THIS! This is what @EdwardJDavey's talking about when he says @LibDems won't let Farage bring Trump’s America to the UK. Tell your friends what's going on please. Join us if you have the stomach for 2025 politics. Www.libdems.org.uk/join-loca… propublica.org/article/ice-b…

As a US Supreme Court Lawyer Says Trump Admin “Actively Plotting to Establish Dictatorship”, UK should worry. Farage copies Trump's America. It's why @EdwardJDavey wants none of him. #Makerfield voters tempted to vote Reform should vote @LibDems instead.. 2paragraphs.com/2026/06/supr…

This is a brave Jess. I don't envy your generation of parents in what's become a Wild West - all American - let's place the blame where it lies. The US should have already dealt with this problem. These conversations won't be easy but must happen - in my case with grandchildren under their parents' rules. @YouTube. It needs to address content, adverts shown and end scrolling before it's ever likely to be fit for unsupervised child use, especially not on a TV. Until then, the SM corporations' united failure to act, while it simply reflects every new technology market entrant pushing at boundaries to gain advantage, is unacceptable. Tories failed for years to set a policy boundary. Labour's going to have to come back to @LibDems policy for staging access, so your daughter learns, is safe at every new step and capable of knowing the things to avoid when the restraining limits come off for her as an adult. In the meantime, commercial respect needs SM corporations to stop business related searches returning pictures of scantily clad women and recreational ads. It's always disrespectful to women. Then we all need simple controls in what we need to be able to designate as safe work and family space. Enforcement is expensive. The Tory solution was not to bother, so we've rivers are full of silt from fields and sewage released by delinquent water companies under licence if you please! With farmers we have 'pull' schemes to show how to retain and enhance the soil needed to avoid stranding farm assets in less than a generation. For water and SM correlations pull hasn't worked so 'push' is overdue. We've given these corporations and their less scrupulous users, access to our data and they've royally abused us and our children, so we must stop them and retain use of the best of their technology safely under our new rules. There's an interim stage that's not been done here in the UK, the EU has been better. That's where fines can and should be extracted to hurt the SM companies enough to make investors call for change. Those fines will either need to be in excess of 100% of profits in a year to matter to those investors and C-Suites, or accompanied by banning directors - making the individual Executives calling these society harming shots to risking their job and any future senior management role. We can go further and should consider a stop for companies operating in the UK when their company standards fall outside UK law and the management team does not meet the Companies Acts Director standards here. Palantir should face this today in the debate about to be brought by @LaylaMoran as no UK government should let that company within 3000 miles of UK cutizens' data. These represent pressure points we need government to push towards, so bans can be changed to age appropriate and restricted safe bands once the rules are implemented. I concede the Liberal data point made by several people here is hard to swallow. I don't have the answers to that yet. Perhaps you do?

Trump must change his baseball cap for hardball. Putin attacks a 12th century cathedral and Netanyahu Beirut in the wake of peace chats with @realDonaldJTrump. Monsters don't respect anyone. Now what? A no fly zone over Ukraine Sanctions @LibDems aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/14…

SEN. KELLY: How many times have Vance and Rubio been to Ukraine? Zero. Has Trump been to Ukraine? No. He invited Putin to United States, but he still failed to send anybody at high level in his government to visit Ukraine. Have Kushner or Witkoff been to Ukraine? They have not.

I decided at the end of my weekend in the UK, that I need to face news of Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilian targets. Hitting a 12th century cathedral and Unesco World heritage site is unacceptable. Is that a prelude to peace discussions? Where's trust going to come from?

The next time Putin claims he’s defending Christian values and only attacking military targets, recall the attack tonight on one of the holiest religious sites of historic Kyivan Rus.

Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, cheered on by Nigel Farage, has been a disaster for Britain. It's time to rebuild our relationship with Europe to grow the economy, tackle the cost of living and properly fund our defence.

Hey Nessrs @Potus and Farafe. Climate Crisis is on us. Consistent water is the answer not deluge and drought. That needs more schemes like US Klamath River to bring back salmon and UK Severn Valley Water Management Scheme for three rivers in 6 counties. theguardian.com/environment/…

If Trump thinks there's any way the UK will increase the US share of defence spending. Dream on. Trust has gone. Having said that in defence of the UK @10DowningSt must heed @EdwardJDavey call for a £20 billion Defence Bond. @LibDems theguardian.com/politics/202…

We will see failure of warring autocratic states. 80% of us resist old men mad for power. We want to get on with one another to share opportunities. But we'll help the fight to the end ! Putin, Netanyahu, Trump - and Xi for his support - they have only shame in their history.

Applebaum: What binds Russia, China, Iran and North Korea is not religion or ideology. China is communist, Russia nationalist, Iran theocratic. What binds them is fear of liberal language: rights, rule of law, separation of powers and independent courts. 1/

This 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.

While I was briefly back in the US, I was disheartened by how many would say "oh is that still going on?" when referring to the war in Ukraine. It was incredibly frustrating for me especially as an active duty medic in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At that point its just willful ignorance. Everyone has a cellphone, laptop, tablet, etc. Information is literally at your finger tips. But instead of informing oneself properly, the choice seems to be watching AI slop, mainstream media, and other short attention span apps. The was is not over, it has not slowed down, we are still working and fighting for freedom in Ukraine, the frontline is still 1000 km long, civilians are still being killed by r*ssia every day. We can only go so far to inform you. The rest is up to you. Up to date sources, @KyivIndependent @KyivPost @saintjavelin @U24_gov_ua Stay informed and inform others.

I cringe every time I hear "Ukraine and russia exchanged attacks overnight." Ukraine strikes military targets. russia strikes apartment buildings, hospitals, and civilians. These are not equivalent actions. And they should not be reported as if they are.

We @LibDems call for US ambassador to UK to be summoned over “flagrant foreign interference that seeks to fan the flames of division”. As @EdwardJDavey said, the Trump administration is “attacking our democracy, not in secret, but openly on social media” theguardian.com/politics/202…

🚨"Free-range" labels changed how we buy eggs. Now we need the same honesty for #dairy.🥛 Don't let US-style mega-dairies hide on r supermarket shelves!🤬 Sign the #petition 2 demand mandatory dairy welfare labels from the #Environment Secretary 👇 #Health act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bat…

Unfortunately, the Russian side once again chooses war – everyone heard the response today. Weak response. He simply does not want to end the war. I think many around the world were disappointed by that response. He does not want to change anything, and he does not want to admit that this war appeals only to him – and to those who are making money off him. They were all smiling very broadly today. That means Russia must have less money, and there must be more pressure on Russia. I thank everyone who is helping us. I thank everyone who stands with Ukraine and wants a real peace.

Friday's front page (June 5) from The Independent

We all need to resist attempts like this to politicise Henry Nowak’s death and divide our country - whether they come from MAGA politicians like Vance or their cronies here in the UK.

Would you seriously trust a party that wants to repeal the Equality Act, Strip back workers rights, Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts and Legalize "fire and rehire" tactics with your human rights? It would be like handing a kitten over to a hungry crocodile