Wishing peace, light and joy to all who are celebrating Diwali 🪔

A fantastic result in Hampshire - another Lib Dem councillor gaining a previously-held Conservative seat on Hampshire County Council 🔶 Congratulations, Jonathan; we know you'll do your community proud 🙏

With Kemi Badenoch now elected as leader, unless Conservative MPs here in #Waverley refuse to vote in line with their party, a large number of us are currently represented by a politician who believes maternity pay is 'excessive' & that some civil servants should be imprisoned 😬

GODALMING FIREWORKS! 🎆 I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the team at Godalming Town Council @godalmingtc and Guildford Rugby Club Guildford Rugby Club for a fantastic event last night. Lots of hard work went into planning and delivering the event A wonderful procession

FARNHAM Lib Dem Cllr Mark Merryweather said: “We’re looking forward to the completion of the refurbishment and Downing Street Group Practice being able to move in and begin seeing patients in the new space. #Surrey #NHS #Healthcare msn.com/en-gb/health/o…

Most of us care more about paying our bills, roads, schools and the NHS, than 'culture war' pet projects. However, for those of us with a Conservative MP, our voice is now a leader who prefers to settle personal grievances than tend to the economy 😬 economist.com/britain/2024/1…

Partygate was 'overblown' and Boris Johnson was a 'great PM'.... this, from the new leader of the Conservative Party, will be news to a lot of us here in #Waverley 😳

Liberal Democrat 🔶 parliamentary representatives calling out the new leader of the Conservative Party on her claim that Statutory Maternity Pay - set at less than half the minimum wage - is 'excessive' 👇

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Law breaking? The Conservative Party? We won't believe it 😬 theguardian.com/business/2024/…

How I hope and pray to see Kamala Harris defeat Donald Trump. At a time of such instability and uncertainty, it is our shared values that must prevail: decency, compassion, democracy and respect for the rule of law.

This is a dark, dark day for people around the globe. The world’s largest economy and most powerful military will be led by a dangerous, destructive demagogue.

Fixing the UK’s broken relationship with the EU is even more urgent than before. We must strengthen trade and defence cooperation across Europe to help protect ourselves from the damage Trump will do.

It's a good day to get moving! Get your steps in and become a deliverer for us. Can't deliver? Volunteer some other way: waverleylibdems.org.uk/volunteer Join the party: libdems.my.salesforce-sites.com/LiberalDemocra… #Volunteer #LetsMove #LibDems

'Ed Davey has urged Keir Starmer to “Trump-proof” the UK by urgently seeking closer European cooperation over military aid for Ukraine and economic ties, after the US president-elect’s threats about security and trade wars.' 🔶 theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

GODALMING ACT OF REMEMBRANCE 2024 🎖️🇬🇧 Good evening everyone. Tomorrow morning (Sunday 10th) our annual act of remembrance takes places in Godalming. All are welcome. The Act of Remembrance will be at the War Memorial in the Phillips Memorial Ground. ⏰ Planned timings for

GODALMING STATION BACK GATE 🚂 Last week, Cllr Victoria Kiehl, Cllr Penny Rivers and I met with representatives of South Western Rail (SWR) for the latest updates on ‘gate-gate’ (sorry I couldn’t resist). Held over from last week as I always refrain from potentially political

The public inquiry heard, yesterday, of Jeremy Hunt stifling government attempts to compensate those affected by the Post Office scandal 👇 theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/n…

Lib Dem 🔶 #Surrey MPs have written to Surrey County Council's Conservative leader, Tim Oliver, calling for an investigation into why information on complaints about the council, particularly relating to SEND, was not published for more than a year 👇 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Beautiful #Ash in her autumn splendour 🍂🍁 #GodalmingandAsh