I just can’t believe we live in a world of health and safety and Clapham Common tube station is just … allowed

No one with a full-time job should have to turn to a food bank. In-work poverty is all too common and that has to change.

Just had my first-ever juice from Joe & the Juice, and it was aggressively mid (sandwiches are great, though!).

I’ve seen this repeated a lot over the last few days, but it’s a pretty disingenuous point given turnout was down nearly 8%

Had two people at conf yesterday say they knew me through Bluesky which was very nice!

Lib Dem Friends of Hong Kong about to be swimming in money

Sorry but Britain having a view on AI regulation is like an ant having a view on the moon landing

Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · 2w ago

Proposals to create a more powerful regulator for AI in Britain will be voted on at Labour conference this month, as concerns mount in Westminster about the speed with which the technology is transforming society and business. www.ft.com/content/2660...

we need an army on lifestyle influencers who say stuff like “hey chat you gotta turn your phone off at the cinema, say thank you to waiting staff, take your glasses back to the bar too if poss“

It’s possible that we live in the most aggravating time in human history

Conservatives winning Wandsworth must be the most pyrrhic victory in the history of western democracies

Sign our petition below, to tell the minority Green administration to reconsider their cuts! www.lambethlibdems.org.uk/values/our-c...

Nicky Spence has been absolutely terrific. What a revelation!

Later on in the programme Gareth Malone is going to spin the wheel to see if you win your energy bills for a year

My colleague @lisasmartmp.bsky.social tried to get the government to cap political donations last week, and they stupidly ignored the calls. I fear that we are now past the point of no return and at the beginning of an arms race, with parties chasing bigger and more outlandish donations.

Capping donations to political parties was a Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment in 2024, and Lib Dem MPs tabled amendments in April to make this happen. Peers will press the same case in the Lords - so that our democracy is protected and everyone's voice can be fairly heard.

I hope Stella Creasy is proud of whatever private concession she got for dropping her amendment on capping political donations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record

Cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne says he has matched a donation from Ben Delo announced late on Friday.

bbc.co.uk

I think the fundamental problem that the 'pro' side made was that they stopped trying to persuade.

imagine being a teenager excited to visit a faraway country and play cricket, and you find yourself hiding in your hotel room hoping the thugs knocking your door don’t try to break it down then imagine being an asylum seeker put into a hotel room hoping the same thing we should be so ashamed

this is just so outrageous. we cannot have a country where any group of non-white people seen in public - whether a visiting youth cricket team, or a group of British nationals, or, yes, asylum seekers - gets a mob sent after them, and the government just ignores it

Reform Yookay

Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ryan Bridge - Founder of "Raise the Colours" flag protests - charged with 14 offences including common assault. Danny Thomas - ringleader of Dover/Portsmouth thuggery - an ex-con jailed for attempted kidnap at knifepoint. Almost like they're not "ordinary people with concerns" but criminals.

Ryan Bridge - Founder of "Raise the Colours" flag protests - charged with 14 offences including common assault. Danny Thomas - ringleader of Dover/Portsmouth thuggery - an ex-con jailed for attempted kidnap at knifepoint. Almost like they're not "ordinary people with concerns" but criminals.

Visitors of cornish gift shops don’t help the stereotypes

Just arrived 14 minutes late on a train; devastating.

For a moment I thought this was Ed Davey

The Seldom Seen Kid@seldom-seen-kid.bsky.social · 4w ago

They're all dead, Dave.

Biblical

POV: Your delicately placed googly is about to get smacked for 6 by @williamten.ch

Back at the most beautiful place on the planet

I wish this all the success but I hope they focus less on keeping people safe (as important as that is) and more on the glaring legal absurdity that political parties – organisations formed by beliefs – can’t make determinations based on beliefs. goodlawproject.org/were-defendi...

We’re defending the Greens against a ‘gender critical’ group | Good Law Project

After standing up for trans members, the Greens are facing a legal challenge – so we’re representing them in court

goodlawproject.org

Can’t wait to go on holiday tomorrow during the driest summer in five decades. It will sure be nice to sit by the beach and be cool after being forced to sit in a sweaty office during all of those heatwaves!

Imagine seeing droughts, wildfires and new diseases and thinking that we should abandon climate targets. The Conservatives are now banning candidates from standing in elections if they believe in taking action to protect the environment. We need politicians who follow science.