Labour Liberals @LabourLiberals

This leadership election is now a referendum on Britain’s future relationship with Europe. Continue down the path of isolation with Andy, or back Wes and rebuild our ties, restore free movement, and help to create an economic powerhouse strong enough to rival Trump and China.

BBC Politics @BBCPolitics

a month ago

"I am not proposing that the UK considers rejoining the EU, I respect the decision that was made at the referendum," Andy Burnham says Follow live bbc.in/4dwtz79

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This disappointing result confirms what we all know. In 2029 Labour will need to revive the Lib-Lab Pact to secure a serious progressive government against the forces of grievance and intolerance.

LabourList @LabourList

4 months ago

🔴Results in: Labour come 3rd in Gorton and Denton. Labour candidate Angeliki Stogia received 9,364 (25.4%) votes, behind Reform UK who received 10,578 (28.7%), and the Green party who won the by-election with 14,980 (40.1%)...

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On the one hand Tesco, a private company that has partial information on my grocery-buying habits. On the other a government with coercive powers and a “nudge” unit designed to change my conduct. Can you see the difference? Tom can’t.

Tom Harris 🇬🇧 @MrTCHarris

9 months ago

I've always found it odd that people who oppose government ID cards are usually more than happy to own a loyalty card that allows private companies to keep track of tons of personal information about you.

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@aswren Between 2014 and 2016 Labour increased its membership by 350,000. We received the worst defeat since 1935. The reward for appealing to the left is thousands of determined activists who will work hard for you. The trade-off is you lose the ability to win over the wider public.

@WilliamJHague Let's conduct a reality check for William: x.com/ukcolumn/statu…

UK Column @ukcolumn

9 months ago

Digital IDs: William Hague says most voters back them. Do you?

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Wishing all @LibDems a great conference! @UKLabour was born out of the popular liberalism built (in part) by the Liberal Party, and the Lib Dems were in turn founded by Labour's greatest Home Secretary. In this dark and strange era, we must unite to fight the forces of reaction.

Then why were almost 1000 people arrested last week for peacefully holding placards, Torsten? We need your brilliant economic and policy skills in the DWP, but your authoritarian views on free speech may well cost us the next election...

Torsten Bell @TorstenBell

10 months ago

They aren’t. They are arrested if they incite violence and in her case jailed because she pled guilty. Reasonable people will disagree on sentences/her guilty plea, but what Reform are doing is glorifying the spreading of hate

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Fantastic to see so many pro-growth MPs promoted over the last week. We need their optimism and confidence to escape decline, fix the housing crisis, and turn Britain into a green energy superpower at the cutting edge of AI tech. #jfdi 🇬🇧🏗️📈

Steve Reed @SteveReedMP

10 months ago

It’s time to BUILD, BABY, BUILD🇬🇧

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Graham Linehan is an unpleasant character whose pathological loathing of trans people has destroyed his own life. His online presence is a sordid gutter of monomania. Detaining him at the border for this is stupid, illiberal, counterproductive & authoritarian.

@AbdiDuale_ Just wait until you hear about needing a licence to turn on your TV...

Farage is desperately trying to sabotage Britain's recovery. Reform tried to block some genuinely transformative laws. The polls would look very different if we talked about this more. 5 examples:

The Labour Party is best when it defends civil liberties, personal choice, and democratic rights. Last year, we kept the government out of the beer garden. This year, we must keep it out of our private lives, our public squares, and our communities.

But that same mindset — that Whitehall knows best — is alive and well. From banning peaceful protest, arresting people for Facebook posts, destroying on online privacy, to telling businesses who can use their bathrooms, the instinct to micromanage is spreading.

🚭Remember when ministers floated banning smoking in pub gardens? It was quietly dropped last year after pushback — and rightly so. The state has no business policing lawful behaviour in private venues.

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In a free society, the state doesn’t police who you stand next to at the sink. Bathrooms should be run by those who provide them — not micromanaged from Westminster. Protect dignity. Protect choice. Keep the government out of the cubicle and unelected lawyers out of politics!

This isn’t just about trans people — anyone could be stopped, questioned, or humiliated for “looking wrong”. If you are tall or muscular biological woman, you could be at risk of state-mandated intrusion into the most private of spaces for how you look.

🚨 The EHRC wants the state to decide who can use a toilet. Whether in schools, shops, hospitals, or gyms, Whitehall would dictate who’s allowed in and who’s turned away. Bathrooms are not the government’s business - they’re a matter of dignity, privacy, and common sense.

An outrageous attempt to shirk responsibility from an increasingly morally bankrupt institution failing to keep the public safe. Stop arresting people for posting on social media and you might have time to catch thieves yourselves!

The Telegraph @Telegraph

11 months ago

🚨 The public has a duty to stand up to shoplifters rather than relying solely on police officers, a policing chief has said telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/1…

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The Labour Party is the heir to a radical democratic tradition rooted in the popular liberalism and fierce independence of the British working-class. That tradition won union rights, civil liberties, devolution, constitutional reform, and more. @UKLabour must stay true to it.

“Direct action” has always been part of Britain’s liberal democratic tradition — from the suffragettes to anti-nuclear protests to climate campaigns. Damage to property is a crime, but it's not terrorism. And if governments can redefine protest as terrorism, no campaign is safe

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🕰️In 2000, ministers promised the Terrorism Act would never be used to prosecute non-violent direct action or those who caused property damage. Yet, today this very Act is used to brand hundreds who hold placards and cartoons as "terrorists". Is the state abusing its powers? 🧵