This is why I joined @libdems.org.uk. It isn’t just policy geekery. This is vital and so many problems in our democracy come back to the fact that the voting system fails us and stifles genuinely bold political ideas. It needs changing and there is only one party you can trust to change it.

Well, the punsters are certainly on a roll. I guess they are being egged on. A collaboration would be full filling, but my kind of data isn't really granular...

I suggest a collaboration between between @tonythorne007.bsky.social and my quantum physicist son. Although I asked him a question about M&Ms recently and I am still waiting for him to work on that. Why is he in that field if not to answer my thorny questions? (My son that is, not Tony)

This is weirder in the video- Trump stood up from his desk, to look over at the efforts to help the man. Tbf there was a heart surgeon in the room so he couldn’t have done much. Then the press are ushered out and Trump swivels towards them and stands to attention. ‘Ready for my close up’?

Man accused of assault with a deli weapon, acquitted.

I sure as hell hope so.

Do not be lulled into a false sense of security because of the two recent wins by Mamdani in NYC and Jetten in the Dutch elections. The @libdems.org.uk have shown they can win against Reform in by-elections but they remain an existential threat. They may well form the next government

Yay!

😂😂😂. Mantra for life

If this is what happens when Reform runs a council, just imagine Farage running the country. Care homes closed and vulnerable people abandoned. We cannot let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.

One last time: Every time I post it he goes up five more points.

Wow. Just wow.

🌶️😱 Wear gloves when cutting chillis! Rushed to A&E last night. I’ve had a couple of brushes with heavy pain in my life - eye burn from chilli is up at the very top 😱 On the plus side the Laksa that preceded the accident was really good. Made with my home grown scotch bonnet chillies 😭

Yes. We've built social permission structures for MAGA and many of its most toxic ideas. That's ultimately what MAGA promised in the first place: say whatever horrible, brainless stuff you want, and we'll cheer you on. As institutions gave up challenging it, it has converted more people.

Standing to be Lib Dem Vice President means a lot to me as the first Lib Dem MP of East and South East Asian Heritage. Here's a little bit more about me and why I'm standing! Voting open now until Tuesday 11th at 2pm!

This is why I have endorsed Victoria Collins MP for Vice President

Traditional haircut picture - this time trim was ahead of new passport photo so that the mini-me in my passport doesn't look scruffy for a decade. ps Lib Dems - don't forget to vote for me first preference for Federal Conference Committee in the internal elections! Thank you.

Following news that Fergie is being evicted from the Royal Lodge where she was looking after the late Queen’s corgis, the corgis have decided to exercise themselves.

Trump’s campaign for the next Nobel Peace prize is going well.

I knew Gill and Farage and the rest of the UKIP crew in the European Parliament They were crooks and shysters to a man They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Just attended Yorkshire Liberal Democrats Regional Conference and in other news I have recently been re-elected as Chair of Y&H Young Liberals and elected as Under 18s Rep!!! 🔶🔶🔶

Lib Dems take Bromsgrove seat after Reform resignation - BBC News share.google/p315CvxMW2cp...

I’m just common people so I’m waiting for the King to give me a house and a yearly allowance. And maybe a house for my ex- husband. Happy to look after the late- Queen’s corgis too. And with me they’d get some exercise.

Who made this? Brilliant.

Now then, make sure you don’t confuse this Mountbatten with the other Royal Mountbatten who was also accused of child abuse.

Getting into the Association of South-East Asian Nations is as hard as getting into heaven, says José Ramos-Horta, the president of Timor-Leste. After years in purgatory, the tiny country of 1.4m people has at last ascended

Lib Dem friends, please read and sign this open letter. The integrity of our internal elections seems to have been compromised by the threat of transphobic legal action, with trans candidates now risking being outed by the party. lgbtlibdems.org.uk/civicrm/peti...

This Prue Bray I know. It’s why she got my first preference vote for President

Today Nigel Farage tried to tear up people’s rights and take us out of the ECHR. Winston Churchill, a key advocate of it, would be turning in his grave. But, the @libdems.org.uk stopped him - a proud moment and we’ll keep fighting.

And then you will be voted down. Ah, democracy!

We definitely didn’t see this coming. Shocked…SHOCKED I TELL YOU!

Ok, I know you all think I’m obsessed with this bathroom but is the new one actually just an AI image? The vase and the little bowl on the basin are exactly the same. Exactly. Except the new ones are brass. Maybe it’s all fake.

I love you Bluesky

On the left, Mr Abraham accused of “looking like a Mossad agent.” On the right, actual Mossad agents in Dubai (allegedly)

Mr Abraham was told he “looked like a Mossad Agent” in this appalling incident. Fwiw, Mossad agents would never try to look like the London Haredi community. Tennis players on holiday in Dubai- yes. Smart businessman wandering around the airport - yes. White, young, athletic clean-shaven- yes.

Interestingly the original bathroom that Trump replaced, had a toilet with a concealed cistern. More modern and expensive looking and easy on the eye. And the rail on the basin is for a hand towel as it should be, not for a toilet roll. Seems he used unskilled contractors with no designer input.

I’ve designed a lot of bathrooms. The toilet is of the type you find in cheap rentals-exposed cistern with exposed pipes behind. Never put a loo-roll holder on the basin. The tissue gets soggy. You’re going to need a long left arm too. My bathroom for comparison- done on a budget. Trump has no class

LibDems gain one seat from Reform in amazing result and hold off Reform challenge in another. Of the 6 main by-elections this week:-LibDem win two, Cons and SNP beat Reform once each, and Reform gained two. Greens haven’t had any impact.

Turns out Parliament didn’t need to provide legislation. The King simply sent a Royal Warrant to the Lord Chancellor to take Andrew off the list of peers. If only Labour could move that swiftly to keep their promise to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords.

It's a reasonable question.

Great comment from LibDem leader Ed Davey at Prime Minister's Questions - is the Prime Minister only going to complain about the #Brexit deal or is he going to do something about it? #PMQ #LibDems

Proud that my Lib Dem colleagues and I stood up for people’s rights yesterday, defeating Nigel Farage’s attempt to take the UK out of the ECHR. We’ll keep fighting to ensure Britain remains a country that defends equality, justice, & human rights. More here: www.leedillon.co.uk/post/lib-dem...

Thank you to the #Woking News and Mail for covering my appointment as the @libdems.org.uk’ Immigration Spokesperson - as well as being a constituency MP, I will be pushing the Government to deliver a compassionate, effective and fair immigration system.
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Good on you @eddavey.libdems.org.uk Farage is Putin's puppet. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

This week I took a walk around Southwark with the police and fantastic local Lib Dem team - including @vmmchamberlain.bsky.social We are absolutely clear across London - the Govt and Mayor must give the Met the funding they need to keep stations open, recruit more officers, and keep us all safe.

Right loses ground in the Netherlands in close elections The liberal progressive party D66, led by Rob Jetten, and the right-wing PVV, led by Geert Wilders, are technically tied in the election results, according to the latest provisional projection from the Dutch agency ANPwith 99% of the votes…

That’s OK. Historically Dictators haven’t done so well once they retreat to their bunkers. Just don’t let him take any kids in there with him.

I hope this goes ahead. A court case would provide more clarity over Prince Andrew’s friendship with Epstein.