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UK-born, US citizen and European 🇪🇺 🇺🇸 🇺🇦. New York art director and former UK press photographer. Anti-fascist, leftist and atheist because, duh. Oh, and I voted for her. 8647 #Democrat #RejoinEU #Resist

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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 22h
He’s died? Good. Next.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)
Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Do you see it yet? #StopReform #StopFarage
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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wow. It’s a good job the Tories have nil, nada, zero chance of winning the next general election then init?!
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#BrexitFail #RejoinEU #JoinEU
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Brexit - President Macron is spot on here. Brexit has been an utter disaster. #BrexitDisaster #RejoinEU #JoinEU
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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Back in the day, a long time ago, when I was in high school, my English literature teacher gave all us 14-15 y.o. a reading list of books we needed to read. I kept mine for over 20 years, and have read almost all of them. Still own many of those books from when I bought them, back in 1968 [!]
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Andy Burnham said what so many of us know is true - Brexit has done more harm than good. Then let's #RejoinEU
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our preferred option - Full Membership! #JoinEU
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 29/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Burnham: "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 higher level of growth and prosperity for Britain." Britain needs EU membership - only then will we have the growth that our country needs.
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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Whoa. I read your first sentence as ‘Falangists…’, not Faragists. Showing my age a bit there.
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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not sure that’s altogether fair on 20-somethings. When I was in my early 20’s I’d heard of (and campaigned against) Greenham Common; Alconbury; Croughton; Bentwaters; Molesworth; and the two B-1 bomber wings at Lakenheath & Mildenhall. They’re all a cancer on our countryside.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every bit of this 👇
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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not so. I’m a Brit and live near enough to two American bases: Mildenhall and Lakenheath, both in East Anglia. And we want them fucking gone. In fact, Brits have known where all US bases are in the UK since the 1950’s and the CND no-nukes campaigns ( since they’re all located on former RAF bases).
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham edges Labour closer to finally, maybe, being sane about Brexit. Over 10 years, £Billions of cost, thousands of business failures, mountains of red tape, wasted resources and lost opportunities later…. our govt may, at last, cautiously, start to be honest about the Brexit moronathon. Yay.
The Independent front page headline: 

Burnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EU
After Ed Miliband tells party conference Britain's future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is 'not if but how' prime minister will include Brexit reversal in next election manifestoThere is growing optimism that a way back into the EU could be put to voters at the next election after the prime minister and senior ministers made it clear they believe Brexit has been a failure at this year's party conference.
When The Independent asked Mr Burnham about whether Rejoin would be in Labour's next election manifesto on his recent trip to the UN in New York, he refused to rule it out - having said a year ago when he was
Manchester mayor that he believes the
UK should rejoin the EU.

Andy Burnham has already warned about the 'drift and division' in the decade since Brexit (Getty)
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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We left the US precisely because of the shitty healthcare. My wife and I had what’s known as a ‘Cadillac’ healthplan, through my wife’s work. The best of the best. Allegedly. Then we decided to retire. No healthcare. We’d have to buy our own. That, and guns, and trump forced us out.
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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel fans chanted IDF and made monkey noises at black Irish players during the game against Ireland. Ban Israel.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What’s your legacy Johnson? Brexit. Total collapse of trust in politics. And this. The small boats symbolise your dishonesty and your failure. You’re responsible for nothing but damage. Not one good thing. Not one proud moment. You’re forever a shameful disgrace who threw his own mandate in the bin.
Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson
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It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate from the people. He has no real ideas, and no plan.
BORIS JOHNSON: UK is defenceless against migrants without...
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If your "patriotism" relies on foreign dictators using deepfakes to influence British voters, you aren't a patriot, you're an asset. #ReformRussians
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Brazil has banned Online Betting. So should the UK. Would you support a ban in the UK?
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Should the U.K. rejoin the EU and reverse Brexit? Get voting! www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You get what you pay for it seems. I feel sorry for the parents and families who didn’t vote for the fascists.
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Matt @thefleeb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nigel Farage is a foreign asset and an English asshole
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Tim Schofield 🌹 @timschofield.org.uk · 24/09/2026
Nigel Farage says an attack on Russia pushing disinformation in the UK is an attack on Reform UK When they tell you who they are, believe them.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Labour's only path to an election win is to #Rejoin is something we’ve been saying for years now. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Burnham’s only path to victory is through pledging to rejoin the EU, research reveals
As Andy Burnham refuses to rule out a pledge to rejoin the EU in Labour’s next manifesto, new YouGov polling for Best for Britain suggests he has no choice but to make the commitment if he wants to re...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Rebuilding our relationship with the EU “is the cheapest way to boost the economy, the fastest way to unite Europe in the face of security threats and the best way to get leverage on a global system that no longer has an American anchor.” So obvious it hurts. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Brexit has left Britain ‘impotent – a bobbing cork in the sea,’ says David Miliband
Exclusive: Former foreign secretary adds to mounting pressure for a new UK deal with EU to repair Brexit damage
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 22/09/2026
YouGov’s latest poll shows that 628 constituencies want to rejoin the EU. Only 4 don't. It’s time to talk about EU membership. bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo…
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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
After volunteering in December 1939, my dad came home just once — in late May 1944. He had a 48 hour pass and was then back preparing for the day to come. His advance unit went on to liberate Bergen-Belsen in ‘45.
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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Well, this has depressed me. My dad fought (he was in the LRDG in North Africa, and pretty much every other theatre in Europe). Not sure I can bring myself to wear it this year thanks to these fascist motherfuckers.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"There has been the confirmation - which should not have been needed but looks to have been necessary given so many voters fell for the Brexiters’ fantasy hook, line and sinker - that Brexit has been an enormous mistake" || Business Editor Ian McConnell #RejoinEU
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Perhaps chuck England out of the Union instead? newunionpost.eu/2026/09/15/s...
newunionpost.eu
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland aim to rejoin the EU
"The future of our nations belongs in the European Union," reads the memorandum signed by the nationalist leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good plan, Australia and Canada. Huge sigh, UK. How long do we wait, how much do we lose, how stupid do we have to be?
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Well done to Thank EU For The Music at #lastnightoftheproms for doing an amazing job with the 🇪🇺 🇪🇺 Photo by Sylvia Winglet
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Extraordinary. And beautiful.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It's nonsense to suggest that people who support Brexit and Reform are motivated by racism. And if you don't believe me, check out this perfectly reasonable tweet by prominent Reform member and former mayoral candidate, Arron Banks.
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PercyToplis @percytoplis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Surely Farage at minimum could be found guilty of Conspiracy to break election law as a MINIMUM based on the video evidence alone.
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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
What the fuck is wrong with Bessent? Is he insane?
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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
AfD has won in Saxony-Anhalt. Germany's Intelligence Agency called AfD, "far-right extremists [or neo-nazi]". The German Economic Institute warned of the far-reaching consequences for Germany's economy, in Saxony-Anhalt. It said the AfD’s immigration policy would be “calamitous” for the state.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Any politician calling to leave the ECHR is lying about what that will achieve. It won’t solve any problem or improve our lives It will make us worse off and remove our rights. Just like Brexit. The ECHR belongs to us all. It’s not theirs to take. Please sign www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition
europeanmovement.co.uk
Act now to protect the UK's place in the ECHR
Sign the European Movement UK's petition now if you agree: Britain must remain in the ECHR
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Martyn Notman @nfgmart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Nigel Farage "i had my fingers in my ears and was going la la la when those illegal activities were discussed inches away" His supporters are even stupider than i thought #bbcnews
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IS HE DEAD YET? ..Dave hater of racism , ignorance and hypocrisy @davehaterofracism.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
BBC NEWS NOW ' Nigel Farage says Reform UK has broken no laws ' may I suggest a different version? ' despite video evidence showing the contrary Nigel Farage says Reform UK has broken no laws '
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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
One man should not have that much control over the functioning of govt. Something else that needs fixing in US politics, right after dumping the electoral college bullshit, and a single senator holding up appointments.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"If you ONLY care about the black/brown perps you don't really care about women & girls" meme via John Attenborough
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Farage, like most populists, is extremely corrupt and dishonest. This is not the first time he gets caught. I would not trust someone like him to lead my country
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It's explosive. It's also completely predictable. To see Reform say on camera that Electoral Commission is useless and toothless wasn't shocking... it's plain to see.
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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We get it. Please stop yelling.
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CantSpit @cantspit.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
That’s probably because your device is US-based. I’m also a US citizen living in Europe and my European bought iPad (and iPhone) both note, Lake Ontario, and Gulf of Mexico.
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