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Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

@stephenkb.bsky.social «ή γυναίκα είναι το ποδήλατο» ? Are you sure about that? 🤔

Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Oh, no! (I shall be forever grateful to her for reminding of what Britishness really means. May her wise soul commune with the great and the good that have gone before her.)

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Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Would not the world be a better place if we followed more (but not all) academics and fewer (but not no) commentators. (I often overcome twinges of misanthropy by imagining the person I am passing is a renowned but publicly anonymous academic, bit like Homeric “strangers could be gods in disguise”.)

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This BBC article (published this am but updated this pm) is *still* recycling Reform misinformation. This is *not* what would happen. At all. It would be much worse (1/3) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

What are the chances that the Jason Arday tragedy will lead to @andyburnham.bsky.social implementing Levinson II?

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Do you want to hazard a guess at what this “jaw-dropping” list of freebies included? What luxuries asylum seekers might be being given “for free” in Thetford? Xboxes? Plasma TVs? iPhones? Ferraris? Let's take a look👀 🧵 1/22

Express headline: The jaw-dropping list of everything asylum seekers in Thetford were 'given for free'.

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Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

@garyseconomics.bsky.social enjoyed your documentary. Lots of points well made. Lots of questions left hanging.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Terry Reintke MEP, "Does the EU want the UK back?" "Abso-f*cking-lutely" "We want you back in the European Union"

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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Makerfield is - of course - hugely important, and perhaps Nigel Farage may be encouraged to fade away & spend more time with his £5 million "personal security" £££ & other donations - but today's biggest news is this: the real cost of Brexit to all of us. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests

Analysis showed how much the UK could have grown if it had not exited the EU.

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Nightmare for a friend of mine in London. Please share.

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Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Could France's attack rival Brazil 1970 and Brazil 2002? Me @financialtimes.com featuring Ousmane Dembélé's wakeup man, Mbappé promising to defend (big if true), the mystery about whether Olise speaks French (or anything else) + Mbappé being mean about Cherki. Free to read as.ft.com/r/ef5004f1-4...

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Can France’s World Cup team rival Brazil’s all-time greats?

France’s conservative football coach Didier Deschamps has the world’s best forwards. Now he must corral them into a unit

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Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

This strikes me as one way of explaining why our party political electoral system doesn’t work: www.facebook.com/share/r/1D3T...

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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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Libération @liberation.fr · 12/06/2026

⚫ Mort du peintre David Hockney : le Britannique, chantre d’une peinture figurative virtuose, immédiate et sensuelle, lorgnant un pop art empreint de gigantisme, est mort à 88 ans. ➡️ l.liberation.fr/KjC

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Anaka Women's Collective are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast Every penny raised will go to transport, emergency accommodation and urgent supplies for families, and to sustain helper networks for future emergency response

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Support people and groups impacted by racist attacks

We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.

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Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Seems misleading, @benjudah.bsky.social ? How could UK be in Schengen if Ireland isn’t? On the euro, I understand the UK doesn’t fulfill the criteria and then it would still have to opt to adopt it (other EU countries have not adopted it even though they fulfill the criteria?)?

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

💥 97,500!💥 This Rejoin petition is so close to completion. Let’s tip it over the 100,000 mark to force the government to respond. Given the party in power now realises they need the pro-EU base - are they really going to refuse a debate in parliament on this? Let’s find out! Sign and share!

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Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK

We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This is an unforgivably stupid situation. It is an astonishing own goal to try and drive student numbers down to move an immigration number that in turn is totally ignored by the anti-immigrant head bangers.

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Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK We believe Brexit's not working. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin the EU, reverse the damage, increase tax revenues and restore opportunities in the UK petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

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Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The Rejoin petition jumped from 70K to 75K yesterday. It needs to hit 100K by June 8th when the petition closes in order to get a debate in Parliament. The 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote is June 23rd.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

daaaamn london

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Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

It just feels like even the BBC lobby correspondents have bathed in the elixir of absolute power. Though, to be fair, Keir Starmer has not yet embraced the challenge.

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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Vote vote vote: in Live Times poll in the Times today. Should Britain rejoin the EU? • Result: 75% Yes / 25% No www.thetimes.com/article/a831...

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Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Have to say, particularly liked @mattchorley.bsky.social ‘s line of questioning with Zia Yusuf yesterday on whether Mr Farage had accepted any more money from elsewhere (yes/no/don’t know): very well crafted question.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 09/05/2026

It's Europe Day! Today, we celebrate all that Europe stands for. And we celebrate all of us, the citizens of Europe. Because all together, we are Europe. Happy Europe Day!

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Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Brexit has been an incontrovertible success (for at least one person).

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Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Apart from the question of the illegality of this threat, it may well please Reform supporters who appear to relish hurting other Brits, but it fundamentally misreads the national character that reacts obstinately to being threatened.

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Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Maybe Cuba should just preemptively grant citizenship to all the children of South Americans deported by Trump? 🤷🏽

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Iranian defies odds to defeat Trump.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

For the love of God, could the "common sense" brigade PLEASE develop some actual COMMON SENSE?! No, the NHS has not ordered staff not to use the term "it's raining cats and dogs" for fear of either upsetting or offending anyone... Please engage your brains for a minute🙏 🧵1/15

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God Save Great Britain &
@GSGB01

WOW: The NHS has ordered staff not to use the phrase 'It's raining cats & dogs' in fear of upsetting people from other cultures and religion.
Britain has gone absolutely

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@Jenny_1884
The NHS has ordered staff not to use the term "It's raining cats & dogs" as it may offend foreigners.
Tough
If you don't like it jog on is what I think
The NHS needs to get back to concentrating on making people better & not being more concerned about offending

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

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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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Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Given the venal nature of the current US regime, how much are its individual members, the president in particular, making out of its support for various foreign governments?

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Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Indeed. If you add a profit motive or just extra bureaucracy, both of which would be introduced by an insurance-based system, those are costs that would take money away from paying for medical care. 1/

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