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🛒 🇪🇺 Buy European 🇪🇺 (+🇨🇦). USA broke up with you. Get over it 🇪🇺💪 @buyeuropean.eurosky.social · 27m

24.000 (!) interactions in 1 month (for someone who doesn’t use gmail). Keeping yourself dependent on (and being spied on by) Google is a choice Today is a great day to try out at least ONE new European alternative to a #google ‘service’: buy-european.net/en/alternati... youtu.be/WJ8clVdaRKA?...

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How Google Tracks Everything You Do and How to Stop It

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 6h

🫀 Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of premature death in the EU. 🛡️ Yet, many can be prevented. We are stepping up our work on prevention by supporting EU countries in designing and implementing cardiovascular health checks at national level. 👉🏽 link.europa.eu/rKnx8n

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James Steel @jamessteel2008.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If a deal was agreed it would need to be Toad face proofed so it couldn’t just be reversed after 2029. Either locked in for 50 years or an extortionate exit fee paid. The EU can’t keep having a member joining leaving depending on the colour of the government.

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Billy @cromartie7.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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John @johnwenger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I want to join your club. But with several conditions: *That big comfy chair is mine and nobody else can sit in it. *I get to keep my special food in the fridge and nobody else can touch it but I’m allowed to eat anything in the fridge that I fancy *I can make up my own rules to the games we play

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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 8h

We are nurturing a near-exact copy of the Bronze Age Collapse: an interconnected "systems collapse" where multiple environmental, economic and social crises reinforced one another. - climate change - mega-droughts - famine erodes tax-base - natural disasters damage infrastructure …

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is such a sorry & infuriating tale. Via @davidpetts1.bsky.social from another place. www.sarsen.org/2026/09/hist...

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Andyinafield @andyinafield.bsky.social · 18h

Hmm. The Hac went very ugly very quickly. If i could be arsed I'd work a metaphor.

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draditrapani.bsky.social @draditrapani.bsky.social · 22h

There is actually no negotiation as you mean it. You apply, art 49, then there is an accession process, where UK aligns with the acquis communitaires. The negotiation myth is brought forward by this believing the UK will have opt outs to negotiate. 🙄

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Chinese Govt owned Syngenta to cease operations at Grangemouth, 400 jobs at risk. Previously oil refinery closed. England-based British Steel rescued. What would govt do now? UK govts oppose state ownership but let foreign govts own infrastructure. Why? Any industrial strategy?

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Chemical firm to cease operations at Grangemouth site putting nearly 400 jobs at risk

The move comes just over a year after Syngenta, owned by state Chinese firm Sinochem, was given more than £2 million in Scottish Enterprise funding to expand its Scottish site

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A collection of Bronze Age spearheads with a Scottish provenance. The spearheads are currently on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh as part of the museum’s ‘Scotland’s First Warriors’ Exhibition. 📸 My own. #Prehistory #Archaeology #Scotland

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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Useful reminder as to why Brexit happened. It also explains why we will never be allowed to rejoin, unless you vote Green in England, SNP in Scotland or Plaid Cymru in Wales.

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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is a very funny list. The Red Tories are just like the Blue Tories, and they are going to be as successful in Brussels as their cousins. 🇪🇺🏆 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤡

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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Next party leader to leave? Ed Davey (Lib Dems) 6/4 Zack Polanski (English Greens) 2/1 Nigel Farage (Brown Tory) 11/4 Kemi Badenoch (Blue Tory) 10/1 Andy Burnham (Red Tory) 16/1 Ironically, the two pro-European leaders appear the most vulnerable, while the three pro-Brexit leaders look safe.

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 02/10/2026

Labour is positioning itself to argue that the Brexit vote was not final, and that the promises made to win the vote for Leave 10 years ago have not been met. Sound familiar, Scotland?

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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The real problem is the spiralling Trident bill. UK taxpayers are sending billions straight into the USA’s coffers every year, and it is getting worse with the idiotic Trident renewal programme. #Labour #NuclearArmageddon #Faslane #Coulport #BoycottUSA

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terranovabog.bsky.social @terranovabog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I noticed an American query on social media trying to understand the current situation in Northern Ireland, and another Amerucan responded that it would be like the KKK marching through Harlem.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If Andy Burnham did put Rejoin in the 2028/2029 Labour manifesto, won, and then called a referendum in 2032-2034 with Labour campaigning for Rejoin, I'd put money on Rejoin losing [unless miraculously the exact same terms were offered as existed in 2016]. The Right would then revive. Sorry.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 02/10/2026

The inauguration of the new National Coordination Centre is truly a milestone towards your EU future. We are preparing for Montenegro’s borders to become European Union borders.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happy 80th Birthday to the P/S Waverley. Launched on the 2nd of October 1946 at the A. & J. Inglis shipyard in Glasgow, she's the last sea-going passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world. This was her heading down the Clyde close to Dumbuck in 2024. #glasgow #pswaverley #clydebuilt

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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

”discovered near the ruins of Nero’s theatre highlight Rome’s diversity. Near the Vatican Palazzo della Rovere garden, archaeologists recently uncovered 20 Anglo-Saxon coins, a period that saw a large enough influx of pilgrims and immigrants to establish a “Little England” within the capital city.”

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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Lib Dems are really struggling in the current political environment. They are currently holding on to only 50% of their 2024 voters. Voting intention of 2024 GE Liberal Democrat voters: Staying with Lib Dems: 50% Switching to: Labour 22% Greens 12% Reform 8% Conservatives 4% others 5%

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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SNP 32% Ref 21% Lab 18% LD 8% Con 7% Grn 6% Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 PC 30% Lab 24% Ref 22% Con 8% Grn 6% LD 3% (Find Out Now; 30 September; usual caveats apply to sub-samples)

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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

England hasn’t come very far from the Thatcher years, ¡MENUDA PANDILLA DE PAYASOS!

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Tom O'Connell @tomthegrinch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Red lines" and "resets" *are examples of the UK talking to itself. Niall isn't a Brit hater, he's a Brit doubter. He doubts the actual and historical commitment of the British (actually the English) to the EU project, and he has a point.

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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The UK is subject to extremely well-crafted and persistent cognitive warfare. This affects nearly all commentators. The boundless joy you see whenever anyone - eg Spanish PM - says anything remotely positive about UK is an over-reaction caused by a decade of deep misery. Best discounted.

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Mark Purchase 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇸 🇪🇺 @markpurch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It is slightly worrying when supposedly sensible commentators post things like this, as if it suddenly makes accession simple and quick It won’t be simple or quick, even when (or if) we agree on what it is we actually want from Europe and what we will offer in return

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vtorphoto.bsky.social @vtorphoto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The core provision is 18 U.S.C. § 2713, which states that a U.S. provider served with a valid warrant or order must disclose data within its “possession, custody, or control,” regardless of where the data is physically stored. This applies to any U.S.-based or U.S.-controlled company.

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Laurent E.B. @laurentlaurentb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

27.000 ans avant Picasso #art #prehistoric #museedaquitaine #bordeaux #latergram

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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

”Misinformation is rife. It permeates every single part of our lives now, and it won’t get better until it starts being addressed at a true national and international level. I can type until my paws go blue to dispel, explain and mythbust, but unless there is actual legislative action… “ #BritNats

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 01/10/2026

🇲🇪 We believe in Montenegro ’28 by 28’. And we will support you all the way. The finish line is in sight. And crossing it would send a powerful signal across the Western Balkans: Reforms deliver. And EU membership is within reach.

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European Politics Briefly @europolbriefly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

EU hand luggage reforms from late 2027 grant standard-ticket passengers two free items, but UK-departing easyJet flights won’t automatically include the extra overhead cabin bag.

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Jaytheoldie @crazycanis64.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I doubt the EU would want us back on previous terms,rejoin must be a new page for UK and EU. First figure out what the UK wants,not what Westminster wants but what England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland wants then discuss/ negotiate with EU members. The EU needs to see a serious commitment

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The SNP @snp.org · 01/10/2026

🚨 Polls are open in the Wick and East Caithness by-election - they’ll close at 10pm. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿If you want an SNP voice that’ll stand up for your area, you have to vote for it. 🗳️ Get out and vote John Glen SNP !

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Adam Sanderson @adamsanderson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

9 out of the 10 poorest regions in Europe are in the UK, 7 of those in England. (None in Scotland). Yet the richest area in Europe is London. Better Together? Source - Eurostat.

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The SNP @snp.org · 01/10/2026

Andy Burnham's "National Care Service" turns out to be Free Personal Care in England. Inspired by a policy already delivered in Scotland by the SNP.

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David 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🇪🇺🇯🇴🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌍 @metta2u.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Do people elsewhere in the #UK know what they have missed out on? #labour #westminster #bexit

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 30/09/2026

Albania is among the frontrunners in our accession process. And for all frontrunners we are preparing accession roadmaps. These roadmaps will turn the path to membership into concrete steps ↓ link.europa.eu/JHkpDc

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Independent Voices @indyvoices.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s quite galling seeing so many Labour MPs from Scotland frothing about Burnham’s ‘progressive defence of the union’. He did no such thing. His point was about social mobility and welfare, nothing to do with the union. The same MPs were cheerleaders for Starmer’s wishy-washy pish last year.

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s fascinating that English progressives seem so keen to celebrate Burnham as a leftwing hope whereas in Scotland the view is ‘nope, it’s just words - prove it or beat it’. Independence provides a completely different prism. I feel genuine sympathy that English progressives seem to feel so trapped

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Jack Fortune @jimmyhird5.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It'd be letting the Fox into the Henhouse.

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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Definite signs of a “Burnham Bounce” now, even in Scotland. Farage a dud. Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SNP 29% Lab 29% Con 13% Ref 12% LD 6% Grn 5% RB 3% Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 PC 27% Ref 25% Con 16% Lab 12% Grn 7% LD 6% RB 1% England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lab 30% Ref 25% Con 21% LD 10% Grn 9% RB 3% (Survation; 29 September; usual caveats)

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Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In Scotland, there is free personal care for all adults in need. This covers help with personal hygiene, continence, diet, mobility and simple treatments. The upper threshold for residential care is £35,000. In England, social care is fully means-tested and the upper capital limit is only £23,250.

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Memnon of Rhodes @johngage1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I still remember meeting my old Professor about 3 years after the referendum. He had a German father and an English mother and had grown up in the ruins of WWII. He had voted Remain and said it was a mistake that they had campaigned on the economy. He said the whole purpose of the EU was peace.

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Absolutely spot on. And don’t forget that the EU hears all these comments. Every suggestion that the U.K. needs a special deal, or that it will join in order to change the EU into what the UK wants, sets back yet further the chance that the EU will allow the U.K. to rejoin.

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Catio Miles @catiomiles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Maybe I’m not good at politics and maybe Labour are truly pro Europeans and know a smart way to get back in. But his speech has 2 red flags 🚩 for me: the first one is that he called the EU a “market”; secondly he said he is seeking “consensus” in the U.K. with regards to the new relationship.

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