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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 11h

She‘ll be gone very soon….

Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 12h

Andy Burnham promises ‘serious dialogue’ over UK’s relationship with EU. PM hails next month’s ‘reset’ summit as first step to closer ties, but tensions over trade may prove problematic www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Andy Burnham promises ‘serious dialogue’ over UK’s relationship with EU

PM hails next month’s ‘reset’ summit as first step to closer ties, but tensions over trade may prove problematic

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 12h

Support for Brexit collapses in London as Sadiq Khan leads calls for Britain to rejoin EU. Just 15% of adults in city would vote to stay out the EU, says new survey www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

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Support for Brexit collapses in London as Sadiq Khan leads calls for UK to rejoin EU

Just 15% of adults in city would vote to stay out the EU, says new survey

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 17h

Britain is running a 19th century democracy in a 21st century country and it shows. Andy Burnham’s electoral reform commission is the most significant democratic moment in a generation. Here’s why it matters and why it’s long overdue northeastbylines.co.uk/news/nationa...

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Britain is running a 19th century democracy in a 21st century country and it shows

Andy Burnham’s electoral reform commission is the most significant democratic moment in a generation. Here’s why it matters and why it’s long overdue

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 18h

The BBC’s Dangerous Attempt to Balance Truth With Lies. When you have one side lying and the other side trying to tell the truth, the BBC’s misguided approach to balance inevitably favours the liar - Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/10/15/t...

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The BBC's Dangerous Attempt to Balance Truth With Lies

When you have one side lying and the other side trying to tell the truth, the BBC's misguided approach to balance inevitably favours the liar, argues former BBC reporter and producer Patrick Howse

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 23h

Much of what Burnham is proposing has been @libdems.org.uk policy for years. A progressive alliance now and after the next election is needed to make sure it is all carried out.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026

If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 22h

Trump trying again to revive his claim to the Nobel Peace Prize by getting Russia to accept massive Western concessions (proposed by Putin) and the capitulation of Ukraine. Trump’smind is so twisted he doesn‘t realise that selling out Ukraine is not going to achieve his objective

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Agent Krasnov does what Putin tells him to do. And as Putin is getting more desperate about the Russian economy we can expect Krasnov to undermine sanctions and hurt Ukraine whenever he can get away with it

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

By leaving ECHR the UK would renege on the TCA signed by Johnson leaving nothing but a no deal Brexit disaster and chaos

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Trump had people arrested to cover up his incompetence. An impeachable offense for any other president. For Trump, probably just about the 17th worst thing he did that week.

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

By leaving ECHR the UK would renege on the TCA signed by Johnson leaving nothing but a no deal Brexit disaster and chaos

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/10/2026

Musk throws Trump under the bus

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 14/10/2026

Putin's bombs are killing Ukrainian civilians, and Donald Trump is funding them by buying Russian diesel. The UK must stand up and call this what it is: another Trump betrayal of the Ukrainian people and European security.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Trump and Musk are doing everything they can to try and force Ukraine to surrender to Putin while Musk spends over $300 million to try and buy the midterm elections to maintain total power. The American government under Republicans are on the side of evil. Vote them out.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Menace to democracy Elon Musk has slowed Starlink to sabotage Ukraine and help Putin. So what country will be stupid enough to pay millions to any of Elon Musk's companies when they now know that he may unilaterally breach contracts for personal reasons on a petulant whim? Oh, I know! The US.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni tells the Senate: Trump’s diesel deal with Putin “legitimises Moscow while it bombs Ukraine”. “The surge in fuel prices is due primarily to the war in Iran, not the conflict in Ukraine.”

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Ridiculous. The UK is violating freedom of assembly and expression

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It will not be straightforward. The EU is such a complicated organisation with so many opinions that want to be heard. The good will is there because Breturn would be a huge victory and would strengthen the EU but many member countries will want to ensure that there is no special deal for the UK……

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I’m skeptical about Burnham. To his credit he has reopened the debate about the UK and the EU. But beyond that he has committed himself to next to nothing. Will he stay the long course of the rejoining process? There are still lots of Lexiters in Labour who could throw him off course…

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Indeed, and very few people realise how many. The process is very complex and will take years. Thus I’m really skeptical about all this talk of a fast track for the UK

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Yes, granted. I hear that in EU countries too. But at the end of the day the Commission, the council of Ministers and the European parliament will decide and they will weigh the political and economic advantages and disadvantages up. My guess is they’ll say yes if Russia continues to be a threat

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The EU will celebrate the UK’s return as that of the prodigal son because a return to the EU would be huge blow to all on the far right and left who want to destroy it. But the terms will not be as favorable as before. Will the Brits accept not been treated as “exceptional”?

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Exactly my reading of the situation. All this will only play out after the next GE if there is a mandate to start accession proceedings. We are still a long way away……

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Could be. But the thing Rejoiners need to bear in mind is that if the EU starts moving towards a fast track process custom made for the UK other candidate countries will want to know why they don’t qualify. This could cause significant problems

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Just like AbsenteeMan Nigel Farage Reform UK supporting posts have been disappearing along with (completely unconnected of course) Russian bots .. "Bots have been controlling the patriot narrative for a while – let's see what happens after the Russian bot farm destruction" via The UK Against Hate

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Just a reminder to all those hoping the UK could rejoin in EU quicker than other candidate countries: “The European Parliament has also stressed in its 2026 enlargement resolution that there is no general “fast track” to EU membership”.

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Things are never that simple in the EU. Everything is a process for good reason and that is to be respected. “The European Parliament has also stressed in its 2026 enlargement resolution that there is no general “fast track” to EU membership“!

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 13/10/2026

For the first time, the British government has acknowledged that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. So who did BBC Newsnight invite on to discuss what happened? Sergei Markov, Putin’s former spokesman. Par for the course, says Nerve co-founder @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 1/

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

If the UK rejoins the SM or the EU there will be budget contributions and no (Thatcher) rebate. That‘s gone forever. So there should a discussion about costs/benefits. But from my perspective there has not been a Brexit dividend in any meaningful form.

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Scrapping Brexit without a referendum would mean the next GE decides on rejoin. If it’s a yes, then we would have 4-5 years of negotiations with the EU and a then a GE on the terms. That means about nine to ten years with damage every single year. But it‘s difficult to see how it could go faster

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Best new nickname for Trump: Saddam Insane.

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

But hey she‘s pretty and blonde. Those are the two most important qualifications…..

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 13/10/2026

Reform UK has been declining in the polls in recent months 📉👀

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Too much corruption even for some gammon

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Brexit will dominate the next GE. Burnham will be asking the electorate to agree to rejoin the EU in some form or other. Reform and the Tories will be arguing for the UK to stay out and to leave the ECHR to boot. That would terminate the trade deal with the EU and trigger a no deal Brexit disaster

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The EU has other more pressing problems and doesn‘t move at that kind of speed. And if the UK does not compromise on the issues on the table now then the pace will slow further. The EU will defend the single market at all costs. Ten years may not be what many in the UK want but it is realistic

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Exactly this. It's what Russia has done for 100+ years. Disinformation and meddling are what Russian intelligence does.

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Zelensky is awesome 👏👇

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Agreed 👇

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Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

An intelligent person is instinctively cautious because they know how much they don‘t know and how difficult it is to get it right. An idiot doesn‘t and is uninhibited

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Funny how both Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson echo Kremlin talking points about Russian Brexit meddling being a ‘lie’, exactly as they did a decade ago blaming the EU for Putin’s first invasion of Ukraine

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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Just been watching the Westminster Hall parliamentary debate on the petition signed by over 100,000 in favour of rejoining the EU. Only 2 of the 23 MPs who have spoken so far have opposed such a course of action. The tide is turning…

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