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British resident in Spain, translator, pro-EU, lefty, green. Human rights are not a matter of opinion. Council member and newsletter editor @bremaininspain.com Council member @grassrootsforeurope.org Writer @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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@europeanmovement.co.uk President and former Attorney General Dominic Grieve

Dominic Grieve, former UK government Attorney General "It is hard not to see the entire week as a performative pantomime orchestrated by Trump. A deliberate and choreographed attack on President Zelensky, a visiting head of state, that guaranteed the failure of his visit."

Almost 20 European leaders, incl Emmanuel Marcon & Friedrich Merz, plus VDL, have posted in support of @ZelenskyyUa after White House showdown. Notably, Keir Starmer has not. No 10 is referring reporters to PM’s comments this week on a just & lasting peace, with Ukraine at heart of talks.

Remember: the televised punishment & humiliation meted out to Zelensky just now could be done to any NATO ally facing similar aggression. The sense of sneering hostility & contempt by Trump & Vance isn’t specific to Ukraine.

I have never seen anything as disgusting as that. Genuinely no words.

A reminder to the British press: Donald Trump just says stuff. Reporting what he says as though it’s fact will inevitably make you look like an idiot. There’s not going to be a US/UK trade deal imminently and Trump really doesn’t care about the UK, even if he likes being flattered.

Carry on as if everything is normal, folks. It'll go away if we don't think about it.

Moonbat: "This might sound astonishing, but the UK government’s core programme now appears to be the same as Donald Trump’s: dismantling the administrative state. There’s less theatre, but the results could prove harder to contest. Absurd?" YES, OF COURSE IT'S ABSURD YOU LUNATIC.

"That's great news for Vichy Nige, terrible news for anyone who gives a damn about this country, about other people, the living world, fairness, equality, kindness etc. Under Starmer, the Labour government is currently in a self-imposed death spiral. The time to pull out is now".

A Labour government was supposed to be better than the Tories, wasn't it? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Be brave on Europe, Keir Starmer sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/be-...

Closer economic ties with the European Union will boost growth by up to 2.2 per cent, according to new economic modelling shared with members of the cabinet If Labour’s mission truely is “growth” they need to have an honest discussion with the public about this www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

As an immigrant who chose to make my home in the UK—but also as someone who is a migration historian and researches the impact of dog-whistle politics—there is no way for me to overstate how wrong and disgusting these ads by the UK Labour Party are. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"Richard Tice’s comments on X/Twitter last month, referring to a Telegraph article about undocumented migrants receiving “fast track NHS care”, were not only wildly misleading but part of a broader pattern of deliberate distortion by the usual sections of the media"

Events are moving so fast in the US, across so many different fronts, that I think this idea of the UK finding a 'delicate balance', or even configuring the issue mainly in terms of tariffs/ trade policy, is already becoming obsolete. news.sky.com/story/starme...

Well said Sue

🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests Day 67 ✊

This is, by some distance, the most unforgivably stupidest thing the government is doing. An easily sellable proposal, which would actually help Brits, and unlocks meaningful negotiation. Irrational and anti-growth.

What TF is the “right starting point”? 11% think Brexit is a success. Are you waiting until it’s nobody? Until our young people have even less than they have now? FFS Labour. No one will thank you for pandering to the Daily Mail. And certainly not the Daily Mail. Do right by the rest of us.

Mike Galsworthy: “It’s not even going to a British company. This is bureaucracy-to-alleviate-bureaucracy. Brexit red tape is sucking from the public purse, alongside other Brexit farces. @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social

Five years on, 55% of Britons now think Brexit was a mistake, with growing support for a closer EU relationship—or even rejoining

Just about to hit 80k! Let's do that and then keep pushing! 😍

To mark Brexit Anniversary #5, six great campaigners and writers tell @bremaininspain.com about their hopes and fears for 2025: Gina Miller, @sirnickharvey.bsky.social, @chrisgrey.bsky.social, @davidheniguk.bsky.social, @alexhh.bsky.social and Peter Corr @marchforrejoin.bsky.social

How Right-Wing Media Spread the False Claim That One in Twelve Londoners Are 'Illegal Migrants' – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/h...

Dear Georgia watchers and defenders of freedom worldwide, help us spread the word about Mzia Amaglobeli, a female journalist, who's on the 17th day of her hunger strike, surviving only on water. Her act of defiance is a refusal to accept the agenda of a Russian regime 🧵1/

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

"When people assume that it will not go anywhere – that freedom is a given – that is the most dangerous moment." The people of Ukraine remind us that freedom can never be taken for granted, and that peace is not merely the absence of military conflict. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🚨🚨 For EU nerds and wonks: If you are new here I created this starter pack a while ago on EU law and politics including great commentators, journalists and politicians and news outlets. #eupolitics #eupolicy #eulaw #EU bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Always fun hosting ‘Rejoin Rants’ the @marchforrejoin.bsky.social podcast This ep we spoke to my colleague @hj4euinspain.bsky.social & @savefom.bsky.social on how loss of freedom of movement issues for Brits after Brexit Listen on all major podcast platforms or watch youtu.be/4ramjI934bI?...

There’s nothing wrong with targeting financial assets of criminal actors, including smugglers. But it won’t change the fact that people need to escape danger & there are no safe routes. Squeezing boat supply chains so far has led to smugglers using poorer quality & flimsier boats🤷‍♀️ #r4today

This really is a shocking injustice. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?

Liz Truss threatens to sue Keir Starmer unless he "ceases and desists" from alleging she crashed the economy. In other news, here's Liz Truss making the exact same allegation against Gordon Brown

"…The group "Daitove" emerged during the 2024 protests against the "Russian law," offering shelter to protesters. Today, it faces searches, seizures, and pressure from the de facto government" — @transparencyge.bsky.social Full📄: transparency.ge/en/post/how-... 🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests #terrorinGeorgia

The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ? So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky If you could, please help us regain our following Follow Retweet and Repeat ;-) Together we can change the world.

While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland.

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On Christmas Eve I talked to a politician in Georgia. Today is a vital day for Georgia and democracy and the Georgian people need to know the world is watching. @yorksbylines.bsky.social #GeorgiaProtests yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/opp...

CHAIN OF UNITY FOR #GEORGIA 🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests ⛓️✊ DAY 31. 📸 Mtavari TV

Salome Zourabichvili President of Georgia speaks to The Rest is Politics #georgiaprotests www.youtube.com/live/lUASY40...