Running things is rather more difficult than being against things, and competence matters. @iaindonaldson.bsky.social explains why Reform’s failure to vet their candidates properly leads to poor governance… www.libdemvoice.org/reform-uks-c...

Discrimination is always out there, it’s just the victims that change, so we must fight it wherever and whoever it effects, as Meg Challinor relates… www.libdemvoice.org/the-modern-n...

Our friends at the Liberator Collective have another issue of their magazine out… www.libdemvoice.org/liberator-43...

Tom Arms, our Foreign Affairs Editor, is back with his take on the Trump Administration’s Taiwan policy… www.libdemvoice.org/observations...

The Peace Rally for Palestine, which took place on Saturday, wasn’t the event that Keir Starmer and the Metropolitan Police Commissioner claimed it would be, and @judiconner.bsky.social explains why… www.libdemvoice.org/marching-for...

The EHRC’s newly published Code of Practice on services, public functions and associations does exactly what many liberals feared it would do to the trans and non-binary communities. @tanyajaynep.bsky.social explains what damage the Code will cause… www.libdemvoice.org/the-amended-...

And if you want to keep up with their work, @libdempeers.bsky.social is the place to go on Bluesky…

The Liberal Democrats in the Lords have had a bit of a reshuffle, so here’s your “cut out and keep” guide to their roles and responsibilities… www.libdemvoice.org/lords-parlia...

The debate about whether or not the Party should field a candidate in the Makerfield by-election continues, and @iaindonaldson.bsky.social thinks that we have an obligation to do so… www.libdemvoice.org/andy-burnham...

AI is going to reshape our economy, so how should Liberal Democrats respond to that? @rozsavage.bsky.social offers a philosophical and practical roadmap… www.libdemvoice.org/liberalism-i...

Across Essex, hard-working, effective councillors and candidates were swept aside by Reform candidates with no record at all. Simon Banks thinks that some of the causes of this are deep-rooted… www.libdemvoice.org/what-has-hap...

What should the Liberal Democrats stand for? @tomgordonld.bsky.social offers some answers following the King’s Speech… www.libdemvoice.org/tom-gordon-m...

Liberal Democrats should be the first choice for women, argues @libdemdonna.bsky.social but we need to do a lot more about representation… www.libdemvoice.org/liberal-demo...

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence held a seminar on Monday night, and Christian de Vartavan was there to report for us… www.libdemvoice.org/time-for-the...

It’s forty years since the Ryedale by-election. Lizzie Jewkes tells the story of Elizabeth Shields’ victory, what it meant and what happened next… www.libdemvoice.org/celebrating-...

With the news that 15 million people may not have sufficient provision for their old age, Callum Robertson writes of the crisis in the teachers pension scheme… www.libdemvoice.org/fixing-the-l...

Mo Waqas writes for us following the terrorist attack in San Diego, reminding us that we need to dismantle the climate of hate that has been built, regardless of the group being attacked… www.libdemvoice.org/we-will-not-...

“Why are the Liberal Democrats so timid?”, asks @paulhindley2210.bsky.social. Are our views so nuanced that we’ve lost clarity? What happened to our radicalism?… www.libdemvoice.org/our-politica...

Did you catch Mathew Hulbert’s column yesterday, where he considers the Party’s struggles in the inner cities, the caution on Europe and a new start for the BBC? Why not do so now?… www.libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo...

Events in Gaza evidently impacted on voter choices amongst younger, urban voters to our detriment, yet we had a strong stance that we didn’t utilise, argues newly elected Haringey councillor, Imaduddin Ahmed… www.libdemvoice.org/our-messagin...

Is it time to think about a change of leadership? One of our Council Leaders in the East of England has gone public saying that the answer should be yes… www.libdemvoice.org/is-this-the-...

Good morning, world! Our Monday Editor, @honladymark.bsky.social kicks things off with a review of the past week here on Liberal Democrat Voice, plus some thoughts of his own… www.libdemvoice.org/welcome-to-m...

A Welsh political party needs to be true to its identity and its roots, argues first time contributor @aluneurig.bsky.social… www.libdemvoice.org/time-to-embr...

@tanyajaynep.bsky.social offers a different perspective on whether we should field a candidate in Makerfield, but is Andy Burnham willing to go along with the terms of such a deal?… www.libdemvoice.org/stand-aside-...

We can’t go on being so timid about what we believe, argues Michael Taylor… www.libdemvoice.org/why-are-we-s...

Have you been enjoying our content this week? If you aren’t already following us, why don’t you do so now for news, views and debate on the issues of the day? www.libdemvoice.org

Welsh Liberal Democrats need a positive message saying what they would so argues @jackmeredithwrites.bsky.social www.libdemvoice.org/welsh-libera...

A by-election in Makerfield, a Labour prince across the water set to return to Westminster… what should we do? Ciaran Morrissey thinks we should run a candidate… www.libdemvoice.org/should-we-ev...

All the campaigning and hard work in the world won’t save you if you don’t have answers to the questions that young professional, left-leaning urban voters have, suggests our surviving councillor in Salford, @moore-jonathan.bsky.social… www.libdemvoice.org/what-did-the...

If 52% of the public don’t know what Liberal Democrats think is the most important issue for this country, then perhaps we’re doing something wrong? Tom Walker has three recommendations to change that… www.libdemvoice.org/popularity-w...

We’re likely to lead an administration in West Sussex, but it could have been so much better, suggests Thomas Worth… www.libdemvoice.org/stagnating-h...

A tactical alliance with the Greens for the next General Election? Steve Melia thinks that we ought to explore the possibility to achieve our shared goals and keep Reform out of 10 Downing Street… www.libdemvoice.org/farage-in-do...

Reform have a track record of Islamophobia and their success last week has worried Muslim communities across the country. @kamhussain.bsky.social writes to say that the Party needs to stand with them and by them, organising where they live… www.libdemvoice.org/we-are-not-g...

In Scotland, Reform offered a means to protest against the SNP without supporting the existing options. What do Liberal Democrats need to offer as an alternative? @lestarr.bsky.social suggests that we need to make local government work better for those it serves… www.libdemvoice.org/what-just-ha...

“Do we reflect the diversity of the urban communities we seek to represent?”, asks Roderick Lynch. And why do we still need to ask the question following a series of reports that say we don’t?… www.libdemvoice.org/alderdice-th...

What did we learn on 7 May about beating Reform, and what do we need to do to build on that? @tanyajaynep.bsky.social offers some answers… www.libdemvoice.org/what-last-th...

@chrisn.xyz responds to criticism of our campaign in Gorton and Denton from the perspective of someone who was there… www.libdemvoice.org/what-really-...

We’ve had articles from all parts of the country, and our Group Leader in Newcastle upon Tyne, Colin Ferguson, offers us some thoughts from a city where we won more than we lost… www.libdemvoice.org/local-electi...

To be anything other than a party of the leafy shires, we need to up our national political messaging, says @vmmchamberlain.bsky.social, the Party’s Group Leader in Southwark… www.libdemvoice.org/liberal-demo...

If Labour are going to just talk about Europe, it’s high time we grasped the nettle and use the word “rejoin”, suggests @markblackburn.bsky.social… www.libdemvoice.org/lets-stop-ti...

Ideas, not just strategy, are what we need to make progress in a world where politicians struggle to display leadership or stand up for their beliefs, says William Wallace… www.libdemvoice.org/the-uks-poli...

So, for those who were successfully elected, especially those in new council groups or with significant turnover of councillors, Kingston councillor @surbitom.bsky.social offers some thoughts on what he thinks makes strong council groups… www.libdemvoice.org/building-lib...

Where’s the outreach to young, inner city voters, asks @rebeccajones03.bsky.social, if we’re going to persuade those who voted Green this time?… www.libdemvoice.org/the-2026-loc...

We are honoured by another contribution from Vince Cable, who suggests urgency in undoing Brexit… www.libdemvoice.org/vince-cable-...

We did well in Scotland, but @richard-wood.bsky.social wonders, did democracy?… www.libdemvoice.org/scotlands-el...

We welcome another first time contributor, @islingtonkevin.bsky.social, who wants change at the top of the Party… www.libdemvoice.org/londoners-ne...

And finally, for today at least, Hugh Andrew offers us a view from the Island of Mull… www.libdemvoice.org/a-view-from-...

So, how do we get the attention of voters? @robparsons.bsky.social offers three key long-terms goals for us to campaign on… www.libdemvoice.org/the-most-unf...

Something different now, as Ruvi Ziegler addresses the question of Yesh Atid, and their claimed place in the Liberal International… www.libdemvoice.org/the-liberal-...

Wales next and, whilst it wasn’t the outcome that we wanted, @jackmeredithwrites.bsky.social was inspired for the future… www.libdemvoice.org/from-comment...