Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026Oli Dugmore brilliantly outlines the struggles young people face today. Brexit robbed them of countless opportunities. Restoring our EU membership is the easiest way to help our young people. 10345101
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Since I'm not going to Liverpool this year to discuss, a short state of play on UK EU relations and the Labour Party. The very short version - they're terrified. And trying to find ways to avoid the question none of which will work. 1113352
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialNiall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"We cannot afford to be outflanked by Canada on Europe" - Alastair Campbell Canada does not need Britain to have a relationship on Europe. Canada and Europe set our own path. Perhaps try being positive about Europe? 1 97621
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 23/09/2026If you think of GB News as the media wing of Nigel Farage’s political project, the total subsidy funnelled his way by its owners and his crypto donors (just four men) tops £200m, writes Alan Rusbridgerprospectmagazine.co.ukFarage and the £130m even his detractors have missedGB news has provided relentless positive PR for Nigel Farage while racking up tens of millions in financial losses. And now there is a new channel in ... 13120
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialEmma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat. 1042174958
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Started watching Sky’s War Game last night where Michael Gove is the PM during the Russian attack and I’m afraid it is just very difficult to watch it without thinking of this, one of the great cartoons ever published 541632391
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialHassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes 4059812394
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/09/2026Not so sure Ireland is the biggest fan of Donald Trump (REUTERS/Natalia Campos) 1192816741
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 164115633178
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialNiall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This is the best summary of where Labour is at with Europe that you're going to read. It's from @chrisgrey.bsky.social . It's also, for those who want a pro-European UK, utterly emptying. Let's look at the four paragraphs A 🧵 chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/brex... 1812468
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/08/2026That sobbing you can hear outside is Lord Hannan of CANZUK beating his tiny little fists against an invisible Brexit unicorn 581417314
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 23/08/2026A year ago I wrote one of my most popular posts: "the financial crisis theory of everything". It looks at how the 2008 crash led to Trump, the rise of the radical right, Brexit, the war in Ukraine etc... I've taken off the paywall so it's now free to read. samf.substack.com/p/the-financ...samf.substack.comThe financial crisis theory of everythingLast month there was a fascinating poll from More in Common asking people to pick the main reason Britain is “on the wrong track”. 33367132
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialUK Parliament @ukparliament.parliament.uk · 23/08/2026Tonight the Palace of Westminster is illuminated in the colours of the Ukrainian flag to mark Ukraine’s Independence Day and show Parliament’s support for the people of Ukraine. 6448115
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...ifloz.substack.comKING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKSCarney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler 992005769
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi. 33687332865
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialNiall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 06/08/2026@aphclarkson.bsky.social hits it out of the park with this thread. Brilliant. There is a cultural Europhobia in UK society which accepted and even supported. How much policy is based on "getting one over the French/Germans" or "putting the Spanish/Irish in their place". 1 105219
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialNiall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Good piece. Andy Burnham seems to like politics and he's good at it @rafaelbehr.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comSuddenly the British right feels a political chill. It’s getting cold in Andy Burnham’s shadow | Rafael BehrThe Tories and Reform had it easy when Keir Starmer was self-destructing – but a new PM with ideas exposes how vacant the opposition has become, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr 52615
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Starmer and Reeves' legacy is stabilisation without a strategy. My unsolicited advice to Andy Burnham and the new Chancellor. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comBurnham must learn from Starmer’s mistakes: Labour was elected to transform the economy, not just stabilise it | Jonathan PortesDevolution, tax, the EU and immigration: these are all opportunities for growth if Burnham abandons the excessive caution of the past few years, says economist Jonathan Portes 2115156
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialNiall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Overall, what we're getting from Roland, and which is sadly missing from too many UK-based commentators, is the IQ to be intellectually flexible about what can be done, and the EQ to understand what Europe is feeling on matters and how that is central Do read 12 rolandmcs.substack.com/p/on-rejoinrolandmcs.substack.comOn RejoinHow should the UK approach rejoining the EU? 3296
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 26/06/2026This is the single greatest opportunity for constitutional reform in our lifetime. One of ours is about to get into Downing Street. That never happens. iandunt.substack.com/p/finally-so... 5431673
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 23/06/2026Exactly 10 years since the Brexit vote, the verdict is in. 15039221764
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/06/2026No joy to be found today. No satisfaction. Just frustration and a profound sense of squandered opportunity iandunt.substack.com/p/the-traged... 781121199
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialJohn Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Gove claims Brexit has improved public services, has given British politicians the power to govern (if badly, he says), acknowledges it has been costly but the uptick is coming 🤷 new-app.spectator.co.uk/article/6703...new-app.spectator.co.ukThe Brexit decade: was it worth it?It may not feel or sound like it but Keir Starmer is a born-again Brexiteer. His achievements in office may be nugatory, his search for a legacy tragicomic, but there are countless actions this govern... 23254
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialNiall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 13/06/2026@chrisgrey.bsky.social is excoriating this week. Well worth your time, albeit perhaps with a stiff drink. 🫡 34420
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/06/2026“It’s a tragic tale- a once-confident nation making such a fearful, self-harming decision. Our economy…politics… daily lives in 2026 – all of it bears the imprint of that calamitous error” Brexit 10yrs on. Nothing to celebrate. Except the likelihood we’ll rejoin. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comBritain is a swamp of lies and disinformation – and we got here on the Brexit bus | Jonathan FreedlandTen years after the vote, our economy is battered – and our national conversation darkens by the day. Still, there is reason for hope, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland 691214465
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026A Reform voter tells me: "[Farage] cares about working people. He will make this country great again.” Such devotion, such faith in one so unworthy. It does my head in.” You and so many of us @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social Disgusted by the man and the abject failure to hold him to account iPaper 1111198481
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 17/05/2026Immigration make Britain brilliant 510139204210
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Hi everyone, just sent out my free weekend update (a little early). This was a week of contrasts. While Russia showed it is happy to attack civilians, and the US showed how deep corruption has pervaded the system, Ukraine fought atrocities with strategic strikes… open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comWeekend Update #185: The Week Of ContrastsUkraine Shows Not Only How It Is Superior To Putin's Russia But Also Trump's USA 321362
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Brexit ‘no mates’ Britain still sitting in a sulk outside the room because yet another prime minister doesn’t have the courage to say how geopolitically insane and economically illiterate this is. Or admit the lies they’ve all told about immigration and freedom of movement. What failure. 25524178
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialNiall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Good to see Bremain acknowledge the electorate's responsibility for Brexit (and indeed its responsibility for setting the course for rejoin). Too often excuses have been made. In particular: "They told us we could keep our rights" (expecting only Europeans to suffer)... A 🧵 1118661
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialDaily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Nigel Farage visited a social housing estate in Wales by helicopter, but pretended he had driven. 40728352
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialClaire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 09/04/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTen years after Brexit, this is the UK: a divided nation frozen in time | Aditya ChakraborttyTribalism has not faded over the past decade. Instead, new research reveals our politics has become ever-more polarised and fractious, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty 4254
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialNiall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Very hard not to worry that the "Swiss deal" is the next Article XXIV of GATT, bandied about without really being understood properly. Because, let me let you in on a little secret here, even the Swiss don't have the "Swiss deal". Clarification needed. A 🧵 94131
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026🇫🇷 Sen. Claude Malhuret: "I compared the Trump presidency to Nero's court. I was wrong. It's a court of miracles. An anti-vax ex heroin addict as Health Sec; a climate skeptic as Econ Sec; an alcoholic TV host as Def Sec; an ex Qatari agent as Attorney Gen; a Putin groupie as Homeland Security Sec." 591448694
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialJennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Ok. My understanding of the electoral fraud situation is this. 1. Democracy volunteers put out a statement at one minute past poll close. They said this was at a level they’d not seen before 823678
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialElena Adaal @elenaadaal.bsky.social · 24/03/2026With the EU-Australia FTA now being concluded, it is clear that - compared to EU - the independent UK external trade agenda has failed: - The UK has a little bit more market access to some CPTPP countries - The EU has clinched the Mercosur FTA (with 4 Latin American Countries). ... (1/x) 193
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialGabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.com · 22/03/2026I've been asked over the last few days/weeks what I think will happen on April 12th in Orbán's 🇭🇺 (and the aftermath), so here's my assessment, looking at everything as it stands now 🧵 tldr: It's complicated, and no one really knows (and those who say they do are either lying or overly confident) 1/ 416882
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialWarren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 22/03/2026How can this go on for another 3 years? 197106793834
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialLiz Webster 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 14/03/2026🚨 🔥 Remarkable exchange When Farmers Weekly asked about misogyny in farming, Nigel Farage replies: “Does it?” Then he says scrapping Equality Act 2010 is needed bc it makes white working-class men “inferior citizens”. Female farmers raise concerns about workplace protections. His response? 🧵 257543
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialTony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 04/03/2026 Yep! And a generic doom loop: 1. challenges and trade-offs in confronting them not explained. 2. politicians feel it's costlier to explain and act on them. 3. instead pretend they don't exist + that we'll be fine + offer seemingly rosier policy options. 4. outcomes poor back to 1. 35117
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Letters in The Times and iPaper that reflect the views of British people far better than the deeply partisan, stupid and disloyal headlines of the rightwing press. Showing there is simply no issue on which they will just calm down and support a Labour govt. Not one. Not even in a war no one wants. 24593204
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Just sent out this free post. After more than 2 days of bombing it is clear that this campaign has no national interest goals for the USA but is entirely about getting a personal/political victory for Donald Trump. And because of that, he is flailing around wildly. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comThe US/Israeli Bombing Of Iran: Means and Ways Without EndsAn Update 14332132
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24/02/2026New Substack post: 'The Good Old Days'. open.substack.com/pub/rolandmc...open.substack.comThe Good Old DaysHow did a soothing phrase become a driving force behind the culture wars? 147824
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/02/2026From Trump’s Maga to Farage’s Reform, they’re all following Putin’s nationalism playbook | Rafael Behrtheguardian.comFrom Trump’s Maga to Farage’s Reform, they’re all following Putin’s nationalism playbook | Rafael BehrReform is promising a ‘patriotic school curriculum’ – but what does that mean? In the end it comes down to submission to the leader, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr 817892
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialPaul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Fascinating piece by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com - UK graduate earnings premium is shrinking because the economy is bad and there aren’t enough high paying jobs >> www.ft.com/content/649d... ‘Is university still worth it?’ is the wrong question 44312
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Starmer’s real leadership crisis. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Fatuous media coverage aside, Starmer’s challenge is to make good on his claim that Britain isn’t the country of the Brexit years in the face of rising ethno-nationalism: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/star... 617996
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Antonia Romeo is the wrong choice for Cabinet secretary. A government which was serious about improving its performance would not select her. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-one-hi... 2624273
Reposted by @cynic65.bsky.socialArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 10/02/2026A fair amount of nonsense has been written and said about the "security vetting" process for Mandelson's appointment. I wrote about what "Developed Vetting" really involves and why it's perfectly possible that it found nothing useful about Mandelson. arthursnell.substack.com/p/the-vettin...arthursnell.substack.comThe Vetting MythUnderstanding the realities of Mandelson's pre-appointment checks 1612448