derek mortimer

The UK should offer to send troops to Greenland as part of a joint NATO operation under Danish and UK command. If Trump is serious about security, he'd agree to participate and drop his outrageous threats. Tearing the NATO alliance apart would only play into the hands of Putin.

“A customs union would eliminate the paperwork, tariffs and quotas that are choking our trade.” @AlPinkerton

Brits don’t side with bullies. Yet, Nigel Farage can’t help cheering them on.

🚨 It's time for Starmer to scrap the Trump NHS tax and fix the social care crisis.

Today our message to Starmer is loud and clear: scrap the £3bn Trump tax on our NHS and put that money into social care now. @libdemdaisy

Watch all of our 10 Minute Rule Bills here: youtu.be/wcelFfC3h7o

@DannyVet @JoshBabarinde @mpmwilko @munirawilson @helenmaguiremp @AlPinkerton @JessBrownFuller @IanSollom successfully campaigned to secure the UK’s return to Erasmus.

@DannyVet @JoshBabarinde @mpmwilko @munirawilson @helenmaguiremp @AlPinkerton @JessBrownFuller highlighted the mistreatment of LGBT veterans and pressed ministers to speed up compensation.

This year has shown the real impact of practical, values-led policy to deliver change across the country and in our communities.

Seats & Votes won in Council By-Elections in 2025: 🔶 LDM: 106 (+21), 20.2% ➡️ RFM: 104 (+94), 24.2% 🌳 CON: 45 (-24), 18.2% 🌹 LAB: 36 (-89), 16.3% 🌍 GRN: 24 (+6), 9.9% ⚫ Oth: 39 (-8), 11.3%

Customs Union when?

Liberal Democrats have won more local by-elections than any other party in 2025. In real elections up and down the country, only the Lib Dems are taking on Reform and winning.

Lib Dems write to human rights watchdog over election delays bbc.in/45jPISI

Nigel Farage wants to take these human rights away from you. Which of them don't you want?

BY ELECTION RESULT South Ribble DC, Broad Oak Lib Dem: 810, 65.9% (+0.4) RefUK: 263, 21.4% (New) Con: 95, 7.7% (-9.5) Lab: 62, 5.0 (-12.2) Changes w/ 2023 Lib Dem HOLD Well done to new Cllr Clare Burton-Johnson and team!

🚨CAMPAIGN WIN Finally, legislation to protect women from public harassment will be enacted, after years of work from @ThreshedThought & many other campaigners. We are delighted to have supported the campaign with @SalBrinton tabling a recent amendment on this issue.

Reform supporters keep telling me I am lying when I repeat this. So let’s be clear. Here is the video of Nigel Farage himself saying the country will need to “have insurance based healthcare” - private healthcare. Those are his words. That is not a rumour and not spin. An insurance-based system means you pay when you get sick. It means cancer treatment becomes a financial crisis as well as a medical one. It means missed payments risk your home. That is how private healthcare systems work. Can you afford that on top of rent food energy and council tax. Now imagine this after years of pressure on public services. Imagine what a Labour government might leave behind and then imagine Reform coming in on top of that with cuts. Because it does not stop at healthcare. Nigel Farage has also talked about cutting 68,000 public sector jobs. Those are British jobs. Processing benefits running borders staffing services keeping the country functioning. At the same time he has questioned minimum wage protections for young people. Lower pay fewer jobs higher bills. How exactly are people meant to cope. This is not about left or right. It is about consequences. Do not vote to make your own life harder. You have already had it hard enough.

❗ Liberal Democrat GAIN from Independent Yesterday's Seaton (East Devon) council by-election result: LDEM: 39.3% (+19.2) REF: 28.1% (+28.1) CON: 24.8% (-5.6) IND: 7.8% (-28.8) No Lab (-12.9) as prev. +/- 2023 andrewteale.me.uk/previews

Fort William and Ardnamurchan (Highland) council by-election result, first prefs: LDEM: 40.4% (+3.0) SNP: 29.1% (-4.4) REF: 9.6% (+9.6) GRN: 9.4% (-0.2) CON: 7.6% (-2.4) LAB: 3.8% (+3.8) No Ind (-9.3) as prev. +/- 2022 Seat change: LDem GAIN from SNP andrewteale.me.uk/previews

Seaton - East Devon District Council Lib Dem gain from Conservative (now Independent) 🟡Lib Dem Steve Hunt 789 41.3% ➡️ Reform UK 565 29.6% 🔵 Con 400 20.9% 🔘 Ind 156 8.2% Congratulations to Steve and team - yet another win in Devon this December!