That’s 2025 wrapped. Record-breaking local election wins. Leading the charge on the NHS and care, sewage and the cost of living. Taking the fight to Farage and Trump. And we’re ready for more in 2026… 🔶

Happy New Year you lovely people. A reminder that 2026 should be the year you leave X (if you haven’t already!)

A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026 🧵

Nigel Farage says allegations he said "Hitler was right" while a pupil at Dulwich College and "gas 'em all" to Jewish schoolmates are "maybe solidifying our core support". Which is quite a revealing comment.

2026 is the year of the what? (🐎)

#NowPlaying️ on From Pistols to Pulp on #MadWaspRadio #PtoP Autumn Leaves by Eva Cassidy 00bit requested by Paul Wheeldon @madwaspradiomwr.bsky.social - the best in advert free music, accept no substitutes! madwaspradio.com

Just a gif of the EU flag projected onto the London Eye as part of Mayor Sadiq Khan's London's New Year's Day fireworks 😀 The UK is £90 billion a year poorer because of Brexit i.e. tax rises and spending cuts, it's absurd One day soon the madness will end and the UK will #RejoinEU ☺️

A New Year message from Ed Davey. #BackToBasics #FixingTheRoof #LiberalDemocrats

The proportion of people who think you must be born British to be truly British has almost doubled, from 19% in 2023 to 36% in 2025. But the majority (51%) still believe being British is something you can become with effort. Read more here: www.ippr.org/articles/the...

Patients and staff deserve better than outdated equipment and inaccurate diagnoses. Our Crumbling Hospitals Taskforce would fix buildings and replace outdated machines.

🗳️ Ed Davey: "Article 3 of the first protocol of the Human Rights Act spells out in black and white the right to free elections. Removing elections altogether, entirely unnecessarily, is in clear breach of this principle" - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We are glad this post is doing numbers today for no particular reason. Claudia forever! ❤️

Reform UK Review 2025 Darren Grimes deletes every Tweet he’s ever done relating to tax pre-August 2025. You can still see replies, but his posts are missing.

Proud to have pushed in 2025 for a cap on political donations, and hugely proud of my Liberal Democrat colleagues for leading on important campaigns and changes for our country 👏🔸️⭐️ 👇

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 30% (-3) CON: 18% (=) GRN: 17% (=) LAB: 14% (=) LDM: 12% (+1) SNP: 3% (=) Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 24 Dec. Changes w/ 17 Dec.

Your podcasts will never be as cool as this.

Just in case you're wondering, today is Sunday.

Marlene Dietrich, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1901, in Schöneberg, German Empire 📸 Edward Steichen (1932)

Final publication of the year: I examined 10 years of panellists on BBC Question Time. Some interesting findings - thread below: (1/6) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Do you have The Style of Čenda?

The future of the BBC licence fee https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10050/

It’s the Boxing Day Hunt, Nigel Farage thinks packs of hounds should chase a fox and tear it to shreds.

Stephen Miller has Eastern European Jewish immigrant roots; his grandparents fled anti-Semitic pogroms in the Russian Empire in the early 1900s.

I shouldn't eat more cheese but it's there so I will

Brexit is often framed as sovereignty regained. For many, it meant security lost. Freedom of Movement supported ordinary lives. Citizens’ rights are about repairing that harm, not relitigating the vote.

The Family Farm Tax should never have been forced through by the Treasury. Lib Dems were first to call it out. We have consistently opposed it. The anxiety and distress caused - especially to older farmers with no time to adjust - has been inexcusable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

December 22nd. Thank you for being #ThereForME, Sir Ed Davey & the Lib Dems @libdems.org.uk! This year the LibDems have been key players championing the need for improved support for people with ME in parliament. Nominated by Jonah Weisz @weiszguy.bsky.social#ThereForME✨

United States government strengthens the position of Liberal Democrats in UK politics

It seems like every week we hear of racism in the Reform Party. Time and again, Farage & Reform's leadership refuse to condemn it. This is not a party fit to lead or represent any part of our country.

watching my favorite christmas movie and what is possibly the great american comedy about class and race

Seats & Votes won in Council By-Elections in 2025: 🔶 LDM: 106 (+21), 20.2% ➡️ RFM: 104 (+94), 24.2% 🌳 CON: 45 (-24), 18.2% 🌹 LAB: 36 (-89), 16.3% 🌍 GRN: 24 (+6), 9.9% ⚫ Oth: 39 (-8), 11.3%

The Liberal Democrats won 106 Council By-Elections in 2025, more than any other party #ByElectionsWrapped 1) LDM 106 2) RFM 104 3) CON 45 4) LAB 36 5) GRN 24

The Liberal Democrats held 82% of seats they defended in Council By-Elections in 2025 #ByElectionsWrapped 1) LDM (82%) 2) GRN (67%) 3) RFM (60%) 4) CON (32%) 5) LAB (28%)

"And I've got a musk rat on my shoulder." No, I didn't know what she was singing for years. 😐 #MisheardLyrics

Enjoying this guy’s twelve month speed run through the stages of fame, and he’s already approaching Norma Desmond status

Shan’t 👍

PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:

Breakfast Trifle – yes, Breakfast Trifle – is #RecipeOfTheDay, a happy proposition indeed! www.nigella.com/recipes/brea...

This Alvin Stardust song is fantastic!!! music.youtube.com/watch?v=k6HC... #HeatedRivalry

HAS DIANE MORGAN EVER SEEN A GHOST? Hear this and Diane's other spine-chilling experiences in the #UNCANNY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 👻😱🎄- OUT NOW! An hour long Christmas hamper of chilling real-life encounters with the potentially paranormal... Uncanny | Listen on BBC Sounds - if you dare!

I made a video (surprise surprise) about 90s tech. I’ve got the key to bring back memories for you…at least that’s what I tried to do…

Metalhead friend sent me this. Morning all

In 1992, the prisoners in Long Kesh put on a Christmas panto and variety show. Have a gander at some of the programme here:

More than 75% of Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters think PM should open talks on joining EU customs union – as it happened YouGov poll for the Times suggests even 40% of Conservative voters support such a move www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

#OneHitHistory Like the 'blaster pointed out, we lost Chris Rea today... in 1978, the British singer/songwriter earned US #OneHitWonder honors when his self-penned slice of AM gold, “Fool (If You Think It’s Over),” spent 10 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #12. #ChrisRea #OneHitWondered

Behind door number 21 of the Scarred For Life advent calendar... turn the big light off, grab a brew, and watch the BBC's festive 'spooky Jackanory', SPINE CHILLERS!

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Liberal Democrats have won more local by-elections than any other party in 2025. In real elections up and down the country, only the Lib Dems are taking on Reform and winning.