Oh yes I totally DID sit in May’s chair in the EU Council room 🇪🇺 #EUOpenDay Bitches Against Boris & Brexit New Europeans British in Europe

'At the moment people are misbehaving in the police and senior officers are despairing because they don't have the tools to get rid of them', says Former DAC Met Police Lord Brian Paddick. Nick Ferrari｜Brian Paddick

It costs about £3,500 an hour to keep a Chinook in the air. I guess we now know the cost of an embattled Home Secretary... 🚁

🚨BREAKING 🚨 BY-ELECTION RESULT Salisbury St. Pauls, Wiltshire LD 830 Con 213 Lab 237 Lib Dem GAIN from Conservative Huge congratulations to new Cllr Sam Charleston and the team! Smashed it.

As Grant Shapps hints plans for a new Northern rail line could be scaled back, the government unveils its revised Hull to Liverpool trans-Pennine commuter service:

"The World Economic Forum now places the UK 29th in its global rankings for the quality of its railways, in between Kazakhstan and India." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

👀👀👀The value of Cardiff University’s ‘educational exports’ (international students) stood at £655m in 2020-21, exceeding the combined export performance of the car and other vehicle industry in Wales.🎓📖 bit.ly/3E6LPTX Cardiff University London Economics, LE

World Economic Forum puts UK 29th in global rankings for quality of our railways The Guardian . We built world’s first railways and responsible for amazing railway engineering worldwide. Lack of long term investment caused tragic decline.

France just legislated that every parking lot for 80 cars or more must be covered by solar panels That’s 11GW of new solar (same as 10 new nuclear reactors) powering millions of home - zero new land needed Climate action is happening, just not at #COP27 publicsenat.fr/article/parlem…

Congratulations to Lib Dem peer Floella Benjamin who has been made a member of the Order of Merit -the most prestigious honour in the country, restricted to 24 people and in the personal gift of the Monarch

It's been an honour to have served for 14 years as a Lib Dem London Assembly Member. I will stand down from the Assembly at the 2024 GLA elections. I am proud to serve as a strong Liberal voice in our great city and thank everyone for their support over many happy years.

Among one of the givens of my lifetime was that the UK stock market would always be worth more than the French market (not necessarily a good thing but a given). Wrong - like so much else after Brexit. See attached by ⁦Bloomberg⁩

Three Conservative Prime Ministers this year have failed to appointed an Ethics Adviser. That is why I have tabled a Bill to allow Parliament to appoint one if the role remains vacant.

Buried in the footnotes of Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement is a massive tax cut on bank profits. Surcharge cut from 8% to just 3%.

So sad to hear this. Keith was a real gentleman, in the true sense of that term. As Lord Mayor he was a brilliant representative of our City.

Latest Government u-turn - rail ticket office closures abandoned. Thank goodness. Don’t for a moment believe their attempt to hide behind myth that it was all dreamt up by train operators. It was yet another daft idea from UK Gov

Of all the campaigns we ran when I was @libdems AM for Cardiff Central , this was definitely the most fun to organize!

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Good to have a @CardiffUni alumna in 10 Downing Street. Victoria Starmer (née Alexander) studied law and sociology and was later president of the students’ union. Shown here on the Cardiff Students' Union roof, back in 1994.

Olly Glover has given his maiden speech in Parliament. “In the pursuit of progress on these issues, I promise to work tirelessly for my constituents and I thank them again for the opportunity to serve. It is a genuine honour to be stood here." Olly Glover MP 🔶