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Bravo 👏 London Mayor Sadiq Khan continues to go against the Labour Party line on Brexit Set to tell EU diplomats “Brexit was a mistake” & renew calls for closer alignment & youth mobility scheme & will tell delegates Britain’s withdrawal from the trading bloc “continues to have a negative impact”

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👏 More taxes? Yes please! Patriotic Millionaires want to do more for the country “Tax our wealth” – that’s the message from millionaires across the UK whose campaign is hitting the road ahead of the government’s spring statement By Josephine Ingram @joing.bsky.social

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I doubt Kemi Badenoch came against net zero because of donor money. I suspect she did it because she's an irresponsible ignorant reactionary fool.

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Euronews: Don't let Russia divide US and Europe, Kaja Kallas says www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

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Has the UK regained its position as the poor man of Europe? www.theneweuropean.co.uk/steve-angles...

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Europeans have some of the strongest consumer protections in the world! Whether that’s shopping, travelling, banking, or surfing the web, the EU has been working hard to keep consumers safe for more than 50 years – both in stores and online.

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In October 2024 @bsky.app had just 13 million users. In March 2025 that number has reached over 33 million. WE CAN DO THIS, TOGETHER

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William Morris would have been 191 years old later this month. The 'Artichoke' Embroidery pattern was designed by him for Ada Phoebe Godman, of Smeaton Manor in North Yorkshire in 1877. This was at the same time the house was being built to a design by Philip Webb.

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Thoughts on boycotts: inflict pain on the corporation. Buying a couple 99 cent ebooks from a self-published author on Amazon is fine. Don’t buy a microwave on it. Purity is never the answer. Restraint though and thoughtfulness is.

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‘Al Jazeera reports that 14,500 Palestinians have been arrested since October 2023 in the West Bank (some since released). The testimony of those who have been released indicates that their treatment has never been so brutal.’ Selma Dabbagh on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

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Want to read a book but can’t afford to buy it? ❌ don’t pirate/steal it ✅ join your local library and borrow the book for FREE. If the library doesn’t have the book you want, ask if they can buy it. You get to read. Authors get paid. Libraries stay open. ✨ Triple win ✨ #BookSky #Library

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Recommended listen: To mark International Women’s Day, Costa Rican diplomat and former UN climate chief, Christiana Figueres, was joined by top climate scientist Dr @katharinehayhoe.com on her @outrageoptimism.bsky.social‬ podcast to discuss why ignoring women endangers the climate.

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A new “European Movement Canada” is being built. 🇨🇦🇪🇺 "Canada must not be a spectator to history. Strengthening our relationship with Europe now is an investment in the stability and prosperity of our shared future.”

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Co-op Group announces above-inflation pay rise for frontline store workers

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Huge win! Government announces plans to open up the Land Registry. If delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wales. Read my blog post for more details & how you can write to the Minister to make sure this now happens: whoownsengland.org/2025/03/06/h... 🧵1/

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Over the last few weeks I've become completely incapable of answering the question 'how are you' like a normal human being. I just sort of end up staring emptily at the person. Like, how the fuck do you think I am? I am full of hate and horror and moral purpose. How are you?

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Terribly convenient, isn't it, for a generation in power which has ruthlessly screwed young people - house prices, tuition fees and grants, environmental breakdown, hostility to their speech and identity - to blame smart phones for their poor mental health.

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Window in the former Co-operative building in the Akroydon Victorian model village at Boothtown, Halifax. The village was designed in the Gothic style by George Gilbert Scott in 1859 for the workers at the mills of Colonel Edward Akroyd.

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From the London summit on Sunday to the Brussels summit on Thursday, we're seeing a new, confident, no-bullshit Europe take shape iandunt.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

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Always wondered how the Star Wars Emperor could start with a battle-hardened army and end up with an "entire legion of his best troops" being beaten to death by teddybears with sticks. Then Hegseth ended up as US Defence Sec. And now yeah that makes sense.

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The thought in private in Bxl and EU capitals

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The architecture of Bradford does not just date to its Victorian industrial success. Evidence has been found of Christian worship on the site of Bradford Cathedral since Anglo-Saxon times, possibly from as early as 627 when Paulinus passed nearby on his mission north. There may also have been a

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"In Norway, Tesla saw a 38% sales slump, in France sales dropped by 63%, and in Spain by 75%. Tesla sales dropped 13% across the whole European Union last year and are expected to fall further... Tesla registered only 1,277 new cars in Germany in January, a year-on-year drop of 59.5%."

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NEW: Weekend News Agents In the latest of our Friday book club series, we talk to Ash Sarkar about her brilliant polemic “Minority Rule” It’s an anatomy of the culture war. It’s a story of how the left went wrong by choosing to fight it. Listen now. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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A company like M&S should not be normalising messages like this. Take action: actionstorm.org/petitions/ma...

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Current mood

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How did the EU's electricity mix change in the last year? ☀️ Big growth in solar ☢️ 🌊 Rebound in nuclear & hydro 💨 Not so much growth in wind 🏭 Large drop in fossil fuels (both coal and gas) 🔌 Demand up From @ember-energy.org's new European Electricity Review: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

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The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same time. Understanding this is key to solving big global problems. We believe data & research can help us understand both the problems we face & the progress that’s possible. 🧵

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Okay. No more AirBnB: no more Amazon: no more PayPal — it amounts to sponsoring fascists. Alternatives exist! Use them!

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This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.

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"It is well-known that most of the mainstream media do not approach a Labour Government in a neutral way. Some blatantly misrepresent what is happening, but more often they simply do not report activity, leaving people with a sense that the government is doing nothing."

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We know where the US stands. It is now de-facto pro-Putin. We know where Britain stands. It will contribute troops to prevent Russian aggression. We need to know where Europe stands.

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Brexit making the headlines.

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‘“It was a comprehensive curriculum,” my father told me of the tent school my family set up. My aunt taught there too. There were drawing and painting classes as well as maths and science.’ Malaka Shwaikh on the preservation of education in Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...

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⚡️ The historic moment of Estonia leaving the Russian-fed power grid. On February 8, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia left Russia and Belarus energy system. By the end of the day today, they will have joined the European grid.

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😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹 Finally, a #brexit benefit!

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As being “free to make our own trade deals” has delivered the square root of jack shit and, as Brexiters still can’t tell us what EU regulations they want to scrap, closer alignment with the EU should be a no-brainer. Great work @bestforbritain.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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You see a photograph of a door that brings back so many memories. A building I must have passed almost everyday for over forty years. Does anyone else have part of a building that brings back memories. By the way it is the door of the former lockup (Kidcote) in Horbury. No I wasn't locked up 😂

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