People were rightly furious with the Conservative Party for plunging the NHS into this crisis. Now they are fed up with Labour for letting things get worse on their watch. We must tackle the crisis in A&E.

The Tories left our streets short of police. People voted for change, yet over 4,000 frontline officers have been lost in a year. Communities deserve better and the government must deliver.

At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

If you're a journalist, I can understand having an account to see what's happening on X. I don't understand POSTING on X. If you're a politician or activist, I do not think you should still be on X. Leaders lead. Stop validating that site with your presence. Get off.

From the NHS to our energy grid, we are too reliant on US tech. Sign the petition to stop Trump's kill switch and demand digital independence: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Education should be for everyone. classicsforall.org.uk/news-and-eve... @classicsforall.bsky.social

“The LibDems are needed now more than ever. Our mix of Liberalism and Social Democracy, of believing in the power of the individual and caring for the least, the last and the lost in society, is unique in British politics.” Matthew Hulbert

Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised

“You have to allow child abuse images otherwise we’ll ruin your country” is certainly a novel foreign policy position

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.

Two issues being conflated here: if UK government continue to use the X platform, it becomes imperative it should insist on that platform being lawful: govt slow to notice/acknowledge X is obvs in systemic breach of its legal duties: eg abusive racial slur "paki" + nonconsensual sexual harassment

I would like my license fee to pay for people who know how to do journalism.

Good for them.

Every country needs to be following Finland's lead here. Media literary skills are going to be crucially important in the age of AI, where knowing what's real and what's not is going to be increasingly difficult apnews.com/article/fake...

The government does not appear to be even considering any of these options - direct communication to X by the Prime Minister or an SoS - a temporary cessation of government communications until this stops - an inquiry to the police as well as to Ofcom about the production of unlawful content

Farage is all mouth no trousers.

Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.

Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.

Ringmer review A reader writes Elif Shafak: The Forty Rules Of Love An American woman has constructed a life as a perfect wife and mother (despite husband's infidelity), and then life comes at her in the form of a book about the Sufi poet Rumi. TBH, it took a while to get into, but worth it.

Every media figure and politician could do exactly this right now. @garygannon signs off from X, the deepfake child sexual abuse material generation app.

This 👇 deserves a very, very wide audience.

we're being followed by a criminologist. Oops. <The Library tiptoes carefully out of sight.>

We've just been told a library is only a library if it's from the Libre region of France, otherwise it's just a sparkling book hoard. We're very happy to be known as a sparkling book hoard. And happy new year to all our readers!

Europe is crying out for closer relations with Britain. A customs union would boost growth, restore confidence in bond markets, and save billions in debt costs.

No paltry trade deal is worth abject British humiliation and subjugation to Trump, and abandonment of all the principles successive British governments have claimed to stand for. Our values are hollow and meaningless if we can’t stand up for them when it counts.

I have that feeling about ginger.

Deeply concerned about Trump’s imperial intentions - and the implications for Greenland. UK Government needs to make clear that we will not stand for US piracy to seize the natural resources of sovereign states.

At some point the 'realignment' in British politics is going to come under severe pressure on the issue of national security and global conflict. It is not possible to be patriotic/nationalist and also pro-Trump/pro-Putin.

hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison

The recent UK government decision to hold an independent review into foreign interference is very welcome. It needs to be thorough, quick, and to lead to meaningful actions to address the problem, three areas that these kinds of inquiry often struggle with. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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… 🔶

A simple message to 'hunters' once trail hunting is banned next year. Just find a hobby where you can meet up with friends that doesn't harm animals! The rest of us manage it quite easily!

Somebody getting an address wrong once many years ago is front page news everywhere I've looked. A sign of how our media still grovel to royalty. I'm not a republican, but boy is it tempting when you see this kind of crap.

Housewife.

I love the last line "which argues that the West’s technical dominance ... has been down to collaboration between governments and tech firms." a) it's it nothing to do with what precedes it and, b) doesn't need arguing, you just have to read the facts in the history.

“The love of liberty is the love of others. The love of power is the love of ourselves.” William Hazlitt

Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway. It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything. Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨

Prostate, part 2 ariadne.ghost.io/prostate-par...

Yup. Most of it in the wrong places, and Labour seem determined to keep it there.

🗳 Which political party won the most council by-elections in 2025? The media would have you believing it was Reform U.K.! In fact it was the Lib Dems winning 105 and Reform on 104! #LibDems 🔶🔶🔶🔶🔶

The only 3 people to benefit from Brexit were Johnson - got prime minister Farage - got a cult following Putin - got a weaker UK and Europe. The rest of us got a poorer, more divided country with less rights and freedoms. Plus now we know reform were on the Russian take.

There is a crisis facing our NHS. For far too many people, there is a real danger that an ambulance won’t come on time, or that they may spend hours waiting in A&E because our NHS has been pushed to breaking point. Only an emergency package of support can shore up our NHS through the months ahead

www.leweslibdems.org.uk/news/article... democracy in Sussex is being "kicked into the long grass." "East Sussex County Council have requested a delay." They would, wouldn't they.

“The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is free is the amount of security enjoyed by its minorities.” Acton

I have prostate cancer. ariadne.ghost.io/i-have-prost...

Guardian's headline to this story "Why did Donald Trump Jr turn up in a tiny British enclave looking for money?" kind of answers itself www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Probably the best designed book we've seen all year - dust jacket, cover and inside cover all unite to depict the Rose Field.