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Liberal Democrat Graphic. - World Mental Health Day.

It's World Mental Health Day. At a time when our NHS is under threat & struggling to meet demand despite the amazing efforts of staff, it's so easy for politicians to dismiss mental health & cut services even further as part of their "tough choices" for the economy. I reject this way of thinking.

Hedge End South, EASTLEIGH DC

LIB DEM HOLD

🔶 LDM, John SHEPHERD, 1266, 44.4% (-8.7)
🔵 Con, 735, 25.8% (-3.8)
➡️ Refuk, 728, 25.5% (New)
🔴 Lab, 122, 4.3% (-6.6)

Huge congratulations 🎉 to new Coun. John SHEPHERD, 
and the 🔶 team on their hard work. 🥇

Nick Watt, "Keir Starmer faced some pretty difficult questions from his own MPs on that 'island of strangers speech' last week"

Rightly so. Labour should be ashamed that they've aped the language of Nigel Farage and Enoch Powell instead of standing up to them

Good.

Banning trans women from attending the Labour women's conference is a pretty clear violation of human rights. It's not even supported by the now broken Equality Act. I hope someone sues them over this. They would lose at ECHR

BREAKING: Labour will formally recognise trans women as ‘men’ tomorrow. It means trans women will be banned from all women shortlists and all Labour women’s groups. Revolting. The party’s relationship with LGBT+ is over.

Or deny any correlation.

🚨EXCLUSIVE | Labour set to formally declare it believes trans women are men, says leaked NEC paper.

The paper, due to be voted on tomorrow (20 May), means Labour will **ban** trans women from:

❌ All-women shortlists
❌ Women's Conference
❌ Being Women's Officers

See below👇

Thank you for this.

@neillcameron.bsky.social Neill how many doughnuts did you eat yesterday?

Europe is moving to reposition itself in Donald Trump’s new global order On defence, energy and trade, Europe is now forging new partnerships to become more independent

Europe can no longer rely on the US for defence or direction.
Now it’s starting to invest in its own security and autonomy.
How can the EU thrive in a world without guarantees?

Read Prof Stefan Wolff’s analysis. From @ConversationUK -- thanks! ⤵️

DEVIL IN DISGUISE Domestic abuse campaigner exposed as secret paedo who beat and molested kids for 20 years Nicola Murray, 46, campaigned for tougher sentences for abusers while physically and sexually attacking children

Transphobic media dishonesty by selective inaccuracy.

They describe this nonce as a “domestic abuse campaigner” not a “gender-critical” activist.

BY ELECTION RESULT

Eastleigh DC: Eastleigh Central 

🔶 LD: 1020 - 46.6% (+9.2)
➡️ RefUK: 611 - 27.9% (+20.0)
🌹 Lab: 319 - 14.6% (-18.8)
🔵 Con: 149 - 6.8% (-7.00)
⬜ Ind: 90 - 4.1% (new)

Lib Dem HOLD

Well done to new Cllr Mark Harding and team!

This might be the line up I am most excited for ever (although The Lottery Winners and @wearepetneeds.bsky.social was also the most exciting).

See you down the front?

Not an MP, and would like to see more positive support for our trans friends and family from them.

Lots of love to our trans+ siblings and their loved ones today. 💛🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️"
#transwomenarewomen

Trans women are women, trans men are men, and non-binary and intersex folks are just as valid just as they are. It's time this was reflected in the law of the land, and LGBT+ Lib Dems will be at the forefront of pushing for that change.

A message the LGBT+ Lib Dems:
"We are studying today's judgment by the UK Supreme Court.
Nothing they rule will change our solidarity with the trans+ community and with everyone who seeks to live their lives under the control of their own bodies, and free from poverty, ignorance or conformity.

You may not realize how huge this is, but for a town in Wyoming, people showed up today! #Handsoff #Casper #Wyoming

Boston Common was a crucible of resistance in spring 1775, at the very start of the American Revolution, 250 years ago to the month.

#handsoffroanoke

A crowd of protestors in Madison, WI on 4-5-2025 Hands Off protest.

Madison Wisconsin

If the new tariffs stay in place for multiple years, and are enforced and inflationary, and DOGE continues to cut and fire , we will be in a far worse situation than 2008

I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”

Augusta, Maine

Raskin: We even have the right to call the president deranged for crashing our economy, destroying $6 trillion of wealth and turning our 401(k) Into a 201 (K). And the press has the right to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico.

Hands off Madison, Wisconsin

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine on the #HandsOff2025 protest march in New York against the Trump agenda

Trump told America he had a deal with far-right El Salvadoran dictator Nayib Bukele to temporary hold U.S. deportees for a fee.

Now we know that was a lie.

Trump told Bukele he'd _sell_ him bodies to _own_—to be housed in his massive prison (CECOT) until death.

America is back in the slave trade.

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC