Lucy Harrold
@lrharrold.bsky.social
UK intellectual property lawyer living in Italy
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It's time we asked a different question about migration: Why are so many British people leaving the UK?
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November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It's time we asked a different question about migration: Why are so many British people leaving the UK?
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Yes, who would have thought. If you adopt a bash-liberals strategy, liberal voters will vote for someone else. And despite what they think in No.10, liberal voters do actually exist.
These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Yes, who would have thought. If you adopt a bash-liberals strategy, liberal voters will vote for someone else. And despite what they think in No.10, liberal voters do actually exist.
Why did UK gov agree a reset without agreeing a price (if they did). Basic negotiation mistake.
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Why did UK gov agree a reset without agreeing a price (if they did). Basic negotiation mistake.
Who needs to go out on a Friday night when there’s the ultimate 1980s political nerd content on offer? They don’t make ‘em like Kinnock any more.
“Farage will 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 be defeated through practical achievements people can see - cutting waiting times, building houses...
We need articulate politicians to expose Reform to the light.”
Neil Kinnock on how Labour keeps Reform out of government.
We need articulate politicians to expose Reform to the light.”
Neil Kinnock on how Labour keeps Reform out of government.
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Who needs to go out on a Friday night when there’s the ultimate 1980s political nerd content on offer? They don’t make ‘em like Kinnock any more.
This should be compulsory listening for the whole government. We need some facts to be made widely known to the public. That’s what government is supposed to do- public service information.
It’s out! I spoke to @zoejardiniere.bsky.social about migration, the realities, the challenges and how to confront the real threat of far right takeover of our country on a platform of fear and disinformation.
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September 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This should be compulsory listening for the whole government. We need some facts to be made widely known to the public. That’s what government is supposed to do- public service information.
The British public will respond to someone who understands right and left at a visceral level. Only one senior Labour MP had left wing & right wing grandparents. Streeting needs to be let out to argue with the far right and not locked up or wherever he is. Changing PM is mad but let others speak.
September 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The British public will respond to someone who understands right and left at a visceral level. Only one senior Labour MP had left wing & right wing grandparents. Streeting needs to be let out to argue with the far right and not locked up or wherever he is. Changing PM is mad but let others speak.
Everyone who can, should apply for citizenship pronto but of course then they come for citizenship- naturalization etc..but we have to do what we can individually to protect ourselves and our friends etc. Horribly expensive though.
So Reform / Farage want to deport hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of UK residents, turning the country into an effective police state, breaking treaties, and impoverishing the economy and health service?
Just focus on all that. The moral gutter of politics.
Just focus on all that. The moral gutter of politics.
Retrospectively removing indefinite leave to remain would be immoral and economically damaging. It would tear families apart.
Attacking it as ‘potentially illegal’ is completely beside the point.
Argue with the (awful) idea. Don’t try ’well, actually you can’t do that’.
Attacking it as ‘potentially illegal’ is completely beside the point.
Argue with the (awful) idea. Don’t try ’well, actually you can’t do that’.
September 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Everyone who can, should apply for citizenship pronto but of course then they come for citizenship- naturalization etc..but we have to do what we can individually to protect ourselves and our friends etc. Horribly expensive though.
Crikey- is this what the government is going with? What about people in Britain who are feeling very frightened by what they saw yesterday? They deserve representation.
September 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Crikey- is this what the government is going with? What about people in Britain who are feeling very frightened by what they saw yesterday? They deserve representation.
Quite. Today I just thought- good riddance. Yet again.
Hands up who's old enough to remember the drama of all the other Mandelson forced resignations? *wearily puts on kettle and forebears from muttering I told you so*
September 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Quite. Today I just thought- good riddance. Yet again.
Such an interesting listen from my two favourite experts on international relations.
What is Britain's role in the world?
This week – @alexhh.bsky.social and @snellarthur.bsky.social discuss Britain's "progressive realism" approach to foreign policy.
Listen 👉 tr.ee/ksicr-3Wty
This week – @alexhh.bsky.social and @snellarthur.bsky.social discuss Britain's "progressive realism" approach to foreign policy.
Listen 👉 tr.ee/ksicr-3Wty
July 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Such an interesting listen from my two favourite experts on international relations.
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🔴 Ten Big Questions the US Airstrikes on Iran Leave Unanswered
Only one thing is clear about the events of the past week. We are now living in an age of chaos, argues the author and former diplomat @snellarthur.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/24/t...
Only one thing is clear about the events of the past week. We are now living in an age of chaos, argues the author and former diplomat @snellarthur.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/24/t...
Ten Big Questions the US Airstrikes on Iran Leave Unanswered
Only one thing is clear about the events of the past week. We are now living in an age of chaos, argues the author and former diplomat Arthur Snell
bylinetimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🔴 Ten Big Questions the US Airstrikes on Iran Leave Unanswered
Only one thing is clear about the events of the past week. We are now living in an age of chaos, argues the author and former diplomat @snellarthur.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/24/t...
Only one thing is clear about the events of the past week. We are now living in an age of chaos, argues the author and former diplomat @snellarthur.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/24/t...
An extraordinary lack of understanding of the importance of international law. Without international law, we have a lawless world. Just imagine we had no law in the UK, what do we think might happen? Shops looted, vengeance, people taking over other people’s property with a gun? Then extrapolate…
June 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
An extraordinary lack of understanding of the importance of international law. Without international law, we have a lawless world. Just imagine we had no law in the UK, what do we think might happen? Shops looted, vengeance, people taking over other people’s property with a gun? Then extrapolate…
Every citizen in every democracy needs to understand habeus corpus and that their entire freedom depends on it. If it is removed, democracy is removed.
The madcap saga of horror and despair continues
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Every citizen in every democracy needs to understand habeus corpus and that their entire freedom depends on it. If it is removed, democracy is removed.
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Not the most discussed element of the summit but I think the commitment on UK participation in the internal energy market is v significant. Unambiguous cherry picking which shows both UK willingness to reintegrate into single market and EU willingness to be flexible about it.
May 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Not the most discussed element of the summit but I think the commitment on UK participation in the internal energy market is v significant. Unambiguous cherry picking which shows both UK willingness to reintegrate into single market and EU willingness to be flexible about it.
With our pets…
It's absolutely peak Britain that the crown jewel of a new EU agreement is us getting access to better queues.
May 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
With our pets…
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✏️ My latest oped is out now - on what today's Summit announcement means for UK economic growth
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
Starmer's Euro Vision - New UK-EU trade deal gets douze points for diplomacy, but less for growth
Today’s agreement between the UK and EU on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures and emissions trading (ETS) cooperation is undoubtedly welcome.
www.lbc.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
✏️ My latest oped is out now - on what today's Summit announcement means for UK economic growth
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
Can’t help feeling pets did pretty well out of this deal. That’s so British.
Just one university - UCL - employs almost twice as many people as there are working in fishing boats.
A reminder that more people are employed in the yoga industry than there are registered fishers working in the UK.
May 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Can’t help feeling pets did pretty well out of this deal. That’s so British.
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For economic growth, SPS & ETS won't add much. As our research demonstrated. So today must be the beginning not the end of our ambition for removing trade barriers. That's got to be the priority for the next stage - alignment on conformity assessments for all goods (and services!)
May 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
For economic growth, SPS & ETS won't add much. As our research demonstrated. So today must be the beginning not the end of our ambition for removing trade barriers. That's got to be the priority for the next stage - alignment on conformity assessments for all goods (and services!)
Reposted by Lucy Harrold
SCOOP: On Friday, the US Copyright Office released a blockbuster report on AI training.
On Saturday, the USCO director was unceremoniously fired.
Today, two men claiming to be Trump appointees—including a new acting USCO director—showed up at the office: www.wired.com/story/us-cop...
On Saturday, the USCO director was unceremoniously fired.
Today, two men claiming to be Trump appointees—including a new acting USCO director—showed up at the office: www.wired.com/story/us-cop...
Two Men Claiming to Be Trump Appointees Blocked From Entering US Copyright Office
The men appeared at the US Copyright Office days after after the Trump administration fired its leader, who had just published a report about the use of copyrighted materials for AI training.
www.wired.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
SCOOP: On Friday, the US Copyright Office released a blockbuster report on AI training.
On Saturday, the USCO director was unceremoniously fired.
Today, two men claiming to be Trump appointees—including a new acting USCO director—showed up at the office: www.wired.com/story/us-cop...
On Saturday, the USCO director was unceremoniously fired.
Today, two men claiming to be Trump appointees—including a new acting USCO director—showed up at the office: www.wired.com/story/us-cop...
Citizens of nowhere. Island of strangers. They never seem to think about the millions of us who interpret those 2 concepts very differently and positively. Multiple layers of identity or an island of multi-cultural people all working together as one community.
May 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Citizens of nowhere. Island of strangers. They never seem to think about the millions of us who interpret those 2 concepts very differently and positively. Multiple layers of identity or an island of multi-cultural people all working together as one community.
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he wants Europe to gain complete "independence" from the US, and has put forward the idea of creating a new European defense union to replace NATO, including nuclear cooperation with France and the UK.
He is hawkish on Russia and supports more weapons to Ukraine. 🇩🇪
He is hawkish on Russia and supports more weapons to Ukraine. 🇩🇪
May 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he wants Europe to gain complete "independence" from the US, and has put forward the idea of creating a new European defense union to replace NATO, including nuclear cooperation with France and the UK.
He is hawkish on Russia and supports more weapons to Ukraine. 🇩🇪
He is hawkish on Russia and supports more weapons to Ukraine. 🇩🇪
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Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins
May 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins
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"Canada is in advanced talks with the European Union to join the bloc’s new project to expand its military industry...
...a move that would allow Canada to be part of building European fighter jets and other military equipment at its own industrial facilities." 🙌
...a move that would allow Canada to be part of building European fighter jets and other military equipment at its own industrial facilities." 🙌
Menaced by Trump, Canada Prepares to Join E.U. Military Industry Buildup
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"Canada is in advanced talks with the European Union to join the bloc’s new project to expand its military industry...
...a move that would allow Canada to be part of building European fighter jets and other military equipment at its own industrial facilities." 🙌
...a move that would allow Canada to be part of building European fighter jets and other military equipment at its own industrial facilities." 🙌
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I’ve often wondered why people were so sanguine about a radical nationalist in charge of India. This is not to say they weren’t provoked.
Striking quote in the Times of India. ‘“Operation Sindoor is fully under way. Pakistan army chief Asim Munir will not be given a face-saving exit,” a senior officer told The Times of India, as India’s counter-offensive continued into the night…’ timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/operat...
Operation Sindoor Live Updates: India deploys warships forward as situation at LoC explodes - The Times of India
Operation Sindoor Live Updates: Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, explosions were heard near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poon
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I’ve often wondered why people were so sanguine about a radical nationalist in charge of India. This is not to say they weren’t provoked.