Reposted by Richard WingfieldLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 3hTomorrow is polling day in the Holborn & St Pancras by-election. Good luck to Liberal Democrat candidate Patrick Stillman! 3194
Reposted by Richard WingfieldLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 04/10/202610 years on from Brexit, Europe is back on people’s minds. London St Pancras is Britain’s gateway to Europe, Patrick Stillman sets out the Lib Dem plan to rebuild ties with Europe and boost growth. 35326
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Green Party's leadership needs to get an urgent grip on the party. Allowing the Corbynistas to flood the party unchecked has led to exactly the same antisemitism that took over Labour years and which took years to eradicate. So entirely predictable and yet also deeply sad. 2112
Reposted by Richard WingfieldRob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Thanks to the brilliant London Liberal Democrat team out in Camden today! 084
Reposted by Richard WingfieldVikki Slade MP @vikkislademp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Most millennials don’t think there will be a state pension when they retire so this isn’t being done with them in mind Pensioners will gain more from free social care than a linking rise of state pension to earnings Proud of triple lock in coalition but we must plan for future not venerate the past 55814
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Agree with @tomgordonld.bsky.social here. The triple lock was absolutely the right thing to do when it was introduced and has helped reduce pensioner poverty. But we've got to look at it again when finances are tight and money is needed for other things. 110
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's quite remarkable how every party has had significant ups and downs in polling since 2024 *except* the Lib Dems where we've been incredibly consistent. NB: I'm not saying this is a good thing (we absolutely should have made more of a break through in the last two years) but it's still notable. 022
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This is the difference that having Liberal Democrats on Southwark Council is making. Free school uniforms for those struggling. Helping make lives for families across our borough that bit easier during a cost of living crisis. Well done @southwarklibdems.bsky.social 👇🏻 053
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A hugely disappointing outcome. All this means is that people will continue to suffer needlessly and be denied any autonomy or agency over how they spend their final hours. Yes, we need better palliative care, but forcing those who are suffering right now to wait is just cruel. 000
Reposted by Richard WingfieldGeorge E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I think we're at the point where we can incredibly comfortably say that your attitude towards Reform, Restore, MAGA, the AfD etc is how you'd have responded to fascism in the 1930s 232743736
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Excellent piece from @stephenkb.bsky.social here. I'd hoped that under Burnham we'd see Labour actually start to show its mettle in the face of the rise of the far right. Instead, absolutely nothing. www.ft.com/content/2279... 084
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"fellow travellers" indeed. Pretty sickening to see this normalisation of wannabe brownshirts from The Times. 001
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Oh god, what a week for losing some true greats. 😥 100
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I find this baffling. Yes, Kemi's improving but they lost 100s councillors at the last two sets of local elections. They got 2% of the vote in Makerfield and less than 2% in Gorton and Denton. They're polling below their 2024 general election result. Where is this confidence coming from? 100
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Jeez that government alert is terrifying. Can we please reserve it for nuclear attacks and zombies, and not times when we shouldn't have a BBQ? 000
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Excellent news. Labour's now flirted with digital ID twice now, but let's hope this is the last time we see this terrible idea brought forward. 010
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Harry Kane. National hero. Up there with Churchill. Give him a knighthood now. 🏴 #EngDRC 100
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 27/06/2026England really don't make it easy to be a fan... But then you get moments like this and it's all worthwhile... 2-0! #EngPan 🏴 030
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The government has finally published its draft Conversion Practices Bill, a welcome step and one that the @libdems.org.uk have been calling for for years. This is good, but the devil is in the detail and the Bill is full of loopholes and caveats, undermining its aim. 🧵 www.gov.uk/government/p... 111
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The evidence from Australia is clear: a ban on social media for under 16s doesn't work (and it would be wrong, even if it did). Burnham should ditch this policy straight away, and focus on addressing the problematic aspects of social media (addictive design features, the algorithms used, etc). 0115
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Ridiculous, just ridiculous for so many reasons. It's wrong in principle. It won't work in practice. It will undermine the safety and privacy of everyone using the internet. I despair of this government on a near-daily basis, but this is a particular low point for them.gov.ukSocial media to be banned for under-16s in landmark government move to give kids their childhood backSocial media platforms to be blocked from offering services to under-16s, marking a line in the sand and setting a new normal for future generations. 000
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Thank you Tom, @mariecgoldman.bsky.social, @joshbabarinde.bsky.social and all the other Lib Dem MPs who spoke out against the EHRC guidance today. Hugely proud of the stance our party has taken in defence of the trans community. 🏳️⚧️ 0131
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Thank you Marie. As a party, the @libdems.org.uk must stand firm in defence of trans rights and the progress we've made. This Code of Practice would be hugely regressive and diminish the status of trans people in society. It's wholly unacceptable. 020
Reposted by Richard WingfieldMums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Thanks to @richardwingfield.bsky.social & @southwarklibdems.bsky.social for confirming a commitment to our #LocalElection2026 asks. A clean air cabinet member, action on #WoodBurning, supporting #SchoolStreets & reducing miles driven in the borough are all needed to clean up #Southwark's air. 182
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 28/04/2026If you care about the environment and tackling climate change, the Liberal Democrats have a record to be proud of and a commitment to go further and faster. Listen to @rachelbentleyld.bsky.social and vote Lib Dem in Southwark on 7 May. 🔶🌍 074
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Simon Hughes is an inspiration for many of us in the Lib Dems. A hard working community champion who stood up for his area and its residents. It you want councillors who will roll up their sleeves and get things done in your area, vote Liberal Democrats on 7 May. 🔶 000
Reposted by Richard WingfieldSouthwark Liberal Democrats @southwarklibdems.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Time's up for Labour. More people are realising what's at stake in May's local elections, with politics expert Sam Freedman and LondonCentric predicting that Labour will lose their majority on Southwark Council. The Lib Dems are ready to fix Southwark! 045
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Huge thanks to @vmmchamberlain.bsky.social, @rachelbentleyld.bsky.social and the rest of the @southwarklibdems.bsky.social gang for coming down to Dulwich Village! Really feeling the love today 🧡 133
Reposted by Richard WingfieldEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 09/04/2026Liberal Democrats get things done. We don’t do division. We do potholes and police officers, church roofs and clean rivers. We focus on the local issues that matter to you. Vote Liberal Democrat on 7th May. 1117245
Reposted by Richard WingfieldLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 08/02/2026"It looks like the two main parties are definitely down and quite possibly out." @JoshBabarinde.bsky.social 35622
Reposted by Richard WingfieldRob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Looking bad for Labour in South London when former Labour mayors of Southwark & Lambeth are voting for us this May. Welcome to all the many former Labour voters who are voting for us now. 23515
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Really great to spend some time with our colleagues in Goose Green today! James, Luke and Kaz are superb candidates and I can't wait to seem them elected in May! 🔶 #DulwichDreamTeam 030
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Great to be out with the @southwarklibdems.bsky.social in St George's ward with our candidates, Graham and Lina. And thank you so much, @munirawilson.bsky.social, for joining us. 🧡 020
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Such heartbreaking news to wake up to this morning. I grew up watching Home Alone (and Home Alone 2) over and over as a kid, and Schitt's Creek made the pandemic just that little bit more bearable. A truly brilliant and hilarious actor.theguardian.comCatherine O’Hara, actor known for Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, dies aged 71Actor, also known for Beetlejuice and her work with Christopher Guest, died after a brief illness 010
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 22/01/2026media.tenor.coma bald man wearing glasses and a black turtleneck is standing in a hallway .ALT: a bald man wearing glasses and a black turtleneck is standing in a hallway . 000
Reposted by Richard WingfieldLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 18/01/2026Lib Dem source: “Just 45 more Tory defections until Ed becomes Leader of the Opposition.” 481757283
Reposted by Richard WingfieldLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 15/01/2026Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward 692355608
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 13/01/2026I mean, great, making it optional rather than mandatory is an improvement. But this whole scheme is still a waste of money and will do little if anything to solve any real problems the country faces. The public are against it and Labour really just need to scrap the whole thing. 010
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Ed is absolutely right here. Trump is threatening to seize the territory of a UK ally. Such abhorrent behaviour - no different to Putin's invasion of Ukraine - should see sanctions on the US at the absolute minimum. 051
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 06/01/2026I joined the Liberal Democrats because of the Iraq War and Charles Kennedy's principled stance against it. 20 years later and, once again, a Labour government appears indifferent to international law and the use of force without justification. History repeating itself. 3208
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 05/01/2026The UK government is unable to say that the US shouldn't invade Denmark? I get that diplomacy can be sensitive, but this response from Mike Tapp is pathetic. 185
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Feeling pretty seen by this! This is *actually* on my Christmas Wish List... Not sure my niece (8) and nephew (3 months) are on BlueSky but if they are, they know what to get me now. 020
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 17/12/2025My mum has made Nigella's yule log every Christmas for the last few years and it is divine. This week she said she was thinking of doing something else (!) and I told her I wouldn't come home if she did. Pleased to confirm she is, once again, making it. 010
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 09/12/2025The difference that having 72 Lib Dem MPs makes! 🔶 Great to see us moving one step closer to a customs union with the EU and starting to fix our broken relationship with Europe! 060
Richard Wingfield @richardwingfield.bsky.social · 09/12/2025If Labour is serious about growth, their MPs will back the @libdems.org.uk Bill to establish a UK-EU customs union. The majority of the county now things Brexit was a mistake and should be reversed. And we know businesses are struggling and this would help massively. This should be a no brainer. 041
