How the hell have we ended up in a place where this can be a headline?

Seems like a pretty good attack line to me

Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Helen Morgan: "Nigel Farage wants to impose Trump's dangerous anti-science agenda here in the UK. Peddling this kind of nonsense is irresponsible and wrong. "It seems Farage would rather see pregnant women suffer in pain than stand up to his idol Donald Trump."

First Farage platformed notorious UK anti-vaxxer, Aseem Malhotra, who insinuated that Covid vaccines caused the Royal Family’s recent cancers. Now he’s openly trashing scientific method & evidence, pretending neither can be trusted & facts are a free for all. This is deeply dangerous populism.

The “Ed Davey is obsessed with Farage” takes are weird. A) The media is obsessed with Farage B) If the next election looks anything like the polling, it will basically be a progressive/populist bloc election. Labour won’t be Davey’s enemy. They’ll be his path to govern.

Ed Davey knows that Keir Starmer - as Prime Minister - can not speak in this way about Donald Trump & Badenoch won't. A big opportunity to be the most prominent party leader willing to criticise Trump: a 78% view with > 90% appeal to progressive voters + which 7/10 2024 Conservatives agree with

I think we're actually all sleeping on the fact that the Lib Dems 'only' polling at their GE level is a very good result for them, they usually collapse in midterm because they don't get much attention.

Thank you so much to the Booksellers Association for awarding me Author of the Year for a second time - love you all - what remains of my career is about to go through a drastic change, so this means a lot - here is my acceptance speech @lucia-oc.bsky.social @zenabarrie.bsky.social

Picked up some Lib Dem stats at conference. Some of these surprised me (especially given media coverage): 1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party 2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories. (1/x)

I'll have more to say on Reform's proposals to scrap ILR at some point but for now I'll just note this - anyone telling you this is a popular idea doesn't know the polling. Overwhelming majority of public back giving people who work and pay taxes most or all rights after 5 years or less

The climate and nature crises are the defining challenges of our time – yet Conservative and Labour governments have failed to act with the urgency needed, leaving the UK unprepared for the damage already underway.

Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place" "Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people" -Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats

I read the new Lib Dem policy paper on climate change last week*, and it is genuinely excellent. The proposals are credible and ambitious, and clearly informed by good quality research. www.libdems.org.uk/conference/p...

Line of the night from Daisy Cooper MP: “If George Washington couldn’t tell a lie and Nixon couldn’t tell the truth, Trump can’t tell the difference.” #LibDemCpnference

Kenilworth Park Hill- Warwick District Council Green HOLD GRN🟢-1006- 40.3% CON🔵- 588- 23.6% RFM➡️- 447- 18.1% LD🔶- 344- 13.9% LAB🔴- 81- 3.3% Thank you to John Dubber for flying the Lib Dem Flag!

Leamington Clarendon- Warwick District Council Labour HOLD LAB🔴- 574- 30.3% LD🔶- 561- 29.6% RFM➡️- 309- 16.3% GRN🟢- 240- 12.7% CON🔵- 140- 7.4 % IND⚪- 72- 3.8% Thank you to Raina Deo and team Warwick for pushing Labour to their limit! You will get them next time!

Former Labour councillor joins Lib Dems on Nuneaton and Bedworth Council

This conclusion is so spot on, it hurts. How can Starmer and Badenoch not see this?

“Generally the public don’t like being asked to vote if I think it’s unnecessary.” A telling slip of the tongue? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday. As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

Politicians from all parties must come together to condemn Elon Musk’s dangerous call for violence and make clear it has no place in our country.

Letter in The Observer today. “I am a refugee. The UK made me a surgeon.”

For there to be no comment from the government on Musk's call for violence, let alone action against X, is unconscionable. An utter dereliction of its responsibility for national security and an affront to every member of an ethnic minority, who is being put at risk by this rhetoric.

When Ted Heath sacked Enoch Powell he was acting in the face of a majority in favour. Harold Wilson backed him up and called the speech “evil”. Long past time for Keir and Kemi to do the same.

Appalled by the violent scenes of police being attacked at the Tommy Robinson rally today. Those responsible should face the full force of the law. These far right thugs do not speak for Britain.

Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons. Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.

More and more people are backing our call to balance the BBC. Our national broadcaster should be fair and balanced, not a mouthpiece for Nigel Farage and his 4 MPs.

Should the BBC be giving Reform UK so much coverage? (Cardiff Uni School of Journalism found it featured in a quarter of all News at Tens in the 6 months to June). Latest BBC Newswatch from midnight Fri on iplayer or Sat 745am BBC1/Breakfast www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

NEW: More pressure on the BBC over Reform coverage. New study finds the party featured in a quarter of all News At Ten bulletins over six months. Similar ITV News figures. Broadcasters figuring out right approach as multi-party politics rips up old rules. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

Our new impartiality study out and in The Guardian - We found Reform given more airtime on TV news likely due to broadcasters taking into account the party’s latest electoral performance and sustained lead in the polls over several months. Thread 1/6: www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

This is good @theguardian.com. keep it up please. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

It has at least the correct answer at #1 www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Grimly crisp illustration of the mechanism whereby toxic and unrepresentative social media shapes mainstream coverage. Prominent journalist logs onto X, sees claim, assumes truth, repeats in national broadcast from trusted mainstream news org. Happens all day every day, just especially stark here.

4 out of 250 ≠ 60% www.libdems.org.uk/bbc

That's why we've launched a campaign to balance the BBC: www.libdems.org.uk/bbc

The BBC are constantly fawning over Farage's every move despite Reform only having four MPs. Our national broadcaster should reflect the whole country, not just one man’s ego.

I didn’t realise it was as simple as that. Please can England batsmen stop missing straight deliveries?! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The draft is cruel; there is no evidence it will better protect women, cis or trans; it breaches Labour's manifesto commitment to trans people; it is unenforceable; encourages vigilanteism; and it is clearly inconsistent with the UK's obligations under the ECHR. We will challenge it in court. 2/2

Timeline cleanse

‘Putin-loving free speech impostor’ is quite mild really. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The ECHR is a British creation that protects us all. While other party leaders talk about leaving it, rewriting it or watering it down, Liberal Democrats stand firm.

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

Conservative MPs jeered when I urged the Prime Minister to help end the starvation and suffering in Gaza. Sickening, but they won’t stop me raising this.

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset. In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia. In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

West Hampstead Ward- London Borough of London Lib Dem GAIN from Labour 🔶LD- 1176- 54.4% 🔴LAB- 458- 21.2% 🔵CON- 222- 10.3% ➡️RFM- 155- 7.2% 🟢GRN- 152- 7.0% LIB DEMS GAIN ANOTHER COUNCIL SEAT. Congratulations to cllr Janet Grauberg and the team for a great campaign! 🎉

West Hampstead (Camden) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 54.4% (+15.4) 🌹 LAB: 21.2% (-23.4) 🌳 CON: 10.3% (-6.3) ➡️ RFM: 7.2% (New) 🌍 GRN: 7.0% (New) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2022.

NEW @e3g.bsky.social analysis - Heat pumps have potential to *halve* UK heating bills. But policies need to change if these savings are to be accessible to the mass market 🔌💡 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I'm boycotting the state banquet to send a message to both Donald Trump and Keir Starmer that they cannot close their eyes and wish away the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Donald Trump can stop this catastrophe in Gaza and get the hostages released. youtu.be/4MqPsjiage8

Excellent decision: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Ever since Johnson proroged parliament it's been very clear that our medieval constitution is no defence against 21st century fascists. It's also clear that the Labour Party will do nothing meaningful to change it.