Lisa Burton 🏴 🇪🇺
@lisaburton.bsky.social
Pro EU campaigner. Vice Chair @BremaininSpain.com - Director/Board, European Movement UK - Contributing writer Bylines Network. Business owner. Immigrant. Passionate about equality & political integrity. Own opinions
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At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater need for citizen journalism
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December 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater need for citizen journalism
Who funds us? No one...except you. Become a friends of Bylines supporter:
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The hysteria is palpable, and also rather amusing.
December 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The hysteria is palpable, and also rather amusing.
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We are now thoroughly in the agonal gasps of 2025.
Would anyone like to join me in asking this year to politely take its things and fuck straight off?
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Would anyone like to join me in asking this year to politely take its things and fuck straight off?
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2025: The Year We Got Used To It
A final long read for 2025, charting how we got used to cruelty, incompetence and farce - and how 2026 will need us all to be much noisier.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
We are now thoroughly in the agonal gasps of 2025.
Would anyone like to join me in asking this year to politely take its things and fuck straight off?
🐻
Would anyone like to join me in asking this year to politely take its things and fuck straight off?
🐻
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024: Keir Starmer, "I firmly believe that the British public want... to make Brexit work"
2025: Guardian, "UK failure to seal EU tax exemption hands industry mountain of paperwork"
End the madness #RejoinEU
2025: Guardian, "UK failure to seal EU tax exemption hands industry mountain of paperwork"
End the madness #RejoinEU
December 31, 2025 at 7:50 AM
024: Keir Starmer, "I firmly believe that the British public want... to make Brexit work"
2025: Guardian, "UK failure to seal EU tax exemption hands industry mountain of paperwork"
End the madness #RejoinEU
2025: Guardian, "UK failure to seal EU tax exemption hands industry mountain of paperwork"
End the madness #RejoinEU
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Investment in UK unlikely to significantly and lastingly improve until we are back in the single market. Other G7 members are either in it (FR, DE, IT) have huge own market (US) and/or have geographical and resource advantages UK does not (Canada, Japan).
December 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Investment in UK unlikely to significantly and lastingly improve until we are back in the single market. Other G7 members are either in it (FR, DE, IT) have huge own market (US) and/or have geographical and resource advantages UK does not (Canada, Japan).
The psychopathic dictator is at it again.
December 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The psychopathic dictator is at it again.
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Even in these times of rapidly shifting norms, there was something shocking about the recent Home Office change in internal guidance, slipped in without the need for legislative scrutiny, to deny British citizenship to anyone arriving in the UK “in an unauthorised manner”;
Denying refugees citizenship? How low can we go?
The Labour leadership can and must do better
bylines.scot
December 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Even in these times of rapidly shifting norms, there was something shocking about the recent Home Office change in internal guidance, slipped in without the need for legislative scrutiny, to deny British citizenship to anyone arriving in the UK “in an unauthorised manner”;
Free speech is dead in Trump’s America.
Like all authoritarian states, free speech doesn’t extend to criticism of their regime and leader. Educators, lawmakers, newspapers, critics, are all being threatened and silenced while history is being erased and rewritten - it’s all so familiar
Like all authoritarian states, free speech doesn’t extend to criticism of their regime and leader. Educators, lawmakers, newspapers, critics, are all being threatened and silenced while history is being erased and rewritten - it’s all so familiar
US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints
www.independent.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Free speech is dead in Trump’s America.
Like all authoritarian states, free speech doesn’t extend to criticism of their regime and leader. Educators, lawmakers, newspapers, critics, are all being threatened and silenced while history is being erased and rewritten - it’s all so familiar
Like all authoritarian states, free speech doesn’t extend to criticism of their regime and leader. Educators, lawmakers, newspapers, critics, are all being threatened and silenced while history is being erased and rewritten - it’s all so familiar
Brexit betrayal!!
Whether Brexiters truly believe their cries of betrayal, surely it’s time to challenge the rhetoric
From former Tory ministers, a GB news presenter or an Express ‘journalist’, the sour grapes attitude smacks of irony
@suewilson91.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Whether Brexiters truly believe their cries of betrayal, surely it’s time to challenge the rhetoric
From former Tory ministers, a GB news presenter or an Express ‘journalist’, the sour grapes attitude smacks of irony
@suewilson91.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Fixing Brexit’s damage isn’t ‘betrayal’
Every attempt to limit Brexit’s damage is branded a “betrayal” – but it’s the broken promises of 2016 that still haunt Britain
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Brexit betrayal!!
Whether Brexiters truly believe their cries of betrayal, surely it’s time to challenge the rhetoric
From former Tory ministers, a GB news presenter or an Express ‘journalist’, the sour grapes attitude smacks of irony
@suewilson91.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Whether Brexiters truly believe their cries of betrayal, surely it’s time to challenge the rhetoric
From former Tory ministers, a GB news presenter or an Express ‘journalist’, the sour grapes attitude smacks of irony
@suewilson91.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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Same far-right hacks now crying that Polish workers are going back, despite having pushed daily hatred towards them for decades. Piss off, Daily Mail.
December 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Same far-right hacks now crying that Polish workers are going back, despite having pushed daily hatred towards them for decades. Piss off, Daily Mail.
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My first ever Ask Me Anything: With some chat about wealth taxes, the Middle East, The Manic Street Preachers, fit blokes, drugs and beauty in politics iandunt.substack.com/p/ask-me-any...
Ask Me Anything: The Bastard Answers
Your questions answered.
iandunt.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My first ever Ask Me Anything: With some chat about wealth taxes, the Middle East, The Manic Street Preachers, fit blokes, drugs and beauty in politics iandunt.substack.com/p/ask-me-any...
Cover of Der Spiegel, Germany's renowned and influential magazine
“Two villains, one goal”
“Two villains, one goal”
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Cover of Der Spiegel, Germany's renowned and influential magazine
“Two villains, one goal”
“Two villains, one goal”
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FYI.
The fact that Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Elon Musk attack the UK and the EU over the ‘erosion’ of freedom of speech, yet not Russia is so telling
Plus - Here’s the latest World Press Freedom Index: 21 out of the top 30 were European.. The US ranked 57 and falling, with Russia at 162.
Plus - Here’s the latest World Press Freedom Index: 21 out of the top 30 were European.. The US ranked 57 and falling, with Russia at 162.
December 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
FYI.
The fact that Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Elon Musk attack the UK and the EU over the ‘erosion’ of freedom of speech, yet not Russia is so telling
Plus - Here’s the latest World Press Freedom Index: 21 out of the top 30 were European.. The US ranked 57 and falling, with Russia at 162.
Plus - Here’s the latest World Press Freedom Index: 21 out of the top 30 were European.. The US ranked 57 and falling, with Russia at 162.
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The fact that Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Elon Musk attack the UK and the EU over the ‘erosion’ of freedom of speech, yet not Russia is so telling
Plus - Here’s the latest World Press Freedom Index: 21 out of the top 30 were European.. The US ranked 57 and falling, with Russia at 162.
Plus - Here’s the latest World Press Freedom Index: 21 out of the top 30 were European.. The US ranked 57 and falling, with Russia at 162.
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Rejoining the Customs Union would deliver clear advantages for the UK, and two thirds of 2024 Labour voters already support the move: it's time for Westminster to catch up.
December 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Rejoining the Customs Union would deliver clear advantages for the UK, and two thirds of 2024 Labour voters already support the move: it's time for Westminster to catch up.
Brexodus! The exodus of UK citizens is being driven by tens of thousands of Eastern Europeans moving home after gaining citizenship or taking British partners with them
In total, central & eastern European countries reported an increase of more than 100,000 British citizens among their populations
In total, central & eastern European countries reported an increase of more than 100,000 British citizens among their populations
December 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Brexodus! The exodus of UK citizens is being driven by tens of thousands of Eastern Europeans moving home after gaining citizenship or taking British partners with them
In total, central & eastern European countries reported an increase of more than 100,000 British citizens among their populations
In total, central & eastern European countries reported an increase of more than 100,000 British citizens among their populations
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Email from @suewilson91.bsky.social and @bremaininspain.com. I agree with what is said.
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Email from @suewilson91.bsky.social and @bremaininspain.com. I agree with what is said.
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Another criminal ‘patriot’ - He’s being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain over claims of fraud and membership of a criminal group.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
December 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Another criminal ‘patriot’ - He’s being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain over claims of fraud and membership of a criminal group.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Reform UK went into Durham Council promising to find huge savings. They have managed to GROW the authority's deficit by over £11m *in the last two months*.
Grimes recommends “serious consideration” to increasing council tax “by the maximum 5%.” ~AA
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Grimes recommends “serious consideration” to increasing council tax “by the maximum 5%.” ~AA
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Reform UK went into Durham Council promising to find huge savings. They have managed to GROW the authority's deficit by over £11m *in the last two months*.
Grimes recommends “serious consideration” to increasing council tax “by the maximum 5%.” ~AA
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Grimes recommends “serious consideration” to increasing council tax “by the maximum 5%.” ~AA
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
The Culture War Calendar
Based on the UK but I’m fairly sure many countries will have similar campaigns of seasonal, manufactured rage
Based on the UK but I’m fairly sure many countries will have similar campaigns of seasonal, manufactured rage
December 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Culture War Calendar
Based on the UK but I’m fairly sure many countries will have similar campaigns of seasonal, manufactured rage
Based on the UK but I’m fairly sure many countries will have similar campaigns of seasonal, manufactured rage
Wonderful.
Britain’s students aren’t buying Farage’s fairy tales about Russia. They’re shredding Reform’s spin live on camera. Britain’s future isn’t having it. 🔥🇬🇧 #ukpolitics
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Wonderful.
Prof Garton Ash renowned historian & political writer
We talk a lot about strategies keeping anti-liberal, nationalist populists out of power. Trump’s daily wielding of a wrecking ball shows that it’s equally important to reinforce your democracy so it can withstand a period of populists in power
We talk a lot about strategies keeping anti-liberal, nationalist populists out of power. Trump’s daily wielding of a wrecking ball shows that it’s equally important to reinforce your democracy so it can withstand a period of populists in power
My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late | Timothy Garton Ash
From public service broadcasting to an independent judiciary, these are the things that we must fight to keep, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Prof Garton Ash renowned historian & political writer
We talk a lot about strategies keeping anti-liberal, nationalist populists out of power. Trump’s daily wielding of a wrecking ball shows that it’s equally important to reinforce your democracy so it can withstand a period of populists in power
We talk a lot about strategies keeping anti-liberal, nationalist populists out of power. Trump’s daily wielding of a wrecking ball shows that it’s equally important to reinforce your democracy so it can withstand a period of populists in power
Seems I raised three far-left extremists 😉
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Seems I raised three far-left extremists 😉
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Confirming what we knew. Foreign actors destabilising democracy
Users on X seized examples of huge pro-Trump accounts outside the US
Also anti-Trump accounts with misleading locations too, but nothing like the size of followers. How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
Users on X seized examples of huge pro-Trump accounts outside the US
Also anti-Trump accounts with misleading locations too, but nothing like the size of followers. How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Confirming what we knew. Foreign actors destabilising democracy
Users on X seized examples of huge pro-Trump accounts outside the US
Also anti-Trump accounts with misleading locations too, but nothing like the size of followers. How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
Users on X seized examples of huge pro-Trump accounts outside the US
Also anti-Trump accounts with misleading locations too, but nothing like the size of followers. How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
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What’s more expensive: investing in renewables, or dealing with the £38 trillion annual cost of unchecked climate damage?
Climate change: an expensive myth or a question of survival?
Calls to end decarbonisation efforts threaten to undermine a thriving economic sector and our chance of a safer planet
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
What’s more expensive: investing in renewables, or dealing with the £38 trillion annual cost of unchecked climate damage?