@tomsimon
Lib Dem councillor and Leader of the Opposition in Camden, London. Also an aspiring writer of historical fiction seeking ways to publish my debut novel: The Belmond Legacy, an adventure story set in 12th century England.
They've been flogging this line for years and now Labour is at 16% in the polls.
How much further do Labour have to sink before they start thinking that maybe it's just a bit more complicated than that?
Find Savings to Fund UK’s Digital ID Plan, Labour Ministers Told
This confirms our worst fears.
Labour want to divert taxpayers money from our public services to pay for their mandatory Digital ID scheme.
The Lib Dems fought against Labour’s ID plans before and won, and we can do it again.
a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
Sky News on Renee Nicole Good murder: "There are deeply conflicting accounts of what happened."
REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.
Grow a spine.
The Telegraph What's the point of the Liberal Democrats? Annabel Denham Senior Political Commentator 06 January 2026 3:07pm GMT Ed Davey has predictably condemned the US extraction of Venezuela's leader,
The Telegraph is attacking the Liberal Democrats for standing up for international law. If you oppose Trump's lawbreaking and support a liberal, rules-based world order, you might consider joining the Lib Dems. www.libdems.org.uk/join
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
🔴British Woman Left ‘Stranded’ in Hungary After Home Office Refuse to Let Her Bring Niece to the UK
The 13-year-old girl, who she was given responsibility over after being abandoned by her parents, could be sent into state care because of the Home Office’s decision
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
All options are on the table and yet... the PM's own website gives pride of place to X in where it encourages people to go to find out more about the PM.
www.gov.uk/government/o...
Reform's London Mayor candidate is talking a lot about sexual offences in London.
But Reform *never* come up with *any* solutions that don't involve immigration.
They don't propose policies, they don't ask questions, they don't get bills passed in Parliament.
Today the Pentagon censured Senator Mark Kelly and moved to strip part of his earned military retirement benefits for stating the truth.
This administration is trying to convince Americans that truth is whatever it says it is—even when the evidence is plainly in front of us.
We know what happens when a US President ignores international law. My friend Charles Kennedy understood what was at stake in 2003 when he stood against the Iraq war.
Unlike the Labour government, we will not look the other way.
People worked out this was bullshit 5000 years ago. The stated aim of Hammurabi's law code was "to cause justice to appear in the world, to destroy the evil and the wicked so that the strong should not oppress the weak". So sad we are still having to debate this stuff!
"Iron laws of the world"? Some of America's most important national accomplishments are about leading humanity away from this kind of bullshit.
If we let ideologues like Stephen Miller drag us back into a world where brute force is all that matters, all of us will be less safe.
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Nearly six in 10 (58%) people who would vote in a second referendum said they would cast their ballot to return to the EU.
The finding in a Deltapoll survey for The Mirror comes ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 2016 Brexit vote this year
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Great to see so much coverage for my question in the Lords today. Here's more on what I asked - and what the government didn't say in response: lordseyeview.substack.com/p/will-the-g...
Ofcom Nations Report 2025 time use by social media channel
For every minute Britons spend on Twitter, they spend:
35 minutes on YouTube
35 minutes on Facebook/Messenger
11 minutes on Instagram
7 minutes on TikTok
5 minutes on Snapchat.
If the UK government wants to scale down on Twitter than it's really not a problem for directly reaching people.
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
Fun fact: Lab and Con now make up the top two in only 2% of council by-election results.
"If the US President is doing things that are against British values and against the British national interest someone has to point them out."
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
If people admire you, they put your name on buildings. If you have to do it yourself, well… that’s different.
Romania, an EU country, is getting richer. The UK, outside the EU, is struggling.
The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
Hunting is completely impractical, causes immense damage to farming, benefits nobody and is very cruel indeed.
No wonder Britain's leading Brexiter backs it.
Farmers' anger grows as Australian beeffloods into Britain Meat imports surge 80pc as free- trade deal sparks criticism over impact on local producers
This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
What the hell is going on with BBC journalism? Nowhere in this whole article is the obvious point made that Putin lies about this stuff ALL THE TIME.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
