Lib Dems treat ALL voters with respect

I probed them on this and the ones I'm thinking about weren't pro Farage at all - they were considering voting for our Lib Dem candidate - but not Labour

No 10 considered giving Starmer aide Doyle diplomat job, sacked official says Sir Olly Robbins says he felt

The icing and cherry on top of a very shitty cake:

"No 10 considered Lord Doyle for diplomat job

"Doyle, the ex-communications chief, was made a peer after leaving No 10 in 2025, but was suspended from the House of Lords over links with a convicted sex offender"

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The PM says the facts about Peter Mandelson’s appointment are “incredible”.

He’s right. But what’s truly shocking is just how badly he's let the country down. He promised change after years of Conservative scandals and scapegoating. Instead, he’s delivered more of the same.

Olly Robbins says he faced ‘constant pressure’ to get Mandelson in post Sacked civil servant discloses he overturned vetting ruling without knowing full extent of national security concerns

"Downing Street took a “dismissive” attitude to vetting and Mandelson was given access to the Foreign Office building, low-classification IT and to “higher-classification briefings” before he was granted security clearance."

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Out knocking on doorsteps today in a social housing estate

Anti-Labour sentiment has flared up even worse since last week...

Suggested that someone handling Top Secret documents doesn't need DV vetting?

Bo11ocks

How about having a Prime Minister who can get sensible things done without being badgered into doing them?

Starmer is so furious at the jump in electricity prices that...

I'm criticising The Guardian which should know a lot better than this

I don't know whether this is just sloppy journalism or whether there is a deliberate pro-Green bias at The Guardian

Elon Musk snubs Paris legal summons over alleged child abuse images on X Billionaire owner elects not to attend voluntary interview as part of investigation by French cybercrime unit

Starmer "I'm furious"

France "Prosecute"

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Spring skies over the magnificent York Minster this afternoon #medievalsky

Ge'ez Ethiopian stuff? What did the Popes do with this research?

Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 15 of 2026 A total of twenty-seven manuscripts were digitized by the Vatican this week. As with recent weeks, the vast majority, twenty-two, came from Ott.lat. The remainder, also as expected, were three from ...

27 #Manuscripts from the #Vatican this week www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2026...
The expected: 17th C Papal stuff, Ge'ez liturgy, classics. Less common: Inquisition reports, Venetian chronicles, Apocalypse commentary, and more
#MedievalSky #Skystorians

Birmingham divided as extraordinary local election looms Is the UK's second city about to see the biggest political shake-up in more than a decade?

And which party is mentioned only once in this article, and only at the end?

That's right - the third largest on Birmingham Council at the moment - the Lib Dems with 13 seats versus 2 for the Greens.

Totally underreported.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

That is very good

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Weird: the Al Yankovic story
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Movie 2022
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I'm not quite sure what inspired Daniel Radcliffe to appear in this substandard comedy movie about a comedian who wasn't particularly weird or funny

Reform’s Richard Tice posts picture with telltale signs of AI manipulation, say experts Deputy leader’s image on X was almost certainly generated or altered using AI, according to Peryton Intelligence

Reform are such liars

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

...so the large corporations kept the refunds...

Number of Lib Dem Councillors after May 2025 local elections (excl. Town/Parishes):

3,100

Number disqualified and removed?

Zero

Trump administration begins refunding more than $166bn in tariffs Claims system launches months after supreme court ruled Trump had no legal authority to impose tariffs

Complete and utter screw-up

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

2024 General Elections:

72 Lib Dem MPs
Zero defections
Zero suspensions

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If Anything Happens, I Love You
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12 minute short animation
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A complete, blubbering weepie... 😢

Ed Davey smiling and pointing at a sign that reads Polling Station.

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Ed Davey Is the UK's most popular party leader opinion poll April 2026

Ed stands up for Britain at its best, a country where people look out for each other, where public services work, and where politics is about fixing problems not stoking division.

Nigel Farage's latest aping of Trump politics - promoting a crypto business which he himself has invested in.

MPs must be banned from promoting financial products in this way.

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The big worry for me is that our membership is largely (centre-)left and a rightward drift in the name of the next tranche of seats risks alienating them.

I don’t quite know why we’re not cutting through nationally (he says, as @lisasmartmp.bsky.social is on the telly)

Concur - we are not changing here in Oxfordshire we are changing the electorate, bringing them on board and demographics help.
But, pwe are not, never will be Tories-lite and must/ will stay true to fundamentals of Liberalism