Lancaster for Europe
@lancasterforeu.bsky.social
We are a Pro-EU cross-party grass roots campaign group, affiliated to the European Movement. Twinned with @York4EU.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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It's fair that the UK should pay to access the EU's energy market and the SAFE security fund, after all, it's not up to the EU to "make Brexit work".
EU member states are also right to be wary of UK cherry picking access to the single market.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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EU member states are also right to be wary of UK cherry picking access to the single market.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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EU confirms it wants UK to pay into its budget in exchange for closer ties
‘Politically realistic’ for UK to make financial contribution so it can access European single market, Irish minister says
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
It's fair that the UK should pay to access the EU's energy market and the SAFE security fund, after all, it's not up to the EU to "make Brexit work".
EU member states are also right to be wary of UK cherry picking access to the single market.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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EU member states are also right to be wary of UK cherry picking access to the single market.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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This is very good indeed on how Mahmood talks about race. To suggest that immigration policy and racism are linked "reflects this government’s biggest failing, which is that it is essentially incapable of saying that racism is wrong, full stop".
Why should people who “look like” the home secretary be on the hook for immigration policy?
This is great by @stephenkb.bsky.social:
This is great by @stephenkb.bsky.social:
Defence of Labour asylum policy reveals backsliding on racism
Home secretary’s framing of failures is partly low politics, but also a result of ministers’ poor approach to race relations
www.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is very good indeed on how Mahmood talks about race. To suggest that immigration policy and racism are linked "reflects this government’s biggest failing, which is that it is essentially incapable of saying that racism is wrong, full stop".
In spite of promising to bring down council tax, Reform 2025 Ltd-run councils in Lancashire are now talking about increases | Peter Sagar
Reform to bin DOGE at Lancashire County Council and raise council tax instead
In spite of promising to bring down council tax, Reform 2025 Ltd-run councils in Lancashire are now talking about increases
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Broken clock news: Badenoch is spot on
(though her point is rather undermined by her participation in the Johnson govt which kept threatening to breach that same deal)
(though her point is rather undermined by her participation in the Johnson govt which kept threatening to breach that same deal)
Badenoch accuses Reform UK of deceiving voters with claim it could easily abandon post-Brexit EU trade deal - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Reform’s plan to cut EU citizens’ benefits would risk trade war with Europe, Labour claims – UK politics live
As Reform announces what it claims are £25bn in savings through cuts, Labour says ‘Farage’s fantasy numbers don’t add up’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Broken clock news: Badenoch is spot on
(though her point is rather undermined by her participation in the Johnson govt which kept threatening to breach that same deal)
(though her point is rather undermined by her participation in the Johnson govt which kept threatening to breach that same deal)
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Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
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Education is a human right, and should be accessible to all, regardless of their situation. Erasmus+ supports this by providing funding and opportunities that widen access to education across Europe, and Britain should join it.
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Education is a human right, and should be accessible to all, regardless of their situation. Erasmus+ supports this by providing funding and opportunities that widen access to education across Europe, and Britain should join it.
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This document is the product of a broken administration, motivated by cynicism, immune to human decency, with a weak-to-non-existent understanding of the policy area they wish to legislate in.
And that's it. Overall impressions are
- there's still a surprising lack of detail
- lots of new work for officials but unlikely to lead to much change on the ground
- refugees will still live here rest of their lives but will struggle even more than before to integrate
- there's still a surprising lack of detail
- lots of new work for officials but unlikely to lead to much change on the ground
- refugees will still live here rest of their lives but will struggle even more than before to integrate
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This document is the product of a broken administration, motivated by cynicism, immune to human decency, with a weak-to-non-existent understanding of the policy area they wish to legislate in.
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EU(27) today welcomed agreement on mandates for negotiations on SPS and ETS agreements with the UK
With a reminder: ‘as a matter of principle… relations can only be strengthened based on a full, faithful and timely implementation of existing agreements’
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...
With a reminder: ‘as a matter of principle… relations can only be strengthened based on a full, faithful and timely implementation of existing agreements’
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...
November 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
EU(27) today welcomed agreement on mandates for negotiations on SPS and ETS agreements with the UK
With a reminder: ‘as a matter of principle… relations can only be strengthened based on a full, faithful and timely implementation of existing agreements’
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...
With a reminder: ‘as a matter of principle… relations can only be strengthened based on a full, faithful and timely implementation of existing agreements’
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...
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These policies, where they aren't just reiterating ones which already exist in a differently worded form, are just plain idiotic.
They show not only a complete disregard for people's lives, or basic humanity, but also reality. 1/
www.gov.uk/government/p...
They show not only a complete disregard for people's lives, or basic humanity, but also reality. 1/
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy
www.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us, who have often been through very traumatic events.
The real asylum scandal
Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us , who have often been through very traumatic events
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us, who have often been through very traumatic events.
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“How many refugees have been granted asylum in the UK?”
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“How many refugees have been granted asylum in the UK?”
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
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Everything about the current 'debate' around this is dismal, not just morally but because it is so stupid. For example:
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Everything about the current 'debate' around this is dismal, not just morally but because it is so stupid. For example:
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
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A snapshot of life without human rights- i.e. without the protection of the ECHR!!! it's just horrific😰
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Patronato: My mum was a 17-year-old free spirit in Franco's Spain - so she was locked up and put in a coma
Marina's mother was held against her will in a convent in 1960s Spain under Franco's regime.
www.bbc.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A snapshot of life without human rights- i.e. without the protection of the ECHR!!! it's just horrific😰
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Your reminder that Switzerland is not in the EU's Single Market, as demonstrated here.
And their already restricted exports of meat/poultry into the EU might be restricted further if they let in US meat...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And their already restricted exports of meat/poultry into the EU might be restricted further if they let in US meat...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US agrees deal to slash Swiss tariffs to 15% after golden charm offensive
Under the deal, Donald Trump's 39% tariffs will be cut and Switzerland will invest $200bn (£150bn) in the US.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Your reminder that Switzerland is not in the EU's Single Market, as demonstrated here.
And their already restricted exports of meat/poultry into the EU might be restricted further if they let in US meat...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And their already restricted exports of meat/poultry into the EU might be restricted further if they let in US meat...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Labour’s latest attack on asylum seekers is cruel & counterproductive. How does it help community cohesion to hold threat of deportation over vulnerable people? We don’t need an arms race with the hard right over asylum, we need safe routes & European cooperation #bbclaurak
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Labour’s latest attack on asylum seekers is cruel & counterproductive. How does it help community cohesion to hold threat of deportation over vulnerable people? We don’t need an arms race with the hard right over asylum, we need safe routes & European cooperation #bbclaurak
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Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket.
Here's why it's not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Here's why it's not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket.
Here's why it's not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Here's why it's not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
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It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
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"Nobody really knew for sure what a vote for leaving the EU meant almost a decade ago. This time there are plenty of warning signs for what a Farage led government might look like, and it's not pretty." Our latest letter in this morning's Yorkshire Post.
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"Nobody really knew for sure what a vote for leaving the EU meant almost a decade ago. This time there are plenty of warning signs for what a Farage led government might look like, and it's not pretty." Our latest letter in this morning's Yorkshire Post.
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Reform UK’s energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
@brianmchugh.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
@brianmchugh.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Reform UK’s energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Reform UK’s energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
@brianmchugh.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
@brianmchugh.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Reform in Lancashire threatens closing five day centres and five care homes, with “reprovision” forcing disabled or older adults (including a 106-year-old) into alternative support.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Sickening rhetoric by Home Secretary. Denying access to human rights isn't "protecting the public". This is Labour further demonising those seeking asylum in language very reminiscent of the far right. Yes, some break the law, so should be prosecuted within the law. Removing rights is not the answer
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Sickening rhetoric by Home Secretary. Denying access to human rights isn't "protecting the public". This is Labour further demonising those seeking asylum in language very reminiscent of the far right. Yes, some break the law, so should be prosecuted within the law. Removing rights is not the answer
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Brexit Damage
⬇️ GDP down 6-8%
⬇️ Investment down 12-18%
⬇️ Employment down 3-4%
⬇️ Productivity down 3-4%
Why isn't this spoken about in the lead up to the budget"
⬇️ GDP down 6-8%
⬇️ Investment down 12-18%
⬇️ Employment down 3-4%
⬇️ Productivity down 3-4%
Why isn't this spoken about in the lead up to the budget"
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Brexit Damage
⬇️ GDP down 6-8%
⬇️ Investment down 12-18%
⬇️ Employment down 3-4%
⬇️ Productivity down 3-4%
Why isn't this spoken about in the lead up to the budget"
⬇️ GDP down 6-8%
⬇️ Investment down 12-18%
⬇️ Employment down 3-4%
⬇️ Productivity down 3-4%
Why isn't this spoken about in the lead up to the budget"
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No — it’s an anti-Brexit win. ✊
UK scores Brexit win as EU fast-tracks electricity trading talks
The breakthrough comes after days of wrangling in Brussels over the extent to which London might be expected to pay for access to the EU’s single market.
www.politico.eu
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
No — it’s an anti-Brexit win. ✊