been proud to call home for nearly two years in Reading. Already hard at work campaigning to show Labour the door! #rdguk #LE26

Published and promoted by James Moore on behalf of Brandon Masih (Liberal Democrats), both at 22 Brunswick Street, Reading RG1 6NZ.

Absolutely wonderful reception for us and @rwmblibdems.bsky.social in Tilehurst on a sunny spring day. Thanks to everyone who turned out. Very clear that residents know who does the hard work! 🧡

Very happy to see a close friend and fellow @york.ac.uk and uni of York Lib Dem alumni Caleb Pell elected tonight . Well done to OXWAB Lib Dems and look forward to replicating his success moving forward !

We see that Reform UK continues to be a retirement home for failed Conservatives, as erstwhile RBC Tory leader Clarence Mitchell defects to them. A shameful, if predictable, move for the former press spokesperson for Cambridge Analytica. We wonder how long his Ukraine lapel pin will last?

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.

#OTD 1950: Liberal Party member Harry Willcock is stopped while driving by police who demand to see his ID card. He refuses allegedly replying, 'I am a Liberal and I am against this sort of thing.' 🧵

www.libdemvoice.org/liberal-demo... Piece from me on Digital Services Tax and claims from Lib Dems last week that the government is planning to abolish it

Badenoch is such a ridiculous person.

Also the Romans literally had a welfare system that included cash transfers for poor children. (And subsidised grain for low income workers...).

www.libdemvoice.org/a-labour-bud... Piece from myself on behalf of @liberalreform.bsky.social on yesterday’s budget

Promoted by Brandon Masih on behalf of Reading Liberal Democrats at Office 6, First Floor, Trinity Court, Molly Millars Lane, Wokingham, RG41 2PY

Federal Lib Dem Internal election polls open tomorrow, and I’m standing for one of your reps to Federal Policy Committee for a 3 year term. See below for my manifesto, and I am delighted to have received endorsement from @youngliberalsuk.bsky.social !

Pleased to announce I’ve been elected as @youngliberalsuk.bsky.social Policy Officer from 1st Nov ! Looking forward to hitting the ground running and working on expanding outreach on policy across our organisation whilst picking up the task to rationalise our existing policy.

The Council of Europe has warned that the UK gov’s treatment of trans people may breach human rights law. This must be a wake up call. We’ve seen an increase in hostility towards trans in recent years. Everyone deserves dignity, safety, & respect - that includes trans people.

Tomorrow (Sat. 11/10/25) is the start of National Hate Crime Awareness Week. We're proud of Reading's diversity and will always stand with victims and allies against hate. Statement from us below. 👇

🚀 Thank you so much for your support @brandonmasih.bsky.social ! 👉 If you'd like to join Brandon and support my VP campaign sign up here www.victoria4vp.com/support 🔶 Find out more here victoria4vp.com

Ming Campbell was one of the most influential Lib Dems of the last few decades - his opposition to the Iraq War inspired a whole generation of Lib Dems to join, and his allyship on LGBT+ matters was always both strong, and appreciated. He was also remarkably kind. We will miss him.

Late #LDConf follow up but very pleased to have spoke on the importance of the space sector as a key growth area that shows the immediate applications of emerging and novel technologies and ensuring the operational independence of the @ukspaceagency.bsky.social following Labour’s plans…

We are overtaking the Conservatives and on the cusp of overtaking Labour too. More and more people are backing the Liberal Democrats to stand up to Reform and stop Trump’s America becoming Farage’s Britain.

The Express asked us about awarding the Patsy Carlton Prize to Cllr Chris Northwood. We responded: "This prize acknowledged an exceptional woman in Cllr Chris Northwood. The message it sends to women members and voters is that the Liberal Democrats honour and value all of our women members."

Very pleased to have summate this amendment today at #LDConf , and seeing this, the other two amendments and the motion as a whole passed with an overwhelming vote in favour! Thanks again to the work and supportfrom @libstemm.bsky.social ‘s Chair, Chris Lomax

LibSTEMM proposed policy passed! LibDem policy now includes employee organisations, learned societies and trades unions to be harnessed in adult skills provision.

Pleased to announce that I’ll be summating @libstemm.bsky.social’s amendment to the Opportunity and Skills Paper this Saturday at #LDConf ! This strengthens the ability to pool training resources by recognising the role of unions, societies & institutions in continued personal development.

LibSTEMM are now on bluesky social!

There has been a lot of speculation over the past 24 hours regarding my removal as the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Women and Equalities and Scotland. I can now confirm I have been removed from that position, and have shared my response below.

Lib Dems win ward not contested five previous times

Maiden Erlegh and Whitegate - Wokingham BC Liberal Democrat Gain from Conservative 🔶Mike Smith Lib Dem 1028 31.2% 🔴Lab 793 24.1% 🔵Con 788 23.9% ➡️Reform 486 14.8% 🟢Green 189 5.5% 🔘TUSC 17 0.5% Congratulations to Mike and the team - gained the seat and the Council!!!

Oxfordshire has two of the top ten places to start a new business in the UK, according to analysis by Utility Bidder. West Oxfordshire came 2nd for its high business survival rate and fast broadband, and Vale of White Horse was 6th, out of 400 Local Authorities.

This by @jonnelledge.bsky.social is great at explaining why empty homes aren’t the solution to the housing supply crisis. (And far better than the part written piece I have in my drafts, which I can now delete). Some good stuff on lions too. open.substack.com/pub/jonn/p/t...

@lauragordon.bsky.social was probably one of the first Lib Dems I had a chance to speak to when I started uni, before I even joined the party. Great to see her elected nearby in Kidlington!

Absolutely brilliant speech by our 2024 GE candidate @helenbelcherobe.bsky.social at the Trans Rights protest in Reading on Saturday. Welcome to Gilead, indeed. #LibDems #transrights #ReadingUK #rdguk @pluslibdems.bsky.social

As in all these cases, wondering what the right number of vegans would be.

Glad to have proposed my amendment on data security, standing up for End to End Encryption and against any backdoors unequivocally that an authoritarian Labour government would abuse. Glad to have had @ollyglover.bsky.social summate my amendment and for it to have passed! @conference.libdems.org.uk

A cross-party joint statement from LGBT+ Liberal Democrats, Rainbow Greens, LGBTQIA+ Greens, and Out for Independence on Wes Streeting’s engagement with anti-trans organisations and call for his resignation. Read and share the full statement here: lgbt.libdems.org.uk/news/article...

📰 What is this government’s ‘theory of growth’? Nobody knows "Shifting the performance of an entire economy requires a long-term, consistent and persistent direction." @pjtheeconomist.bsky.social's column in @thetimes.com on growth this morning is now free to read here: ifs.org.uk/articles/wha...

🔴‘Wes Streeting’s Regressive Ban on Puberty Blockers is a Betrayal of Trans People’ The Health Secretary claims to be led by the evidence but has merely furthered the fact-free anti-trans agenda pursued by the Conservatives, argues Helen Belcher bylinetimes.com/2024/12/13/w...

Our statement on Puberty Blockers