Extremists, algorithms & hostile states try to divide us, to turn us against each other. But we have don’t have to follow them. We can choose to talk to each other& focus on what we have in common That’s what Jo would have done & it was a privilege to start this with @katieamess

📊@LibDems are on the up, and are going to be crucial to ensuring Reform don’t end up in Power. 📈 @EdwardJDavey is leading @LibDems to be a significant force into the Next Parliament. 🗳️If there is going to be a positive change, then it is going to be the @LibDems leading it.

Including YouTube in the list of banned 'social media' websites is going to be the governments biggest single own goal. More people watch YouTube than the BBC.

Reality is that the Government is right to target Social Media usage, but should tackle Big Tech to do a rating system rather than ban under-16s from Social Media completely. As @tomhfh puts eloquently if used correctly, it can benefit the younger generations.

I had social media growing up so I deeply understand the concerns. But growing up I didn’t have access to tutors. My mum wasn’t around as she worked evenings. When I needed help revising for my GCSEs, I turned to educational content on YouTube. For kids from backgrounds like mine, it offers support they might not get elsewhere. That matters in this conversation.

After months of delay, the Government's online safety plans don't go far enough. Children deserve better than this rushed hodgepodge of social media restrictions, which don't keep them safe, nor hold tech companies feet to the fire. @TweetingCollins

At the height of the Blairite New Labour era, Roy Hattersley observed that in the 1970s and 1980s he was on the right of the party, and now he was well to the left without changing a single view on any policy. Hattersley’s views had been fully formed and deeply thought through decades earlier. He flourished in an era where politics was shaped by a battle of ideas and convictions, becoming one of the party’s most significant and compelling post-war figures. He will not be especially remembered for his brief period as a cabinet minister in the late 1970s, when he was secretary of state for prices and consumer protection in James Callaghan’s government. (Indeed, he subsequently joked about the absurdity of waking each morning to decide the price of bread.) Hattersley’s long career shows that politics is much more than fulfilling ministerial ambition. In books, articles, broadcasting studios and his pivotal role within Labour’s never-ending conflicts, he always conveyed a sense of ideological mission. Importantly, his arguments were made with vivacious wit. By @steverichards14 newstatesman.com/appreciatio…

Roy Hattersley, former Deputy Labour Leader, has died at 93. Here he is as a Cabinet minister, campaigning in the 1978 Hamilton by-election for George Robertson, Labour's candidate. Margo MacDonald stood for the SNP. The 1978 World Cup was around the corner, and Scotland had qualified. Hattersley kicks around a football, sort of. As the opening game of the World Cup was on Thursday 1st June, the by-election was held one day earlier, on the Wednesday. The last time a by-election was not on a Thursday.

🤫 Shhh... there's a major scandal in British politics. Under our voting system, politicians can get elected with just a fraction of the vote, meaning millions of votes don't count. That's why @LisaSmartMP is fighting for fair votes where every vote matters.

The Brexit mess left by Nigel Farage and the Conservatives is costing us £90bn a year, money that could have been spent on defence and tackling the cost of living. They wrecked it. We'll fix it.

Elizabeth Plummer has been pivotal to the Lord's legislative scrutiny for over 25 years. Through advising Lib Dem peers, drafting amendments and negotiating countless agreements, Elizabeth has directly improved our laws. Her MBE is deserved recognition for her incredible impact

Reform can’t even agree among themselves in Wales. They can’t be trusted to run the country.

John Healey shadowed me for over 4 years. While i didn’t agree with everything he did i know he tried his best and had the interests of the Armed Forces at his heart. i know he loved the job and it will have not been easy to resign. His loyalty to his Party and PM was not reciprocated by them when it mattered and i think he was left with no choice. i wish him the very best. His resignation was one of principle.

I'm constantly - constantly - amazed that AI isn't more of a talking point. We are on the verge of something terrible but great. In the coming years it will be the singularly dominant issue in all of our politics, and all of our lives. And today it's treated like a sideshow.

Healey's resignation is far more consequential on an issue of war and peace than Michael Heseltine's over Westland. That was about contracts, this is about whether the Treasury is going to adequately protect the country. Starmer clearly hasn't the clout to deliver what the armed forces need.

Healey's resignation is a wake-up call for Starmer and Burnham. Stop repeating the mistakes of the Conservatives and get serious about funding our armed forces properly. We cannot afford years more political chaos while our national security is put at risk.

Respect to @JohnHealey_MP for standing up for defence at such a vital time. We need to be meeting at least 3% GDP on defence, if not more. Hope @JohnHealey_MP is returned back to Cabinet represent Defence before the GE. Healey and @BenWallace70 put the Country first on defence

Proof of three things: 1) John Healey is not the shrinking violet some in the military feared 2) The government is in no way taking the current threats to the defence of the realm seriously 3) Starmer government is a sinking ship which can't get out of the docks on key issues

"Last night we had really racist pogroms, or attempted pogroms, on the streets of Belfast." @MatthewOToole2 tells @lewis_goodall of having to drive children, whose homes were set on fire, to places of shelter. "I'm not sure that experience will leave me for a while."

During a work exercise today, I listened to a 999 call from a young lad who was trapped in his flat while fire engulfed the building. The sheer terror in his voice was palpable. Never underestimate the trauma experienced by people who cannot escape from their burning home. And never show sympathy to anyone who thinks they have a political justification for inflicting such torment on them.