'You have another choice - it does not to be a 2 party choice here.

'The Liberal Democrats offer a values based alternative way to do politics.

Here's what really happened to the NHS thanks to Brexit....meltdown
europeanmovement.co.uk/ten_ways_brexi…

War Diary Day 781
The West actively defends Israel but not Ukraine? Why the double standards?

VPDFO!

Good to start the week with some positive news; #manufacturing #ukmfg matters, and is responsible for 23% of UK's #economy (including indirect impact).

See you at #MACH24 conference this week, to see how we can make it matter even more by investing more, creating a proper…

Brexit *has* prostrated our democracy - we now have no say in decisions that affect us hugely- while multiplying paperwork.

It's election year, Brum!

Last year, new rules were introduced requiring people to show ID when they vote.

Please make sure that you've got suitable ID.

You can apply for a free certificate to prove your right to vote if you don't have it:

electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-ele…

This was a great thing to see happening, just brilliant 👇👇👇

An excellent (depressing actually) read of last 14 years politics 👇
In summary:
No #vision or plan, just #Austerity and a badly thought through #Brexit , leading to #populism & even more short-termism and decades of underinvestment in key #infrastructure = low #productivity and…

A Brexit benefit!

For the post office.

Slowly, slowly, the #Brexit truths are emerging. The rushed post Brexit trade deals are damaging #farmers , and not being aligned to #EU food standards and subsidy regimes creates an unfair playing field. Who would have known.
Joining the #SingleMarket is an easy fix.

How about we reindustrialise by taking our country out of the single market so that manufacturing processes part of dense multi-layer supply chains which need to send parts back and forth between locations have to navigate regulatory and rules of origin frictions.

Average monthly rent paid in the UK + 9% in year to Feb says ONS, highest annual increase on record. #Landlords selling up & reducing supply, pushing up demand. Meanwhile affordable & #socialhousing is a fraction of what’s needed. Govt have no policy, no direction, no #housing .

'The TCA is not, and cannot be, a substitute for EU membership. Being outside the EU’s single market and its policies has inevitable implications for trade, market access and the extent of cooperation. However ...

the TCA is a very good agreement for the EU'

Three months ago Andy Burnham & I commissioned work to look at improving connectivity between the WM & GM 🤝🏻

Now we’ve reached a provisional conclusion - build a new rail line 🚂

Our proposals include👇🏻

💷 Private finance

🚅 Lower speeds

🇫🇷 Learning lessons from France

Lib Dem Mayoral candidate Sunny Virk and Councillor Izzy Knowles speaking to school children today about reducing pollutants in the air.

Now THIS is the way You say goodbye to a leader.
👏 Andrew Davies - Mark Drakeford.

In BBC #r4today interview with Ed Davey this morning Katya Adler found it hard to discuss #Brexit & UK rejoining SM or negotiating a better EU trade deal.
When Liberal Democrats leader talked about it he was rather abruptly cut off. “There's not much appetite for that,” she said.

This is now a clear demarcation with Labour. Voters in England have several options to move closer to Europe rather than to maintain the Johnson-Frost Brexit.

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telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

#Labour planning to tilt at economic windmills. Pointless aspirations without Single Market/Customs Union membership. As things stand, Liberal Democrats a safer bet.
theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Well said Ed Davey - whilst the Tories think they’ve got Brexit done & Labour want to make it work, only the Liberal Democrats have a plan to start repairing the damage it’s done🔶☑️🗳️
#SingleMarket