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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ditto those anti-immigrant thugs in the UK.

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web... Freedom of movement now involves relatively small numbers so in reality we in the UK would hardly notice it were it to come back, but 'we mustn't reopen old wounds'. The people of Bassetlaw (where there are very few forriners) have decided FoM is BAD.

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Migration and asylum in Europe – 2025 edition - Interactive publications - Eurostat

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Becket McGrath @bmcgrath.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Why indeed? I still vividly remember the Leave leaflet with a big red arrow from Turkey and Syria to the UK, Dad's Army style, as well as the colleague saying his dad in Yorkshire voted Leave to stop the Syrians coming. It was a deliberate conflation that still haunts (hence 'small boats' etc)

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Though it's 'unhelpful' to say so, Leave deliberately targeted the most gullible.

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Migration and asylum in Europe – 2025 edition - Interactive publications - Eurostat

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John Davies @stsikel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think an often overlooked part of this is that Dublin was always there as a threat to removal, even if seldom used. Once Brexit removed that, smugglers could more convincingly explain why travel to the UK is a one-way trip Vs travel within the EU.

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MFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Would be good if we had a PM prepared to talk honestly about what responsible sovereignty should mean, rather than sticking with the brexity version that’s all about rejecting teamwork, bowing to Trump, erecting monumental trade barriers and waving big ‘you’re not welcome’ signs at foreigners.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The only 4 constituencies where rejoining the EU wasn’t the preferred option were those of Lee Anderson, Farage, Tice and Lowe. In those 4, the top answer was ‘don’t know’. Confirming that Brexit has no real support at all. Not surprising for a total shitshow. And makes red lines seem very silly.

Independent front page.

Voters across Britain back rejoining EU
Reversing Brexit is most popular option in 646 of 650 constituencies, finds new electoral survey of 12,000

Bar chart showing
Which EU relationship respondents most wanted the Uk government to propose

EU membership 35%
Single market 6%
Customs Union 5%
Uk govt position 18/19%
Starts quo 8/9%
Don’t know 16%
Loosen ties 11%

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

'Not at any cost mean' means without freedom of movement. Which would benefit us, but the consensus of those with 'justified concerns mass immigration' is that hordes of E.Europeans would flood in. Well, they have the rest of Europe to flood into and they aren't flooding in there.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Brad and I are celebrating our 18th wedding anniversary today, September 14, 2026, in New York City. Brad and I were married on Sept 14, 2008, at the Democracy Forum of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles.

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

"... Britain is a political tinderbox, with a culture war conflagration an ever-present danger, continues. It is for that reason that the Brexit stasis also continues. It remains too a hot a topic to address in any serious way..." Chris Grey chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com

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Brexit & Brexitism

<a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.online/@ChrisGrey">Mastodon</a>

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Pete M @fastcarspete.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Bringing back FoM would more likely than not give Labour a chance at fixing the Brexit disaster. Unfortunately, they're too shite at governing to realise.

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Indeed. I rather think Farage has to be discredited first. But until we get a decent trading (and political) relationship with the EU, and this requires FoM there is no moving forward.

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Sharon Hawthorne @sharonhawth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

💯 agree on that. We actually need FOM. But as you say, Leave very successfully and disingenuously conflated the two. A lot of work would need to be done and massive amount of political capital would be spent. Danger of reviving Reforms fortunes just as they’re starting to fall.

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Freedom of movement isn't an issue in the EU. It's immigration from outside the EU. In the UK Leave dishonestly conflated the two, and Labour continues to do so. That is appalling.

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com

Brexit & Brexitism

<a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.online/@ChrisGrey">Mastodon</a>

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/brex... This should be discussed on the BBC and indeed throughout our media. The obsession with immigration means there will be no reset with the EU.

chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com

Brexit Britain is still a tinderbox

<a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.online/@ChrisGrey">Mastodon</a>

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Some chap has been claiming today that freedom of movement was bad for many people in the UK. It wasn't. There were issues in a very few areas which were unused to immigration, though the issues were largely invented.. However, those areas which attract the most immigrants had no problem with FoM.

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Cornwall voted leave having received the meaningless promise that the EU subsidies would be replaced by the UK government. 'It's our money anyway!' The money never came.

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If you’re still undecided about UK rejoining the EU, would it influence you if you were to find out that - the EU referendum had been subjected to foreign interference? Or if - the referendum had not met the UK’s constitutional requirements in some way?

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A Negroni and Harper's latest. Bliss.

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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 22/08/2026

Honor Their Names procession on #Belmar NJ boardwalk Friday afternoon Honoring legal immigrants who died while in ICE custody.

People in line holding signs which have the pictures and names of immigrants who died in ICE detention.

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If you haven't read it, read it. ('read' is a confusing English verb)

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

So tariffs do push prices up. So we've cleared that up now. Good.

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Miles Davis at the Proms. I am hoping they will cover 'Time after Time'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sOc...

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Time After Time

YouTube video by Miles Davis - Topic

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Travesty-Account Holder 77 @rebussy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"Does polling less than 60% in this Labour heartland mean Burnham's electoral honeymoon period is over? And if not, why not?" - Chris Mason

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

BREAKING: The USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home after our reporting exposing the horrific conditions soldiers faced overseas. We did it. You did it. This is the power of independent media. Subscribe to support my work: www.youtube.com/@aaronparnas1

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Kate Good @kategood.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I am soooo tired of having to download an app for everything. I went to a Seattle Sounders game tonight. I had to have a Ticketmaster app to download my tickets and then I had to have a Sounders app to actually use them. I just want to go back to a simple life. I hate it here.

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Ian H @ians.chat · 20/08/2026

Nigel Farage wants to end "Something for Nothing Britain". Ironic that he is absolutely adamant that the £5m from Harborne was something for nothing.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

GB News is a straightforward propaganda outlet, Boris Johnson filled the BBC with Tory placemen, and 'regulator' Lord Grade is openly biased in favour of rightwing politicians. Such are the advantages of a free press.

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Bluensky is wonderful - so many people to agree with. But I don't kid myself. X is still out there.

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Lisa Catara (official)💎 @lisa-catara.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If ever a case were made to get all of your stuff and things out of the cloud and amass physical copies of everything, here is a prime example of why: PBS Could Lose 70 Years of Historic Archive Footage Over Cloud Dispute | PCMag share.google/mVR4o9Uk84T9...

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PBS Could Lose 70 Years of Historic Archive Footage Over Cloud Dispute

The lost footage, said to amount to roughly 50 terabytes of data, reportedly included historical items shot over roughly 70 years of the station's programming.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17/08/2026

A 19-year-old in Texas has spent nearly a year raising her 13-year-old sister after their parents were detained by ICE and deported to Honduras. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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U.S. citizen teens left behind when ICE deported their parents

After their mom and dad were deported, two Fort Worth teens went nearly a year before seeing their parents.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Calling North Korea "unthreatening and respectful" when they send missiles, shells, and troops to kill Ukrainians is a special kind of lunacy.

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Matthew Bassett @hewbass.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

We have freedom of movement of labour (as a part of a more generalised freedom of movement of anyone) within the UK's own internal market. Preventing that would cause massive economic issues. I don't understand why people can't see it is integral to the working of the EU internal market.

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Harper's latest - he writes of a country run by and for 'pleasure of' the terminally rich.

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jameslongsdonprice @jamesprice.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I read a comment about passport queues for non EU citizens entering the block. 'It's like they are punishing us.' My response. 'Fool. We punished ourselves.' The RW media hardly report this, or indeed any of the really severe downsides of Johnson's Brexit deal. Robbie Gibb's BBC says nothing.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Someone in Labour needs to be clear. Freedom of movement was always a good thing. The objections to it were always both false and xenophobic.

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