Southern Water has paid out millions in dividends and bonuses for bosses, all while piling up debt. At the same time, they've been dumping untreated sewage into our waterways across Hampshire. Hundreds of hours of discharge in 2026 already!

It was an absolute privilege to spend time with colleagues in Ukraine over the past week, most notably attending a service alongside President Zelenskyy and Heads of State from across Europe to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion. 🇺🇦🇬🇧

Reform’s Trump-inspired plans for an ICE-style force will only bring chaos and disorder to Britain’s streets, not the order and control our immigration system needs.

A wonderful reception in Speakers House tonight marking the official launch of Pride Wide Trust, a new global charity dedicated to advancing LGBTQIA+ rights and lives through fact-checked information and human stories.

Good morning, Tiverton and Minehead! Here's an overview of what I got up to last week ✅ On Thursday, I announced my upcoming surgeries for March and April. You can book an appointment to come and see me here: forms.office.com/e/e0sUaiYF2G #Somerset #Devon #WorkingForYou

The wonderful Delia Kennedy, aged 81, is walking to raise money for Devon In Sight- but this time she's doubling the distance! Delia plans to walk 200 miles in March to help those impacted by sight loss in Devon. You can donate to Delia's campaign here👇 www.justgiving.com/page/delia-k...

Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting Kingsmead School in Wiveliscombe. I really enjoyed touring the school's facilities, meeting with headteacher John Eddy, and speaking with their fantastic Year 11s about a range of local and national issues. #Somerset #Education

Good job he hasn’t met my kids (male and female) They would tell him exactly where to stick his opinions of their life choices!! And not forgetting the reality of high debt, housing crisis, work-life balance etc Being polite-misogyny rules in RefUk 😡😡 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

The Judges decision on Palestine Action reflects increasing concerns about the restrictions on the right to protest enacted by the Conservatives and enforced by Labour www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

A full and rewarding week in Westminster and across #Guildford constituency... From asking important questions in Parliament to celebrating young leaders and supporting vital local organisations making a real difference, here's some of my highlights!

RocknRoll Politics is live at Kings Place in London this Wednesday.. where will be by then? A few tickets left: www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...

The ECHR protects our right to privacy, freedom of expression, family life and a fair trial, among so many other things. For the past couple of days, I’ve been with a cross-party delegation to Strasbourg with the All Party Parliamentary Group on Migration. 1/2

I recently met with the Allied Pharmacies team in Parliament. After acquiring premises in Tiverton, Minehead, and Williton, it was useful to speak with the Allied team about the services on offer in the constituency and details of their takeover deal from Jhoots. 👉 tinyurl.com/Allied-Pharm...

This is just nonsense. Like old palaces, turn into a museum (of democracy) and construct a purpose-built a new parliament. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

CASEWORK ROUNDUP FOR JANUARY It's been a productive start to the year here in the Tiverton and Minehead constituency office, with my team closing 1,278 cases. If my team and I can help you, please email [email protected] ✅ #Somerset #Devon #WorkingForYou

Last week, I visited The Chapel at Cotford St Luke to meet with owner Steve Elliott to discuss the challenges facing his business and the wider sector. Rising running costs, VAT, national insurance increases and business rate changes have put The Chapel at real risk of short-term closure.

Nigel Farage's Party, Reform, are becoming the heirs to failed Converative history.

RocknRoll Politics is live at Kings Place…after today’s Jenrick drama even more to make sense of: www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...

Smiles now, but given Mr Jenricks ambitions, how long will it last? photos.app.goo.gl/CT2fHLZJ4NAp...

People voted against Tories at the last GE, because they were self-seeking failures. They now find that they are filling up Nigel Farage's Reform party. Different label. Same old faces! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Trial by jury has its roots going back to Saxon times & is a fundamental safeguard for the accused. The current courts crisis, arises from 'austerity' cuts & resulting inefficiencies. Blaming juries is an excuse & will result in more (costly) miscarriages of justice. news.sky.com/story/im-ash...

Trump - Hands off Greenland and Denmark!

Welsh political parties have responded to a sensational new poll which puts Plaid Cymru well ahead of its rivals ahead of May’s Senedd election

Free speech isn't a defense for inciting violence, undermining democracy, hate speech or promoting medical misinformation. Much of the content promoted on X is dangerous and unethical. youtube.com/shorts/LsxZ6...

Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham tells Faisal Islam that Reform are “anti-North” over its plan to scrap the £45bn northern corridor rail link & “breathtakingly arrogant” to tell investors to shun the North of England. “Look at them… There’s nothing northern about them,” he said

The Georgian Dream, steadfast in commenting on domestic affairs in Georgia’s European partners to criticise them, refrains from commenting on Iran. “We won’t intervene in the domestic issues of Iran.” 1/

Meanwhile Cymru has been robbed of billions in Barnett funding by Westminster classifying English projects as “England and Wales”. And this is why Labour barely scrapes 10% in the polls in a nation which it has dominated - and taken for granted - for a century. We’ve had enough of this shit.

“Britain’s FPTP electoral system is hopelessly ill-equipped to translate multiparty politics into a rational distribution of parliamentary seats. Once four or five candidates are clustered around the same projected vote share, almost anything could happen” Exactly www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Meanwhile, in the world’s most rapidly consolidating dictatorship at the moment, Ana Bdeiani, a mother of 3 is expected to face criminal prosecution of up to a year prison for standing on a pavement. #GeorgiaProtests Day 413 📷 Levan Zazadze

It was a pleasure to get out and about to chat to people at my open surgeries in Wickwar and Hawkesbury Upton. If you want to talk over an issue at an upcoming surgery, email me: [email protected]

Reform-led council under fire for plans to rip up Victorian lampposts | The Independent share.google/LehFdPBpKFLN...

Meanwhile, it’s Day 402 of daily #GeorgiaProtests against the illegitimate regime that has rigged elections, usurped power, and now serves as the bridge and enabler for the Russia-Iran axis, as well as the global Autocracy, Inc. in general. 📷 @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social 1/2

It's now clear that this was never about the interests of the Venezuelan people or the wider world. This is Trump serving his own interests and ego, making the world far more dangerous in the process. Starmer must convene the UN Security Council to hold Trump to account.

Starmer must convene the UN security council to hold Trump to account.

Reform UK has been strongly criticised for refusing to take part in the first broadcast debate of 2026 in advance of May’s Senedd election✍️ Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-1bTb

British voters want to be part of the EU more than the French and Italians, new poll reveals Campaigners said Labour had to ‘catch up with public opinion’ as PM faces calls for closer ties to the EU after Brexit www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Reform UK won’t say ‘private’ when talking about the NHS. Richard Tice is calling it ‘independent’: "Instead of giving £26bn to the already bloated wasteful NHS, we proposed easing pressure on the health service by incentivising those who can afford to pay more to go independent with a tax break."

Trump's actions in Venezuela shows why it was wrong to dismiss his threats to Greenland. If he's willing to do this, he will be willing to do anything

Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela. Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe. Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.

Starmer must condemn Trump’s illegal actions in Venezuela

New Year’s Eve, “Sakartvelo, I refuse to let you die.” #GeorgiaProtests 📷 MOSE

The first Christmas tree in Georgia was said to be this beauty in Sokhumi, Abkhazia, in 1900.

While most Georgian families gather around the New Year’s table today, hundreds of protesters are standing on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi — and in 8+ cities across Georgia — in cold, rainy weather. Day 400 of daily, uninterrupted protests.

What possible explanation could there be for this, other than making the conditions and suffering of Palestinians even more horrific and accelerating the genocide?