rawliberal 🔸

For: liberty, equality, community. Against: poverty, ignorance, conformity. @philww

[rawliberal 🔸 @rawliberal]

My answer to anyone who says @LibDems don’t know what we stand for. I do. https://t.co/YT3uCjneUG

[Tom Gordon MP @tomgordonLD]

I listened to Ed Davey on the @BBCr4today this morning, and frankly, I think he missed the point.

The idea that we're keeping the triple lock to help millennials is at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting. I say that as a millennial.

The case for the triple lock is a worthy one - stopping pensioner poverty. I want that as much as anyone. But pensioners are now less likely to be in poverty than children or working age adults.

We talk about fairness, yet our answer is to give the same increase to every pensioner, treating the one choosing between heating and eating exactly the same as the one with millions in the bank. I can see no moral or fiscal case for above inflation rises for millionaires.

That money should go where it's needed most - to everyone in poverty, not just one group. It could help fund free personal care, a policy that would disproportionately benefit older people.

Ed is right that we shouldn't pit one generation against another. But intergenerational inequality is already one of the defining injustices of our time, and this would further entrench it. Worse, it gaslights an entire generation into believing it's for our benefit.

Telling millennials we're keeping the triple lock to help us in 30 years' time is nonsense. We're on course to be the first generation worse off than our parents. We're locked out of the housing market, paying higher taxes, repaying student loans that never seem to shrink, and putting off having children because of the cost of living.

I joined this party because I care about fairness and tackling inequality, and that has to include inequality between generations.

This line, and this decision, fails on both counts. Ed needs to think again.

[rawliberal 🔸 @rawliberal]

As @LibDems we’re fighting … to cut taxes? Very disappointed by Conference messaging. No wonder people can’t figure out what the party stands for. https://t.co/B4hAE2QYwK

[James Breckwoldt @jamesbreckwoldt]

🚨NEW POST BY ME🚨

Greater Manchester’s growth success is real, but didn't happened by accident. The country should be studying it closely.

Long-term strategy that is aggressively pro-growth, pro-development & pro-FDI works if given time and consistency

https://t.co/aVG1iwe8lQ

[Sutton Lib Dems @SuttonLibDems]

Now, more than ever, Sutton needs a Council that combines experience with vision.

Central to all of our aims are our seven key pledges, which together represent the key steps we will take to keep Sutton moving forward.

[Sutton Lib Dems @SuttonLibDems]

BIG NEWS: The superb St Helier East team pledge to keep fighting for you!

On May 7th, back:

🔶 Paul Cole
🔶 Gemma Munday

to make sure St Helier East keeps its hardworking team of Lib Dem local champions!

Find out more: https://t.co/rgojZVBvLJ

[rawliberal 🔸 @rawliberal]

@thedarshakrana This is ridiculous, it’s nothing to do with consciousness. Typical humans, thinking they’re at the center of everything. The act of observation is coincidental. State is only fixed *when you apply a time to it*

[Ridge & Frost @RidgeandFrost]

🗣️ "Growth has effectively flatlined in the country, and it is having a huge impact on our society."

Deputy leader for the Lib Dems @libdemdaisy reacts to the latest GDP figures and tells @WilfredFrost about the party's plan to replace the Treasury ⬇️

[Sutton Lib Dems @SuttonLibDems]

At tonight’s full council meeting we have once again laid out our bold, ambitious plan for Sutton’s future.

We don’t give in to pessimism or look backwards.

We are unapologetically focused on delivering the future our borough deserves.

Read more:

https://t.co/6NfwryZALw

[rawliberal 🔸 @rawliberal]

@LizWebsterSBF His notion that Liberalism doesn’t rein in capitalism is totally alien to my concept of what it means to be a Liberal. Glad he’s finally realized his error but I don’t think it’s the revelation he thinks it is.

[rawliberal 🔸 @rawliberal]

Love this thread from @Valen10Francois - always thought provoking even though I’ve read it many times

[François Valentin @Valen10Francois]

"Right-wing granite, left-wing limestone" André Siegfried's famously claimed in 1913.

The father of electoral geography argued that the soil had a lasting political impact, one that still pops its head in modern French politics.

A few tweets on conservatism and soils. 🧵 1/17

[rawliberal 🔸 @rawliberal]

Sophie Graham reminds us that sustainability data can play a crucial role in improving operational efficiency - saving money as well as the planet

[diginomica @diginomica]

"Some are beginning to question whether sustainability is still relevant." @ifs's Sophie Graham on why sustainability isn't going away, and thanks to advances in AI and automation, it's never been easier to turn sustainability data into meaningful action: https://t.co/tjZhOMLFr8

[Rob Blackie 🔶 @robblackie]

One third of ALL council housing building started in London this year has been by Lib Dem Sutton council.

A great achievement from the Lib Dem team - but also a reflection that Labour have failed on housing - contributing to our terrible levels of homelessness.

[Josh Babarinde OBE MP @JoshBabarinde]

Couldn’t be prouder that a Sussex lass was in the Chair for the Budget.

@Nus_Ghani loves our community and loves our country.

The same can’t be said for those who are more interested in people’s skin than people’s service.

Britain is much greater than @lucyjaynewhite1’s racism

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.

He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.

[Sutton Lib Dems @SuttonLibDems]

🧵

At tonight’s full council meeting, we have reiterated our commitment to defending the values of modern, diverse and welcoming Sutton against those who seek to divide us.

@LeaderSutton opened the debate with a vision for his grandchildren.

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

Another stonker of a week for us - gaining from the Conservatives and the Green Party in Surrey and from Labour in Preston. The media might not tell you this but the Lib Dems are winning all over the place.

This week's by-election scorecard 💪

Lib Dems 7
Reform 1
Con 1
Ind 1

[Birmingham Liberal Democrats @brumlibdems]

#Birmingham #LibDems Leader Cllr Roger Harmer explains the importance of upcoming #Moseley By-Election,in line with #LibDem leader @EdwardJDavey speech to Birmingham Chamber of Commerce (Thur 9 October),setting out LibDems’ aim to make significant gains in May2026 local elections

[Liberal Democrats @LibDems]

"I don't want a small minority with right wing extremist intentions to hijack our flag. That's not who we are a a British people."

@munirawilson on reclaiming the flag for those who want to reunite and rebuild, not divide and destroy. #BBCQT

[Tim Farron @timfarron]

‘I am a Liberal and I am against this sort of thing’ - Clarence Harry Willcock, 1950 (also me, 2025). https://t.co/bodYu7YDDB

[Liberal Democrats @LibDems]

Liberal Democrats cannot support mandatory digital IDs. People shouldn't be criminalised just because they don't want to hand over their private data.