Russia’s shadow fleet keeps Putin’s war machine funded. Stopping that matters. Today the MoD has assured me this operation is taking place in line with international law – unlike US actions in Venezuela. The rules exist for a reason, and the UK must not be complicit in breaking them.

BREAKING: Ed Davey’s response to Keir Starmer’s statement

Those threats made by Trump against Canada, Greenland and Mexico hold new weight today.

Starmer must convene the UN security council to hold Trump to account.

Great powers have always, to some extent, written the rules for themselves. But this should be a reminder that for all we might lament the “rules based order”, it’s largely gone, if it ever existed. Hard power is the only thing which matters now. Europe needs to wake up to the new realities.

Dowty Judo Club? "I always thought Judo was for wimps!" Thanks for showing me around guys. Keep up the great work.

From @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...

Other countries are already acting to protect children from the harms of chatbots and social media. 2026 must be the year the UK does the same, by putting children’s mental health before corporate profit.

As Snyder said last year, at this stage, Ukrainians help us to extend 1938. And if Ukraine gives up or we give up on Ukraine, we will move to 1939.

Merry Christmas everybody, wherever you are. 🎅🏾🎄

“The White House’s dead-eyed shark has monetised his presidency so well that he can pay whatever it costs to discredit institutions that may threaten him.” Stewart Lee this week on Trump and the BBC lawsuit.

2025: Boris Johnson, "If Labour MPs try to reverse Brexit they will be walking into a hail of machine gun fire" 2019: Boris Johnson, "We must all be clear that violence and intimidation anywhere is wholly unacceptable in this country"

NOW it's Christmas.

More than happy to show a few of my social media posts to his face.

The botched Brexit deal is costing Britain £90bn a year. It's time to turbocharge our economy with a UK-EU customs union. MPs must back our bill today.

🚨BREAKING🚨 MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union. The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.

If the House of Lords fails to progress this bill which the elected House has passed, then it risks creating a constitutional crisis, and only lends weight to calls for House of Lords reforms.

🚨 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.

It's taken Putin 4 years, over a million dead Russians, an insurrection, an expanded NATO and the complete evaporation of the myth of military might... and he still hasn't achieved the scale of Liz Truss' complete economic meltdown. Not yet, at least. Liz be like: "8% inflation? Tut... Amateurs."

They didn't put an £88,000,000,000 annual deficit on a bus. Brexit was a sham from the beginning, and we should never let its prophets forget what they've cost us.

This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week. Please sign and share 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Lib Dem MP Cameron Thomas at DCMS committee: "Somebody you've described as a friend [Robbie Gibb] had a role in your appointment. You don't think that's unusual?" Prescott: "If you operate in this country in the sphere of politics/media etc it's not that unusual to come across people that you know"

On reports that Russia could be readmitted to the G7 under peace plans, Lib Dem Calum Miller MP says: "Russia must not be readmitted...Putin is a war criminal who is also hell-bent on destabilising Europe and the rest of the international order. A ceasefire in Ukraine would not change those facts."

Donald Trump is gunning for the BBC, and Farage is cheering him on. Want to know why? Follow the money…

I attended the protest outside of Rockstar North in Edinburgh this evening to stand in solidarity with the more than 30 workers across the UK, including a number of my constituents who have been sacked.

Congratulations to @Victoria-Collins.bsky.social - newly elected Vice President of the Liberal Democrats.

Trump’s latest attack on the free press... Donald Trump has now sued The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Walt Disney, which owns ABC News, CBS News, and CNN. This is unacceptable. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-sue-bbc-media-b2862554.html

Congratulations to @JoshBabarinde.bsky.social - newly elected President of the Liberal Democrats.

The BBC is tearing itself apart to appease publications and politicians who want to see it die. An absolutely kamikaze approach to running a media organisation. I can't see it ending well.

Great to know one of the world’s biggest social media platforms is run by such a level-headed guy who definitely wouldn’t use his influence to poison our politics or divide the country. Nothing to worry about at all.

An honour to take up my second annual Parliamentary Poppy Ride this week, representing Tewkesbury constituency in support of Royal British Legion.

I really welcome this. Scaling up our military strength is not just about tanks and ships. It is also about morale. Our troops could be asked to put their lives on the line to protect us. The least we can do is give them somewhere decent to live. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Musk’s Grok is among the AI models pushing Russian state propaganda, actually citing Russian state media sites, when prompted about the war in Ukraine." For the millionth time: Why in the name of all that is good is the Government still addicted to X? open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...

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We just stopped Nigel Farage’s plan to drag Britain out of the ECHR and tear up people’s rights. Farage wanted to scrap Churchill’s legacy and bring us closer to Trump's America.

Today Tewkesbury voted to protect your human rights. Thank you for the honour.

So proud of my fellow Liberal Democrats this afternoon, along with those members of other parties who have defeated Farage's latest attempt to undermine Britain's place in the world. I'm so proud to have registered Tewkesbury's vote against this damaging, populist twaddle.

We just defeated Nigel Farage’s Bill in Parliament to tear up people’s rights and withdraw from the ECHR. Farage wants to do away with the Britain Churchill built and turn it into a version of Trump's America. We stopped him.

If racism has no place in his party, then Nigel Farage should prove it by withdrawing the whip from Sarah Pochin immediately.

Political parties that deny climate change exists are no friends of farmers. They are paving the way for deeper losses and long-term damage to British farming. open.substack.com/pub/dannycha...

Over the weekend, the Shadow Home Secretary showed how spineless the Conservative Party has become by failing to immediately call out Pochin’s racist remarks for what they were. It’s about time they stood up for the traditional British values of decency and tolerance, rather than bowing to Farage.

Sarah Pochin’s remarks were blatantly racist. Decent MPs from across party lines should now come together to condemn this disgraceful behaviour and show the public that this will never be tolerated by Parliament.

ICYMI on Sarah Pochin's remarks to Talk TV on Sat, where she complained that “adverts are full of Black people and Asian people”, Lib Dem MP Max Wilkinson said: "Nigel Farage keeps insisting that racism has no place in his party. Now is his chance to prove it - he must withdraw the whip."

This week I collaborated with The New Plough in Tewkesbury, to raise money for @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social. Our "Beat the MP" pool competition raised £165 for this excellent charity.

Didn't take long for "Stop the boats!" to become "Stop the blacks!"

I'm assuming this was the interview for that vacant TalkRADIO slot. Do we know when she starts?

A far right politician with credibility is dangerous: they dog whistle rather than speak their racism aloud, and they speak calmly and clearly. We're sure they're racists, but it's hard to prove. I'm really grateful when the likes of Pochin say the quiet part out loud and prove it for free.

I didn’t think this story could get worse, but the Prison Service had several chances to fix it and failed. The Government now has serious questions to answer and major work to do to make the system fit for purpose. It certainly isn't at the moment. shorturl.at/4jgD6