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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 06/10/2026

Our future with Europe deserves ambition. EU Ambassador Jukka Salovaara’s words are a welcome reminder of the importance of the UK–EU relationship. Let’s build on that partnership with easier trade, more opportunities for young people and a stronger voice in our shared European future.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

President Macron, "Brexit has cost the UK 8% of GDP.. Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years" My view: Brexit was sold as a route to greater prosperity: less bureaucracy, more money, new trade opportunities Instead, Britain put new barriers between itself and its largest trading market.

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 16/09/2026

greater canada-eu partnership: aligned on security, economy, and governance. (watch the united kingdom in this space...this is the post-brexit option pm burnham has been looking for)

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 11/09/2026

FT Exclusive: JPMorgan Chase cut off its lending activity for Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund Situational Awareness after the wunderkind investor suffered the largest loss in the history of the hedge fund industry. ft.trib.al/M47cqVt

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Too few realize this, but Russia occupies less Ukrainian territory today than in March 2022. Control dropped from about 28% of Ukraine down to 20%. That is a clear failure by any metric

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Russians are not bothered by the fact that they are killing their neighbors. What concerns them is gasoline and having enough money for vodka. For the wealthier ones - they just want planes to keep flying and visas to be granted.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

"Today, new modernized Fire Point drones were used, which can reach a destination up to 3,000 km away. They were the ones to attack the refinery in Tyumen. I'm grateful to the engineers of Fire Point." - President Zelenskyy.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Worth reading all of the decade-old article linked (& translated) here. Quite shaming for a lot of UK hacks happy to let him bullshit away to his heart’s content…

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David Hewson @davidhewson.com · 18/05/2026

Gove, who lied through his teeth to get Brexit past the post, neatly forgetting that the only way we can rejoin the EU is if people vote for it. They really are terrified by the idea people are talking about this. The damage this catastrophe has done to this country really is immense.

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

“Opportunity that expires at 30 isn't really freedom. It's a taster. Or a teaser of a life they could have had.” Andrew Hesselden on Freedom of Movement youtu.be/JYA3gVGxlnw

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Daniel Lambert @daniellambertwines.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Just thought I would show you this to remind you just how badly the UK government is screwing you over when it comes to wine. In the uk this would be £8 not 1.99€ (£1.69) as it is in Lidi France. The uk government taxes wine 5 times and wants to make that 6 from 2027.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 10/04/2026

Ukraine’s top negotiator with Russia said he sees progress toward a potential peace deal with the Kremlin. “I don’t think it will be long,” Kyrylo Budanov said. Read more of this exclusive interview: bloom.bg/4sXUDmh 📷: AFP PHOTO/SANA

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

If I were Starmer trying to find a way of announcing a rejoin of the EU, I‘d prepare UK: - showing it’s possible as well as desirable - helping voters see it’s OK for a country to change direction - showing them Brexit has caused damage and he is acting in time to avoid more damage And…

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Ukrainian interceptor drones are already working in the Middle East - President Zelenskyy Cooperation has already brought first results, and collaboration with partners in the region is growing, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Jordan. 📷: from President Zelenskyy's visit to the Middle East

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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Obama will always be the better man.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 19/03/2026

Spain is a role model in weathering Iranian oil shocks ft.trib.al/0Iz5sNC | opinion

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Spain is a role model in weathering Iranian oil shocks

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 08/03/2026

Britain still remains in Europe geographically. It's time we start acting like it, and repair our relationship with the continent.

The Economist, Ten years after the EU referendum, Britain has become more European. 8 March.

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David Hewson @davidhewson.com · 28/02/2026

Why on earth would anyone in Scotland vote for Farage? I mean it’s obvious he hates everyone who isn’t English. And truth be told he doesn’t like us much either.

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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Russia is not winning this war. Its casualty rates are surging, and its economy is struggling. Today, Ministers will discuss how we can further support Ukraine. On the table are proposals to establish two training facilities inside Ukraine and to mobilise additional private capital.

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David Hewson @davidhewson.com · 11/02/2026

Has he checked the nationalities who make up his beloved Man U? Amazing how rich you can get by being thick when it comes to being human. Oh. And doesn’t he live in Monaco?

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Daniel Lambert @daniellambertwines.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This makes an interesting read. Denmark sold the USA Epstein Island back in 1917 on the basis that Greenland would be left alone forever. So there is already a treaty that prevents Trump from doing what he is wanting to do… it was dealt with 109 years ago! history.state.gov/historicaldo...

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Historical Documents - Office of the Historian

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

The EU recently amended its visa law to allow for fast track suspension of visa waivers, including an external relations ground. But there's no legal basis as things stand in EU law for *banning* visas for nationals of an entire country. eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/06/carr...

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Carrying a bigger stick: the EU strengthens its power to suspend visa waivers quickly, in pursuit of immigration policy and external relations objectives

Professor Steve Peers , Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit : Jelger Groeneveld, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction Wh...

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Lady P of Soggy Bottom @pshoot.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Excellent thread, I still can’t believe, Brexit happened 😪

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Freedom of Movement protected ordinary complexity. Care for an elderly parent in Spain. Run a small business in France. Split your year between two countries. Brexit erased legal space for lives that don’t fit neat boxes.

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Brendan Boyle @brendanboyle.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

🇪🇸 Weekend read with your café con leche ☕️ Property prices in Spain. Enjoy, share, gracias! open.substack.com/pub/brendybo...

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Spain's housing crisis lottery

Even Spain’s biggest jackpot can’t buy a home in the country’s most expensive cities

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Woah this one has gone wild on X.

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Daniel Lambert @daniellambertwines.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

This week saw the UK budget statement, and as ever the media were complicit in reporting something so simple on alcohol excise increases completely wrong. So let’s get the facts right bearing in mind Reeves knows she had just lost another £1BN in revenue with her increases on excise.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

"When will there be arrests and executions in our country?" Russian propagandist Solovyev blames the CEO of the company Aidol, Vladimir Vitukhin, for the poorly designed humanoid robot that fell on stage during its presentation and threatens him. "Vladimir, why did you crawl onto the stage?"

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Brendan Boyle @brendanboyle.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

🇪🇸Latest La Comunidad piece in inboxes 📥 👋🏻94% of provincial capitals in Spain have seen a decrease in the number of Spaniards living in their centres over the past decade. I look at why and ask: What’s a city without citizens? Enjoy, share, gracias!

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

French fishermen are sending fishing nets to Ukraine to protect against Russian drones Fishermen from the coast of Brittany have created a organization,Kernic Solidarités,to aid Ukraine 🇺🇦.They have already sent 2shipments of horsehair fishing nets,totaling 280km in length,according to The Guardian

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 08/11/2025

Finally how to afford all this by making $250mn in 30 months at the tender age of 31? There's always trading Russian oil in defiance of sanctions on.ft.com/481LIrL

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How this 31-year-old made $250mn in 30 months

[FREE TO READ] Christopher Eppinger kept trading Russian oil when sanctions meant others stopped

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 08/11/2025

Good morning and welcome to this giftlink thread of Weekend FT highlights. Get 'em while they're hot, try not to complain when they're gone! First up Yuval Noah Harari writes the Weekend Essay on the generosity and compromises needed for peace on.ft.com/4ovGWcb

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Yuval Noah Harari: Only generosity can secure peace between Israelis and Palestinians

[FREE TO READ] Both sides must abandon false moral certainties and oversimplified historical narratives if the cycle of violence is to be broken

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Carlos Cuerpo @carloscuerpo.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Abrimos una serie de vídeos mostrando el minuto a minuto de nuestros viajes. ✈️ Empezamos con el de la semana pasada: 🎥Dos días intensos de trabajo en Londres🇬🇧 resumidos en dos minutos. ¡Seguimos!

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David Hewson @davidhewson.com · 01/11/2025

Morrisons this morning and I saw some good looking steak marked up as specials at a very competitive price. When I checked the label they were Australian. Meat shipped from across the world to undercut the price of British farmers. All part of that post Brexit deal. What a joke.

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Here’s a thread I wrote recently on how to solve the 90-in-180-day problem bsky.app/profile/andr...

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 23/10/2025

Many people now realise that leaving the European Union was a mistake, but the question now is, what do we do about it? The years of denial are over, we now need to work out how to fix the calamity that Brexit has caused, and restore our relationship with Europe.

"Everything else has failed, they've broken the seal. They've rubbed the Brexit genie. They've rubbed the Brexit lamp and the genie has emerged to shout 'It was all a terrible mistake and we're all gonna have to start paying for it now. The years of denial and delusion are over.'" James O'Brien, Broadcaster, LBC

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 23/10/2025

New figures by the Bank of England demonstrate how much of a negative impact Brexit has had on the UK economy. Trade weakness combined with uncertainty has decreased our GDP, Investment, Employment, and Productivity, resulting in a negative decline for the UK compared to our European neighbours.

A combination of micro and macro estimates suggest that the Brexit process has reduced UK GDP by 6-8%, Investment by 12-18%, Employment by 3-4% and Productivity by 3-4%. Bank of England.

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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

10 years post-EU referendum and 5 since leaving EU & Single Market, we still have people saying: "We used to be able to do that, and we should still be able to". I think that’s wonderful. 👏 ♥️ 🇪🇺 Brexit changed things. But we haven’t forgotten 🇬🇧. #RejoinEU is possible.

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too. Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.

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