Eid Mubarak!

Greetings to everyone celebrating the end of 30 days of fasting in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan - Happy Eid al-Fitr

Waverley Liberal Democrats Highlights from the latest week... w/c 16/02/2026

Half term may have meant a break for schools, but work from your local Lib Dem team continued 🔶 Here’s a quick look at what our councillors have been up to across Waverley this past week:

Introducing... Liz Townsend and Brian Steel. Cranleigh & Ewhurst, West Surrey Unitary Authority elections. Thursday 7th May 2026.

Introducing our two candidates for Cranleigh and Ewhurst, Liz Townsend & Brian Steel, in the upcoming West Surrey Unitary Authority elections on Thursday 7th May 2026.

#WestSurrey #WestSurreyUnitary #LocalElections #Surrey #CranleighAndEwhurst #CranleighEwhurst #Cranleigh #Ewhurst

Opinion | Dear Trump, Buying Greenland Is a Bad Idea Trump wants Greenland? Its previous colonizer has some thoughts.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

President Trump wants to buy Greenland. Its former colonizer, through Danish comedian Huxi Bach, has some thoughts on why that’s a terrible idea.

Great work!

An edit of a 'Traitors' confessional shot with Robert Jenrick sat in the chair. The caption identifies him as 'Robert' 44, Wannabe PM and a traitor'.

Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward

Lib Dems set out plan to end 12-hour A&E waits Party leader Ed Davey calls for £1.5bn to be spent on ending a

Never again should anyone have to watch their loved one die on a trolley in a hospital corridor.

Today, @eddavey.libdems.org.uk has set out our plans to end the scandal of 12-hour waits and corridor care in A&E.

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

🐟🌲💧- Our environment is under attack!
The government is getting rid of the biodiversity net gain promises they previously made. That means precious habitats like our chalk streams in Hampshire are all under threat.
This is not acceptable. We have to protect our environment.

A photo of Lib Dem MP's holding different placards that say: CUSTOM UNION NOW, FIX OUR TRADE WITH EUROPE AND CUT THE RED TAPE.

🚨 Today Al Pinkerton will introduce a 10-minute bill that calls for a UK-EU customs union.

It's time for Labour MP's to back our bill and help turbocharge our economy.

A graphic showing Nigel Farage holding up a light blue football jersey with the name BADENOCH and the number 10 printed on the back. Below the image, a quote bubble from The Guardian reads: "Farage tells donors he expects Reform to do election deal with Tories... 3 Dec '25.

Breaking: New transfer deal announced.

The Tories and Reform are plotting a shady pact before the election.

Liberal Democrats will take them on and stand up for a decent, caring Britain.

How a grassy Oxfordshire field became an illegal mountain of waste in just months Satellite images reveal how a grassy field in Oxfordshire was transformed into an illegal waste site in just a few months.

How a grassy Oxfordshire field became an illegal mountain of waste in just months

Salmon farmer accused of blocking UK investigations into alleged animal rights breaches Faroese firm Bakkafrost wants to ban campaigner Don Staniford from going within 15 metres of its fish farms

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Please help stop the $almafia privatising public waters around disease-ridden feedlots across Scotland - donate via @gofundme.com:
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🇪🇺 Exceptional speech from James MacCleary on the importance of the Balkans, and protecting Eastern European democracy.

🇷🇺 "The UK must send an unmistakable the Balkans cannot become a playground for Moscow's interference."

Letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer condemning Elon Musk for inciting violence and urging unity to defend democracy.

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.

As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

Reform HQ rebranded as ‘Trump Tower’

While Farage is off in America talking Britain down, we gave Reform HQ a rebrand.

We hope it will make him feel more at home.

Boycotting Trump Banquet to Call for Gaza Action I fear we could have a situation where Trump comes to our country, is honoured with a lavish dinner at one of our finest palaces, yet no one reminds him that he has the power to stop the horrifying…

I'm boycotting the state banquet to send a message to both Donald Trump and Keir Starmer that they cannot close their eyes and wish away the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Donald Trump can stop this catastrophe in Gaza and get the hostages released.

youtu.be/4MqPsjiage8

Palestinian journalist Mariam Abu Daqqa was killed in a live-broadcasted Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, along with four of her colleagues.

In a letter to her son, Mariam wrote: “You are my love, my strength and my pride.”

Read her final words to him:

This week I wrote to the Home Secretary and the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation to challenge the Terrorism Act 2000. Peaceful protest is a fundamental pillar of any liberal democracy, and this legislation is denying people that right.

Alison Bennett's Monday Mail: A letter to the Prime Minister In this week's Monday Mail, Alison Bennett MP writes to to the Prime Minister on the situation in Gaza

Today's Monday Mail: ✉️ A Letter to the Prime Minister✉️

On Thursday, I wrote to the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to share with him what people across Mid Sussex have been saying to me about Gaza during the first week of my Mid Sussex Summer Tour.

📬 www.midsussexlibdems.org.uk/news/article...

So true about remembering the individuals waiting @alisonebennett.bsky.social

Three million on NHS England waiting lists have had no care since GP referral Exclusive: Data reveals ‘invisible crisis’ with millions yet to have first specialist appointment or diagnostic test

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

First Reform councillor on Surrey County Council 👇 A defection from the Conservatives...

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There has been a lot of speculation over the past 24 hours regarding my removal as the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Women and Equalities and Scotland. I can now confirm I have been removed from that position, and have shared my response below.

Low turnout and an unfair voting system: UK elections ranked in the bottom half of countries in Europe British voters are moving away from the two-party system, but their electoral system hasn’t kept up.

“It is estimated that there are around 7 million to 8 million people not correctly registered or missing from the registers entirely. This is not many less than the 9.7 million people whose votes gave the government a landslide majority.”

Far-right Vox is the preferred party by Spaniards under 45, with even more support among the youngest groups, according to this survey by respected pollster 40DB for @elpais.com
elpais.com/espana/2025-...

Wasted Wind Britain wastes millions a day switching off wind turbines. See how much has been wasted today, and in 2025.

Great Britain wastes £180,000 every hour switching off wind turbines and overpaying gas generators to switch on. That's £634,826,847 so far this year! wastedwind.energy

From my energy supplier. Happy to hear the contrary view, but on the surface, this sounds nuts.

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🚨BREAKING: Government backs Lib Dem call to expand Free School Meals!

The Government has finally listened to calls to expand free school meals to all children on universal credit, a longstanding Liberal Democrat policy.

Where’s your boat, Nigel? Reform UK’s leader is “heavily invested in fishing” – so why hasn’t he registered it?

Nigel Farage says he owns a fishing boat and is "heavily invested" in the industry. But it's still not in the Register of Interests, 56 days after he said it.

Where’s the boat, Nigel?

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