In Southwark, diversity is our strength. We are not an "island of strangers" as Keir Starmer claims, and we will not let Reform divide us. Southwark Liberal Democrats are proud to have a team from all over the globe who call Southwark their home!

The last thing the UK needs just now is Tony Blair’s advice on whether to trust a US President about a Middle East war. We know how that White House movie ended.

Published and promoted by G. Glover on behalf of Southwark Liberal Democrats all at St Anne's Church Annex Thorburn Square. Bermondsey. SE1 5QH.

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Women are natural community leaders. Yet their representation in Local Government remains sluggishly low at just over 1/3 elected representatives.

Southwark's social housing waiting list now stands at 22,755 households. This is a direct result of Labour's housing failure We would overhaul Labour's rotten housing department, and roll out one stop shops so issues like disrepair and damp and mould can be fixed quickly.

Long overdue good news! Repairs to the Jabez West Drinking Fountain in #Southwark Park start this month, funded by developer levies from North #Bermondsey Ward. Huge credit to Pat Kingwell & local campaigners. Delighted to back this important memorial to the area’s social history 🧡

Long overdue good news! Repairs to the Jabez West Drinking Fountain in #Southwark Park start this month, funded by developer levies from North #Bermondsey Ward. Huge credit to Pat Kingwell & local campaigners. Delighted to back this important memorial to the area’s social history 🧡

Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital halts mass eviction after London Centric uncovered what was going on. Hundreds of Londoners now receiving bizarre door-to-door visits blaming misinformation and being asked to record videos saying they don't want to be evicted. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

More incredible journalism from @londoncentric.media 🙏 This story is so emblematic of our utterly broken housing system - evicting tenants and putting them at risk of homelessness - to make way for more lucrative temporary accommodation. Madness 🤯

Half of calls made to Southwark's repairs line are not answered. One of our councillors - Cllr Graham Neale in Saint George's Ward - is a tenant and was recently on hold for hours trying to resolve an urgent repair.

Wow.

Meet our Goose Green team for May 2026: James Barber, Kaz Doyle & Luke McSorley Local residents. Active in the community. Working all year round – not just at election time Safer streets. Cleaner roads. Better pavements. A modern East Dulwich station www.southwark-libdems.org.uk/your-local-l...

At last week’s Education Scrutiny Commission, we heard from HATS about their role in providing transport services for children & young people in #Southwark with #SEND. Southwark Council has opened a consultation on proposed changes to the Travel Assistance Policy.

Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward

“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising” Daisy Cooper

🚨 Today Al Pinkerton will introduce a 10-minute bill that calls for a UK-EU customs union. It's time for Labour MP's to back our bill and help turbocharge our economy.

#Cycleway 4 by the #Rotherhithe Roundabout and entrance to #Southwark Park. This is dangerous.

Ken Clarke leaves religious fanatic Kruger’s Reform UK looking like total idiots. “Some resigned because they didn’t want time off work, most had no clue what councils do. They promised to cut waste and tax, then hiked it to the max. #ukpolitics

There’s a missing link in British public life – and it underpins crises from the BBC to our prisons | Rafael Behr

We love our huge London Plane trees in Bermondsey, but Autumnal leaf fall can make some streets & paths hazardous. I’ve been assured that #Cycleway 4 will be cleared of leaves over the next couple of days starting from the Deptford end to London Bridge 🍁🚲🍂 @londoncycling.bsky.social

The Lib Dems have told supporters "we are the only party with the conviction to stand up and fight for what we believe in" by still backing proportional representation, "not because it benefits us, but because we think it’s right" "We must not, and will not, give up the fight for electoral reform."

We love our huge London Plane trees in Bermondsey, but Autumnal leaf fall can make some streets & paths hazardous. I’ve been assured that #Cycleway 4 will be cleared of leaves over the next couple of days starting from the Deptford end to London Bridge 🍁🚲🍂 @londoncycling.bsky.social

Very proud of PC Kev Webster who has been recognised at the Pride of #Southwark Awards. You and your team work so hard, and you clearly care. Thank you for all that you do for the people of #Bermondsey 🙏 @metpolice.bsky.social

Very proud of PC Kev Webster who has been recognised at the Pride of #Southwark Awards. You and your team work so hard, and you clearly care. Thank you for all that you do for the people of #Bermondsey 🙏 @metpolice.bsky.social

If Sarah Pochin doesn’t lose the whip we can only assume her disgraceful racist comments are endorsed by her party. And if diversity on TV is really driving her “mad”, maybe she could try educating herself on why it matters - and why her language was completely inappropriate for an MP.

I’m delighted to have been nominated for New Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards, for my work with @jim.londoncentric.media at London Centric (who also got 3 noms!), and alongside multiple of my new colleagues at the @financialtimes.com I’m v grateful to Jim for all his help!

The past week saw another fire in Bermondsey 😔 On average there’s a fire from a lithium battery in an e-bike or e-scooter every 2 days in London. The London Fire Brigade’s #ChargeSafe Campaign explains how to charge such batteries ⬇️ @lfb-southwark.bsky.social www.london-fire.gov.uk/safety/lithi...

Suffice to say this was a great event & well-attended. Thanks to Trees for #Bermondsey & #Southwark Park Association 1869 for organising 🌳 Greg Packman was fascinating & funny, and helped to educate us on the threats to our canopy from climate & disease. It’s a pleasure to help fund these events 😊

Suffice to say this was a great event & well-attended. Thanks to Trees for #Bermondsey & #Southwark Park Association 1869 for organising 🌳 Greg Packman was fascinating & funny, and helped to educate us on the threats to our canopy from climate & disease. It’s a pleasure to help fund these events 😊

A snapshot of things I did last week 👇 I’ve been standing up for residents, particularly those with additional needs, pushing the police to do more to stop crime & ASB, and backing local businesses. Also great to host the London #LibDems in #Southwark 🧡Always more to do #DemandBetter #VoteLibDem

Would be helpful if a few people who were still MPs would say this...

Bev Craig, Leader of Manchester City Council, "Residents are horrified by the antisemitic terrorist attack we have witnessed on our streets" "Manchester will come together. Hate has no place in our city"

One man opened a series of cinemas in abandoned London buildings (from Catford to Ealing, from Sidcup to Sutton) as part of a plan to revive the capital’s high streets. Politicians love the idea and provided millions to help. So why do they keep going bust? www.londoncentric.media/p/preston-be...

Brilliant day with the @southwarklibdems.bsky.social talking to people across London Bridge, Bermondsey and Chaucer. Thanks for everyone who took the time to speak to us! No love for Labour here, and great to speak to so many former Labour voters now coming over to the Lib Dems! 🔶🔶

I’m really intrigued and potentially alarmed by this development. How will Hackney use the cash? What about competitors to Lime & Voi? And what’s the plan for addressing some of the serious concerns about dockless e-bikes - poor parking, hacking, red light jumping and “Lime leg” to name a few?

Great scoop. Hackney the most cycle-centric part of the city due to the demographics, location and relatively weak/absent rail and tube links. No surprise e-bike hire companies in a bidding war - Hackney is their Premier League TV rights. Great to see the lid lifted ever so slightly on the business

Picked up some Lib Dem stats at conference. Some of these surprised me (especially given media coverage): 1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party 2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories. (1/x)

Ed Davey's LibDem conference speech was pretty much everything Labour's change was meant to be

Fantastic discussion for a just transition at another terrific @libdems.org.uk conference From public procurement, to AI, to new outcomes for economies, to the need for transition planning regulation Thank you to the @greenlibdems.org.uk for hosting! @rachelbentleyld.bsky.social

Fantastic end to #LDConf with @eddavey.libdems.org.uk's speech. In the absence of either the Tories or Labour standing up to Farage and Reform, it falls to the Lib Dems to stand up for our British values here and abroad. Decency, kindness, tolerance, respect for human rights and the rule of law. 🔶

Our second event of the day begins shortly. Join @joshmatthews.bsky.social to discuss how we ensure a just transition to clean energy. @conference.libdems.org.uk 🕦11:30 📍Mariott Hotel, Blandford Room

Our party has passed a comprehensive policy paper that takes the twin climate and nature crises seriously. We are also pleased that our amendment, strengthening our commitment to protecting those most vulnerable to climate change, was passed. @pippaheylings.bsky.social @conference.libdems.org.uk

A little bit of navel-gazing on the last twelve months of trying to run a start-up local news organisation with no investment or plan, entirely funded by readers. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-new...

Fab to be at Lib Dem Conference with such a great group from @southwarklibdems.bsky.social! Always great to catch up with friends across the UK, and real excitement as we look towards the local elections in May 2026! 🔶🔶🔶

For this evening's fringe, our Energy and Climate Change spokesperson @pippaheylings.bsky.social joins experts to talk about how local government can make a real difference for climate and nature. @conference.libdems.org.uk ems.org.uk

@londoncycling.bsky.social Sorry to say that the cycle lane drawing pin vandal is back in Bermondsey. Please exercise caution when using along the cycle lane by Bermondsey station. The Met Police are aware.

See also the *massive* cocaine epidemic among 40- to 50-something men. The media keeps talking about young people and drugs but peak deaths are among 40-49 year olds now.

A huge thank you to everyone from Team Southwark who came out in Dulwich Village today! Huge unhappiness with Labour, and really great to see so much support for us on the doorstep. 🔶🔶🔶

I worked with Janet at the DfE - she was my fellow policy adviser (supporting Lib Dem ministers). She was brilliant and cares more about local government than anyone I've ever met so if you happen to live in her ward do vote for her.