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Following his previous roles as pro-austerity Lib Dem (2015-17), moderate Green fighting antisemitism (2018-23), 'eco-populist' heir to Corbyn (2025-present), I wonder if Zack Polanski will undergo another complete character reinvention if he fails to take Holborn & St Pancras.

The party's conference in Brighton was optimistic in part because it is confident it can hold on to the new seats it won in 2024, and a sensible and robust defence policy is one way it feels it can do this. The party won 72 seats at the last election; huge swathes of these were seats that had previously always voted Conservative while also voting Remain in 2016. The calculation is that these seats are full of voters who may never vote Labour, are not yet ready to trust the Tories again and are internationally-minded enough to understand how foreign policy impacts the domestic. ✍️ Patrick Gibbons Article | spectator.com/article/are-th…

Watching a group of charity ‘Chuggers’ (yes, they’re back) seeking to stop people at Victoria. 9 times of 10 they target women. This is no doubt because they believe women, indoctrinated to ‘be kind’, find it hard to say ‘No’. This is what trans activism exploits too.

Zoe Hollowood is incredibly brave to challenge her party in this way. I know what it’s like to state biological sex is real and be attacked for speaking common sense and telling the truth. She is not on my side of the political spectrum, but courage calls to courage everywhere. Zoe should be supported in trying to get the Lib Dems to stop being silly, follow the law and respect the supreme court judgement.

There’s not a lot of choice! All the ‘progressive’ parties in the UK are captured on this subject. And, despite the jibe that supporting sex-realist interests is ‘right-wing’, it’s not and I’m not. I’m a Liberal.

“Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said he would not pursue crazy or nasty policies just to get attention like other ‘populist’ parties in Britain,” How’s that going? thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…

I honestly never thought I would live to see the day that @Conservatives policy was less misogynistic and less homophobic than @LibDems policy. Sadly that day is now here. World turned upside down.

That is a profoundly silly thing to say. The US & Germany overtook us on key products, steel & , in 1870s. Navy conceded parity with riding power, US in 1921. WWII bankrupt us forging us to liquidate the Empire. We’ve drifted down for 100+ years. As ALL empires do. US too, I fear

I get to use this image again.

Genuinely shockingly bad strategy stuff , it will NEVER be lib dem vs reform in anywhere but Hull. They need to acknowledge they are a minor party, they are not the third party anymore.

I think a profile that clearly hates his country and has a EU flag as its profile shouldn’t ’presume’ anything.

The Liberal Democrat’s are a luxury belief brand. Summer all year round, picnics in communal spaces, living as though in a permanent lockdown, eating cakes and never gaining weight. Everything that is neither possible nor real. Reality is in fact, given a sharp swerve by this party at every opportunity. They are as unnecessary as the apostrophe that autocorrect has stuck in their name in my opening sentence.

Careless Lime rider fined and banned after City of London Police identify him using CCTV and trip data. We're working with Lime to catch anti-social cycling offences and potentially helping the force tackle wider offences in the future. Read more here cityoflondon.police.uk/news/…

.@LibVoice4Women chair @hollowood_zoe: “Women in so-called prog parties facing intimidation from fellow members, & party ldrs are looking other way. Women, esp in a liberal pty, shd be free to express lawful views that others disagree with without being bullied out of pol life”

Every vote counts, if you're propsing PR, Restore & Farage would be able to form a coalition with any other RW gvt. If you have another proposal I haven't seen it. The current system allows constituency representation by majority - This translates to majority seats.

Record number of seats won and the freedom to vote anyway you choose.

We do. All eligible adults get an equal vote. If your point is about the system that's a different matter. Should we overhaul what are you proposing as alternative? PR can be equally flawed & often results in getting nothing done. Fringe parties such as Restore would love PR.