Worth mentioning - frequently - that the spike in shoplifting over the last decade was caused, in part, by Conservative policies. 2014 Anti-Social Behaviour Act required that theft of goods valued at £200 or less be treated as a summary offence. That low threshold led to police not attending scene

This was hard to read, from Reni Eddo-Lodge.

🔶 LIB DEM WIN - CUTTING YOUR BILLS ✂️ The Government has finally listened to Ed Davey and announced they will break the link between gas prices and electricity prices. Electricity from solar or wind is now much cheaper than gas. But people aren’t seeing the benefit of cheap renewable power.

This week I gave an interview to Ukrainian journalist Taras Mokliak, regarding the effectiveness of Western sanctions on Russia. This is the article he produced.

Every day in our country, 22 women are diagnosed with Lobular Breast Cancer. Not statistics, but friends, colleagues and loved ones. It is evasive of traditional screening, it is resistant to traditional treatment. This must be the government which delivers hope to patients and their families. 💜

When it inevitably becomes about immigrants.

Not every MP is likely to be this helpful.

Just read Kevin Danso has been receiving racist abuse since yesterday. One mistake. He's been great for Spurs in those inconsistent opportunities he's had, and has twice the heart of a certain Argentine fraud. If you're giving Kevin racist abuse, you can fuck yourself and fuck off out of the club.

XAAAAAAAAAVVVIIIIIIIII!

No10’s account is incredible. I held Developed Vetting for nearly ten years and spent three years at the heart of the Cabinet Office. I have never heard of a Developed Vetting denial being overruled. Here’s why…🧵 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The BBC is being attacked from within and without, by those who want to control the information we receive. It is running out of friends and will not save itself. The @libdems.org.uk must stand up for it, and so must the government.

Donald Trump's latest market manipulation scheme is having a terrible impact on UK heating oil customers. The government should implement a price cap.

Any chance JD Vance could come and give a speech in the UK ahead of the next general election?

Get out and vote, Hungary. Seize your democracy from Putin and his cronies.

Another weekend, another shit show. Sounds as though the group lucky enough to have forged a seating area from the bathroom beside me, are about to miss their connecting train. @gwr.com and I have opposing definitions of "good service".

Morally completely indefensible. Farage should sack Richard Tice immediately.

Liberal Democrats get things done. We don’t do division. We do potholes and police officers, church roofs and clean rivers. We focus on the local issues that matter to you. Vote Liberal Democrat on 7th May.

MPs must be given the chance to hold the Government to account and prevent the UK from being complicit in war crimes and breaches of international law. Air base access must also be withdrawn now.

This is a grave and era-defining moment for the world. Donald Trump is making wilder and increasingly concerning threats by the hour. If Trump follows through with this, Keir Starmer must immediately recall Parliament.

Glad the government has listened and done the right thing by banning Kanye West from coming to the UK to peddle his hatred. British festivals should be a place for celebration, not a platform for someone who has praised Hitler and promoted vile antisemitic conspiracy theories.

You can still be shocked can't you, even after years of this shit. That sentence chilled me to my bones. To see an American president say that. To see him boast about it.

X is for people who get triggered by marmalade.

"April, May, June, July and August Fools". Rest in peace Charles Augins and Rob Grant.

Important read by the great @carolecadwalla.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

For the uninitiated, Oakeshott is married to Tice, Deputy Leader of Reform. Reform hates Britain.

Reform launched its London election rally in Croydon yesterday. Meanwhile... here's Isabel Oakeshott

Welcome Kate! Councillor Kate Crawford was a Labour Councillor for 28 years. She has left the Labour party and joined the Liberal Democrats in Ealing.

🛰️✈️ So, using Russian satellite data, Iran destroyed American E-3G Sentry aircraft… Trump administration is putting pressure on Ukraine, lifting sanctions on Russia, and representatives of the Russian Duma are visiting the US. What can you call this? 🤔

BBC News - 'Public need to be better prepared for war amid urgent situation' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Liberal Democrats are clear: the King's state visit should not go ahead. Keir Starmer must stop appeasing Trump and advise the Palace to cancel this visit immediately.

Donald Trump called us cowards for not following him into his latest misadventure, in Iran. Don't let that bother you, Trump is a draft-dodger and understands neither courage, nor calculation. The Conservatives and Reform wanted to commit our troops to this catastrophic miscalculation... Fools.

Brexit apologists assured us that our membership of NATO would mean leaving the EU would have no negative effect on UK defence. Nonsense. Brexit has gravely undermined UK sovereignty. Now outside the club, the UK has no access to the EU rearmament fund. With @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social

The Church of England, and its new Archbishop of Canterbury, have questions to answer. Religious institutions great and small, cults and closed communities, must not be allowed to self-regulate. Those with safeguarding responsibility must be held to account.

"Trump is a draft dodger who understands neither courage, nor calculation", and the Conservatives would have followed him to war in Iran. Don't let them forget it.

I remember Four Seasons Total Landscaping.

Ahead of my General Debate on Support for Gurkha Veterans later today, earlier this week I met with Bhimraj Tumbahangphe, Lokendra Tumbahangphe, Phurba Sherpa, and Prakash Rana to discuss some of the injustices they face.

We have warned from the start that the UK has to avoid being dragged into another war in the Middle East. Starmer must now let Parliament vote on the terms of the agreement with the US for their use of UK bases. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...

Hard agree.

This morning the Conservative Party launched its local election campaign with a failed tribute to Kemi's best bits. Three weeks ago Badenoch said she would have sent us to war with Iran. In Gloucestershire, only the Liberal Democrats can stop Nigel Farage's latest vehicle for self-interest.

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.