Same-sex marriage passed without the need for a single Labour MPs vote. At a time when the Labour government is conducting an horrific attack on the rights of trans people, I really don’t think Labour MPs should be claiming credit for other people’s work in support of LGBTQ+ rights.

Oh god. Does LinkedIn. Have a block feature?

Concrete is everywhere – and producing it generates significant emissions. Erik Schlangen at TU Delft is reinventing concrete from the ground up, replacing conventional cement with greener alternatives and aggregates with recycled materials. Watch 👇 #WorldEnvironmentDay

The tragic death of Henry Nowak should not be used to sow division. Instead of condemning comments made by US politicians, Zia Yusuf chose to attack the BBC. Britain needs leaders who stand up to division, not fuel it. @joshbabarinde.bsky.social

Top of the Pops (6th June 1974). Sparks open the show with This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us.

People really underestimate the power of going and forming a public conversation somewhere else where it isn't dominated by Nazis. The self gaslighting that's gone on on X because of a romanticism for what Twitter used to be as a space for plurality of views is obscuring that.

Every single one of these is the kind of piss weak opposition debate minded lib that makes them ineffective against the far right and helps encourage people to mistakenly think following their content is somehow opposition to the far right itself.

Clean hands save lives. 🤝 Infection prevention and control action, including #HandHygiene, can reduce the risk of health care-associated infections by up to 70%. Let’s stop the spread of germs and reduce avoidable infections!

At least five people were killed in two separate Israeli strikes in Lebanon, while US forces said they intercepted two Iranian drones threatening maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz amid rising regional tensions. #EuropeNews

While nothing had much changed in terms of parliamentary seats, a lot had changed in terms of votes: Labour won in 1997 on a 71% turnout with 13.5 million votes. In 2001 Labour had polled only 10.7m votes on a turnout of just 59.4% - the lowest (until 2024) since 1918 ...

While other parties abandon environmentalism , Liberal Democrats remain committed to the fight. Our message is clear: if you care about protecting Britain’s nature, we’ll offer you a better deal than anyone else. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

Last chance to get drafting advice for motions for #LDConf this week, the deadline is 10 June at 13.00 for Autumn Conference - www.libdems.org.uk/conference/s...

At times I wish the BBC's editors were willing to be as robust as their lawyers.

So happy that our Lib Dem MPs were there to raise these questions and hold the government’s feet to the fire over their abhorrent transphobia. Course the minister just gaslit saying they “support trans rights”. Much like a fox supports the rights of chicken in a coop…

I just don't understand this stuff. Labour isn't in opposition. It's not writing for an essay competition. So don't whine, legislate: "X com has become a tool by which malignant foreign actors spread disinformation and we will bring before Parliament legislation to block it."

Matthew Syed’s claim that universities have been captured by Critical Race Theory is odd. I’ve spent years in Politics academia. I’ve never been explicitly taught CRT. Also, supporting internationalism doesn’t make you a “communist”. Right-wing paranoia explains 90% of the culture wars. #Newsnight

See what happens when @eurovision.tv doesn’t listen to its audience #Eurovision

One thing not covered in the newspaper report was the poll's approval ratings for party leaders: Ed Davey +2 Kemi Badenoch -2 Nigel Farage -5 Zack Polanski -7 Keir Starmer -22 www.thetimes.com/article/99f5...

🇮🇳 🪳 Young #Indians are pushing for the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra #Pradhan with the parody "#Cockroach Janta Party", calling for peaceful protests on Saturday in #NewDelhi. The #CJP has won millions of followers on social media since its launch last month. Watch for more ⤵️

This is what I mean when I talk about how media coverage of racism has just shifted, there was an ability to engage with dog whistles a decade ago and now Reform are running on a platform of mass deportation and white lives matter and the media are talking about it like it's a real issue.

Nearly 50 die of thirst in Niger after truck breaks down in remote Sahara desert

I'm now furiously shooting off pitches to various newspapers / public-facing outputs yelling about how important it is that we commemorate the day which created the English slave plantation system in the Caribbean. Let's see if there are any nibbles.

Half a dozen Southampton students just interviewed on local BBC news, about how they're now afraid to go out - not because of stabbings, but because of fascist thugs: "There were people up on the tables. Someone burned a swastika into the ceiling". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In a detail which will surprise no one, the first of the "patriots" to plead guilty to offences connected to the rioting in Southampton on Tuesday night has a criminal record as long as your arm, including.... possessing a knife.

Why do I have to go to the local news section to find this story? Where are the protests demanding an end to the epidemic of white Brits murdering minorities? Will there be a national debate on the ills of cocaine abuse amongst white men?

Just circling back to this odious individual who was at the racist riots yesterday. Someone who for years after she called for all trans men to be sterilised, as well as reams of other violent repulsive transphobia was praised and fawned over by JK Rowling, the NS and other 'centre left feminists'

Ten years on, what’s next for Brexit? Take part in our live Ask an Expert Q&A happening now with the FT’s Europe editor Ben Hall and Peter Foster, the FT’s World trade editor ft.trib.al/Ulth0sZ

Reform UK councillor in Trafford to appear in court accused of weapon charge www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

Quite the front page.

Got a real ‘battle for the soul of our nation’ vibe about the immediate future. Things are looking grim and we’re walking straight into something terrible. As a historian it feels so blatantly textbook that it almost seems impossible to comprehend.

Bob is baking bread before dawn. By breakfast, he's delivered it around North Walsham by bike 🍞🚴‍♂️ Hard-working local businesses like his are part of what makes our communities special. Parliament hears plenty from big business. I'm determined it hears from people like Bob too.

I hate this. They keep trying to change the definition of racism (which anybody can look up by the way) to explain that only white people can possibly be racist. It is a fundamentally silly proposition that means they need to invent new ways of describing racism when non-white people do it.

BREAKING: as three Lebanese hospitals are hit by Israel, Israel and Lebanon agree to renew ‘cease’ fire. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

The horrendous words of Ben-Gvir - Israel's National Security Minister - must not be condoned by this government. The time has come for a full ban on all arms to Israel.

With this government sometimes the only thing you can do is laugh.

Today, I’m launching a High Court claim against xAI, the company behind Grok. I am just one of thousands of women and even children who have been the victim of abusive and sexualised AI deepfakes. This should never have happened – and xAI must be held accountable. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

The fact remains that mainstream politicians are now making overtly white supremacist claims on national television, with essentially zero pushback. It's hard to see the bright side here.

Nigel Farage is trying to exploit Henry Nowak’s murder to divide people – exactly what Henry’s father asked us not to do. We need a different kind of politics that brings people together to stop knife crime.

If Ed Davey put out a statement but refused to attend Parliament, refused any questions from journalists but demanded coverage quite rightly #bbcnews would point that out. Why are different rules applied to Mr Farage?

🚨 Keir Starmer on Reform UK's candidate in the Makerfield by-election. "Reform UK have got nothing to offer but grievance and division yet again."

A strong moment during PMQs. Ed Davey: "The victims of knife crime and their families deserve a politics where we come together to solve these problems and not use them as a political football."

Truly disgraceful. FIFA should suspend the tournament. Other teams, including the US national team, should boycott the games in protest.

Top banter Davey

Ed Davey dismisses Tony Blair’s interminable essay calling for UK to get closer to Trump and tech barons etc as a new form of “drone warfare” #pmqs

BBC doing this too. "Police pelted with missiles at Henry Nowak protest" smears an innocent victim again Try "Police pelted with missiles after Southampton murder" Inappropriate to call it a "Henry Nowak protest" when his family explicitly call for it NOT to happen. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This headline is a travesty. It's not a protest and it's got nothing to do with Henry Nowak. It's a racist riot. Call it that.

On Saturday, @eddavey.libdems.org.uk joined @mariecgoldman.bsky.social in writing to the Minister urging her to withdraw the EHRC's dreadful new draft code of practice. Thank you, Ed. 🧡 Women's rights and trans rights are not in conflict - and we will not stop fighting until the law is changed. ✊🏳️‍⚧️

What Reform did today was an incitement to rioting and an insult to a grieving family. This bloke should have hung his goddamn head in shame.