Lisa Power

Anyone going on BBC this month should order one of these beforehand and let them sweat www.poppyshop.org.uk/products/pri...

Just a reminder to all Reform UK members to put your clocks back to 1936 tonight.

Just as a counterpoint to some of the obituaries this morning, here's the start of the Archer chapter in my history of political lying, The Lies of the Land:

CMS should be the biggest, most powerful department in the government because it's where we are truly world-beating. The fact that it's given to an invisible non-entity like Nandy, while government wangs on about fishing and oil drilling is so shortsighted, stupid and frustrating

The 'Department of War' isn't a mere rebranding; it's a statement of intent. Same stench, different suit.

Update: This is now the most signed petition on Senedd site petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24... Keep signing & sharing - I know petitions don't fix everything but we need to use all the tools we have to address this If they can remove healthcare for one group, they could remove it for anyone

Advice for my younger friends: if you want to encourage yourself to stay healthy and functional, to exercise and eat well... ...pick a couple of motherfuckers you really want to outlive.

YouGov’s latest poll: 628 out of 632 constituencies in Britain want to rejoin the EU. It couldn’t be clearer: It’s time to talk about EU membership. Read more: https://bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-most-popular-eu-policy-in-all-uk-seats-bar-four-megapoll-finds/

The only 4 constituencies where rejoining the EU wasn’t the preferred option were those of Lee Anderson, Farage, Tice and Lowe. In those 4, the top answer was ‘don’t know’. Confirming that Brexit has no real support at all. Not surprising for a total shitshow. And makes red lines seem very silly.

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

Trans women in sport: This table shows how massively out of place the UK is in Europe. The UK is the only country that bans trans women from most sport. Even recently-fascist Hungary is fairer than the UK. Britain is a transphobic outlier.

BBC doing their best Reach PLC impression here of not doing any reporting of their own, just reprinting the perpetrator's press release and smashing the publish button without any further work. Hence the article-as-pushed made no mention of assault or coercive control!

Many trans people have been left potentially outed, scared, unsafe and discriminated against in their workplaces. transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/09... Let us know how this has affected you by taking part in our Trans Lives Survey: form.typeform.com/to/BRppksJ3?...

In just two days this petition has surpassed the 10,000 signatures required to be considered for a debate in the Senedd. It is currently the second largest petition on the Senedd Cymru Welsh Government site Keep signing and sharing petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...

2/2 this would almost certainly amount to misconduct in public office. That is a serious criminal offence. We need the documents, the chronology and the truth. WTF caused this? Who authorised it?

If evidence shows NHS officials halted trans patients’ already-approved surgery,even cancelling operations after patients were admitted, not because of independently established clinical evidence, but after ideological or political pressure, involved the police as 1/2

🏛️ Nearly every Plaid Cymru backbencher has demanded answers from the NHS on trans surgeries. In a joint letter, they asked what evidence, risk assessments, and consultations the NWJCC took in its decision. It's time for answers from NHS Wales.

🏳️‍⚧️ How does a mass lobby work? 👉 MP got back to you with a slot? Turn up ~45 minutes before with a copy of the email and show parliamentary staff 👉 MP leaving you on read? Turn up anyway, join the queue outside and submit a ‘green card’ Read more: www.transsolidarityalliance.com/mass-lobby-2...

The polling company JL Partners featured in tonights Channel 4 News Exposé on Reform is the same one used by Sex Matters and LGB Alliance . JLP are linked to American Christian investors that hope to shape UK policy.

Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.

Margaret Thatcher did not 'regenerate the British economy'. She devastated the UK's industrial base, put three million people on the dole and plunged entire communities into the kind of poverty they still haven't recovered from four decades later.

Fancy seeing me and Lady Phyll giving it large in London next month as part of the talks around the incredible Fairyland exhibition at the NPG? Tickets now on sale. Sadly I won't be dressed like this (actually thank gods; that hat was bloody uncomfortable). www.npg.org.uk/whatson/even...

🧵 Joint statement: Bulgaria's Supreme Court backs legal gender recognition Read the full analysis of the ruling on our website: tgeu.org/joint-statem... #TransRights #LegalGenderRecognition #Bulgaria #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Trans rights charity TransActual has called on the Welsh Government to urgently restore access to gender-affirming surgeries after NHS Wales paused surgical referrals for trans adults through the Welsh Gender Service

describing a nonbinary interviewee as "biologically female" calling a gender-critical blogger an "investigative journalist" without including his conflict of interests; repeating his claims without checking leaving Plaid Cymru's opposition to the surgery cancellations to the bottom of the article.

We know that the latest news about the Welsh Gender Service may be upsetting, frustrating or create uncertainty for trans people and anyone affected by these developments. We want you to know that Switchboard is here to listen. 📱: 0800 0119 100 💬: switchboard.lgbt 📧: hello@switchboard.lgbt

This is doubly important for those of us with Welsh MPs; you can talk to them about the appalling over-reaction to the Terf-manufactured furore over the Welsh Gender Service too. So travel if you can! (I can’t but have already talked to my MP in advance)

Research is being conducted at the University of Oxford on how assessments in England shape how people understand gender and sexuality and the impact of these assessments on LGBTQ+ people. forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...

One for @dsquareddigest.bsky.social 's file

Sarah Rees MS will be hosting an online meeting with the trans community and inclusive MSs to discuss the WGS cancellations and feedback to the Welsh Government. 📧 You can attend by emailing Sarah.Rees-AS@senedd.cymru

Gender-affirming surgery is a safe and effective treatment for gender dysphoria - this decision is political. You can read our full gender-affirming surgery factsheet at cwiar.org/en/2026/08/3...

If Wales had a service that was underperforming, in comparison to England, I would accept and welcome research into why it is so. But when Wales has better outcomes than England, stopping the service to find out why it isn't as shit as in England is bloody ridiculous.

Well, happy 29th anniversary to the greatest ‘reverse ferret’ ever issued by a media outlet

The NHS Wales has cancelled all gender-affirming surgeries. But what can we do about it? 🗣️ EMAIL YOUR MSs 🗣️ Plaid Cymru promised to make lives better for trans people. By emailing them, you can help hold them to this promise. You can find your MSs at writetothem.com

I don’t know how anyone in Britain can feel smug about Milo Y being deported. Now we’re stuck with the little twerp again.

It will lead to requiring "transgender persons to disclose their gender identity, risking harassment, while exposing all women to scrutiny based on gender stereotypes, intrusive questioning or demands for personal information," UN experts say 👇

Today in badly-worded headlines: www.scmp.com/news/people-...

This is the most fucked up and immediately harmful policy decision I think I've ever seen in adult trans healthcare in the UK, and that's saying something. The Welsh Gender Service is one of the best in the country. It is widely praised by the patients it helps. That is why it is being targeted.

The Milo stuff is the perfect picture of fascism. You think you're protected because you go as big as you can on racism, you spend years harassing the movement's perceived enemies, you even disavow your own sexuality. They'll still throw you in a cage over the tiniest disagreement already forgotten.

And I see the leopards are eating people’s faces again. The right paying off their internal feuds.

The Welsh government should be utterly ashamed of themselves if they let this stand. Cowardice is not easily forgotten.