Olly Glover, MP 🔶

The space sector helps drive our economy, our innovation, and our security, but the UK risks falling behind.

@OllyGlover.bsky.social explains the Lib Dems bold plan to renew our National Space Strategy, invest in technology and make the industry open to everyone.

"People spreading antisemitic hate and inciting violence against Jews are getting away with it, and we fear the government’s approach will do nothing to tackle that while undermining the fundamental right to peaceful protest. "The Conservatives made a total mess of protest laws and left us with the worst of all worlds – wasting police time arresting people for legitimate peaceful protest, while letting others get away with inciting violence. I fear Labour seem to be following them down the same path, instead of properly reforming these powers to focus on the real criminals and hate preachers." Max Wilkinson - Home Affairs Spokesperson

People spreading antisemitic hate and inciting violence against Jews are getting away with it.

We fear the government’s approach will do nothing to tackle that while undermining the fundamental right to peaceful protest.

At an LDER/ @appgfairelections.bsky.social Fringe event, @ollyglover.bsky.social said "I'm spending a lot of time campaigning for Proportional Representation because our politics simply isn't working. (...) We need a politics that brings more ideas into it and where everyone's votes count equally."

The post about my spokesperson appointment was made at 1642 on Wednesday afternoon, but you are right that there should have been a post about the appalling attack in Manchester, and I have now rectified that. Thank you for highlighting it to me.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims, and to all the Jewish community in our country.

"This terrorist outrage is an attack on all of us. And we should stand in solidarity with our Jewish friends, and make it clear that violence is unacceptable." @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

Absolutely. @tomgordonld.bsky.social has done an amazing job getting this campaign going and I will support him all the way.

Photo of Olly Glover MP, Transport Spokesperson. Lib Dem logo

I'm pleased to have been appointed @libdems.org.uk Transport Spokesperson.

Transport should be an enabler of a thriving economy, social mobility, and preventing climate change, and I will campaign for affordable and reliable public transport, walking and cycling, and roads that work for all.

Further to this, all the characteristics mentioned by Mahmood already have to be met to get ILR (salary, English, life in UK test, clean criminal record, no welfare benefits) other than this weird Duke of Edinburgh style volunteering thing that they cannot possibly implement.

The UK’s space sector is a hub of excellence, exemplified by Harwell Campus in my constituency. However, the 2021 National Space Strategy is outdated. That's why at Conference I supported ‘A New Hope for the Space Industry’, urging the Government to review the strategy and secure UK leadership.

At the @libdems.org.uk Conference, I spoke to ITV alongside @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social about how people feel disillusioned with Labour and the Conservatives.

Lib Dems, however, are working hard to provide communities with a positive, hopeful voice.

Well done. Surviving the More or Less statistical scalpel is no mean feat!

Olly with constituents at a climate event.

It was fantastic to attend the Climate Matters event on Thursday evening last week in Oxford (organised by Witney MP Watch), where @rozsavage.bsky.social, Lord Deben and Dr Pete Sudbury spoke about the need to change dialogue in regards to climate change.
Thank you to all for an insightful evening.

Sara Lewis, @ollyglover.bsky.social Joe Sousek, @markpackuk.bsky.social and @lisasmartmp.bsky.social

Attended the @libdems4er.bsky.social fringe. Great contributions from Sara Lewis, @ollyglover.bsky.social Joe Sousek, @markpackuk.bsky.social & @lisasmartmp.bsky.social Political instability, the fracturing of politics and the threat of the far right might facilitate electoral reform! #LDConf

In our first in a series of blogs ahead of Party Conferences, @OllyGloverLD @ollyglover.bsky.social Olly Glover, MP for Didcot and Wantage, reflects on the last year for the Liberal Democrats since the General Election, and what we can expect from the Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference.

Great to be at the #ldconf fringe @centreforcities.bsky.social and Urban Transport Group with @paulkohlersw19.bsky.social @carolinepidgeon.bsky.social and @ollyglover.bsky.social

Thank you @ollyglover.bsky.social for meeting with @asthmaandlung.org.uk at #ldconf to discuss lung health in Didcot and Wantage

“Captain Jean-Luc Picard would never have voted to leave the United Federation of Planets” @ollyglover.bsky.social in support of a #LDConf motion ‘A New Hope for the Space Industry’ 😊 👍

1st Fringe meeting at 1pm: "What’s next in the fight for fair votes?" with LDER’s Sarah Lewis as chair, with @lisasmartmp.bsky.social, @ollyglover.bsky.social MP, Lord @markpackuk.bsky.social, and Joe Sousek of Fair Vote/ Labour for a New Democracy. In partnership w @appgfairelections.bsky.social.

It was great to visit RWE in Didcot B Power Plant where I learnt about how power is generated, both in our constituency, and across the country. Who knew one of the three main stations in Britain not running a deficit would be right here in Didcot?

Thank you to all who made this visit possible.

No one should be attaching flags to public property etc. Thanks for letting me know. I will follow up with the relevant council(s).

Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.

I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.

Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.

Thank you Wendy. I'm also very pleased to see @ollyglover.bsky.social has signed this too. Thank you very much Olly.

The recent government reshuffle is deeply disruptive. It does nothing to tackle the economic challenges we face, whilst derailing upcoming plans to hold the Government to account, with meetings and scrutiny opportunities now in disarray.

This is not the behaviour of a competent government.

This afternoon I spoke alongside Laura Kyrke Smith MP and Andrew Griffith MP on ITV Meridian's The Last Word. Keep an eye out after the News at Ten tonight on ITV1 for our discussions regarding the recent Labour reshuffle, migration, and even some dog, cat and hamster chat...

I hadn't. Thanks for letting me know.

Today at PMQs I asked the Prime Minister to confirm his commitment to the UK Space Agency based at Harwell.
Given the government’s decision to scrap the UKSA as an executive agency I asked him commit to protecting the agency’s international credibility, operational independence, and budgets.

UK still ploughing millions into Putin's war chest through loophole, PM warned Ministers have been urged by the Lib Dems to close loopholes which analysts say create hundreds of millions of pounds of tax revenue for the Kremlin

The cut in the Russian oil price cap to $47.60 is just a drop in the ocean.

We need tougher action:
🚫 Ban UK imports of fuels made from Russian oil
🚫 Block UK firms from shipping/insuring Russian LNG
💰 Slash the cap to $30

Hit Putin’s war chest. Stand with Ukraine.

Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission - Politics.co.uk A group of cross-party MPs have set out a “ready to go” blueprint for an independent review of the UK’s first past the post (FPTP) electoral system. The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for fair e...

As part of the APPG on Fair Votes, I am pleased to see our cross party proposal for an independent review of the UK’s out-dated first-past-the-post electoral system published.

Britain’s economy is stuck.

A new EU customs deal and fairer taxes on big banks, tech giants, and online gambling is the boost we need.