So screwed up that we must hope our MPs have a constructive debate about giving our disadvantaged young people opportunities on their own continent… and don’t descend into some idiotic DailyMail spat that prioritises Brexit bullshit and slams the door again on hope. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu... - ThreadSky

13sarahmurphy.bsky.social • 40 days ago

So screwed up that we must hope our MPs have a constructive debate about giving our disadvantaged young people opportunities on their own continent… and don’t descend into some idiotic DailyMail spat that prioritises Brexit bullshit and slams the door again on hope.
https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/gen-z-deserve-chance-europe-svnnp0bjr

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caclarke.bsky.social•40 days ago

They could even make it for everybody :)

13sarahmurphy.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yes please! But let’s not ratchet up the hope too much. The crash down the other side just gets worse…

kenbar.bsky.social•40 days ago

Starmer is working on something in conjunction with the EU I believe.

sonnet-lumiere.bsky.social•40 days ago

It's a 'no brainer' and unfortunately the ones without any brains will shout the loudest.

Empty vessels.

13sarahmurphy.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yes exactly. It’s a no-brainer that will somehow end up being a fight with idiots shouting “Betrayal!”
Embarrassing how ruinously idiotic our politics have become since Brexit… because of Brexit.

coatescan.bsky.social•40 days ago

Won’t be many under the age of 25 shouting betrayal, they were betrayed back in 2016

smithers007.bsky.social•40 days ago

My Brexit loving MP Chris Chope when he responded to my request via email said he preferred the Turing scheme over Erasmus as it was cheaper and global, not limited to Europe, but I wonder if by cheaper he means very few students are likely to qualify so virtually no one will benefit from it

publicschoolboy.bsky.social•40 days ago

How many would come back? introducing the opportunity for our young talented workers to work in “better” (by nearly any measures relevant to a young adult) countries would be facilitating a brain and skills drain - hence they won’t do it.

heppy111.bsky.social•40 days ago

They bloody well better get this right.

There are NO valid reasons for objecting to this.

None.

allorin.bsky.social•40 days ago

sOvErEiGnTy, innit?

heppy111.bsky.social•40 days ago

AKA utter bollocks.

13sarahmurphy.bsky.social•40 days ago

Oh thank god…
Clawing back very slowly a tiny part of what we lost.
How will the Brexiters cope with this outbreak of sense…? Badly probably.

https://bsky.app/profile/bestforbritain.bsky.social/post/3lfscrhn57s2s

ian-medgett.bsky.social•40 days ago

Farage has already moved on to climate denial and trying to get close enough to Trump to lick him.
Apparently he feels 'let down' that the fishermen he used have been buggered by brexit.
Also apparently this isn't his fault.
The frog faced bellend.

eddwilson.bsky.social•38 days ago

Almost nobody was there, apart from the Lib Dems. There was no vote. It was a ten-minute-rule bill which will almost certainly never be seen again.

juleschao.bsky.social•38 days ago

True, but then again, every journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. We can but hope!!

eddwilson.bsky.social•38 days ago

McCleary said: as a Liberal Democrat, I am proud to have sponsors from the Green party, SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Alliance party of Northern Ireland. Many on the Labour and Conservative Benches know that a youth mobility scheme with the EU is the right thing to do.

Some way to go.

#r4today

juleschao.bsky.social•38 days ago

A vv long way to go indeed. He’s my MP… which is a thing I’m very happy about, not least because we had Maria Caulfield before (!)… and he is a pretty determined individual, so who knows? But I agree, it’s still very much a teeny ray of hope.

cftc.bsky.social•40 days ago

This is such good news, and an import step towards healing this country.

seizethedaytrip.bsky.social•39 days ago

Excellent news - now for the rest of us! Oh and rejoining the single market too please!

richkilcoyne.bsky.social•40 days ago

Finally a small dose of common sense!

chillaxbcn.bsky.social•40 days ago

Since I'm not familiar with this procedure, Labour still could say no to a YMS in future? Or would this bill force them after the second reading?

13sarahmurphy.bsky.social•40 days ago

Well I guess they could collapse it all. But if MPs have voted for it and constituents have written to them calling for this, then hopefully the government will see it through.
It’s a good start. Painfully small. But it’s a start.
A flash of hope. For once.

chillaxbcn.bsky.social•40 days ago

The second reading is only in July. Why a six months wait? Let's see what happens.

ali-jr.bsky.social•39 days ago

Because they will have the latest net immigration numbers (July 2024 - June 2025) and will want to claim credit for them being lower (they will be much lower). I suspect that’s why they have been stalling this

kieronmurphy.bsky.social•40 days ago

Small steps in the right direction…

#RejoinEU 🙏🙏

cptjspaulding.bsky.social•40 days ago

Betrayal, traitors, etc etc…..

jameswoodfield.bsky.social•40 days ago

This will demonstrate politicians’ priorities, values and commitment to the public good.
None of which should even be in doubt.

joseph-yossarian.bsky.social•40 days ago

Hang on I think I know the answer to this one.

Let me guess: Starmer says no.

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