Lunar Shrove Mubarak, to all who celebrate! Which is probably quite a few (Today is the eve of Lent, the beginning of Ramadan, and the start of Lunar New Year celebrations - that combination can't happen very often)

Excuse me whilst I just go stare at the sun. I forgot what it looked like.

Been int news today www.thestar.co.uk/news/politic...

Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward

Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal. We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.

Spoke to Channel 5 news and Sky about the illegal landfill just outside Kidlington. The cost of cleanup will be enormous and the waste is already visibly slipping into the Cherwell. We need government funding now for a clean up before this becomes an environmental catastrophe.

Short but to the point from @stevedarlingmp.bsky.social in Parliament this week.

Top month for Arsenal and the Lib Dems

🚨BREAKING: Lib Dems have won more local by-elections than any other party this month. In real elections, up and down the country, Liberal Democrats are winning.

% of Seats Successfully Defended by Each Party: 🔶 LDM: 93% (26/28) 🌍 GRN: 67% (6/9) ➡️ RFM: 50% (4/8) 🌹 LAB: 28% (13/47) 🌳 CON: 27% (9/33) 🏘️ Localists: 0% (0/9)

Ed Davey on any given Thursday be like... Congrats to D66 for a fantastic result!

Another week, two more big local by-election wins. 💪 GAINING from Reform UK in Worcestershire 🔶 WINNING in Kent

Good to see some BBC coverage too: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@libdems.org.uk the vaccine to Reform 👊 Congratulations Cllr Sam Ammar on winning #BromsgroveSouth with 51% of the 🗳️ bromsgrovestandard.co.uk/news/by-elec...

Liberal Democrat gain from Reform, by a comfortqble margin. Since May there've been 8 by-elections caused by Reform councillors resigning within monthss of being elected. Of those, they've successfully defended only 4 - retention rate of only 50%. Of the four lost, Liberal Democrats have gained 2.

Waiting for the Mainstream Media to run wall to wall, 24 hour rolling news about @eddavey.libdems.org.uk electoral success, rather than endlessly fawning over Nige.

Yep, that worked

@specsaversuk.bsky.social Perhaps you can assist?

Psychology textbooks are going to written about these women

Petition for instant damehood for Chloe Kelly

Case in point

Fear not, all part of the gameplan #EngEsp (Better get Agyemang and Kelly warmed up ready for the 97th minute)

We have been given express permission to wear shorts in the hospital this weekend. I cannot express how excellent this news is without going into excessive detail.

Will take home many excellent pointers from this @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social training weekend... ...but nothing as important as this fowl mug won in the virtual duck race

Big @libdems.org.ukwin! 🔶 Delighted that the Government has adopted @maxwilkinson.bsky.social's Sunshine Bill for solar panels on all new build homes. ☀️🏡 Pleased to have supported this common sense policy in Parliament. 👇 #solar #greenenergy #housing

Wordlers beware. Today's solution is a gross Americanism.

Lib Dem MP Max Wilkinson is celebrating victory in his campaign for solar energy generation technology to be included in all new homes as standard, the Lib Dems say. He introduced a 'Sunshine Bill' last year - the Govt now seems to have backed the idea

All you need to know about Elon Musk’s stunning success is that he lasted 2.65 Liz Trusses and lost 150 billion dollars.

Increasingly looks like the @libdems.org.uk are the progressive party whose vote stands up best to Reform. Important to note for tactical voting.

❗ Liberal Democrat GAIN from Independent Group Maldon West (Maldon) council by-election result: LDEM: 41.5% (+6.8) REF: 35.3% (+35.3) CON: 14.8% (-2.6) IG: 6.0% (-28.5) GRN: 2.4% (+2.4) No Lab (-7.8) Ind (-5.6) as prev. +/- 2023 Estimated turnout: ~39% (-6) andrewteale.me.uk/previews

This is what you get when an ideological void with no political backbone becomes Prime Minister, a speech that would have sounded harsh coming from a Tory happening purely because they are terrified of local elections results.

My warmest congratulations to Mark Carney. Voters in Canada have elected a Liberal government on a mandate to combat Trump's dangerous populism. Across the globe, it is liberals who are taking the lead in standing up for prosperity, security and democracy in the face of Trump, Putin and the rest.

Nigel Farage knows nothing about SEND children and their needs.

Wishing you and your loved ones hope and joy this Easter.

Happy Easter everyone

No Mr Trump. Russia started the war.

Happy postal vote polling week, to those who celebrate

According to Andrew Griffith the Tory, the Lib Dems are church roof fixing vegans. Voters in his seat in Midhurst seem to like the idea of that when I chat to them. Definitely more than they like the Tories!

Wera just wanted to visit her son in Hong Kong and meet her baby grandson for the first time. But after a 13-hour flight, the Chinese authorities turned her away – just because she’s a British MP. So heartless. And totally unacceptable.

I've spent the last 4 days speaking to residents in Midhurst, in his constituency. By the sounds of it they would far prefer vegans that fix church roofs than a Tory @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social

Good idea Gordon, unfortunately you are about a week late...

This is Donald Trump’s Liz Truss moment. Now let's stand firm with our allies and make him drop his reckless tariffs altogether.

Reform 'throwing farmers under bus' in chlorine-backed US trade deal www.farmersguardian.com/4411995/

Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention (6-7 April) Lab: 24% (= from 30-31 Mar) Ref: 23% (=) Con: 22% (+1) Lib Dem: 17% (+3) Green: 9% (-2) SNP: 3% (=) yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

Lib Dems on highest poll rating with YouGov since before 2019 election: Lab 24, Ref 23, Con 22, Lib Dem 17, Green 9 YouGov for The Times/Sky, out this morning.

We must treat these doctors of tomorrow better than this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You don't beat bullies by sucking up to them - you need to stand up to them

At a time like this, policies based on evidence are more important than ever. And that means learning from failures. @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & I provide an example - physician associates in the U.K. in latest @independentsage.bsky.social Substack open.substack.com/pub/independ...