Richard Wingfield
@richardwingfield.bsky.social
Chair of the Southwark Liberal Democrats / Campaigner in Herne Hill and Dulwich 🔶
Welcome, Tina! Across the country, we're seeing so many people disillusioned with Labour as they abandoned their values. So glad to see them finding a new home with the Liberal Democrats. 🧡
A big Liberal Democrat welcome to Councillor Tina Valcarcel, who has joined the Liberal Democrats from the Labour Party.
Tina who has represented Stockwell East since 2006 and served as Mayor of Lambeth in 2011/12, said she could no longer support Labour.
www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/11/form...
Tina who has represented Stockwell East since 2006 and served as Mayor of Lambeth in 2011/12, said she could no longer support Labour.
www.brixtonbuzz.com/2025/11/form...
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Welcome, Tina! Across the country, we're seeing so many people disillusioned with Labour as they abandoned their values. So glad to see them finding a new home with the Liberal Democrats. 🧡
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These days Jerry is a reluctant Lib Dem and Margo has two police cautions from her FBPE activism.
November 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
These days Jerry is a reluctant Lib Dem and Margo has two police cautions from her FBPE activism.
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De grootste D66 uitslag ooit én dat hebben we gevierd! Wat een avond.
We wachten in spanning op de definitieve uitslag, maar één ding weten we zeker: wij willen onze positieve missie voortzetten en het beste in elkaar naar boven halen voor álle Nederlanders!
We wachten in spanning op de definitieve uitslag, maar één ding weten we zeker: wij willen onze positieve missie voortzetten en het beste in elkaar naar boven halen voor álle Nederlanders!
October 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
De grootste D66 uitslag ooit én dat hebben we gevierd! Wat een avond.
We wachten in spanning op de definitieve uitslag, maar één ding weten we zeker: wij willen onze positieve missie voortzetten en het beste in elkaar naar boven halen voor álle Nederlanders!
We wachten in spanning op de definitieve uitslag, maar één ding weten we zeker: wij willen onze positieve missie voortzetten en het beste in elkaar naar boven halen voor álle Nederlanders!
Fantastic result! Congrats to Sam and the team at Bromsgrove! Another result showing that across the country it's the the Lib Dems taking the fight to Reform, and the only party that's winning against them! 🔶
Bromsgrove South (Worcestershire) Council By-Election Result:
🔶 LDM: 51.9% (+20.3)
➡️ RFM: 33.4% (-1.5)
🌳 CON: 11.3% (-5.8)
🌹 LAB: 3.4% (-4.1)
No GRN (-5.5) or Ind (-3.4) as previous.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Reform.
Changes w/ 2025.
🔶 LDM: 51.9% (+20.3)
➡️ RFM: 33.4% (-1.5)
🌳 CON: 11.3% (-5.8)
🌹 LAB: 3.4% (-4.1)
No GRN (-5.5) or Ind (-3.4) as previous.
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Reform.
Changes w/ 2025.
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Fantastic result! Congrats to Sam and the team at Bromsgrove! Another result showing that across the country it's the the Lib Dems taking the fight to Reform, and the only party that's winning against them! 🔶
These changes were a mistake. Thank you to @joshbabarinde.bsky.social, @pruebray.bsky.social, @libdemwomen.bsky.social, @pluslibdems.bsky.social and everyone else who raised the alarm. We must do everything we can to support our trans and non-binary colleagues.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lib Dem members criticise ‘trans-exclusionary’ rule change for party elections
Rules on quotas to ensure fair representation of women changed on legal advice in light of supreme court ruling
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
These changes were a mistake. Thank you to @joshbabarinde.bsky.social, @pruebray.bsky.social, @libdemwomen.bsky.social, @pluslibdems.bsky.social and everyone else who raised the alarm. We must do everything we can to support our trans and non-binary colleagues.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Whilst the Conservatives are wandering around Dulwich for a stunt, will they knock on some doors to aologise for proposing to deport hundreds of thousands of people?
October 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Whilst the Conservatives are wandering around Dulwich for a stunt, will they knock on some doors to aologise for proposing to deport hundreds of thousands of people?
Also his cap says West Dulwich which is miles away...
In other news, Kevin Hollinrake, the Tory party chair, is in Dulwich. Sadly for him – I know the area fairly well – he's currently a good 30-minute walk from Rachel Reeves' family home.
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Also his cap says West Dulwich which is miles away...
So fantastic to see @robjetten.bsky.social and our sister party @d66.nl leading the polls in the Netherlands this evening! Incredible result and it shows that progressive, liberal parties can beat the populist right. Gefeliciteerd!
Netherlands, 9:00 PM Ipsos-I&O exit poll:
Seat projection national parliament
D66-RE: 27 (+18)
PVV-PfE: 25 (-12)
VVD-RE: 23 (-1)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5)
CDA-EPP: 19 (+14)
JA21~ECR: 9 (+8)
FvD-ESN: 6 (+3)
BBB-EPP: 4 (-3)
...
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
Seat projection national parliament
D66-RE: 27 (+18)
PVV-PfE: 25 (-12)
VVD-RE: 23 (-1)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5)
CDA-EPP: 19 (+14)
JA21~ECR: 9 (+8)
FvD-ESN: 6 (+3)
BBB-EPP: 4 (-3)
...
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
October 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
So fantastic to see @robjetten.bsky.social and our sister party @d66.nl leading the polls in the Netherlands this evening! Incredible result and it shows that progressive, liberal parties can beat the populist right. Gefeliciteerd!
Thank you Vicki and all of our Lib Dem MPs who voted against this cruel proposal from Reform UK. The Lib Dems' unwavering commitment to human rights and civil liberties was one of the main reasons I joined the party, and I'm proud that we continue to lead the defence of the ECHR.
We’ve just defeated Nigel Farage’s attempt to tear up people’s rights by taking the UK out of the ECHR.
The Liberal Democrats will always defend the freedoms and liberal values that define our country.
The Liberal Democrats will always defend the freedoms and liberal values that define our country.
October 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thank you Vicki and all of our Lib Dem MPs who voted against this cruel proposal from Reform UK. The Lib Dems' unwavering commitment to human rights and civil liberties was one of the main reasons I joined the party, and I'm proud that we continue to lead the defence of the ECHR.
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If racism has no place in his party, then Nigel Farage should prove it by withdrawing the whip from Sarah Pochin immediately.
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If racism has no place in his party, then Nigel Farage should prove it by withdrawing the whip from Sarah Pochin immediately.
That Reform could win a majority (even a bare one) on just 27% of the vote shows that how broken our voting system is. It's intolerable that Labour still refuse to introduce proportional representation, and it could now be their downfall. 🥀
My Seat Projection [usual 'it's just one poll' caveat]:
RFM: 324 (+319)
LDM: 88 (+16)
LAB: 74 (-337)
SNP: 46 (+37)
GRN: 42 (+38)
CON: 38 (-83)
PLC: 7 (+3)
Others: 12 (+7)
RFM: 324 (+319)
LDM: 88 (+16)
LAB: 74 (-337)
SNP: 46 (+37)
GRN: 42 (+38)
CON: 38 (-83)
PLC: 7 (+3)
Others: 12 (+7)
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
That Reform could win a majority (even a bare one) on just 27% of the vote shows that how broken our voting system is. It's intolerable that Labour still refuse to introduce proportional representation, and it could now be their downfall. 🥀
Oh no! One of my absolute favourite shows. I've learned so much about film, music, and how to appreciate a score from @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social, so thank you! (The entire episode dedicated to Bond villains a personal favourite).
It's my last BBC Radio 3 Sound of Cinema tomorrow, and I will be saying a proper goodbye. So tomorrow's show is an argument for the intellectual depth and richness of the film music, and how it should never be treated like wallpaper. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Sound of Cinema, A place for ideas
Matthew Sweet's weekly look at music for the screen.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Oh no! One of my absolute favourite shows. I've learned so much about film, music, and how to appreciate a score from @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social, so thank you! (The entire episode dedicated to Bond villains a personal favourite).
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Science will tell you that the best Friday morning rituals involve exercise, meditation or journaling.
Of late I'm getting all the dopamine I need for the day by celebrating Lib Dem by-election wins.
Thurs 23/10:
🔶 4 (+3)
🌳 1 (-1)
🌹 1 (-1)
➡️ 1 (+1)
I await the appropriate media coverage...
Of late I'm getting all the dopamine I need for the day by celebrating Lib Dem by-election wins.
Thurs 23/10:
🔶 4 (+3)
🌳 1 (-1)
🌹 1 (-1)
➡️ 1 (+1)
I await the appropriate media coverage...
October 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Science will tell you that the best Friday morning rituals involve exercise, meditation or journaling.
Of late I'm getting all the dopamine I need for the day by celebrating Lib Dem by-election wins.
Thurs 23/10:
🔶 4 (+3)
🌳 1 (-1)
🌹 1 (-1)
➡️ 1 (+1)
I await the appropriate media coverage...
Of late I'm getting all the dopamine I need for the day by celebrating Lib Dem by-election wins.
Thurs 23/10:
🔶 4 (+3)
🌳 1 (-1)
🌹 1 (-1)
➡️ 1 (+1)
I await the appropriate media coverage...
Thanks for highlighting this issue, @maxwilkinson.bsky.social. It's not just bike theft though, it's phone snatching, parcel theft and a whole host of other crimes that are effectively decriminalised in London, and it's unacceptable.
🚲 Bike theft has effectively been decriminalised.
The British Transport Police have said that bike thefts outside London railway stations will not be investigated if they have been locked for more than two hours!
@MaxWilkinson.bsky.social speaks to commuters 🔽
The British Transport Police have said that bike thefts outside London railway stations will not be investigated if they have been locked for more than two hours!
@MaxWilkinson.bsky.social speaks to commuters 🔽
October 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Thanks for highlighting this issue, @maxwilkinson.bsky.social. It's not just bike theft though, it's phone snatching, parcel theft and a whole host of other crimes that are effectively decriminalised in London, and it's unacceptable.
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People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
October 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
So much for "We will fight you with everything we have". Labour's absolute failure to call out and challenge racism and intolerance from Reform UK and the Tories is a stain on the party, and one that Starmer clearly feels comfortable with. Just shameful.
Senior Labour figures have expressed dismay at the Party's "cowardly" and "incompetent" response to Tory shadow minister Katie Lam calling for legal migrants to "go home".
"What’s the point of us saying we’re anti-racist when we fail to call out racism," said one MP.
"What’s the point of us saying we’re anti-racist when we fail to call out racism," said one MP.
Exclusive: Labour Anger Erupts Over Party's Response To Katie Lam Immigration Row
"What’s the point of us saying we’re anti-racist when we fail to call out racism," said one MP.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
So much for "We will fight you with everything we have". Labour's absolute failure to call out and challenge racism and intolerance from Reform UK and the Tories is a stain on the party, and one that Starmer clearly feels comfortable with. Just shameful.
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Fab night for the Lib Dems, winning 7 of these 10 seats, with gains from Labour, the Conservatives and the Greens.
As the Labour and Conservative vote share collapses, we're proving that only the Lib Dems are able to take on and beat Reform.
Congrats to all teams and candidates involved! 🔶🔶🔶
As the Labour and Conservative vote share collapses, we're proving that only the Lib Dems are able to take on and beat Reform.
Congrats to all teams and candidates involved! 🔶🔶🔶
🦸 It's a Super Thursday Council By-Election Week with TEN Seats up for Grabs:
Defences:
🔶 4x LDM (Babergh, Reigate & Banstead, Surrey, Tandridge)
🌹 2x LAB (Preston, Trafford)
🎗️ 1x SNP (South Ayrshire)
🌍 1x GRN (Spelthorne)
🌳 1x CON (Surrey)
🏘️ 1x Localist (Surrey)
Defences:
🔶 4x LDM (Babergh, Reigate & Banstead, Surrey, Tandridge)
🌹 2x LAB (Preston, Trafford)
🎗️ 1x SNP (South Ayrshire)
🌍 1x GRN (Spelthorne)
🌳 1x CON (Surrey)
🏘️ 1x Localist (Surrey)
October 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Fab night for the Lib Dems, winning 7 of these 10 seats, with gains from Labour, the Conservatives and the Greens.
As the Labour and Conservative vote share collapses, we're proving that only the Lib Dems are able to take on and beat Reform.
Congrats to all teams and candidates involved! 🔶🔶🔶
As the Labour and Conservative vote share collapses, we're proving that only the Lib Dems are able to take on and beat Reform.
Congrats to all teams and candidates involved! 🔶🔶🔶
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We co-hosted a coffee morning with Dulwich Social and were delighted to see so many people come together. Dulwich Social regularly organises events and we are co-hosting another coffee morning with them on Friday 7 November at Rocca, Dulwich Village, 9am-10.30am. Hope to see you there.
October 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
We co-hosted a coffee morning with Dulwich Social and were delighted to see so many people come together. Dulwich Social regularly organises events and we are co-hosting another coffee morning with them on Friday 7 November at Rocca, Dulwich Village, 9am-10.30am. Hope to see you there.
Great to have such a strong team from @southwarklibdems.bsky.social at London Lib Dem Conference today, and proud to be hosting it here in Southwark.
We're here to raise awareness of Labour's unfair funding cuts to local government in London, and the urgent need for more investment in policing.
We're here to raise awareness of Labour's unfair funding cuts to local government in London, and the urgent need for more investment in policing.
October 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Great to have such a strong team from @southwarklibdems.bsky.social at London Lib Dem Conference today, and proud to be hosting it here in Southwark.
We're here to raise awareness of Labour's unfair funding cuts to local government in London, and the urgent need for more investment in policing.
We're here to raise awareness of Labour's unfair funding cuts to local government in London, and the urgent need for more investment in policing.
@maxwilkinson.bsky.social and @victoria-collins.bsky.social are doing a brilliant job at leading the fight against digital ID cards. Forcing 13 year olds to have digital ID is just weird and shows exactly why concerns about mission creep are valid.
Labour suggestions that 13 year old children should have to have a digital ID card is simply wrong.
Home Affairs Spokesperson @MaxWilkinson.bsky.social sets out why Lib Dems will continue to oppose mandatory digital ID.
Home Affairs Spokesperson @MaxWilkinson.bsky.social sets out why Lib Dems will continue to oppose mandatory digital ID.
October 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
@maxwilkinson.bsky.social and @victoria-collins.bsky.social are doing a brilliant job at leading the fight against digital ID cards. Forcing 13 year olds to have digital ID is just weird and shows exactly why concerns about mission creep are valid.
Abandoning the ECHR. Abandoning the Climate Change Act. The Tories are simply Diet Reform at this point.
Kemi Badenoch has chosen the side of Vladimir Putin and Nigel Farage with her plan to leave the European Convention on Human Rights.
The ECHR is a proud British creation, championed by Churchill, that protects everyone's rights and freedoms.
The ECHR is a proud British creation, championed by Churchill, that protects everyone's rights and freedoms.
October 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Abandoning the ECHR. Abandoning the Climate Change Act. The Tories are simply Diet Reform at this point.
Labour cannot have it both ways. Starmer talks about compassion in the asylum system, and within days splits up the families of those granted asylum. This on top of forcing doctors and nurses coming here from abroad to do community work to prove that they contribute to this country. Just shameful.
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities say is ‘straight from populist playbook’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Labour cannot have it both ways. Starmer talks about compassion in the asylum system, and within days splits up the families of those granted asylum. This on top of forcing doctors and nurses coming here from abroad to do community work to prove that they contribute to this country. Just shameful.
I hope @torstenbell.bsky.social will immediately apologise for this. Yes, politics is about taking on your opponents, but comments about people's appearance and size should be out of bounds. Really disappointing to hear this from a Labour minister. 🥀
I’d rather a “fat bloke in a wetsuit” than a wet bloke with no spine
September 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I hope @torstenbell.bsky.social will immediately apologise for this. Yes, politics is about taking on your opponents, but comments about people's appearance and size should be out of bounds. Really disappointing to hear this from a Labour minister. 🥀