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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/09/2026
Why the EU fears Britain becoming a back door for Chinese cars ft.trib.al/vmaNbOB | opinion
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Why the EU fears Britain becoming a back door for Chinese cars
Brussels is urging UK tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, but it might take more than that
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🎉 YES! This is a huge opportunity! Please use this link to write to your MP - and then share, share everywhere! —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a... #Rejoin #UK #Europe #EU
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
In case you missed it 👇
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
In case you missed it 👇
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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at · 01/07/2026
The whole of British society seems to take it as given that "losing" the pound = bad thing but I guarantee that challenging this lazy assumption will change minds. Just point to how it has made Germany, Ireland, France, Netherlands, much richer. As for 'tradition', the UK pound is younger than me.
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 30/06/2026
The thing about social media age restrictions is that it treats today’s internet as an inevitability we all just have to deal with. The internet (and the WORLD) wasn’t like this until like four dudes were allowed to own & monetize as much tech real estate as they wanted. Fix THAT problem.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
In case you missed it 👇
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Tomorrow’s Independent front page:
The
INDEPENDENT
urop
The Way Bac
Their promises of more jobs, more trade, more power for Britain have proved a con, Michael Heseltine writes as the Brexit vote 10th anniversary approaches. Never have so few done so much damage to so many with so little ability to execute what they lied about. Their scandalously false prospectus has turned to dust and ashes. Naturally, they blame everyone but themselves.
They are the guilty men and should...
...hang their heads in shame
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Interesting that the idea of another EU referendum is regularly discussed on broascast media as something that would cause division and thus a bad idea. But plans to deport literally millions of people are discussed as administrative questions.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 27/05/2026
Where conspiracies thrive the far right rise!
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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at · 12/05/2026
This deserves reupping, it cannot be overstated. Labour seems fully on track to cock it up completely. I cannot believe that Streeting is even being spoken of a serious contender.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Contrary to Labour MPs saying people ‘hate’ Starmer, I don't hate him and their scape-goating of him misses the point. It is Labour policies and Brexit red lines that are the problem and I see no leadership candidate, indeed no Labour MP addressing that.
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Mark English @markemuk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Those saying Europe's economy should be like US misunderstand Europe, its values and what works to make lives better. Good explanation below of Europe's strengths and some policies to build on them. UK should be in EU arguing for those things, not outside squabbling with itself.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I'm 56. Racism was everywhere when I was a kid. People just did it, without comment. Normalised. In the 90s political correctness (later: Woke) appeared, and racism withdrew. I'm not saying it vanished. But by 2015, it was socially unacceptable, even in the rough areas I grew up in. Then Brexit.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Like a gut punch, this quietly spoken sentence from Lubaina Himid who is representing the UK at the Venice Biennale www.ft.com/content/2a58...
Himid has lived in Britain for more than seven decades, grown up here, been educated here, built a life and a career here
- and yet the question of what "here" actually means, of who gets to belong and who is merely tolerated, has never left her work. "We do a thing, Magda and I, if we're booking a table on the phone, I will always do it," says Himid, whose RP-ish English has little trace of either London or Lancashire. "But when we go to a place we don't know, I always want Magda [who was born in Poland and is white] to go first. She signifies one thing visually and I signify another thing audibly. Together, we are incredibly belonging and unbelonging."
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A pregnant pause. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog arguing that the combined effect of the May election results, the next UK-EU summit & the 10th anniversary of the referendum will be to initiate a renewed debate about Brexit: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-pr...
Image of the first few paragraphs of the latest blog post
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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at · 18/04/2026
Yes, and also the bit that I simply can’t understand is how joining the euro always seems to be presented as a problem for Rejoin, not an opportunity. A chance to join the single currency that has massively enriched its members? You should be biting our arm off.
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
In Turkey, an elderly man who earns his living by shining shoes is visited every morning at the same time by a cat that asks to have its fur brushed. The man never turns down this little friend.😍👍💙
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Brian ☀️🌏🌘 @balail.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Artemis ii
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 02/04/2026
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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee. What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18
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Convos @convosmessenger.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Convos is your everyday chat app for the surveillance age. Available on the App Store. (Android next.) By invitation only. apps.apple.com/us/app/convo...
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‎Convos Messenger
‎POP UP a private convo. BLOW IT UP when you're done. No signup. No phone numbers. No spam. - STRAP A TIME BOMB TO YOUR GROUPCHAT Explode your convos! Messages and members are destroyed immediatel...
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
1/5 The geopolitical calculus of the UK remaining outside the EU no longer makes sense. The world today is vastly different from what it was during the original vote. Continued division poses a severe strategic liability for everyone
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 14/03/2026
Rachel Reeves says Brexit damaged growth and pushed up prices. The reaction from Brexit supporters has been predictably furious. But the real story isn’t the outrage – it’s why Labour is saying this now.
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Reeves tells the truth about Brexit – and the howls begin
Rachel Reeves says Brexit harmed Britain’s economy. The resulting outrage shows how fragile the Brexit story has become
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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at · 14/03/2026
beautiful
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors
or surrender accepted;
(2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such
that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted;
(3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable
ability to accept surrender would exist;
(4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate
forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and
(5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
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Damien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Yes, hello, is that God? Yeah, hi. I have a complaint. You gave me this brain that’s designed for finding berries and avoiding lions and now people are ‘just circling back’ to see if we can ‘move the needle’ on ‘key initiatives’? NONE of those things are berries.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
This is amazing. www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com
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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
So the text of the Euro-Gibraltar is out. Quick couple of points to make, and a lesson for UKG Firstly, many have been slammed for saying that the only rational solution is via the Spanish authorities and border guards. All we heard was "Gib will never accept..." 1
OFFICIAL - FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
OFFICIAL - FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
DRAFT AGREEMENT IN RESPECT OF GIBRALTAR BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY, OF THE OTHER PART
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Captain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Net migration has collapsed even before implementation of draconian Blue Labour policies OBR projections will be shot and fiscal issues worse Need a surcharge to voting for these outcomes - you can hv fewer immigrants but you’ll have to pay a lot more tax as a result www.ft.com/content/7408...
ft.com
Fall in UK net migration threatens to carve deep hole in public finances
Issue is expected to come under the spotlight in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Today's by-election is another illustration of the problems with FPTP. The result may tell us less about what voters want to happen than whether they can game the system effectively to stop a result most *don't* want. The electoral system should not be an obstacle that voters have to work around.
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
This week’s Guest Recipe from the #CookbookCorner archive is the Mathrooba — Beaten Chicken and Rice — from Lugma: Abundant Dishes & Stories from my Middle East by Noor Murad, a book I adore! And this is the recipe I cook most often. Perfect for Iftar, by the way. www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...
Photograph of the Mathrooba — Beaten Chicken and Rice — from Lugma: Abundant Dishes & Stories from my Middle East by Noor Murad
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 24/02/2026
Today saw Westminster Hall full with MPs ready to debate Stephen Gethins MP's debate on the impact of the 2016 EU referendum on the UK. Thanks to the 11,000 of you who wrote to your MP to urge them to attend, the debate proved one important thing - we are winning the argument.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
"Why aren't reporters asking whether the president has the legal right to launch another Middle Eastern war?" From my Zeteo piece/newsletter today: zeteo.com/p/an-illegal...
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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I haven't said so often enough recently, but I'm sure that future historians, poring over why Britain imploded in 2016 will seize on CG's chronicling of the whole sorry story, and all its ramifications as the most thorough and clear sighted analysis in the period itself. Invaluable. A must read.
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
How the Golden Gate Bridge Was Built: A 3D Animated Introduction www.openculture.com/2026/02/how-...
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How the Golden Gate Bridge Was Built: A 3D Animated Introduction
Built during the depths of the Great Depression (from 1933 to 1937), the Golden Gate Bridge became the longest and tallest suspension bridge in the world.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Why would you pig-headedly ignore the voice of the next generation? Why would you saddle them with debt, shrink the job market and limit their opportunities? It runs counter to everything politics and society should want for them. For all of us. They’re the future. www.itv.com/news/2026-02...
Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the
EU, ITV poll finds
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british
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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Some notes on the coming fun with Gibraltar tl;dr There's an agreement, that needs to be in place for 10 April, but no one knows exactly what it is yet 1/
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I get so angry with people (the usual suspects) having a go at organisations like the RNLI or National Trust. One claimed that the lifeboats were for the use of English people only. Sorry nothing could be further from the truth. The original resolutions of the Royal National Lifeboat 1/3
The old and the new, RNLI lifeboats past and present off the coast of Whitby.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm" www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw... #R4Today
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Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase
Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
2/12 There is a reason why Putin, Musk, Trump, Vance, Thiel, and Xi all spend fortunes to attack Brussels. They do not hate the EU because it fails. They hate it because of its potential. Our unity is their nightmare
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 09/02/2026
OPINION: For the U.K. to finally move on from Brexit, it must choose not to live in lies. Especially the ones that fueled the project to leave the EU. 🔗 politi.co/4rJ3NSO
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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Here's an idea for Starmer: Why not keep the promises he made when he was elected Labour leader? 👌🏻Public ownership 👌🏻Scrapping tuition fees 👌🏻Higher taxes on the wealthy 👌🏻Free movement in the EU This would be a pretty popular platform right now
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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 08/02/2026
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
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Leonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
5/5 PMs with approval ratings of measles isn't just a feature of failed leadership. It's Brexit Britain. There's no money for anything people want and were promised they would have, and no one can blame the people who got us into this mess because they got 52% of the vote (let alone reverse it).
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
i don’t know if it’s the jaunty bow tie or what but i cannot stop laughing at this
a meme — the top says “My dog just got a haircut and now he looks like he gave up drinking and got his life together” and underneath are 2 photos of a dog (a schnauzer i think?). on the left, the “before,” he’s scruffy and in need of a haircut and a bath. and on the right, the “after,” he’s clean and clipped and wearing a jaunty red bow tie and looking very dapper indeed.
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Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.
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