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matthinton.bsky.social
#RejoinEU #FBPE #ProEU On Twitter as @Dr_Matt_Hinton On Mastodon as @[email protected]
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Brexit has crippled the UK pork industry by stripping away essential EU labour, inflating production costs, erecting punitive border checks that have halved our exports, and ultimately forcing British consumers to rely ever more on imported meat.

submitted 4 hours ago • 5 comments

1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 3 days ago • 60 comments

Another report on how our high visa costs deter top R&D talent www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

submitted 6 days ago • 24 comments

Starmer's Labour have a HUGE majority, yet we are seeing no: - electoral reform - media reform - action to make the BBC properly independent & apolitical - reversal of NHS outsourcing - renationalisation of key infrastructure & public services - clampdown on lobbying - prosecution of corrupt MPs

submitted 8 days ago • 98 comments

Under First Past the Post, our local elections produce outrageous results – like parties taking every seat on just over half of votes.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Voters want Keir Starmer to focus on rebuilding trade ties with EU, poll reveals

submitted 15 days ago • 21 comments

Keir Starmer’s determination to save Britain's tiny steel industry contrasts with his continued refusal to offer meaningful help to the many more workers whose livelihoods still depend on the EU www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/keir-starm...

submitted 16 days ago • 41 comments

1. Whenever you see really vicious and widespread "spontaneous" attacks on scientific findings that challenge powerful economic interests, you can be assured that corporate lobbyists have been busy behind the scenes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 17 days ago • 58 comments

In case you missed it ... Here's a damning verdict from the Intelligence & Security Committee regarding Boris Johnson's half-baked report into Russian interference in the Brexit ref. Basically, they didn't even bother looking for any! Surely now it's time for a public enquiry into Putin's Brexit!

submitted 19 days ago • 65 comments

🚨 NEWS: The government’s own survey shows 4.7m people in disabled households are facing hunger, including 1.6m children. Yet just yesterday, the UK government chose to slash disability payments. This is appalling.

submitted 32 days ago • 11 comments

This deserves a repost. Now more than ever the UK needs to stabilise its trading relations with its neighbours. Today, Starmer just looks like a rabbit caught in headlights.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

‘The UK has become a vassal state, paying economic tribute to the American owners of its assets’ This is great by @dhnnjyn.bsky.social on the takeover of the U.K. economy by American capital. It might have produced growth, but it’s been terrible for most of us. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

The EU is a powerful trading bloc with the heft to stand up to Trump Brexit Britain has no alternative but to appease him and to change our domestic policy to keep him sweet This makes us closer to a vassal state than EU membership ever did

submitted 25 days ago • 21 comments

The UK exports £360bn of goods to the EU, on which we now struggle with big non tariff barriers, compared to £60bn to the US. Imagine looking at this sh1tshow and thinking it vindicates Brexit in any way.

submitted 25 days ago • 51 comments

The UK government needs to wake up to the fact that our place is in Europe with our real allies.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Good news for fellow authors disheartened by your books being illegally used to train AI; "If your book was used by Meta, you’re automatically included in the Kadrey v. Meta class action in Northern California..." And @authorsguild.bsky.social has some practical steps you can take.

submitted 38 days ago • 15 comments

The government’s Land Use consultation is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to intervene in this critical issue. Here’s my response to it. Please feel free to borrow / copy & paste as much as you want. It’s crucial that we engage. www.monbiot.com/2025/03/23/f... 1/3 🧵

submitted 35 days ago • 22 comments