Trump’s assault on mail-in voting has been permanently blocked.    The president doesn't have the power to take over state elections or invent new voting restrictions by executive order.    I'll always fight to protect our elections and our democracy.

Would now be a good time to talk about one of my favorite movies?

Quite apart from anything else, I hope we see more négligées and similar in the House of Commons (albeit with a T shirt underneath)

Does anyone know if Andy Burnham likes cats? #AskingForaFriend

The crimes we already know about are crazy. Didn’t the President of America just pay a woman he raped, millions in damages. Trump is a rapist and he’s still President. I hope women’s and rape survivor groups across the world will pressure their governments to cut ties with him. #Pinks

Left: fact Right: 🧐 fiction

Lutnick’s Epstein links uncovered by British whistleblower and also re the former Prince - “What it involved was a loan to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of £1m... to basically buy a prince," #Pinks

Does it get any more evil than offering to fund suing Amnesty?

On International Non-Binary People’s Day, Liberal Democrats are proud to stand with and celebrate non-binary people in the UK and all around the world. We will keep fighting until we can finally build a society where everyone is free to be who they are.

Johnson failed the UK just like Trump is failing the US. Both cut from the same cloth.

Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Calum Miller said: “Donald Trump’s plan to slap a 20% tax on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is nothing short of state-backed highway robbery. “Ambushing global trade at one of the world’s most vital chokepoints is an act of economic extortion.”

yes! we back foreign billionaire ownership of UK media / support the concentration of power in a tiny media elite / will not introduce a Social Media Levy for local news / back self-regulation of the press / won't make dark money think-tanks declare donations. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Good grief!

Did the brief and sudden illness come shortly after being stabbed with a poisoned umbrella? He had just come back from Ukraine, hadn’t he?

Hahaha! Yes.👏🏽

Crypto Billionaires creating their countries is something we should all be actively trying to stop @liberalisms.bsky.social @silverliningunited.bsky.social @barryhow2c.bsky.social @mehdirhasan.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @4taxfairness.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nooooo!!!! #NORvENG Norway are blinking dangerous. #WorldCupFootball

Yes, UKRI is certainly accountable for imposing tight financial constraints to STFC. However, the entire physics community is now relying on you, Secretary of State, to avoid an irreversible destruction of the field. What you called the "future of our country" is in your hands. 🧪🔭

Least surprising poll finding you’ll ever see: 73 per cent of people think that the investigation into Nigel Farage’s finances should continue even if he wins the Clacton by-election.

Give me a poll done in Clacton.

The world needs to put the same pressure on Israel that we did on apartheid South Africa in the 1980s. Sanctions now.

Sorry but that’s wishful thinking. Farage is not facing an election of the British People. He’s facing Clacton where his support base is unfailing. And anyway, Britain has elected many politicians and leaders who clearly have no sense of humour.

This is ridiculous. Please engage your brains. Farage would win a by-election in Clacton. That is the overwhelming likelihood. There’s also an outside possibility he won’t go through with it, I guess. But no satirist is going to save us from the Far Right.

There’s a tiny cafe at the end of my road- got famous on TikTok for a Matcha drink. We’re a narrow residential road w cars parked either side. Cafe opens nights now & the TikTokerati drive here in huge wagons and numbers. My road is now nose-to-nose rage, idling engines, litter & noise all night.

The thing with Burnham's apology over Gaza is that it's a positive step (even more so if heartfelt). People are so in the habit now of wanting any statement to be optimal in their own terms it's important not to lose sight of that.

The US is pausing strikes on Iran for “diplomacy”, CNN reports.

Don’t be coming at me with your hot, Braverman’s spouse-is-Jewish takes. It’s antisemitic for you to impose what you think is an acceptable political view for a member of the Jewish race. Also go read up about Lance Foreman, amongst others.

Imagine things being so bad that your best solution is to cut yourself off from Google Search traffic. I don't think that people realise just how much of a bad actor Google has been, for year. No other company has damaged the web nearly as much. 🧵 www.adweek.com/media/publis...

Keep it coming!

I don’t think it would be possible to be slower and more timid than Labour under Starmer, so not a very meaningful pledge.

Reform Assemble!

Oh what bad luck and what bad timing for the man who would be sniffing round for Farage's job if things went wrong. What are the odds that this should come to light this of all weeks? 🤔🤔🧐🧐

Answers to questions about the investigations/ resignation etc in this thread

I have seen it confirmed that if he wins the investigations will restart as soon as he is sworn back in as an MP. His antics will not stop the standards investigations unless he loses to Binface. We can only hope.

Yep. Unfortunately the Protocol is clear the commissioner “will suspend the investigation” & Reeves has accepted Farage’s request though, so he has temporarily wriggled free 🐍 (Incidentally why is it Reeves who must accept Farage’s request? Is it because the ceremonial roles sit under Chancellor?)

Agree that would be best and Ed Davey has asked for the resignation not to be accepted until the investigation (s) concludes.

For Reform voters in Clacton, the more we mock, the more they see the establishment attacking Nigel. Those voters believe Farage has had so many death threats that he needs enhanced security and so what if a friend provided it? We fail to understand them as we failed to understand Brexit voters.

I see a general failure to appreciate that Farage would win a by-election in Clacton, should he go through with it - no matter who stands again him. What we need is an iron clad promise that the investigations continue once he becomes an MP again.

Worth noting: 8 out of 11 members of the Women and Equalities Select Committee have signed the motion to reject the EHRC guidance and fix it.

No insult to the Count but the solution to Farage’s by-election is to make this about Clacton. About the people of Clacton

This but also:- Can we do something about Farage outrageously claiming he hasn’t broken any laws? He is not being accused of breaking laws but of breaching parliamentary standards. Letting his statement stand unchallenged, means he can claim later- See, I didn’t break any law, it’s a stitch up!

Unfortunately Nigel Farage’s by-election is a bit like when my mum wanted to play monopoly with us kids. We didn’t want to because somehow she always won. If the election goes ahead, Farage would probably win. He’s still very popular in Clacton.

Hungary's state TV has suspended news broadcasts as Prime Minister Péter Magyar begins overhauling Orbanised public media. The channel aired an apology for "many years" of misleading coverage.

Labour, Libdems, Tories, Greens and Restore will not stand. #Clacton

Where is the Green Party on this? The Conservatives, Labour, Restore Britain and the Lib Dems have all announced they won’t be standing candidates.”

I’m sure Farage is going to duck out of the by-election so here’s hoping!

A bit rude about 4D chess but actually it’s all comprehensible. Farage is in deep trouble and it’s getting deeper. He wants to stop all investigations but resigning as an MP won’t stop a money-laundering probe.

And so the plot thickens!

Ed Davey is telling the truth! Farage only resigned to try and get out of the parliamentary investigation. News Flash! If he gets re-elected the investigation starts up where it left off. My bet is he’ll pull out of a by-election at the last minute.

The Scotsman today makes it very clear that Farage’s resignation means -“Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Daniel Greenberg’s investigation into the £5 million donation is suspended.” Also, kudos for the image 😂