Paul Swallow
@hirundo2.bsky.social
Retired university lecturer. Political Science PhD on EU Justice and Home Affairs. Ex-MPS. Ex-NYSE. Academy Trustee and Governor. Humanist. Francophone Europhile and unashamed rejoiner. European Movement International Committee member.
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Brexit: “The most dishonest campaign in our history said it would save us £350m a week, but Brexit actually cost us £250m a day in 2025. That is why we have the highest taxes ever, that is why we have sky-high bills, that is why we have a cost of living crisis” @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Brexit: “The most dishonest campaign in our history said it would save us £350m a week, but Brexit actually cost us £250m a day in 2025. That is why we have the highest taxes ever, that is why we have sky-high bills, that is why we have a cost of living crisis” @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
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Many people now realise that leaving the European Union was a mistake, but the question now is, what do we do about it? The years of denial are over, we now need to work out how to fix the calamity that Brexit has caused, and restore our relationship with Europe.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Many people now realise that leaving the European Union was a mistake, but the question now is, what do we do about it? The years of denial are over, we now need to work out how to fix the calamity that Brexit has caused, and restore our relationship with Europe.
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Must watch! @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social and @zackpolanski.bsky.social on @boldpolitics.bsky.social talking about Brexit, @bylinesnetwork.co.uk @bylinetimes.bsky.social @peterjukes.bsky.social and more.
🔗 youtu.be/naOYDEyRHCA
🔗 youtu.be/naOYDEyRHCA
October 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Must watch! @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social and @zackpolanski.bsky.social on @boldpolitics.bsky.social talking about Brexit, @bylinesnetwork.co.uk @bylinetimes.bsky.social @peterjukes.bsky.social and more.
🔗 youtu.be/naOYDEyRHCA
🔗 youtu.be/naOYDEyRHCA
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Really looking forward to this coming out! Talking EU membership, European defence, resisting tech bros, community building and the Bylines Network of citizen journalism. 👊
Link —> youtu.be/naOYDEyRHCA?...
Link —> youtu.be/naOYDEyRHCA?...
October 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Really looking forward to this coming out! Talking EU membership, European defence, resisting tech bros, community building and the Bylines Network of citizen journalism. 👊
Link —> youtu.be/naOYDEyRHCA?...
Link —> youtu.be/naOYDEyRHCA?...
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“There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long-lasting." Says Rachel Reeves. It’s become convenient for the Chancellor to tell the truth about Brexit, at long last…
October 15, 2025 at 6:32 AM
“There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long-lasting." Says Rachel Reeves. It’s become convenient for the Chancellor to tell the truth about Brexit, at long last…
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BREAKING: “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting” says Chancellor Rachel Reeves
It’s about time!
It’s about time!
October 15, 2025 at 6:16 AM
BREAKING: “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting” says Chancellor Rachel Reeves
It’s about time!
It’s about time!
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THE CASE FOR REJOINING HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER!
The future of British Steel is now under serious threat - a threat that would not have existed if we were still in the EU.
Starmer’s pig-headed stupidity by refusing to rejoin anything is seriously damaging Britain and the British people.
The future of British Steel is now under serious threat - a threat that would not have existed if we were still in the EU.
Starmer’s pig-headed stupidity by refusing to rejoin anything is seriously damaging Britain and the British people.
October 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
THE CASE FOR REJOINING HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER!
The future of British Steel is now under serious threat - a threat that would not have existed if we were still in the EU.
Starmer’s pig-headed stupidity by refusing to rejoin anything is seriously damaging Britain and the British people.
The future of British Steel is now under serious threat - a threat that would not have existed if we were still in the EU.
Starmer’s pig-headed stupidity by refusing to rejoin anything is seriously damaging Britain and the British people.
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Andrew Lewin has said ‘not a single tax’ would have had to increase if Britain stayed in the EU
Brexit to blame for Rachel Reeves’ tax hikes, Labour MP claims
Andrew Lewin has said ‘not a single tax’ would have had to increase if Britain stayed in the EU
www.independent.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Andrew Lewin has said ‘not a single tax’ would have had to increase if Britain stayed in the EU
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Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
October 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
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#Brexit zealots' objections to #RejoinEU easily debunked - says @yorkshirelive.co.uk letter. They say we won't be welcome back. But EU & most Europeans want this. Re-entry needs negotiating. But terms will undoubtedly improve on outcome of Leave's impossible promises, outright lies & empty slogans
July 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
#Brexit zealots' objections to #RejoinEU easily debunked - says @yorkshirelive.co.uk letter. They say we won't be welcome back. But EU & most Europeans want this. Re-entry needs negotiating. But terms will undoubtedly improve on outcome of Leave's impossible promises, outright lies & empty slogans
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If people stay quiet.
If people don't bring it up with the election campaign doorsteppers.
If people roll over and don't challenge Starmer, Farage and Badenoch's perfidy on this.
...Then Brexit stays... and getting poorer every single year stays.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
If people don't bring it up with the election campaign doorsteppers.
If people roll over and don't challenge Starmer, Farage and Badenoch's perfidy on this.
...Then Brexit stays... and getting poorer every single year stays.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
‘Schengen, the euro, the whole thing’: Readers say UK must commit to rejoining EU
Our community agrees that Brexit’s challenges mean the UK must embrace Schengen, the euro, and full EU membership – no half-measures – to truly move forward
www.independent.co.uk
July 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
If people stay quiet.
If people don't bring it up with the election campaign doorsteppers.
If people roll over and don't challenge Starmer, Farage and Badenoch's perfidy on this.
...Then Brexit stays... and getting poorer every single year stays.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
If people don't bring it up with the election campaign doorsteppers.
If people roll over and don't challenge Starmer, Farage and Badenoch's perfidy on this.
...Then Brexit stays... and getting poorer every single year stays.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Ah for TV debates like this
Can't help but be reminded of how author Jonathan Miller schooled Enoch Powell on same.
July 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Ah for TV debates like this
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“The date that Daniel Hannan chose for his now infamous Newsnight video and Reaction Life article, published two days before voters went to the polls in the 2016 referendum, has finally arrived. Yes, it’s 24 June 2025”
Anyone else remember this exercise in purest Brexit fantasy? 🌈🦄
Anyone else remember this exercise in purest Brexit fantasy? 🌈🦄
Has Lord Hannan forgotten his 2016 vision of post-Brexit Britain?
24 June 2025 was to be Britain’s Independence Day, celebrating the “reinvigoration of our economy, our democracy and our liberty”
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 6:18 AM
“The date that Daniel Hannan chose for his now infamous Newsnight video and Reaction Life article, published two days before voters went to the polls in the 2016 referendum, has finally arrived. Yes, it’s 24 June 2025”
Anyone else remember this exercise in purest Brexit fantasy? 🌈🦄
Anyone else remember this exercise in purest Brexit fantasy? 🌈🦄
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BREXIT BLEW A HOLE IN PUBLIC FINANCES.
Starmer’s plan is to get pensioners, poor families and the disabled to fill it.
“The government can only significantly offset Brexit losses, or eliminate them, through reintegration with the European economy.”
WE NEED TO REJOIN!!
Starmer’s plan is to get pensioners, poor families and the disabled to fill it.
“The government can only significantly offset Brexit losses, or eliminate them, through reintegration with the European economy.”
WE NEED TO REJOIN!!
June 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
BREXIT BLEW A HOLE IN PUBLIC FINANCES.
Starmer’s plan is to get pensioners, poor families and the disabled to fill it.
“The government can only significantly offset Brexit losses, or eliminate them, through reintegration with the European economy.”
WE NEED TO REJOIN!!
Starmer’s plan is to get pensioners, poor families and the disabled to fill it.
“The government can only significantly offset Brexit losses, or eliminate them, through reintegration with the European economy.”
WE NEED TO REJOIN!!
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Happy Daniel Hannon Day to all who celebrate it. I hope you all enjoy the fireworks as we mark perhaps the worst piece of political forecasting going.
www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
June 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Happy Daniel Hannon Day to all who celebrate it. I hope you all enjoy the fireworks as we mark perhaps the worst piece of political forecasting going.
www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
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9 years on from the Brexit vote, the verdict is in and predictions correct:
🕳️£40 billion hole in public finances
📉4% hit to UK productivity
📦15% drop in trade
💷 £100bn in tax rises—40% of which Brexit made necessary
Happy Brexitversary! 🇬🇧🎉
www.thetimes.com/article/346e...
🕳️£40 billion hole in public finances
📉4% hit to UK productivity
📦15% drop in trade
💷 £100bn in tax rises—40% of which Brexit made necessary
Happy Brexitversary! 🇬🇧🎉
www.thetimes.com/article/346e...
Predictions of £40bn hit to public finances from Brexit ‘correct’
Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast of a 4 per cent productivity loss from leaving the EU has been largely borne out, says top economist
www.thetimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
9 years on from the Brexit vote, the verdict is in and predictions correct:
🕳️£40 billion hole in public finances
📉4% hit to UK productivity
📦15% drop in trade
💷 £100bn in tax rises—40% of which Brexit made necessary
Happy Brexitversary! 🇬🇧🎉
www.thetimes.com/article/346e...
🕳️£40 billion hole in public finances
📉4% hit to UK productivity
📦15% drop in trade
💷 £100bn in tax rises—40% of which Brexit made necessary
Happy Brexitversary! 🇬🇧🎉
www.thetimes.com/article/346e...
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In case you missed it ...
This is what Brexiters told you Britain would be like after Brexit. If we'd known the truth back then, we would have never left the EU.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
This is what Brexiters told you Britain would be like after Brexit. If we'd known the truth back then, we would have never left the EU.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
June 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In case you missed it ...
This is what Brexiters told you Britain would be like after Brexit. If we'd known the truth back then, we would have never left the EU.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
This is what Brexiters told you Britain would be like after Brexit. If we'd known the truth back then, we would have never left the EU.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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❗️Food inflation in the UK is EIGHT TIMES higher than it would've been if we'd stayed in the EU.
❗The cost of Brexit amounted to £1 million AN HOUR in 2022.
@carladenyer.bsky.social says it's time to consider discussing rejoining the EU given the dire economic cost of Brexit.
❗The cost of Brexit amounted to £1 million AN HOUR in 2022.
@carladenyer.bsky.social says it's time to consider discussing rejoining the EU given the dire economic cost of Brexit.
May 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
❗️Food inflation in the UK is EIGHT TIMES higher than it would've been if we'd stayed in the EU.
❗The cost of Brexit amounted to £1 million AN HOUR in 2022.
@carladenyer.bsky.social says it's time to consider discussing rejoining the EU given the dire economic cost of Brexit.
❗The cost of Brexit amounted to £1 million AN HOUR in 2022.
@carladenyer.bsky.social says it's time to consider discussing rejoining the EU given the dire economic cost of Brexit.
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There have been a few seriously great Brexit commentators but no-one has captured its profoundly sick pathology as well as Fintan O'Toole.
May 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
There have been a few seriously great Brexit commentators but no-one has captured its profoundly sick pathology as well as Fintan O'Toole.
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You wouldn't know it from today's newspaper front pages screaming "betrayal", but new YouGov polling finds that 66% of British people now want the Government to deliver a closer relationship with the EU, compared to just 14% who don't
May 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
You wouldn't know it from today's newspaper front pages screaming "betrayal", but new YouGov polling finds that 66% of British people now want the Government to deliver a closer relationship with the EU, compared to just 14% who don't
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STARMER’S NOT LISTENING!
May 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
STARMER’S NOT LISTENING!
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Please repost, if like me, you will never accept Brexit.
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
May 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Please repost, if like me, you will never accept Brexit.
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship.
#RejoinEU
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Predictable and widely predicted. Would be interesting to get predictions on how many Reform councillors have either been chucked out or split with the party by the time their seats are up again in 2029. I expect it will be three figures, maybe even 200
May 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Predictable and widely predicted. Would be interesting to get predictions on how many Reform councillors have either been chucked out or split with the party by the time their seats are up again in 2029. I expect it will be three figures, maybe even 200