3. ⁠this is not the moment for an incredibly expensive increase in state surveillance infrastructure to be run for profit by private tech firms just before Labour ushers in an (even more) authoritarian right wing government. FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.

UK: pls can we have a crumb of affordable homes and non-cost-of-living-crisis Starmer: so you're saying you want *spins wheel* ID cards

So many people, for some reason, refuse to learn from history, and allow it to repeat itself, can we change that disturbing fact? I don’t know…

In the UK, access to public paths is shrinking. Thousands of miles of disused railway lines, canal towpaths and green spaces sit unused or blocked off. Liberal Democrats have a vision to transform these forgotten routes into vibrant public paths for everyone to enjoy.

This is what happens when journalists do actual journalism, researching data and factual evidence. Better than National broadcast media reading us national papers as if they are bastions of objective truth and then reporting ‘vibes’ and polls that are based on the nonsense they read in the papers.

Elon Musk is no friend of our United Kingdom. He should be held to account for allowing truly vile and illegal child abuse content on his platform.

I got fired from my bingo calling job last night. Apparently, a meal for two with a hairy view is not the right way to call the number 69…

Encountering the fascists outside Waterloo iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...

The sun is setting. The flag shaggers have doubtless urinated on multiple monuments. Have they started fighting each other yet?

5pm, once everyone’s a bit ‘tired and emotional’ and no one turned up to fight them.

The Bible says you’re not supposed to eat prawns. Or wear two types of cloth together. Or (perhaps more significantly) hoard wealth. Yet somehow it always comes back to queer rights & reproductive healthcare. Dunno, I’m starting to feel like maybe it doesn’t have anything to do with faith?

✴ Liberal Democrats launch new campaign to “Balance the BBC” following the public service broadcaster’s months of “wall-to-wall” coverage of Nigel Farage’s outfit Reform UK. Sign the petition here: www.libdems.org.uk/bbc More from Max Wilkinson here: bsky.app/profile/libd...

The Government's 'Devolution Bill' fails to deliver real power to local communities, instead handing even more authority to regional mayors. Devolution must mean decision-making from the bottom up. Local authorities know their communities best - it's time Whitehall stopped sidelining them.

Providing safe & legal routes for refugees is a significant way we can reduce the number of small boat crossings and tragic deaths in the Channel. So why has the Government just restricted family reunion - one of the few safe routes that currently exists? This is cruel madness.

🎶I'm sorry Nick Jackson (woo) There is no deal We called off the Bayern loan-to-buy Fly home to replace the injured guy🎶

Reform’s move to block local journalists from reporting on their work is straight out of Donald Trump's playbook. It's a cornerstone of our democracy that politicians of all stripes are held to account — but for some reason Farage's cronies think they can make themselves exempt.

Sick of BBC continuously promoting Reform U.K. and ignoring other parties with far more representation? Please sign the petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Instead of spending £20 on something that should be free, that you can barely taste and will soon piss out, why not buy a signed print from me? It'll last much longer and won't make you feel like a gullible tit every time you look at a tap in your house.

Nigel Farage and the Reform Party’s Taliban Tax means sending hundreds of millions of taxpayers' money to an oppressive regime that British soldiers fought and died to defeat.

Farage and Reform’s latest plans add up to sending billions of taxpayers money to an oppressive regime that British soldiers fought and died to defeat.

If you’re waking up to yet another news programme on tv or radio that is over platforming REFORM with 4 MPs and not mentioning any other opposition party, you know what to do. Sign here and get anyone else you know to sign. Fair coverage now. Takes 30 seconds petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Nigel Farage pretending to be patriotic while pledging to rip up Britain's proud record of leading the world on human rights.

Britain can’t afford Elon’s next power trip. Today Ed Davey has written to the Energy Secretary urging him to block Musk’s electricity supply licence. The government should be putting the national interest first, not worrying about upsetting Elon Musk.

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A cynic might suggest that Sky knows people will assume this headline means *to* 50% rather than *by* 50% (to its current rate of, erm, 15%) without reading the article. A cynic might suggest this.

Well said …

"We have to set forward an alternative, whether that's on Europe, on energy bills, on health and care, and on reforming the voting system." @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk

"The triple lock has helped reduce pensioner poverty, guaranteeing security for today’s and tomorrow’s pensioners." "If we could grow the economy then we could sustain this and help all those who are struggling." @libdemdaisy.bsky.social

"It’s almost as if parts of the media are afraid of their own shadow when it comes to Nigel Farage and his ilk." @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk

Listening to @therestpolitics.bsky.social latest podcast where you talk about where would ’centrist’ voters go. You guys discuss Corbyn and Farage as alternatives to Labour but I am curious as to why the Liberal Democrats weren’t at all. Genuine question, where do you think they sit on the spectrum?

This is a whole new level of stupidity. It’s going to hallucinate all sorts and quite possibly cause actual harm to your constituents @markjsewards.bsky.social you really ought to think about this. It ain’t intelligent, it’s just fast.

Why oh why is my feed so full of dudes that seem to have mistaken this place for Grindr? @bsky.app

More disclosure of suspects' immigration status needed, Cooper says www.bbc.com/news/article... This is stupid and the pandering to fascist instincts in the Reform Party has to stop. The immigration status of a suspect of this crime is irrelevant.

Fascism is expensive.

This article, which is great, reminded me of a quote from Red Dwarf that had a big impact on teenage me: RIMMER: It's just that I'm ill at ease with the opposite sex. LISTER: It's because you see them as some alien species that needs to be conquered with trickery. They're not - they're people.

Yeah, this one. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...

The media in general has to start reporting on what Reform UK actually does with power where it has won it. Farage leads a cult of incompetents and they are going to actively harm some of our most vulnerable citizens.

We want plural coverage of a ALL our political parties. None should be grossly over or grossly under platformed. And ALL should get fair coverage of their policy pronouncements and parliamentary activities. A fair messenger is crucial in a democracy. Sign here. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

We’ve now over 4k sigs & rising. This petition is also increasing in importance as the broadcasters relentlessly frame the 2029 election 4 years out. Nigel Farage & his band of 5 are apparently heading for No.10. No other party matters. Tell them they’re wrong. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Are u fed up of the 2029 GenElex being framed 4 years out? Are you sick of ONE party being given a platform & others none. Do you get the feeling you’re being manipulated? Tell the broadcast media u the electorate are in charge &want fair coverage now SIGN HERE petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Lib Dems now have 72 MPs. Reform have 5. Tories have 121 as official opposition. There’s been a Westminster spending review - so which opposition party gets to be on the entire @itvpeston.bsky.social? Yeah u guessed it - Richard Tice. We Demand plurality now petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

"They still haven't grasped this essential thing, that you can't fix the NHS unless you fix care." @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk