BIG NEWS!
I'm honoured to be chosen as the
#LibDems
Parliamentary Candidate in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
at the next General Election!
It'd only take a 12% swing to beat the Conservatives and get this area a new, hardworking Liberal Democrat MP.
I'm ready. Join me.
#BackBlaise
Johnson's Partygate lies could trigger a by-election in Uxbridge & South Ruislip.
As the
@LibDems
candidate standing against him, here's what I learned from my last campaign.
I have spent my life living and working in both West London and Brussels. I have seen first hand the impact of the Conservatives' botched deal with Europe on our economy.
I will make no apology for backing the
#LibDems
gradual plan to get Britain back into the Single Market.
Nothing in the Labour manifesto about reforming our broken politics with fair votes for all.
And that's despite their own members supporting it.
On both levels, it speaks volumes Labour's approach to democracy. If you want real change to our politics, you must vote
#LibDems
.
Loved speaking to the Hammersmith & Fulham
#LibDems
tonight about my plan to run a strong campaign in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
.
A great way to end my first day as your candidate!
Excited to get started
#BackBlaise
Great to speak to
@itvlondon
and
@Channel4News
earlier about what voters are saying in Uxbridge & South Ruislip.
People are fed up with this Conservative government.
As
@EdwardJDavey
just reminded us all - the
#LibDems
are the only party with a genuine plan to restore trust with our European neighbours and fix our broken relationship with our biggest neighbour.
It will take time, but we must aim to rejoin the Single Market.
Not every day that a General Election gets called halfway through a canvassing session! But what a way to speak to Chelsea voters whilst it’s fresh in their mind! ❤️💪
July 4th - here we come
#LibDems
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
Had a wonderful campaign launch tonight in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
and it’s an absolute honour and pleasure to be handed the baton by our 2019 candidate, and superb local champion, Nicola Horlick!
#ChangeHands
#BackBlaise
Very proud to have made my maiden speech just now at
#LDConf
calling for the immediate release of funds to save our crumbling NHS - not least
#CharingCrossHospital
right here in
#Fulham
.
The lie of this Conservative govt over their 40 new hospitals pledge remains appalling.
My first weekend after being selected and straight to the trail!
Was an absolutely pleasure to be out speaking to voters on the King’s Road today!
It might be freezing but the reception is very warm indeed for the
#LibDems
message here in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
.
Thanks to everyone for the warm
#LibDems
birthday celebrations, even amidst the chaos of the General Election!
The best present of all would of course be your support in our campaign in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
to
#ChangeHands
- as the cake proves!
ICYMI : This week, Labour in London rejected the
#LibDems
amendment for an Erasmus-style scheme for young Londoners to study abroad.
Only the
#LibDems
in London are fighting to fix our broken relationship with Europe & the mess the Tories have made of London's economy.
What a day in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
!
Kicked off with our amazing Mayoral Candidate
@robblackie
outside
#ParsonsGreen
Tube - and of course time for an impromptu
#LibDems
diamond group!
Really great to chat to Rob about the issues facing this area, and how we can fight together.
So much speculation on the date of
#GE2024
, but we do know the
#LondonElections
will 100% take place on May 2nd!
It means I get to run side-by-side with
@Christophe4WC
- our fab
#LibDems
GLA candidate.
When you check out his priorities you'll see why :
The sun is shining on this summer election!
Residents here in Fulham this morning keep telling me they’re fed up of the Conservatives and want a fresh start with me as their new
#LibDems
MP
I’m more committed than ever to fighting to get a Fair Deal for
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
Let me introduce you to the newest member of our
#LibDems
team in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
- Lupo the Dog!
He’s a real diamond in the ruff 😂🔶🐶
Great day speaking to voters overall. So much support here for my positive campaign to restore trust around here.
#ChangeHands
#BackBlaise
Spring has sprung on the campaign trail in
#Fulham
today!
So great to speak to many local residents fed up with our Conservative MP and want to
#ChangeHands
with me as their next MP to
#RestoreTrust
Keep an eye out for this supposedly “safe” Tory seat. A surprise is in store.
Let me tell you something...
The collapse in the Conservative vote isn't just a polling fad.
When I speak to residents in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
on the doors, it's clear that historic blue strongholds are crumbling.
People here know just how poor our local MP's record is!
Really great to talk to
@itvlondon
today about my strong
#LibDems
campaign in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
.
We are working hard - and people (and the press!) are sitting up and paying attention. All to play for!
It’s time to
#ChangeHands
and get a fair deal that restores trust for us.
Out and about with one of my teams in
#Munster
Ward today!
So much support for our campaign to restore trust in politics in this area.
The Conservative vote is in free fall! This could be the year that everything changes in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
#LibDems
#BackBlaise
What can put grins this cheesy on my face on a Saturday afternoon (especially with no Chelsea game for the international break?)
Sunshine, teamwork and the warm reception for our strong
#LibDems
campaign here in both
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
!
People here are so ready to
#ChangeHands
🎵“Hello voter, my old friend. I’ve come to canvass you again.” 🎶
Good sesh with West Central candidate
@Christophe4WC
and the irrepressible
@RoyPounsford
.
Lusitanian and loving it!
READ how I managed to get a Portuguese Passport and what it means to me as a Remainer.
Shout out to former MEP
@CharlesTannock
If I’m elected, I will work hard on the local issues that matter.
That means sorting Hammersmith Bridge, Charing Cross Hospital and addressing the complete lack of police stations in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
.
The General Election is finally here!
I'm running in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
- once upon a time a "safe" Conservative seat.
But now, we
#LibDems
only need a 12% swing to win - and with the reception we're getting on the doors, it is all to play for!
I know that everything feels
BB is pro-EV!
The Lib Dems are proud of our green credentials and will fight hard for the energy transition.
There should be more charging stations like this one in
#Fulham
to make life easier for EV drivers.
The Conservatives claim to be the party of law & order, but on their watch we've been left without a single police station in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
Something's got to change. As your next MP I'll fight to open Community Police Hubs, to give us security & access to policing again.
112 households in Kensington, Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham are being kicked out of their homes over Xmas through no fault of their own.
We need to see an emergency ban on no fault evictions over the festive period. Shameful the Tories have kicked this into long grass.
Thank you
@johnestevens
and
@MirrorPolitics
for exposing this disgrace.
It demonstrates even more why I'm standing in Uxbridge & South Ruislip on the issue of Partygate.
Superb work by
@johnestevens
and the Sunday Mirror team on this. All self-explanatory. If you are among the many who made sacrifices, couldn’t see or lost loved ones, the contempt in which you - we - were held speaks for itself.
A great time on the doors in Parsons Green today!
Conservative vote crumbling in one of their held wards in a seat they have taken for granted for decades.
Time's up on this govt.
I'm running to be the next MP so we can
#ChangeHands
&
#RestoreTrust
in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
.
Well done
@Rob_Merrick
of The
@Independent
. Shame it took everyone 6 months to notice!
And people thought the Tory's pact with Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party in the
@ecrgroup
was bad!
I'm running to
#restoretrust
in politics
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
. Trust that whilst everything feels broken, it can be made to work again.
That starts with restoring the trust that you are safe on our streets.
With all our police stations shut, we now need new Police Hubs.
As someone who legitimately got a Portuguese passport through Sephardic roots and saw
@ChelseaFC
academy players on the
@MOTLorg
trip to Auschwitz, this is a great read
For months, I've been working on a long feature for
@JewishCurrents
about the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. For the past week, I've been scrambling to rewrite it to keep up with rapidly changing events.
Now it's ready, and I really hope you read it!
Too many local businesses face egregious red tape and barriers when trading with Europe.
We can't fix our broken economy if we don't fix our broken relationship with our biggest trading neighbour.
Proud to be backing the
#LibDems
as we fight for Single Market access.
The Conservative govt has understood too little, too late over the
#sewage
scandal.
It's not just about bonuses - board members need to go.
I recently joined Fulham campaigner
@RoyPounsford
on a riverside walk to discuss his push to get
#ThamesWater
to clean up their act.
Rishi's recession is proof this government is finished. Whatever smidgeon of credibility they still clung to is gone.
In seats like
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
that the Conservatives have always taken for granted - there is now everything to fight for.
I will take the fight to them.
Deeply concerned to hear about the fire today at the London Oratory School in
#Fulham
Thankful that nobody was hurt, and for the emergency services for getting to the scene in a matter of minutes.
Hard hitting interview with
@mattforde
, talking about my experience fighting this election in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
.
We talked Europe, education and what it’s like to stand for election in the most unusual of times. I’m on at 32:45.
Give it a listen!
We’re out and about in
#Fulham
today!
So many key local issues that people here feel let down by both major parties on.
To restore trust in politics we must reject Conservative chaos and Labour’s lacklustre alternative.
Join me & my strong
#LibDems
campaign today!
#BackBlaise
The weather’s warming and the campaign’s hotting up! Good to be out tonight in
#Chelsea
.
So many feel they can’t support the Conservatives anymore who keep letting them down.
One of their local councillors here has just been selected to run for Parliament… in Southampton!
4 years since
#Brexit
came to fruition, and are we really better off? The Conservatives and their botched trade deal have wrecked our relationship with Europe and left our economy weaker.
Only the
#LibDems
are committed to rejoining the Single Market.
@Femi_Sorry
Dan Hannan MEP wanting to privatise the NHS is nothing new. Watch him explain on Fox News back in 2009, how the creation of the NHS was a 'mistake'.
Recently, I brought the superb
#libdems
Mayoral Candidate
@RobBlackie
over to
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
.
We're both committed to restoring community policing in London - and he backs my plan to work with the police to open new community police hubs in our area.
You can't trust the Conservatives with
#CharingCross
I'm campaigning to get it the vital refurbishment it needs right away.
The gall of our current MP to claim he is saving the hospital when he serves the govt that has delayed the works is why people lose trust in politics.
EXCLUSIVE: Extraordinary image of raucous Christmas party thrown by Tory aides at party HQ during coronavirus restrictions last year.
Party hats, drinks, an entire buffet - while we were all banned from meeting just one other person socially indoors.
Something that comes up again and again on the doorstep in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
is how hard it is trying to trade with European customers now - something so many businesses based here do.
We need to rebuild our trading relationship with our biggest neighbour. I will fight for it.
Today’s budget was more of a fudge-it.
The Conservatives are out of touch, out of ideas, and flailing around.
So it’s good to be out in
#Chelsea
tonight talking to residents who feel so let down.
Politics shouldn’t be this cynical. I’ll
#restoretrust
as our next
#LibDems
MP.
"You don't know who owns Hammersmith Bridge, you don't know what a police officer makes, and you don't know the bus fare."
@NickFerrariLBC
grills Conservative mayoral candidate Susan Hall.
Charing Cross Hospital means an awful lot to all of us. Almost everyone in this area has a story to tell about it.
To be asked to wait until after 2030 for the vital works it needs is just insulting.
The Conservatives have lost our trust to handle the NHS. I'll restore it.
It's time! Polls are now open in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
.
This is it - our one chance to finally
#ChangeHands
in our area.
As your next MP I'll never, ever stop fighting for a fair deal for our area. One that restores your trust in politics.
But I need your vote!
#LibDems
We have not rolled back the frontiers of member states, only to see them re-imposed in a lorry park in Kent.
My take on
#NoDealBrexit
impact and loss of EU funds in Wales
@EastKent_EM
@EuromoveWales
Full video:
Classic government comms. The same day import checks are introduced at Dover, the gov announce an end to checks between GB and NI.
The public are left confused as to what is actually happening and the govt get away with yet another shocking policy failure.
#GeneralElectionNow
It's time to
#changehands
in
#chelsea
&
#fulham
. Is it any wonder so many have totally lost trust in politics when our MP has a record like this?
The
#libdems
are the opposition to the Conservatives here and I'm running to be your next MP so we can
#restoretrust
!
When you head to the polls this year, remember that the touchstones of community and safety depend on us getting rid of this Conservative government.
They are out of ideas.
I'll open new Community Police Hubs to
#restoretrust
in policing in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
.
Thoughtful chat with King’s Road Partnership CEO Steven Medway on crime, housing, not to mention the success of the King’s Road BID.
Yet Brexit has not helped British business already hampered by the pandemic.
The Lib Dems are the party of business.
One of the great things about running as a
#libdems
candidate is the team of hardworking local champions that surround you.
@RoyPounsford
is one of them - and I'm proud to back him as we call for
#ThamesWater
board to resign after another shameful year.
Looking back, so much has happened since that fateful day four years ago in 2020 when we left the EU.
But looking ahead, I'm so proud to be standing for the
#LibDems
in
#Chelsea
&
#Fulham
- the only party that fights to remove barriers to trade with our biggest neighbour.
The better part of a decade is simply too long to wait to give
#CharingCross
Hospital the modernisation it needs to continue to provide its essential service.
Sign my petition today to tell the govt to change course and bring the vital works forward.
Realising that they’re losing the battle on Rwanda, this govt is now pivoting back to their economic record, so just a reminder of what it is :
↘️ Second slowest growth in the G7
‼️ Highest tax burden in history
🏦 £22bn in tax give away to banks while public services crumble
The U.K. is lagging 10-15 years behind for cancer survival rates.
The next Parliament MUST make it a priority to sort this out.
The
#LibDems
have a plan to boost survival rates and put this national priority, which touches so many lives, at the heart of policy making again.