Honoured to join the 10th Fulham Scouts Clem Attlee Christmas Party and first investitures! Amazing to see young people making their Scout promise and starting their journey. 🎄✨ Big thanks to all the volunteers making this possible, and check out their video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f9W...

Glad I made it to the H&F Cycling AGM & End of Year Christmas Party at Bikesoup, Westfield! Great vibes, amazing people, and plenty of pro-cycling energy to wrap up 2025. 🚴✨ Here’s to more active travel and community rides in the new year!

☃️ Attending the Fulham Christmas market today – love seeing North End Road packed with local traders, lights, and neighbours getting into the festive spirit. 🎄✨ Great reminder of how special our high streets are when we support independent businesses and come together as a community. 🎅 🧑‍🎄

Today is World AIDS Day, a day that reminds me of the decades-long fight for dignity, science, and compassion. We’ve come so far because activists, researchers, and communities refused to be ignored.

The EU’s latest ruling on same-sex marriage shows what sets Europe apart from the autocracies that seek to undermine us: our institutions fight to expand people’s rights, not restrict them. Even when it means challenging member states, the EU stands up for equality and human dignity. 🇪🇺

Jack and the Beanstalk at the Lyric Hammersmith is a fantastic panto – great cast, big laughs and proper family fun to kick off the festive season in H&F 🎄✨ Highly recommend grabbing tickets if you can: lyric.co.uk/shows/jack-a...

Brilliant festive vibes down at the Pier for Fulham FC’s Christmas lights switch-on! Fantastic turnout, music, and plenty of holiday cheer by the river ⚽🎅 #Fulham #ChristmasInH&F

Lovely to join the Hammersmith BID Christmas tree switch-on this evening! Great energy, smiling faces, and the town centre looking wonderfully festive. A cheerful start to the season 🎄✨ #Hammersmith #ChristmasLights

Honte à celles et ceux qui ont prié pour Pétain. Ses accomplissements sur le champ de bataille ne peuvent jamais excuser sa trahison profonde de la France, de son peuple et de ses valeurs.

Il y a 10 ans des attaques terroristes par Daesh font 130 morts en région parisienne et font basculer la France dans une nouvelle ère. 10 ans après le #13Novembre, le souvenir et les blessures restent.

On this Armistice Day, we remember together. Courage, sacrifice, and the shared hope of peace. 🇫🇷🇬🇧

Thank you to the Western Riverside Waste Association for the opportunity to visit Smugglers Way. It does a lot to ensure H&F remains Britain’s greenest Council Waste reflects the evolution of society, and comes with opportunities (reuse & circular economy) and challenges (gas canisters & batteries)

Last night I visited HS2 in H&F🏗️ Good to see progress at Old Oak Common: this hub will connect our Borough to the rest of the country & bring new homes, jobs, & investment. I will continue to work with HS2 to ensure it delivers tangible benefits for our neighbourhoods & protects our green spaces.

I watched with genuine anger as some on social media speculated (and hoped) that the perpetrator might be from a specific origin or religious background, to politicise these attacks. I hope these same individuals will join the Nation in honouring Samir Zitouni’s bravery and saving countless lives.

The sheer scale and lack of grave of the proposed ballroom (a typical example of the belief that bigger taller wider always means more refined), coupled with Apple’s donations and the tech sector’s capitulation, truly disappoints me. Let them eat apple pies.

Great to join @rowanree.bsky.social yesterday at Hammersmith Library for the launch of our new Digital Inclusion Strategy, building a Borough where everyone has the skills, devices, & support to thrive online. Exciting to see how our Digital Inclusion Alliance will help ensure no one is left behind

Really inspired by today’s #HFGreenInnovators event. Great to see so many creative ideas & real enthusiasm for climate solutions that benefit all! Particularly enjoyed hearing from the Leader about the Borough’s commitment to supporting local innovation and a greener future. Energising stuff! 🌱💡

Sébastien Lecornu est reconduit au poste de Premier Ministre. Il est temps pour toutes et tous d’arrêter les postures et les calculs politiques pour 2027, et de prioriser l’intérêt supérieur de la France pour faire passer un budget sérieux avant la fin de l’année.

Honte à ceux qui ont bafoué la mémoire de Robert Badinter. Abolitionniste de la peine de mort en France il y a 44 ans aujourd’hui, dont une partie de la famille est morte dans les camps, européen engagé, il est un grand Homme parmi les Hommes et a sa place au Panthéon.

Had a great time at Fulham Palace’s Apple Day today - orchards in full swing, fresh local apples and cider, and plenty of community spirit despite the drizzle! 🍏🌳 #FulhamPalace #AppleDay

The deliberate attack in Manchester against innocent worshippers at a synagogue on Yom Kippur is utterly appalling. Hate, antisemitism and violence have no place in our society. My thoughts are with the families and friends of victims and the Jewish community today.

🎉 Eel Brook Common just joined our borough’s Green Flag parks, now 25 and counting, with 3 new winners this year! This morning we hoisted the flag with the Mayor Cllr Holder to celebrate what local volunteers & park teams achieve together. Here’s to even greener, friendlier spaces for everyone!🌳

At the 80th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the United Kingdom & France, alongside Canada, Australia, Belgium, & Portugal are joining over 140 others in recognising Palestine as a state in its own right. I welcome this decision from both. Israel must leave Gaza. 🇬🇧 🇫🇷🇪🇺

The inclusion of Canada and the United Kingdom is welcome. Like-minded democracies must band together in this unpredictable world.

One of the many reasons we need a European Army is to ensure collective security and stability across the continent.

📢 The application for the Mund Street redevelopment has been submitted. I support this proposal which offers 107 new homes including social rent, alongside new green space & play areas for our area. Take part in the consultation & share your views! 📄 Ref: 2025/02153/FR3 🗣️ lbhf.gov.uk/planning

📣Residents of West Kensington & Gibbs Green: We want to hear from you! Hammersmith & Fulham is investing in our community, and your views are essential. Complete our survey & help shape the future of our estates. 🔗 haveyoursay.lbhf.gov.uk/investing-in-the-west-kensington-and-gibbs-green-estates

Europeans must remain united and resolute in their support for Ukraine. Europe’s borders must remain inviolable, and wards of aggression cannot result in rewards and territorial expansion at the expense of the peoples’ right to self-determination.

34 years ago Ukraine freed itself for the first time in centuries from Russian overlordship. It must remain independent & its integrity must be restored - this we learned from Versailles, which ignored the rights of the peoples to govern themselves, and was only ‘an armistice for twenty years’.

There can be no lasting peace until Russia withdraws from Ukraine in full.

Interesting development for our neighbour to the West. Thoughts?

I welcome the announcement today that the United Kingdom, following on France’s recent announcement, will recognise the Palestine as a sovereign state, with rights & obligations equal to those of Israel, whose common future must be in a two-state solution that guarantees their security & prosperity.

Bayrou a raison, ce jour est un jour de soumission de l’Europe. À nouveau, nous devons mettre en place la seule méthode qui nous permettra de nous élever au rang de grande puissance: l’Europe fédérale avec ceux qui le souhaitent aussi.

Let’s go Lionesses, bring it home! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🦁🦁🦁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Absolutely delighted to be at Scrubs Commons Dog Show today! 🐾 Such a wonderful community event—amazing dogs, friendly faces, and lots of local spirit. Thanks to everyone who organised it. Here’s to a day of wagging tails and good times in Hammersmith & Fulham (and desiring adopting a dog!)!

If young people can enlist to defend our country at home & overseas at the age of 16, then why should they not be allowed to have a stake in its future? I welcome this move, which aligns England & Wales with Scotland, where persons can vote in parliamentary and local elections from the age of 16.

Vive la France 🇫🇷🇪🇺 Français•es de Londres et d’au-delà. D’Hammersmith et Fulham, premier lieu de rassemblement de la France Libre, une bonne fête nationale à toutes et tous. Vive la France, forte et confiante aux côtés de ses alliés, ancrés dans une Europe qui prend son futur en main.

Come celebrate Summer North End Road Summer Festival today, 10am to 6pm! Enjoy a fantastic day out with activities, food, and entertainment that everyone will love. It’s the perfect chance to soak up the summer vibes, meet your community, & make happy memories together. + the sun is fully out!🌞

Cllr @lydiapaynter.bsky.social & myself attended an event at Exhibition White City on 4 July, @trixiemattel.bsky.social's 'Solid Pink Disco'. As many reported, I also feel that heat levels were beyond acceptable & safe levels. I have written to AXS' MD & the Council for this to be investigated.

Proud to stand shoulder to shoulder and represent @hfcouncil.bsky.social at London Pride yesterday. Thank you to Cllrs Sanderson & Perez for joining, and good to see Cllr Borland marching too!

Pride will always be a protest, especially against tyranny & obscurantism ✊🏳️‍🌈

🚗Zone D Residents have your say! H&F Council is consulting you (again) on parking controls after a rise in evening & weekend congestion 🅰️Keep current controls (Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm)? 🅱️Extend to 7 days a week, 8:30am–10pm + FREE visitor parking? 📅Closes 12 July haveyoursay.lbhf.gov.uk/parking-cons...

Did in 11 months what they could not do in four years. Part of unleashing the benefits of inclusive tech for the improvement of all. 🎉 🤖 🎈

A reminder to keep always pushing for equality and civil rights.

Today marks nine years since Jo Cox MP was murdered by a far-right extremist while serving her constituents in Batley and Spen. Jo dedicated her life to building a fairer, more compassionate society, and her belief that “we have more in common than that which divides us” continues to resonate.

Experiencing the sorrow of seeing a dear friend self-destruct, yet holding onto hope that they will rally and fight back.

Proud to have taken part in @wlqp.bsky.social ‘s charity 10km walk in support of Motor Neurone Disease, setting off from Lyric Square. Great spirits at the Black Lion now with our drag Queens & Kings! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Most Britons now think Brexit was a mistake. 🔹 62% say Brexit more of a failure than a success 🔹 56% say wrong to leave the EU 🔹 53% support rejoining 🔹 66% want a closer relationship – including over half of Leave + Reform voters The tide is turning. yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

The United Kingdom is back. 🇬🇧 🤝 🇪🇺

With this reset deal, the pendulum begins to swing back. It marks the beginning of our march back into the concert of Europe, after almost a decade of disaster caused by Brexit. While Brexit isn’t fully undone yet – and it must be – I am glad to see the UK we know & love is back 🇬🇧🇪🇺