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Helen Gibbons

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Financial translation Dutch-English • PhD research into British identity at University of Gibraltar • Shareholder rights • MA Cantab MML 🇪🇺🇬🇮🏳️‍⚧️ www.linkedin.com/in/helen-gibbons-b…

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 8h
"That's what has got us into this position that we're in, where we've turned away from things that we should have dealt with." Andy Burnham responds to Plaid Cymru MP Ben Lake's question, saying we need to decide where we want to take this country in the next decade.
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Tony Vaughan KC MP @tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social · 11h
Brexit has added costs, delays, and uncertainty to British businesses. If we want investment and growth, we must seek a closer relationship with the EU. #folkestone #hythe #romneymarsh #europe #brexit
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 11h
The Sorolla Museum in Madrid reopens tomorrow at long last. Some views here of the immersive exhibition ‘Sorolla, una nova dimensió’ in 2023. Perfect capture of the Valencian shoreline and Albufera.
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 14h
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 14h
I have added my name: the UK should aim to join the European Union by 2036. Will you add yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/join_eu_by_2...
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Add your name - Let's join the EU by 2036
Add your name to back the ambition for the UK to join the European Union by 2036. Join thousands calling for a confident future at the heart of Europe.
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 19h
More EES woes www.gbc.gi/news/gibralt...
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Gibraltar residents incorrectly registered on EES should contact Schengen authority, Government says
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António Costa @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu · 12/10/2026
Looking forward to welcoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham to Brussels, alongside @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu, on 20 November 2026 for the second EU–UK Summit. 🇪🇺 & 🇬🇧 work together as like-minded partners, united by common values and shared interests.
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Tax distortions in retail investing: brokerage and savings & investment accounts in Europe (including UK). More great research from @betterfinance.bsky.social betterfinance.eu/publication/...
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BetterFinance
The European Federation of Investors and Financial Services Users
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I shot straight up towards Granada on the toll road - guess I was lucky!
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Perfect morning for a Gibraltar-Valencia road trip
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oops 😬
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Border reconfigured. Two vehicle lanes directly into Spain from Gibraltar, bypassing the closed-off ‘Loop’, which is earmarked for use as a public transport interchange
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Personally I support € and Schengen. Fwiw, at our EM group meeting yesterday we thought attachment to £ in UK might be overstated, especially in younger groups. So we need more polling evidence www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Labour voters overwhelmingly want Andy Burnham to commit to rejoining EU, poll shows
Exclusive: New 10-year plan for re-entry to the European Union in 2036 being put to the prime minister
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
But would euro participation be a deal breaker? DK, S joining anytime soon?
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Sunderland 0 Brighton 2 ‘Useful men are we’ youtu.be/pYEeUOW0oqs?...
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Sussex by the Sea - Anthem of Sussex
YouTube video by Patriotic Archive
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Also obvious and often forgotten: underlying maths here changed. A lot of people still analyse politics of Brexit as if the split in the public is still 52/48, with leave both an overall majority and more efficiently spread, with most seats majority Leave. None of that true now
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When it comes to cutting the Gordian Knot of Garvaghy Road and its consequences in NI, there’s surely no better broadcaster than William Crawley pca.st/episode/06b3...
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Can civil disobedience be justified in a society governed by the rule of law?
Politicians face police interviews after the Garvaghy Road protests.
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"As an openly gay councillor, I've had one homophobic attack on social media in 16 years in this chamber, but I am under no illusions as to who will be next if the demonisation of trans people is allowed to stand." www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2661155...
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Importance of a transparent UBO register. Of the UKOTS, only Gibraltar, St Helena and Montserrat have public registers www.gbc.gi/news/local-legal-entities-encouraged-to-register-ubo-information
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Local legal entities encouraged to register UBO information
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m late to this podcast, but thanks to @npr.org for pointing the way pca.st/podcast/221f...
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I've Had It
Join Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan and their special guests on “I’ve Had It” and let this comedic, feel-good podcast expose you to all the things you didn’t know you’ve HAD IT with!
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Feels like summer hasn’t done with us yet #Gibraltar
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So pleased finally to have ethics approval for my Brexit-related doctoral research. I can now start scheduling interviews in Ulster (9 counties) and Gibraltar
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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A lot of talk about this on X. Sánchez could dissolve Congress call an election and still get the housing decrees validated at by the 69 member "mini Congress" that remains in session during election campaigns,. Bc its smaller Junts isn't the decisive group www.elespanol.com/espana/polit...
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Sánchez tendría apoyos en la Diputación Permanente para convalidar un nuevo decreto de vivienda si convoca elecciones
El Gobierno debería aprobar el real decreto en el Consejo de Ministros antes de disolver las Cortes. Más información: El equipo de Sánchez apuesta por ir a las urnas el 29-N con un PSOE "protector de ...
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Earlier this year, Dutch translations of key Anglican liturgies received official approval… Revd Dorienke de Vries, translator, priest and one of the driving forces behind the project, told us about the process and the joys of translation.” mailchi.mp/0160a2d80247...
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European Anglicans magazine: Autumn 2026 Edition
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’ve spent a week testing rice varieties for basic home-cooked paella: the winner is J Sendra by a wide margin, for its creamy interior and great socarrat. Albufera (a cross of Sénia and Bomba) is a good choice for fiestas, when you want the grain to hold up, but maybe not so much for the kitchen.
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sánchez duly lost these key votes and it feels already like a new political era in Spain. If called, early elections could be on Sunday 29 November. www.independent.co.uk/news/parliam...
independent.co.uk
Spain's government set to lose key vote in Parliament to ratify emergency housing measures
Spain’s government looks set to lose two key votes it needs to ratify a package of emergency measures aimed at tackling the nation’s housing affordability crisis when Parliament convenes on Friday ami...
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A lock-in in the pub in Drumcondra would do it…
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Well. www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politic...
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Bertie Ahern in talks for mediator role in Drumcree stand-off
Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern has emerged as a possible mediator tasked with breaking the impasse between the Orange Order and the Garvaghy Road residents.
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some serious weather working its way down the Valencian coast right now
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wish the transmitter was still there!
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Indeed!
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Coincidentally, my great uncle Jackie used to manage the Israeli national side (as well as Brentford)… I often wonder how that would work out now en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_...
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Jackie Gibbons - Wikipedia
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is a strong and thought-provoking piece. I’ve been aware of divergent attitudes to Israel on either side of the Irish Sea since I visited the tiny Jewish museum in south Dublin, testament to a vanished community
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European Movement Sussex @emsussex.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Brighton: Swedish TV was in town to gauge views on the UK's pro-European shift. Mike Edwards of EM Sussex talked to TV4’s Tomas Kvarnkullen at the i360. Great to see @emilylydgate.bsky.social of @thecitp.bsky.social in the same report. Report starts at 11m5s www.tv4play.se/video/7409a8...
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TV4 Nyheterna - Onsdag 30 september 22:00
TV4 Nyheterna med senaste nytt, analyser, debatter och fördjupning.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Impressive ice well in Fuendetodos, birthplace of Goya. One of ~1000 in Aragón, Catalonia, Valencia, Murcia Built during Little Ice Age (C16-19th). Were big business in Eastern Spain. Ice collected over winter in sierras, stored+shipped to cities until early C20th when technology rendered obsolete
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dankjewel!
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Boarding at freshly rain-soaked Valencia for a day in Amsterdam.
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Agree the Garvaghy Road dispute has the potential to bring down power-sharing. And ‘gesture of tribal superiority’ - that’s what it looks like. This is the most contentious march in NI. How did the Parades Commission reach such a determination?
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Intractability of Northern Ireland community divides laid bare, even in the first minutes of this podcast www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio Ulster - The Nolan Show, 28/09/2026
Breaking news and hard-hitting talk about the big stories of the day.
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Indeed! I saw much more sartorial elegance in Monaghan last year!
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hard to find a better source of insight into the Unionist mindset than Susan McKay, born in Derry, alumna of Trinity Dublin and holder of honorary doctorate from QUB
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Major test for Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Bryant, flying urgently to Belfast with the Drumcree stand-off becoming entrenched www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...
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Drumcree: Protests as controversial Orange Order march due to go ahead for first time since 1997
The march down the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road, which in the 1990s sparked some of the most serious disorder in Northern Ireland's history, will go ahead after a series of courtroom challenges.
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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So many former flashpoints in Northern Ireland are now peaceful. Residents and the Order have, to their credit, sat down and worked something out. Would have been great if Garvaghy was the same but unfortunately a section of unionism wanted this fight.
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is definitely one to watch tomorrow morning. The potential to go back to the depths of the Troubles.
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I love cooking with this product – for both sweet and savoury. 0% fat, tons of protein, sold in Spain and made in Seine-Maritime, Normandy, where the parent company is investing €20 million just to make this product. A return to Norse roots! www.ici.fr/emissions/l-...
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Culinary Saturday: cuttlefish on the menu this weekend, first a la plancha and then in a paella with anchovy, following the recipe of Chef Amadeo of Gandia. Just €4 for a great source of lean protein.
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Helen Gibbons @helengibbons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The widely-expected SPS deal, which hitherto was the Labour government’s top priority, will not be announced in time for the Autumn Budget in October, whereas the assumption that it would be in place has been built into government growth projections.”
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