Euan Davidson

@euandavidson.bsky.social

Lib Dem Cllr for Corstorphine/Murrayfield (the best part of the best city on the planet) and Education, Children and Families Spokesperson. Liberalism, civil liberties, human rights, travel and cinema. He/Him. 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🔶️

A system that diminishes the rights of people fleeing persecution isn't just impractical, it's a failure of our common humanity. Vital that once asylum seekers are granted refugee status, they are able to build their lives with certainty about their future & a sense of welcome.

‘Perpetual limbo and alienation’: UK Government’s proposals on asylum policy

Humanists UK has expressed concern at the UK Government’s proposals on asylum policy announced yesterday. Government plans will see the ability of refugees granted asylum to rebuild their lives be ham...

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An obvious attempt to undemocratically derail a bill which has already faced more scrutiny than any other private member’s bill in recent history. This is a compassionate, popular reform that the public overwhelmingly supports. Lords should be careful not to undermine the will of the Parliament.

Seven Assisted Dying Bill opponents table 587 amendments between them

Today, members of the House of Lords will debate the Terminally Ill Adults Bill for the first sitting of Committee Stage. Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Baroness Grey-Thompson, Lord Carlile of Berriew, ...

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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.

This is ... not what the Malicious Communications act is meant to be about. This is (in my non-legal view) deliberate wrongful arrest to get them off the street for the immediate next day or so.

Reminder that the Lib Dems have continually campaigned to: 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 Scrap the Two child Benefit Cap 🧓Keep Triple Lock Pension ❄️ Keep Winter Fuel Payments 🇪🇺 Closer ties with EU 🗳Proportional Representation 💦 💩 Clean up waterways 🌎 Net Zero 🇵🇸 Ceasefire in Gaza/ 🇺🇸 Stand up to Trump #LibDems 🔶🔶🔶🔶

Mass starvation in Gaza and over 1,000 Palestinians killed while seeking aid since May. The government says the situation is intolerable yet they continue to tolerate it. The UK needs to stop all arms exports to the Israeli Government - today.

Abortion laws exist not because medical technology can’t do amazing things, but because tragedy can be part of anyone’s parenting journey. Stand with those who need us to fight for their rights most when their world is crumbling- join us protecting safe abortion access as a human right.

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