Mark Johnston

Courage calls to courage everywhere. @ReigateBanstead Cllr Meadvale & St John's ward. Member for #Reigate (1 of 2) in East Surrey Council (shadow to 2027). 🔶️

[Mark Johnston @markjohnstonld]

It was a real pleasure to chat again with voters in #Reigate today. Across #Surrey, all-out elections to new unitary councils -- East and West -- are going ahead in May. Residents have two votes for two candidates. The chance for a fresh start across the whole area.

[Mark Johnston @markjohnstonld]

Trump is ...

[Mark Johnston @markjohnstonld]

@Juvelad @LibDems @mariecgoldman @LGBTLD @LibDemWomen @LDCRE1 @YoungLiberalsUK @DisabilityLD The EDM is 100% guaranteed to fail.

[For Women Scotland @ForWomenScot]

Last year, the Lib Dems said that they accepted the ruling and would abide by the rule of law. They have clearly decided that’s a bit boring and are going for a kamikaze pitch for the madder fringes of the Green vote, despite polling consistently showing that the sort of nice middle class people who vote Lib Dem really don’t like self-ID.
https://t.co/sNXH6GQ1Ht

[Rebecca Paul MP @Rebecca_SPaul]

Trans people have exactly the same rights as everyone else in this country. But the Liberal Democrats want them to have more rights.

They support men accessing women’s and girls spaces. And yesterday they made clear that they support changing the law to allow this.

[Mark Johnston @markjohnstonld]

@adhib @Juvelad @LGBTLD @ShahrarAli In the real world, they've already lost. This is only about saving the party from itself.

[Mark Johnston @markjohnstonld]

@adhib @LGBTLD @Juvelad @ShahrarAli Thank you. Fair points. Let's see. The party has already stopped breaking the law and sanctioning wrongthink.

[Mark Johnston @markjohnstonld]

@Juvelad @LibDems @mariecgoldman @LGBTLD @LibDemWomen @LDCRE1 @YoungLiberalsUK @DisabilityLD The 2025 Harrogate Conference call (point 6, iirc) has now been met. Notwithstanding the delays, Liberals should be thanking the government.

[GB News @GBNEWS]

Lib Dem civil war breaks out over official guidance protecting female-only spaces
https://t.co/pdUahGQsI1

[Mark Johnston @markjohnstonld]

@adhib @LGBTLD @Juvelad Maybe. But Davey is not the only option for leader. Under the constitution, e.g., MPs and members can call for a fresh election.

[Paintings of London @PaintingsLondon]

'Rush Hour' (1971) by William Roberts

(Private collection)

[For Women Scotland @ForWomenScot]

Disgraceful from @cajardineMP who argues that women forced to go to law to ensure their legal rights represent "well-funded anti-trans campaigns" who will come for "abortion, LGBT rights, anti-discrimination laws" next. This is scaremongering - the last recourse of those with no case.
https://t.co/kiqsTrCaax

[David Campanale @DavidCampanale]

@LibDems @EdwardJDavey It is a stretch to say the party “holds dear” “values of “tolerance and decency”. Just weeks ago, the court sealed the Lib Dems admission of multiple breaches of the Equality Act 2010 in my successful claim for discrimination. Other recent cases lost include serial Lib Dem women.

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

"You’ve said in the past ‘trans women are women’. Have you changed your mind?"

@JustinOnWeb asks new Health Secretary James Murray if he’s shifted his position like predecessor Wes Streeting.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Danny here is the sort of guy that will proudly tell you he's farted in the lift you're sharing

[SEEN in Journalism @JournalismSEEN]

‘Civil war has broken out in the LibDems after Sir Ed Davey pledged to oppose official guidance protecting female-only spaces’

Extensive quotes from @hollowood_zoe from @LibVoice4Women in @Telegraph

@Daniel_J_Martin

‘Lib Dems at loggerheads’

https://t.co/sS1DhIOfIq

[Tom Tugendhat @TomTugendhat]

The attempt to sit on the fence means they stand for nothing.

Here Ed Davey is choosing neither to recognise that women exist, nor to side with those who deny sex and subscribe to the doctrine of gender.

This is a completely pointless statement revealing everything.

[Mark Johnston @markjohnstonld]

@DavidCampanale Exactly. A gift to Farage. Nothing learned after MAGA beat Dems to White House in 2024.

[David Campanale @DavidCampanale]

Important thread from Liberal Voice for Women. My concern is that the refusal of the #LibDem leadership to accept the Supreme Court decision - as this statement is openly equivocal on it - gives ammo to the Right who wish to abolish the Eq Act 2010 entirely.

[Liberal Voice for Women @LibVoice4Women]

In 2024 General Election, @LibDems had a record result with 72 MPs elected. In LD manifesto we committed to upholding the Equality Act 2010. This was an important step forward after campaigning by many including @LibVoice4Women 🧵