Farage and Badenoch are absolute clowns: startled by the entirely foreseeable series of events they failed to foresee. A demonstration of their total lack of judgement.

This International Women's Day, sporting a glittery Batman tattoo, I'm saying thanks to the team of "quite good" women who help me to do my job. "Thanks!"

The US is widely reported to have hit the Qeshm desalination plant. The response from Iran suggests they may now use the precedent to justify attacks on Gulf plants. Attacking critical civilian infrastructure is a war crime. The Govt must seek an urgent explanation from the US.

These are Olena Udovichenko and her son Hordii. A Russian missile killed them today. Olena was a teacher in a Kharkiv school, Hordii was a second-grader there. Last night, Russia killed 11 people in Kharkiv, including Olena and Hordii. RIP.

As the Americans land B1 bombers at RAF Fairford, President Trump is promising a relentless assault. We are being drawn into an offensive war. The PM must spell out to Parliament what constitutes a “defensive” operation and the limits on the use of our bases. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Without a clear strategy from the United States, the United Kingdom is right not to follow Trump in Iran. The lessons learned in Iraq came at the cost of British lives. We must apply those lessons.

It's time.

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So the UK government is going to allow the US use of RAF Fairford, for defensive measures against Iran and its proxies... ... by pure coincidence, one of the few European airfields capable of supporting modern strategic bombers.

New Trump statement: "Three US Military service members have been killed in action... There will likely be more before it ends. That's the way it is."

This week in Independence Square, Kyiv: Putin's 3 Day Special Military Operation - Day 1,461. 🇬🇧 🇺🇦

Alongside colleagues from the @libdems.org.uk, I’ve written to the Home Secretary demanding urgent action for dual nationals left stranded abroad or forced to pay eye-watering costs just to come home - all because of the Government’s botched rollout of new immigration rules.

Nothing less than an independent, statutory public inquiry will adequately bring the breadth of Russian interference into the light.

Better yet, send that shit Worzel Gummidge tribute act.

Another stunning win, congrats to the team in Redcar! 🔶 As the Labour vote collapses, Liberal Democrats are the ones beating Reform.

We are the United Kingdom. This week I have written to the Home Secretary to remind her, that when we make a deal with somebody, we keep it. The government must not retrospectively change the terms of agreements it has already made, over Indefinite Leave to Remain.

"Top 5 Lib Dems of all time" Assuming MPs (and in no order): Charles Kennedy Vikki Slade (@vikkislademp.bsky.social) Jess Brown-Fuller (@jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social) Layla Moran (@laylamoran.bsky.social) Cameron Thomas (@libdemcam.bsky.social) This doesn't mean I agree with all of their views!

"Country whose decrepit Navy is routinely humiliated by smaller country without a Navy, threatens much larger alliance which has actual Navy." 🤡

Nigel Farage lashes out at a FT journalist and refuses to answer the question. Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?

Happy Valentine's Day to those who would have celebrated! 💌

Politicians beware: Working 8 other jobs could make you less productive to your constituents!

Russian hybrid warfare has targeted every aspect of UK statehood: from the MOD, to the NHS, to the BBC. No single party has either the credibility, nor the capacity to fully investigate the breadth and depth of Russian interference. Only a judge-led, statutory public inquiry will suffice.

I am deeply suspicious of parties which court cryptocurrency donations, given the potential for money laundering, by organised criminal gangs and malign foreign governments. Yesterday in Parliament, I rang the alarm bell at Farage's continuing closeness to wire fraud convict George Cottrell.

A year ago I asked the government to release the full, unredacted Russia Report. Security Minister Dan Jarvis declined. Could Mandelson be the reason why?

This must be investigated.

Elon Musk has been outed for his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, so why would an MP so vocally against grooming gangs, voice support to Musk? Who knows, but Rupert Lowe's Register of Financial Interests, shows he's earned almost £40,000 in one year from Musk's social media platform.

To the thousands fighting cancer today, I see your struggle, and I see your courage.

Today parliament debated Mandelson, whom the PM made Ambassador to the United States, despite his ties to Epstein. One MP used that debate to celebrate Elon Musk, who is known to have practically begged Epstein for a "wild party" at his private island... years after Epstein was first convicted.

Spoiler alert… The name left on the prayer card on the Reform bench was SMITH I asked the doorkeeper to check the list for any new defections but he was as bemused as me… So either a defection in the offing or someone changing their name overnight. Not long to wait and see who sits in that seat 🕵🏻

Maladministration of Civil Service Pensions is a national scandal, affecting scores of Tewkesbury constituents, and thousands across the country. This morning I'll be calling out those involved, and asking some questions of government.

These allegations are incredibly serious, it is now only right that the police investigate Peter Mandelson for potential misconduct in public office.

Since Brexit, the UK engages with economic juggernauts such as the US and China from a position of weakness, not strength. It is time to accept that leaving the EU has made us weaker, diplomatically and economically.

We've all been horrified by the videos emerging from Minneapolis this past month, of Trump's Gestapo killing members of the public, and arresting children. When UK politicians call for such enforcement in the UK, it isn't their own family they think will suffer, it's yours.

The UK must understand the full extent of Russian interference and influence, before the next General Election. Nothing less than a full statutory public inquiry, will adequately inform the public.

Story time! What am I reading you?

"We're just normal men!" In a world where UK culture feels increasingly squeezed by algorithms which feed our children US content, it's vital that we can continue to produce great children's content of our own. The BBC is by far the largest financial contributor to UK children's content.

State terrorism.

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. If never again is to mean never again, then we must understand the world we're in, and defend against retreading the road which led to Auschwitz. Take some time today to consider what you have in common, with those to whom you feel opposed.

Went to one of those Twilight films for a first date once. Spent most of it with my face in my palm. I imagine Melania would have gone the same way.

Reform: The Conservatives broke the country Also Reform: Welcome to another failed Conservative minister who broke the country

Yesterday evening, I was on the Times Radio MP panel. One of the big issues of the day is the ongoing debacle over the Chagos Islands and the government’s faltering ‘deal’ with Mauritius. As someone who know a bit about it, here’s my latest take. #Chagos #DiegoGarcia #SelfDetermination

They murdered a nurse who cared for military veterans & then called him a terrorist.

This five year old boy came home from school in Minnesota last week, to find Trump's goons waiting for him. They detained the boy and deported him to a Texas detention centre. The Conservative Party and Reform want to bring the practice to the UK.

It's time to get serious about funding defence. Everyone is saying we 'must do more' but it's all talk. Our plan to issue bonds for funding defence will raise £20bn and give our allies the reassurance that Britain is serious about defending Europe. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This week, another Lib Dem Gain in Gloucestershire! Congratulations Councillor Craig Thurling for The Rissingtons! Could you be the next Liberal Democrats councillor for Gloucestershire? Join us today.

I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC. The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.

Conservative Friends of Russia was launched at the Russian Embassy in London in 2012. Andrew Rosindell was a member. Nigel Farage has a Russia problem, and this week, it got bigger.

Lunacy. There's no other word that fits. The Green party would at once remove our only 2 deterrents to foreign aggression. Populists on the left are every bit as dangerous as those on the right.

I had the odd doubter two weeks ago, but I'll say it again: "Donald Trump is the most significant threat to NATO." Whatever our government says on the surface, it had better be working tirelessly with EU allies to manage that threat and minimise the potential for future threats.

Trump's tariff threat to the UK and NATO allies marks a dangerous departure as he pursues the illegal annexation of Greenland. He hasn't attacked a NATO ally militarily - yet - but he has done economically. The UK must stand with our allies and face down his bullying tactics.