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Cambridge for Europe is a cross-party, collaborative group campaigning to secure the UK’s place in Europe, and for the UK to rejoin the EU.

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 4h
🔥 "When we held our referendum about leaving the European Union, there was, it is fair to say, far more heat generated than light." ✍️ Anand Menon reflects on the prospect of another EU referendum and need for a better quality of public debate. ukandeu.ac.uk/here-we-go-again-2
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Here we go again - UK in a changing Europe
Anand Menon reflects on the prospects of another EU referendum and the risks of repeating the low quality of public debate seen...
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Warspitefella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @warspitefella.bsky.social · 4h
Andy Burnham now faces a defining test on whether Britain defends international law alongside out European allies or capitulates to Trump This exposes the strategic cost of Brexit. Outside the EU, Britain is more isolated and therefore more susceptible to American pressure
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Warspitefella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @warspitefella.bsky.social · 4h
ICC - This is extraordinarily serious. Trump isn’t just rejecting the ICC’s jurisdiction over Americans: he is threatening banks, insurers, technology companies and other suppliers with secondary sanctions simply for enabling the court to function. 🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/in...
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Donald Trump versus the ICC
The US has threatened the International Criminal Court with unprecedented new sanctions. The chief prosecutor has been voted out over alleged abuse. C...
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George Melashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦 @mel.ge · 02/10/2026
The regime in Tbilisi has forced out two of Germany's major political foundations, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in a clear political signal to Germany and the EU. [1/6]
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 6h
"If Russia is not stopped, it will turn its war machine against us sooner or later," German Chancellor Merz has defied the Putin regime's threats by visiting Kyiv today for meetings with the Ukrainian Government to strengthen defensive and offensive capabilities. www.dw.com/en/germanys-...
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Germany's chancellor arrives in Kyiv on unannounced visit to pledge more military support to Ukraine
Chancellor Friedrich Merz is expected to announce a new raft of measures to support Ukraine, including military aid and plans for the joint production of interceptor drones.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I remember in 2015/2016 how SLOW pro-EU mobilisation was -it only really exploded AFTER the Brexit vote. Let's not make that mistake again. At European movement UK, we've been building the mobilisation structures needed. All you need to do is join us. --> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/signup-newsl...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’m the Chair of European Movement UK… and we’re mobilising. So come aboard and let’s win this thing! #Rejoin #EU #UK #AndyBurnham #europeanmovement
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 23h
Another reminder that for the Trump regime everything is about the grift. Even Putin tries to hide the scale of his corruption, but with Trump it's all just laid out for everyone to see. Is this the behaviour of a regime that intends to transfer power peacefully?
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🔴 NEW Reform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six Years By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Reform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six Years
Exclusive: Reform UK's Sam Journet branded "Britain's worst councillor" as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The most interesting thing about this new poll is that it confirms research undertaken by @bestforbritain.org which finds that the "bolder" policy of rejoining the EU generates the most enthusiasm. Voters want ambition, not vagueness or half measures, and will vote accordingly. (1/2)
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In addition to being the UK's most Kremlin-sanctioned newspaper, Byline Times has now been banned two years running from both Conservative and Reform UK party conferences. Judge us by our critics, and subscribe to support our work: subscribe.bylinetimes.com @peterjukes.bsky.social
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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 02/10/2026
Intrigued to see the Conservative conference will feature a speech on "press freedom" next week while they ban lobby journalists such as @josiahmortimer.bsky.social from attending their conference.
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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Russian terrorists are hitting the main bridge in Kyiv. The goal is to terrorize civilians. The primary responsibility of these war crimes lies with the terrorist regime in the Kremlin, which continues its genocidal campaign against Ukraine. But responsibility does not end there.
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Russian terrorists are hitting the main bridge in Kyiv. The goal is to terrorize civilians. The primary responsibility of these war crimes lies with the terrorist regime in the Kremlin, which continu...
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 02/10/2026
Germany is ready to support an ambitious future for Britain in Europe. German Ambassador Susanne Baumann said it is for the British people to decide how close that relationship should be and that Germany would be a willing partner in setting those ambitions high.
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Russia has stepped up its terrorist attacks on Ukrainian civilians, with deliberate strikes on several apartment buildings, schools and cultural centres in cities across Ukraine, and they even targeted the Academy of Sciences in Kyiv. This terrorism has already been going on for 4 1/2 years.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Opinion | "Things which were once thought impossible now feel entirely plausible," writes Ian Dunt #RejoinEU #JoinEU
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨🚨European leaders must stop calling #Russian attacks “hybrid,” according to Estonia's FM. They are “terror attacks” and “sabotage attacks,” says Margus Tsahkna and part of a systematic Russian effort against Europe that amounts to “some kind of war." www.politico.eu/article/esto...
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It’s war, not hybrid attacks, says Estonian foreign minister
Margus Tsahkna says Europe must present a united front against Moscow.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📌 ICYMI — Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations — Samantha Asumadu The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK…
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Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations
The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation receives Hungary-linked funding
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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Burnham has brought Rejoin back into the mainstream". www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/andy...
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Andy Burnham has opened the door to EU membership | Institute for Government
It is far from clear that there is a path to a clear consensus on Europe.
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Trump administration is providing US government funding to a pro-Brexit lobbying group that seeks to weaken UK climate policy and environmental protections in order to "advance American investment". All part of their effort to boost the far-right in Europe. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Quote from Guardian article on 2nd October 2026.

"And a $3m no-bid award would go to the Jobs Foundation, a UK group run by Matthew Elliott, who led the Vote Leave campaign. The grant, titled “Countering Overregulation to Advance American Investment”, would promote a “common good capitalism index” and pro-business policy, including how the foundation promoted Brexit as a chance to cut the UK’s climate regulations."
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A run-off between Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon in next year's French Presidential election would be a disaster for France and Europe. In an example of the horseshoe theory, they share an admiration for authoritarians, especially the Putin regime. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon will win young French voters – until they realise the size of his Russia blind spot | Alexander Hurst
La France Insoumise gives voice to the left-behind, and progressives approve. But many recoil from a leftwing leader whose foreign policy is stuck in 1985, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hur...
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Polish Deputy Prime Minister Radosław Sikorski has added his voice to the growing chorus of EU leaders who say they would welcome the UK back as a member. Don't let anyone tell you that the EU doesn't want the UK back!
Post by Radosław Sikorski on 01 October 2026:

"If 🇬🇧 were to apply for a return to 🇪🇺, which Poland would welcome with open arms, it would mean that after a decade of analyses, London has concluded that membership is the optimal form of participation in the single market.
Let us not be swayed by the Europhobes into believing that a better alternative exists."
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Farage forgets that the difference between now and 2016 is that voters know that the Brexiter claims about saving money were nonsense, and most think Brexit is a failure. If Brexit is so great, why has Farage barely mentioned it in the last 5 years? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham’s reopening of Brexit debate is ‘biggest boost in my career’, says Farage
Reform UK leader tells supporters PM’s move has ‘opened up a huge flank to us’
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nigel Farage publishing a fake 'interview' talking to an empty room shows how deeply terrified populists are of real scrutiny. Regurgitating debunked myths about EU law and the euro to block discussion on single market access is desperate. Why keep falling for these lies? (1/2) 🤔 #FBPE
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Farage throws PATHETIC tantrum over re-joining the EU - Brexit
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/10/2026
French President Emmanuel Macron: "If the British want to come back and if the Prime Minister is moving in that direction, I think that is very good news, both for his country and for the Europeans." ♥️
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/10/2026
Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain: "When the facts change, the environment changes, and the geopolitical situation changes, it is also normal for voters to change their minds."
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 01/10/2026
⚡️Estonia bans transit of grain from Russia, Belarus "Russia attacks Ukrainian ports, blocks Ukraine's grain exports, and then looks for new routes for its own grain," Tsahkna said on X. "Estonia will not provide one."
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Estonia bans transit of Russian, Belarusian grain
"Russia attacks Ukrainian ports, blocks Ukraine's grain exports, and then looks for new routes for its own grain," Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said on X. "Estonia will not provide one."
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 30/09/2026
"What is our long term relationship with Europe? It's the right question to ask."
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 30/09/2026
As Russia deploys increasing numbers of jet-powered Shahed drones against Ukraine, European defense companies are racing to develop new systems that can intercept them at scale. But can Europe keep up with Russia’s rapidly changing drone technology?
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Is Europe prepared for a drone war with Russia?
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 30/09/2026
Winning voters isn’t the same as making noise. Serious political campaigns depend on timing, discipline – and knowing when not to say everything you think.
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The plan that can take us back to the EU
Andy Burnham has done it – he’s talking about Brexit. But now what?
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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#Farage fans claim £72m is needed from offshore crypto-billionaires to “level the playing field” with union-backed #UKLabour. 💰 A @yorkshirepost.co.uk ✉️ notes it’ll take unions a decade to raise from 🇬🇧 members what #ReformUK got—in one day—from expat 🇹🇭 & 🇭🇰 tycoons. #UKPolitics #DarkMoney 👇
A scanned clipping of a published letter to the editor in The Yorkshire Post on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, headlined "Defending Farage".   The letter strongly refutes an earlier correspondent's defence of Nigel Farage regarding colossal sums of money funnelled to him and Reform UK by foreign-based bitcoin billionaires.   It dismantles the claim that this funding "levels the playing field" with Labour's trade union support, pointing out that Sheffield-born offshore billionaires Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo wired £72m to Reform UK in a single day. With trade union political levies averaging just 10p to 20p per week from members, it would take affiliated unions nearly a decade to match that sum.   The text rejects Reform's claim that their donors "want nothing," noting that people do not amass fortunes by squandering millions without expecting returns. It highlights that Reform actively promotes cryptocurrency policies that directly benefit these two men, and notes that Farage lobbied Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey on the subject in a private meeting in September 2025.   It contrasts trade union funds—which come from millions of British workers whose taxes fund public services—with offshore billionaires based in Thailand and Hong Kong who do not share daily concerns about NHS waiting lists, social care, or pensions, proposing that British democracy needs a rule of "no representation without taxation".   Finally, it addresses attempts to deflect by raising Angela Rayner (noting she was cleared by HMRC of deliberate wrongdoing) and the Mandelson-Epstein affair, dryly observing that the only notable mutual associate shared by Farage and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is Donald Trump.
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As a recent former member, accession for the UK may be quicker than for other membership candidates, but it will still take several years. This proposal offers an opportunity to get the benefits of Single Market membership during the accession process. But the UK must first commit to rejoin.
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is significant. After the 2016 referendum Lisa Nandy was one of the loudest voices calling for Labour to accept Brexit. Her statement that "Brexit hasn't worked" is likely indicative of a wider shift within the party. Momentum is building!
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 30/09/2026
"We could stay as we are if people think that’s the right place to stay, we could look at the customs union or the single market, or we could go all the way." Andy Burnham set out the options for our future with the European Union on Radio 4 this morning.
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Brexit red lines will go in the next Labour manifesto. Rejoining the EU is now firmly back on the table. This not only offers hope for the future, but sends a clear message of goodwill to the EU ahead of the EU-UK summit later this year. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... (1/2)
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Andy Burnham wants to review the UK’s relationship with the EU. What are the options?
The PM said Brexit has ‘done more harm than good’ and wants an assessment before the next UK-EU summit
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation…
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Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations
The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation receives Hungary-linked funding
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026
There can only be one option on the table. Full EU membership. 💷 £92bn for our economy. 📈 £43bn extra exports each and every year. ⬆️ Growth in every postcode, region, and nation of the UK. 🇬🇧 628/632 constituencies in favour. 🗳️ Stops Farage getting to No10. It really is a no brainer.
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Burnham vows to seek new ‘long-term’ relationship with EU in emotional Labour conference speech
PM also confirms plan to end pensions triple lock to pay for national care service and pledges to put electoral reform i
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today's announcement marks the beginning of the end of First Past the Post. To everyone who has contributed to our movement over the years: we can't thank you enough. Now let's push PR over the finish line 💪💯 A message from our CEO @emmacampaigner.bsky.social:
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026
🚨 Naomi Smith, Best for Britain CEO: 👏 “With the public behind him, progressives imploring them, and the economic case etched in stone, we should signal to the EU – today – that the UK is ready to apply for membership, to take us back to where we belong at the heart of Europe.”
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Only one option on Europe: Burnham must seize moment now - Best for Britain
Andy Burnham should "signal to the EU today that the UK is ready to apply for membership", campaigners have stressed, af
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 29/09/2026
We asked Labour members at their autumn conference how they feel about the UK-EU referendum 10 years on. 🎤
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham absolutely should aim for a much closer relationship with the EU rather than just tinkering around at the edges, and dropping the red lines will be key to this. Rejoining the EU must be one of the options to now be considered, as Brexit had failed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Quoted text from Guardian article on 29th September 2026 "In his strongest hint yet that he will look again at Britain’s membership of the bloc, he said he would use the EU summit to set out a path to a far more long-term relationship, rather than new sectoral deals.

“We will not give Britain the clear path we need into the rest of this century until we decide on a long-term relationship with what is still our largest market,” he said.

“I cannot say to you truthfully that where we are is good enough. Brexit has done more harm than good. We need to restore a high level of growth and prosperity for Britain.”
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Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Swiss Vatnik Party initiative was strongly rejected today! A yes would have greatly reduced Switzerland's ability to sanction belligerent states, such as russia.
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We would certainly welcome a move to replace First Past the Post (FPTP) with Proportional Representation. FPTP produces unrepresentative election results, and with FPTP it's quite possible that a UK with a large pro-EU majority could elect Farage as PM. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Andy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plans
Exclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🇫🇷🇺🇦 Macron called the attack on Ukraine's largest scientific institution "new evidence of Putin regime's hostile disregard" for science and truth. He called it barbarity. "France and Europe will stand shoulder to shoulder with the Ukrainian people."
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 28/09/2026
We spoke to Labour MP Kevin Bonavia at Labour's autumn conference about the UK’s relationship with Europe.
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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 27/09/2026
In one of the modules, this horrible, heartbreaking fact: "At the peak of the famine in June 1933, 28,000 people were dying each day in Ukraine on average.".
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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 29/09/2026
Right now, living in Kyiv feels like being in a giant cat & mouse game that the rest of the world watches with deep concern. Each day is a life lottery for everyone - you wake up from a horrific night to dive into a horrific day, and you try to go through it alive. And repeat. Every day. 1/
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
💥 HUGE NEWS 💥 “Ministers say it is ‘not if but how’ the prime minister puts rejoin in the next election manifesto” Exclusive for The Independent.
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Burnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EU
Exclusive: After Ed Miliband told the Labour conference in Liverpool that Britain’s future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is ‘not if but how’ the prime minister puts rejoin in the next el...
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/09/2026
Europe is stepping up massively on defence. Today, we are moving forward with five major joint projects: drones, air defence, space, maritime security and our Eastern Flank. Five areas that are crucial to European security. And where we need to move fast.
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