If you are fed up with the two old parties letting you down. If you are scared of the rise of racism and extremism. If you believe in decency, tolerance and the rule of law. Join us. Because we believe in the British people. We love our country. And together, we can change it for good.

It is to howl into the void, but worth comparing the coverage for Reform's dubious claims it can cut energy bills by ditching net zero and the new Lib Dem policy paper setting out its plans to slash energy bills. www.businessgreen.com/news/4519351...

Earlier this evening Councillor @vmmchamberlain.bsky.social spoke at the Nationwide Foundation fringe on unlocking the potential of SME developers and community-led housing to solve the housing crisis.

We waved the flag at Lib Dem conference to celebrate inclusivity. Pride in Britain means pride in everyone who calls it home.

In my conference speech, I announced our @libdems.org.uk call for a new Energy Security Bank - funded by a windfall tax on big banks - to offer affordable loans for households, small businesses and community energy groups to lower energy bills.

An insightful discussion on yesterday's fringe panel on the hospitality crisis, hearing from fellow small business owners about how issues like inhibitive taxes & staff shortages due to Brexit are affecting them

Lib Dems announce new energy loan policy funded by windfall tax on banks leftfootforward.org/2025/09/dais...

Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader Jane Dodds gave a phenomenal speech about what drives her politics, the brighter future she envisions for Wales, and her fight to end child poverty

Jane Dodds gave an absolutely stellar speech at #LDConf just now. As Jane observed, to say that Wales is poorer because an Afghan interpreter is living in Swansea, or a Christian Syrian has taken refuge in Cardiff, is absolutely false. We need to push back against a noxious & simplistic politics. 🔶

Jane Dodds gives us the low-down on her Autumn Conference 2025 speech - hot off the stage in Bournemouth.

Jane Dodds MS laying out our priorities for next year’s Senedd Election here at #Bournemouth #LDConf

Democracies don't have some god-given right to prevail. Great nations can descend into autocracy, and more - throughout history - great civilisations have been known to crumble practically overnight. 80 years of peace and relative prosperity have lulled millions into believing it all immutable.

To recruit and retain the best, we must support the families who serve too. Right now, visa rules stop many partners from working abroad - risking the loss of skilled personnel. The Govt must act to support military families overseas and keep the Armed Forces an attractive, sustainable career.

Lib Dem’s Ed Davey on Gaza, Trump and Farage www.channel4.com/news/lib-dem...

"What is happening in Gaza is a genocide. And the President of the United States, who wants a Nobel Peace Prize, is doing nothing to stop it." @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk

New blogpost: A gamble too far peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-ga...

👏 I’ve helped secure a win for adoptive families alongside Lib Dem colleagues! ASGSF funding secured for 2026-27. 📉 But funding is still down - the fight for a permanent, fair deal continues. 👀 Take a look at my record of action on the issue.

Ed Davey has written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join him in condemning Elon Musk's remarks yesterday

The government knew about Mandelson's friendship with Epstein before it offered him the role of ambassador to the US. It should never have given him the position inews.co.uk/opinion/this...

Back our campaign to Balance the BBC: www.libdems.org.uk/bbc

This week Nigel Farage went to America to badmouth Britain, even comparing our country to North Korea. He’d rather cosy up to his MAGA buddy mates than fix problems here at home.

This week (before Angela Rayner resigned!) I asked the deputy PM why the government is backing proportional representation (of sorts) for mayors but not MPs

Farage has gone to the US to tell them Britain is ”awful” - If you don’t like it over here Nigel maybe don’t catch a return flight?

Instead of asking Trump to drop his damaging tariffs, Farage is talking down Britain and egging Trump on to hurt British businesses even more.

We are the opposition party to Labour in #Swansea. Our teams across Swansea are ready to offer an alternative. Get involved 👇👇👇 www.sglibdems.wales/volunteer

Welsh Lib Dems are already the main opposition to Labour in Cardiff and Swansea. Lots of former Labour voters are fed up with pandering to the hard right and want to vote for a progressive party that is in touch with local communities. 🔶

The BBC need to get better at challenging Farage's lies.

Caring shaped my life. It should shape our politics too.

This petition is just the start. We need our broadcasters to understand if we elect parties we want to hear from them ALL. Democracy on the people’s terms NOT framed by the media 4 years out from an election. Sign the petition for political coverage reform. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

As we've seen across history, the populist playbook used by Farage is ugly, powerful and incredibly destructive. We know where it will lead if we don't stop it.

Jack Straw says #getPRdone! “The party needs to think about that,” he said of electoral reform. “And it would get through, I think people understand that in a multi-party situation, first past the post is potentially unfair. It can produce quirky results.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"We have to set forward an alternative, whether that's on Europe, on energy bills, on health and care, and on reforming the voting system." @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk

Great to see that Lib Dem leader, Ed Davey, puts “reforming the voting system” as one of the Lib Dems top priorities. 👏👏👏 It’s way past-time to GET PR DONE! #getPRdone #ProportionalRepresentation

Hundreds of charities have written to all party leaders urging us to take a strong stand against racism and hatred. I strongly agree – here’s my reply👇

Seems to be flying under the radar that the Lib Dems are running 4% ahead of where they were at the last GE (i.e. an extra third on top of their GE24 share), and it's not even in an election period where higher numbers are normally because of increased media exposure.

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 28% (+1) LAB: 21% (=) CON: 17% (=) LDM: 16% (+1) GRN: 10% (-1) SNP: 3% (=) Via @yougov.co.uk, 10-11 Aug. Changes w/ 3-4 Aug.

Sunday reading: Starmer now polls worse in Wales than in England britainelects.substack.com/p/death-spir...

With the ONS showing job vacancies continue to fall, new YouGov tracker data shows 52% of Britons say it is hard to find a job in the UK - the highest level since the pandemic yougov.co.uk/topics/econo...

After helping my mum knock on doors this weekend, I’ve decided to start a bit of a project. It’s about making politics more accessible to working class communities, and making sure we get the politicians we need and that we deserve. Read a bit more about it below. 🧵1/7

These polluting firms have been let off the hook at every turn, and it is our local environments and people’s summer holidays that are suffering the consequences. swanseabaynews.com/almost-half-...

The only party that can defeat Farage is LibDems

New blogpost: UK Homelessness minister resigns after embarrassing claims peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/08/uk-h...

Which party is taking the most votes off Labour? The Lib Dems. I look at their quiet progress in today's Morning Call. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lib...

Proud to see @sam-bennett-libdem.bsky.social and the Welsh Liberal Democrats highlighting this failure of strategic thinking by the Welsh Government which lets down the Welsh Ambulance Service, the paramedics it paid to train and the patients in need of help. nation.cymru/news/less-th...

The Welsh Government should now step in and ensure that these trained and qualified Paramedics are hired to relieve the strain on the Welsh Ambulance Service.

>New "left" wing party >looks inside >MPs that voted against abortion decriminalisation, VAT on private schools, banning first-cousin marriage and in favour of blasphemy laws

This coastline crisis threatens to wreck British summers with people afraid of swimming in the sea due to rampant sewage dumping. Labour must give the new regulator the powers it needs to hold these water companies accountable for the damage they are doing.

New blogpost: The wonderboys of Alice Street peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

Recognition of the state of Palestine should not be used as a bargaining chip. It should have happened months ago. We also need far greater action to stop the humanitarian disaster in Gaza, including fully ceasing arms sales and implementing sanctions against the Israeli cabinet.