Well, this is fun.

Cole-Hamilton: Delayed NHS app is another SNP saga

A stonker of a night for us. Three huge wins, Reform nowhere near us and the Tories down to ten percent in Mel Stride’s own seat. We are the only party taking Farage on and the only party beating him.

The ending of two party politics is looking rather like two party politics.

NEW DATA: Notional results for the 2021 Scottish Parliament election on 2026 boundaries. Of interest to academics/pollsters/journos Post: chrishanretty.co.uk/posts/sp2026... Data: github.com/chrishanrett... Source: github.com/chrishanrett...

Lib Dems gain seat in Mel Stride’s constituency, again

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Could it be you? New vacancy listed on Lib Dem website: Chief Steward (Volunteer)

Council by-elections results: the quarterly stats

Could it be you? New vacancy listed on Lib Dem website: Campaigns Manager (North West)

Could it be you? New vacancy listed on Lib Dem website: Regional Development Officer (North West)

We have an independent judiciary in this country. Robert Jenrick wants puppet judges. The Conservative Party once believed in the rule of law and our shared British values - no longer.

It's a two pumpkin race.

You can pointing while sitting down

Bingo! I have finally found a way to get TfL to properly investigate a common mistake when I report graffiti to them. They often send a 'we took a look and couldn't see any graffiti' response even when the graffiti is very much still there. Their customer service team always blank me when I ask...

Could it be you? New vacancy listed on Lib Dem website: Mid Sussex Fundraising Lead (Part-Time)

Could it be you? New vacancy listed on Lib Dem website: Leader's Office Team Coordinator

Thanks @eddavey.libdems.org.uk - we must make sure all our places of worship are safe places for all. 👇🏽

Not quite sure why this topic is appearing in my feeds again, but this advice is still spot on. Even if you are a cat person rather than a dog person. Or if, like any self-respecting Lib Dems, you are a goldfish person.

Torn between giving the Politico conference branding 0/10 for bland repetitiveness or 10/10 for ruthless repetitiveness.

It's true that Mrs T was at one point a struggling, unpopular leader of the opposition and that she went on to win. But I suspect the lessons as to how she won in 1979 are not lessons that would be welcome to those who like to cite her legacy: www.markpack.org.uk/133777/how-m...

One reason Labour leaves me confused: buff.ly/c7m4CGZ

Does the 2024 Lib Dem formula still work? Here's what new polling tells us:

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Latest YouGov net popularity figure for Donald Trump with Brits: minus 59% d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/To...

Lessons from Joe Biden for tackling small boats

Exclusive: Nigel Farage has not updated his register since May, despite continuing to present his GB News show, record Cameo videos and being a verified X user Qus are now being asked about the non-registration of his shareholding in GB parent co All Perspectives observer.co.uk/news/politic...

If rain and wind don't sweep me away, Sunday's The Week in Polls is going to be all about a relatively rare topic for the newsletter: what the polls say about the Lib Dems. Sign up here so you don't miss out: theweekinpolls.substack.com

If rain and wind don't sweep me away, Sunday's The Week in Polls is going to be all about a relatively rare topic for the newsletter: what the polls say about the Lib Dems. Sign up here so you don't miss out: theweekinpolls.substack.com

It's notable how different this 'fragmentation' is from, e.g., that of first half of 2019, which saw big gains for independents too. Now it's much more repolarisation around two different parties rather than across the board fragmentation.

I just thought I would check how @skynewsrss.bsky.social reported the previous announcement in 2012. Unsurprisingly it wasn’t “Man named as Archbishop of Canterbury”. And it made no note in the article of his wife or six children. Bravo!

Really, Sky? Her husband's name deserves more prominence than her own?

The continuing paradox of his schools and media commitments is that he seems to want children to be better informed and adults to be worse informed.

Five Reform gains in council by-elections

As a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee, I have called for an urgent enquiry into the extremely disturbing BBC Panorama report on misogyny & racism in the Met, to which I trust Sir Mark Rowley will be called to give evidence. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Could it be you? New vacancy listed on Lib Dem website: Campaigns Assistant (Part Time)

Want to know more about the history of the Lib Dems? Here's a short history of the party and its predecessors

Turns out the 2024 data wasn't an aberration: the shift towards being pro-traditional dress colour has been sustained this year.

Could it be you? New vacancy listed on Lib Dem website: Volunteer Recruitment Officer (Hull)

Could it be you? New vacancy listed on Lib Dem website: Fundraising Manager (Hampshire)

Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?

Ed Davey announced new spokesperson team

Councillor Jimmy Stanger joins Lib Dems

Lessons from Joe Biden for tackling small boats

Former Conservative leader defects amid frustration with 'clickbait' politics

Updated with ANOTHER two

The antidote to populism, featuring resident surveys

What do the polls say about Andy Burnham?

Fail Safe: the film that got overshadowed by Dr. Strangelove

It's quite the range of different reactions we all had to the same thing.