Colin

🚨 NEW: Ed Davey has said Netanyahu’s plans to occupy Gaza City show he has the goal of “ethnic cleansing”

A highland cow grazing in a field with a stately home nestled behind some trees in the background

Happy Tuesday! 🐄

Well put! It is completely shameless 🫥

I do 😔 and also the sibling marriages that’s was pretty crazy.

Liberal candidate is nearly 4000 votes ahead with only two polling stations remaining

CBC finally calls Carleton - the Canadian Tory leader Pierre Poilievre has lost his own seat

Probably less bad more uninspiring. I think the Liberals/Carney just did a better job motivating the anti-Trump and anti-Tory sentiment. I guess the Liberals are in the (enviable?) position of not being everyone’s favourite but usually being everyone’s second favourite.

It’s giving…

I’m sorry but the idea that ALL women (or anyone for that matter) can tell someone’s biological sex based on *the sound of their voice* and be correct every time is absolutely insane.

You’re evading the question, how can you prove to me that you’re a women? That you’re entitled to use women’s only facilities? What if someone challenges your biological sex? (Something that has and will unfortunately continue to happen to cis women)

And how exactly do you go about proving that? On a practical level how is that at all enforceable without some gross acts of illiberalism?

Which in the case of trans women is female? So I don’t really see the need for any neutral washrooms. 🤷‍♂️

Oh yes, nothing says ‘very sensible’ quite like othering a vulnerable minority.

LGBT+ LIB DEMS STATEMENT On the Supreme Court ruling, 16/04/25 Like many, we are disappointed and deeply concerned by today’s Supreme Court judgement, which marks a significant and troubling shift away from decades of settled legal precedent. By redefining sex in law as “biological” — a term with no clear legal or scientific consensus, and one that does not reflect the lived realities of many people, the ruling introduces confusion and instability into our legal system, which has treated “sex” and “gender” as interchangeable for decades. We are concerned that this creates an unsatisfactory ambiguity around how people with various endocrine and intersex conditions should be treated, how Gender Recognition Certificates can be obtained and given their intended force in law, and many other areas. This ruling undermines established protections for trans+ people. Attempts to define sex biologically risk rolling back hard-won rights for all women, not just trans+ women, which is why Liberal Democrats oppose them. However, nothing in this judgement means that trans+ women can or should be regularly excluded from women's services and spaces. The law still says that trans+ people should not be excluded without a proportionate and legitimate reason. (Continues - )

(- continues) As LGBT+ Liberal Democrats, we will not stand by in silence. We don't think Britain is the sort of country where people should have to show their 'papers, please' in order to use the loo. The fight for trans+ equality continues, and we will never stop standing up for our trans+, non-binary and gender non-conforming communities, and all communities under our wonderfully diverse LGBTQ+ umbrella. We are proud to be in the most progressive party across Great Britain for LGBT+ rights. Lib Dems seek to uplift individuals and their communities, and help them to be the best they can be, free to be who they are. We believe people when they show us who they are. We celebrate diversity, and do not support efforts to legislate in ignorance to enforce conformity. We remain steadfast in our commitment to dignity, safety and justice for all. Ever yours, The Executive Committee LGBT+ Liberal Democrats

Statement from us on today's ruling:

"As LGBT+ Liberal Democrats... we don't think Britain is the sort of country where people should have to show their 'papers, please' in order to use the loo. ...we do not support efforts to legislate in ignorance to enforce conformity."

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I guess my biggest questions on this is 1) how is this even practically enforceable in most instances without seriously compromising people’s privacy? And 2) what about people who are born intersex?

Maybe the EA 2010 needs some clarification on terms but is this really the way to go about it?

Enjoy it while it lasts 🫡

A selfie of me wearing a Kieth Haring inspired jumper from H&M that reads ‘What do I do with my spare time? What spare time’

Happy Saturday from me and my new jumper 😌

Despite backing the US in every major conflict this century—and offering to water down our tax on US tech billionaires—we’ve been rewarded with the same tariffs as Iran.

It’s like we’re meant to be grateful Trump gave our friends a black eye and left us with just a wedgie.

You have that straight artificial line that looks like it was drawn with a ruler…wait wrong border.

I know it’s FOX News, so beyond any reason or logic but like Canada *literally* exists because our ancestors didn’t want to be American. Like that was the whole point.

Ed Davey shares a meal with two women in a Canadian-themed pub, enjoying poutine and laughter. Hockey memorabilia and a maple leaf made of hockey sticks decorate the background.

Ed Davey peeks through a Canadian flag curtain, his face framed by the maple leaf, smiling.

Strengthening UK-Canada relations, one plate of poutine at a time 🇬🇧🇨🇦

I mean obviously the US is the David to Canada’s Goliath in this trade war 😂

WHAT!? How do people not know about this icon?? 😭

I know right! They need to send him down to Washington to give Trump a good ‘Shawinigan Handshake’ 😂😂

I mean, my instinct would be to say it probably won’t be major issue, and if it is in some parts of the country it probably won’t be to the benefit of the Tories at least. 😅

Listening to Mark Carney speak French last night I realised the Liberals finally found the Anglo equivalent of Jean Chrétien.

Happy #CommonwealthDay to everyone celebrating!

Today, we honour the unity, diversity & values shared by 2.7 billion people across our family of 56 nations.

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2025 Canadian Federal Election:
Battle of Alberta edition

I think the NDP already said they would vote to bring down the government as soon as they were given the chance so it was going to happen either way sooner rather than later 😅

Yes! Did Inverness to London and back a couple of times and loved it!

Jaw-dropping revelations in The New York Times on the most recent Trudeau-Trump calls. Report says that Trump, alongside rehearsing familiar list of grievances against Canada, told Trudeau he wanted to revise the US/Canadian border. He offered no justification.