It's time centrists join in to ensure the economy can sustain them and their grandchildren will thrive. Reform are exposed by Brexit's wrecking ball. Don't let Reform kid you breaking anything else is an answer. Enough? LibDems have most answers but Farage's mate Trump shows more rot is possible.

By refusing to even consider a customs union, Keir Starmer himself is the biggest block to closer ties with Europe. Unless he changes that stance, this is all just meaningless blather

Zelenskyy: “It is wrong to assume that this is a permanent arrangement, that others can stay safe behind Ukraine forever. “Ukrainians are people, not Terminators.”

Zelenskyy: “Putin does not live like ordinary people. He cannot imagine life without power—or after power. Normal things do not interest him. “Putin consults more with Tsar Peter and Empress Catherine about territorial gains than with any living person about real life.”

This ruling shows that proscribing Palestine Action was a grave misuse of terrorism laws. Labour must accept its mistake, drop its appeal and stop wasting taxpayers' money on suppressing civil liberties.

A new Department for Growth with a mandate to boost long-term prosperity, improve living standards and end the cost of living crisis. This is the beginning of our plan to Get Britain Growing Again.

🚨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT from Deputy Leader @LibDemDaisy.bsky.social Dropping tomorrow at 9am. Watch this space.

Did you know that 964,000 workers reported work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2024/25 – up from 776,000 the year before? buff.ly/VSHbrPd @dannychambers.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @sarahgibsonmp.bsky.social @marisharay.bsky.social @shellyasquith.bsky.social @hsegovuk.bsky.social

Kyiv. Sunday evening. russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles for the second time today. I just wonder if there’s anything left in our energy infrastructure that hasn’t been destroyed yet.

dump/bondi/ blanche are still not obeying the law. I wish a judge would appoint a Special Master. Then the Master would hire many lawyers to help him go through the files, redact the victims names, but then release them as batches to the public. It is time for the public to see the files.

Christopher Harborne bankrolled Brexit, donates to Nigel Farage and have £1 quid to Boris Johnson. "Harborne Farage and Johnson have stitched up this country." www.facebook.com/share/v/1GDc...

Consider re entering Europe. I voted for brexit but what a disaster especially with what seems a mad man in the white house ...

I took an offline day. Realised I was simply tired, humanly tired. And then I read the news about russian strikes on a maternity hospital and a bus with miners. Pure evil.

Terrifying read Bear of how quickly the US has been turned into a country we no longer recognise as the land of the free. What scares me more is that it’s also happening here in full sight of our government and being promoted by journalists from organisations we used to trust.

It's President @realDonaldTrump's tacit acceptance of loss of 30,000 Russian lives a month as well as allied Ukrainian lives in Putin's meat grinder that's worst! Arm Ukraine to the teeth. Run Russia out of all Ukraine. Turn Putin's gifts to oligarchs on him. Stop shadow fleet sanctions busting oil

I hope Starmer's not being Chamberlained in China as well as the US.

This shows Starmer’s approach to Trump has failed. The Chagos Deal was sold as proof the government could work with him, now it’s falling apart.  It's time for the government to stand up to Trump; appeasing a bully never works.

Kyiv. Emergency situation in the energy sector. Since last night, the curfew has been eased so people can reach the Points of Invincibility (public warming and charging shelters) anytime. We hold on. But let’s not forget: we’re made of flesh and blood, just like you.

🚨BREAKING: Parliament is going to debate the petition Calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy on 9 February. This is why it’s so important👇 youtu.be/Cnl8MNhwEY0?...

And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.

January sees the highest rates of suicide than any other time of the year. This cannot continue. We need a bold public health campaign that encourages people to talk, reach out, and get help they need.

Get real. The true leader in this otherwise woeful pack and big winner is Ed Davey. Before you ask. Have those who prefer Kemi Badenoch to Ed Davey seen her outrageous gaffe on national security? Ed's solid on UK public services, our need for security and place in a turbulent world.

Greetings from Kyiv. It’s icy today. The Dnipro River is still frozen. Oh, that’s how Kyiv looks when we have electricity. Gorgeous.

We could well be at the beginning of a Berlin Wall moment for brave protesters in Iran. The Foreign Secretary must come to parliament on Monday and explain what the international community is going to do to assist the peaceful protesters.

Worth remembering that France was the most outspoken Western nation against the Iraq War. Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin told the UNSC in 2003: "In this temple of the United Nations we are the guardians of an ideal, the guardians of a conscience... The use of force is not justified today."

Exclusive: U.S. national-security officials said that Ukraine didn’t target Russian President Vladimir Putin or one of his residences in a recent drone strike, challenging Moscow’s assertion that Kyiv sought to kill the Russian leader.

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Until the next attack - as they say in Kyiv.

We need an emergency flu vaccine drive to protect the vulnerable and prevent a disaster in the NHS. That means jabs offered in pubs, churches and community spaces, and taking on the anti-vax lies promoted by Reform and other conspiracy theorists head on.

We need to cut red tape, cut the cost of living and turbocharge our trade with Europe. Al Pinkerton MP on his bill for a UK-EU customs union being voted on today.

Today I see Trump stray into an alliance with Putin, instead of honour the 1994 agreement that saw one of the largest global nuclear arsenals end. Putin cannot be trusted. Now the UK must face that there are too many Americans left who's vote for Trump or Trump like for us to trust them either.

Here's the UK's edge in one chart. We have the NHS and a progressive government. This data is Trump's America. That's why @eddavey.libdems.org.uk means it when he says @libdems.org.uk won't let Farage bring Trump's America to the UK. Show a former Reform voter, they won't again when they see this.

“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again). I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”

“The claim that this is a recent invention born of political bias is categorically untrue.” @mrjamesob.bsky.social reveals that Peter Ettedgui made identical accusations against Nigel Farage in private six years ago.

Nice try but even super secure environments can be breached and that's anyway not the point here. The point is "over dependence on an increasing unreliable source" Not just in special cases but generally. Every essential sevice relies on IT. The worry about #China equally applies to #Trumpist #USA

You can easily see how US based IT can and will use #AI to build ever more dominance. Its not necessarily dangerous but it is with an #America focused on transactional political bullying as its geopolitical strategy. Replacing all the hardware is relatively easy software and cloud based services not

After midnight in Kyiv. Monitoring channels warn of missiles. Because yes – missile attacks are, apparently, part of every peace plan 🙄

Donald Trump expects Ukrainians to be ‘grateful’ as he prepares a carve-up of the country with Putin. We can’t let that happen - Starmer must work with our European allies to stop this stitch-up in its tracks.

Can we expect to hear Donald Trump cancel the 27th deadline and push back this Russian attempt to slow down the Ukrainian increase in firepower. It's clear that this ruse was because Russians refuse to be sent to the meat grinder. Meanwhile Opposition Leader Kira Rudik has offered a coalition.

"For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

I only see Seven Plagues on the US in its sellout of Ukraine to Putin Lost arms orders Closed markets Tourism collapse Sports and culture bans No 5 Eyes Tax windfalls Investor flight US leaves NATO? World leaves US. @LibDems open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

#Europe knows the #USA is playing one game to US #MAGA voters another one to line #Trumps pockets and another to avoid #Putin releasing some of the compromat he holds over Trump. Europe must choose whats best for the future of Europe and put full weight behind only that. #SlavaUkrainii

While problem gambling tears families apart and costs lives, firms like SkyBet go abroad to dodge their taxes. It’s time to tax their UK profits. No escape, no loopholes.

ECHR is a lot of rights. Just keep looking at the women in your life. Their American counterparts are finding their reproductive rights ended. Equality is protected. Rights that have taken centuries to win would be lost.

“It feels like Brexit déjà vu, the same hollow promises of taking back control, the same disregard for facts, the same blindness to consequence.” Paul Kohler speaks out as Reform and the Conservatives push to scrap the ECHR. @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social

Looks like LAB and CON voters tactically voting to oust RFM. Good on them 👏👏

Bromsgrove South (Worcestershire) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 51.9% (+20.3) ➡️ RFM: 33.4% (-1.5) 🌳 CON: 11.3% (-5.8) 🌹 LAB: 3.4% (-4.1) No GRN (-5.5) or Ind (-3.4) as previous. Liberal Democrat GAIN from Reform. Changes w/ 2025.

Her eyes. I love many of his paintings, but this one has become my favorite. 🇺🇦 Viktor Zaretskyi Portrait of Iryna Zaslavska, 1970s

Hey, they responded a mere 72 hours later! *that was after a focus group or two & seeing if there were any way of triangulating with the tories 🤪

The Silence from Labour on this is so telling I cant think of an easier win than to call this out as its a double hit on both Tory ineptitude and Reform otherism - I just dont get it mate.