Great to see long time engineer and @LibSTEMM member @LukeTaylorLD at our conference 🔶 With 72 MPs the @LibDems are in a better position than ever to show we’re the party of STEMM and evidence in policy 🧪📱⚙️🧮🧬

The most unequivocally positive vision and comprehensive plan. Sustainability connections out there will recognise the UN Sustainable Development Goals flowing throughout the manifesto 🌐   2

🔶 The most positive moment of my time in politics so far might just be standing behind our manifesto for this general election. I'm beyond proud to see what a combination of all parts of the ⁦@LibDems⁩ can achieve 1 libdems.org.uk/manifesto

I'd challenge anyone to watch @EdwardJDavey's election broadcast and question whether he's in politics for the right reasons. And whether the @LibDems get it. And whether we have our eyes fixed on the plans we all need for social care and the NHS 🔶 theguardian.com/politics/art…

Good progress from the EU 🇪🇺 The more large firms are required to align to trajectories that meet environmental and social goals, the more that value chains get pulled towards sustainability 🌍 But enforcement (ideally through collaboration) is vital esgtoday.com/eu-adopts-envir…

Turns out that coal, North Sea oil and gas, and delaying boiler and electric car roadmaps don’t do you any favours in climate court 🧑‍⚖️ @GreenLibDems “Government defeated in High Court over climate plans” bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…

@robblackie has also run a thoroughly positive campaign for Mayor of London 🏙️ based around the real material impacts of the Mayor: fixing the Met Police, putting London back at the forefront of addressing the climate emergency, standing up for European citizens, and much more 🔶

It’s going to be a long year of elections. These local elections are just the start for us in the UK. Many will be trying to make today and our upcoming general election as toxic as possible. It doesn’t have to be. We can do better. And demand better. 2/3

It’s election day in London, Cambridge, and beyond 🗳️ please do vote if you can! Personally I’m trying to bring some positivity back to politics ☀️ a politics that’s becoming increasingly negative and divisive. But not so unbearable that it’s not worth doing something about it.

The blur is just my excitement at talking about the #UNSustainableDevelopmentGoals 🌐 Great to hear so much enthusiasm about the SDGs for framing sustainability throughout @LibDemConf this weekend - especially at our joint @GreenLibDems @LibSTEMM @LDTradeUnionist event 💚

Kicking off our @LibSTEMM and @GreenLibDems training session with Megawatt’s creator Miguel, founder of @CurieusGames - building the electricity grid of the future - and looking into UK and global energy policy ⚡️

3/3 🙈 And similarly, when that hype does take over, we’re far too quick to lose sight of the outcomes or a clear focus on specific use cases for those technologies (And where those use cases don’t in fact exist) @LibSTEMM

2/3 📸 I still see far too many people in different walks of life discount various technologies because they’re not yet perfect or they’re a bit too hype-y… remember Kodak or Blockbuster? We seem destined to repeat those stories when talking about, for example, AI…

🧑‍💻 An important quote for anyone analysing or discussing tech: “Believers in the dotcom boom were not wrong about the transformative power of the internet—but they still lost their shirts.” 1/3 @LibSTEMM economist.com/leaders/2024/0…