Andy Rover
@andyrover.bsky.social
Researcher. Psychology/philosophy. British & European.
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'Immigrants should be required to adapt to the customs of this country'.
This presumably means lessons in morris dancing; queueing; using an eye-roll as a formal complaint; going 'waa-hey' when someone drops a load of plates in a restaurant; saying 'sorry' if someone bumps into you. Etcetera.
This presumably means lessons in morris dancing; queueing; using an eye-roll as a formal complaint; going 'waa-hey' when someone drops a load of plates in a restaurant; saying 'sorry' if someone bumps into you. Etcetera.
Interesting chart from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com’s column today
September 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
'Immigrants should be required to adapt to the customs of this country'.
This presumably means lessons in morris dancing; queueing; using an eye-roll as a formal complaint; going 'waa-hey' when someone drops a load of plates in a restaurant; saying 'sorry' if someone bumps into you. Etcetera.
This presumably means lessons in morris dancing; queueing; using an eye-roll as a formal complaint; going 'waa-hey' when someone drops a load of plates in a restaurant; saying 'sorry' if someone bumps into you. Etcetera.
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I agree with a lot in this article.
The secret weapon is a referendum on European accession.
This would be transformative.
And Labour does sorely need a game-changer.
A 🧵io
The secret weapon is a referendum on European accession.
This would be transformative.
And Labour does sorely need a game-changer.
A 🧵io
August 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I agree with a lot in this article.
The secret weapon is a referendum on European accession.
This would be transformative.
And Labour does sorely need a game-changer.
A 🧵io
The secret weapon is a referendum on European accession.
This would be transformative.
And Labour does sorely need a game-changer.
A 🧵io
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August 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Why temporary EFTA membership is the UK’s quickest and best route back to the single market and rejoining the EU.
Fast track back to the EU?
Why temporary EFTA membership is the UK’s quickest and best route back to the single market and rejoining the EU
northwestbylines.co.uk
May 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Why temporary EFTA membership is the UK’s quickest and best route back to the single market and rejoining the EU.
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That's why politicians need to focus on persuasion rather than trying to figure out exactly what their target voters think and then parrot it back.
People are open to different arguments!
People are open to different arguments!
May 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
That's why politicians need to focus on persuasion rather than trying to figure out exactly what their target voters think and then parrot it back.
People are open to different arguments!
People are open to different arguments!
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Exciting and practical house designs coming out of Scandinavia
May 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Exciting and practical house designs coming out of Scandinavia
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We knew. Only an idiot or McSweeney would think otherwise.
From YouGov: Just 4% of 2024 Reform voters say they are likely to consider voting Labour
May 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
We knew. Only an idiot or McSweeney would think otherwise.
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Pro-growth policy idea: UK govt offers to cover the cost of transferring all of Harvard’s international students to top UK universities, provides them a stipend and a guaranteed visa to stay post-graduation. It’d cost the Treasury next to nothing and restore the UK’s reputation as a talent hub.
May 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pro-growth policy idea: UK govt offers to cover the cost of transferring all of Harvard’s international students to top UK universities, provides them a stipend and a guaranteed visa to stay post-graduation. It’d cost the Treasury next to nothing and restore the UK’s reputation as a talent hub.
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The EU - UK reset is a good start, but too cautious. Without at least rejoining the single market we won’t turn the corner on the 4 to 5 percent of GDP we lost due to Brexit & its consequential annual £40billion lost tax revenue - just think about what a difference that would to our public finances!
May 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The EU - UK reset is a good start, but too cautious. Without at least rejoining the single market we won’t turn the corner on the 4 to 5 percent of GDP we lost due to Brexit & its consequential annual £40billion lost tax revenue - just think about what a difference that would to our public finances!
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If Starmer can U-turn on pensions, he can U-turn on Europe too.
May 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If Starmer can U-turn on pensions, he can U-turn on Europe too.
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Blogged
Friends with benefits: the legal elements of the UK/EU reset: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/05/frie...
Friends with benefits: the legal elements of the UK/EU reset: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/05/frie...
Friends with benefits: the legal elements of the reset of the EU/UK relationship
Professor Steve Peers , Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit : Julian Herzog, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction Advocat...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Blogged
Friends with benefits: the legal elements of the UK/EU reset: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/05/frie...
Friends with benefits: the legal elements of the UK/EU reset: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/05/frie...
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🚨🚨OK, so let us take a step back and then review carefully what was actually agreed today between the EU and the UK. Tldr; small minor nibbles around the corner of the basic Frost-Johnson TCA deal which remain the cornerstone of the relationship. 🧵 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Questions and answers on the package agreed at EU-United Kingdom Summit
SUMMIT PACKAGE\nWhat does the Summit package consist of? \nThere are three concrete outputs from today\'s Summit: \n\nEU-United Kingdom Joint Statement \n\n\nSecurity and Defence Partnership between t...
ec.europa.eu
May 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🚨🚨OK, so let us take a step back and then review carefully what was actually agreed today between the EU and the UK. Tldr; small minor nibbles around the corner of the basic Frost-Johnson TCA deal which remain the cornerstone of the relationship. 🧵 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Helpful 1st thoughts. A couple more: nothing on REACH (despite some noises) or PEM (as some Lab MPs had hoped). Possibility of Erasmus better than expected (given noises). General tone: incremental/ processual, not big/ strategic. Reactions: predictable. ICOI I'll probably blog on it all on Friday.
May 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Helpful 1st thoughts. A couple more: nothing on REACH (despite some noises) or PEM (as some Lab MPs had hoped). Possibility of Erasmus better than expected (given noises). General tone: incremental/ processual, not big/ strategic. Reactions: predictable. ICOI I'll probably blog on it all on Friday.
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Some thoughts on the UK-EU “reset” deal announced today at Lancaster House (focusing on what was actually agreed , not the politics):
May 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Some thoughts on the UK-EU “reset” deal announced today at Lancaster House (focusing on what was actually agreed , not the politics):
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My thread on the Uk/EU reset deal with the main points, comments and links
May 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
My thread on the Uk/EU reset deal with the main points, comments and links
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The unbelievable condescension we’re already seeing today towards working class people- suggesting they don’t travel to Europe or their kids might not want to go to university and study in Europe- is quite something to behold.
May 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The unbelievable condescension we’re already seeing today towards working class people- suggesting they don’t travel to Europe or their kids might not want to go to university and study in Europe- is quite something to behold.
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Today’s beautiful cricket ground is the home of Mumbles CC in Wales
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May 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Today’s beautiful cricket ground is the home of Mumbles CC in Wales
#cricket #cricketgrounds #cricketground #villagecricket #clubcricket #beautifulcricketgrounds #cricketuk #cricketuk🇬🇧 🏏
#cricket #cricketgrounds #cricketground #villagecricket #clubcricket #beautifulcricketgrounds #cricketuk #cricketuk🇬🇧 🏏
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For those at the back - Brexit was done when the UK left the EU.
The task of fashioning a set of mutually beneficial relationships with the world *including with the EU* has proved much more difficult than the act of leaving. 1/5
The task of fashioning a set of mutually beneficial relationships with the world *including with the EU* has proved much more difficult than the act of leaving. 1/5
May 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
For those at the back - Brexit was done when the UK left the EU.
The task of fashioning a set of mutually beneficial relationships with the world *including with the EU* has proved much more difficult than the act of leaving. 1/5
The task of fashioning a set of mutually beneficial relationships with the world *including with the EU* has proved much more difficult than the act of leaving. 1/5
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This is a superb new resource about rejoining the EU.
rejoin.info
It takes all the thorny questions, and the objections and obstacles people throw in the way of rejoining, and tackles each one slowly, factually and calmly.
Bottom line: we can rejoin. It won't necessarily take a very long time.
rejoin.info
It takes all the thorny questions, and the objections and obstacles people throw in the way of rejoining, and tackles each one slowly, factually and calmly.
Bottom line: we can rejoin. It won't necessarily take a very long time.
rejoin.info
The Rejoin EU knowledge base
rejoin.info
May 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This is a superb new resource about rejoining the EU.
rejoin.info
It takes all the thorny questions, and the objections and obstacles people throw in the way of rejoining, and tackles each one slowly, factually and calmly.
Bottom line: we can rejoin. It won't necessarily take a very long time.
rejoin.info
It takes all the thorny questions, and the objections and obstacles people throw in the way of rejoining, and tackles each one slowly, factually and calmly.
Bottom line: we can rejoin. It won't necessarily take a very long time.
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A huge, quiet success: violence has fallen 75% in a generation:
May 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A huge, quiet success: violence has fallen 75% in a generation:
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We are all waking up to the fact that Kier Starmer is not a sheep in wolf's clothing, donned to fool the blue wall voters, but is in fact wolf all the way through.
I can hear the sound of thousands of Labour membership cards being shredded right now.
I can hear the sound of thousands of Labour membership cards being shredded right now.
May 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We are all waking up to the fact that Kier Starmer is not a sheep in wolf's clothing, donned to fool the blue wall voters, but is in fact wolf all the way through.
I can hear the sound of thousands of Labour membership cards being shredded right now.
I can hear the sound of thousands of Labour membership cards being shredded right now.
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If a government with over 400 seats and 4 years left to govern cannot summon the courage to level with the public on social care then I despair at the capacity of our political system to ever deliver the change we need.
May 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If a government with over 400 seats and 4 years left to govern cannot summon the courage to level with the public on social care then I despair at the capacity of our political system to ever deliver the change we need.
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What Labour should be doing is creating a new narrative about immigration - about welcoming people who make a contribution but reducing the numbers who don't.
Pretending to be super tough pisses off liberals and won't be believed by Reform voters.
Pretending to be super tough pisses off liberals and won't be believed by Reform voters.
May 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
What Labour should be doing is creating a new narrative about immigration - about welcoming people who make a contribution but reducing the numbers who don't.
Pretending to be super tough pisses off liberals and won't be believed by Reform voters.
Pretending to be super tough pisses off liberals and won't be believed by Reform voters.
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Today’s beautiful cricket ground is the home of Mountain Ash CC in Wales
#cricket #cricketgrounds #cricketground #villagecricket #clubcricket #beautifulcricketgrounds #cricketuk #cricketuk🇬🇧 🏏
#cricket #cricketgrounds #cricketground #villagecricket #clubcricket #beautifulcricketgrounds #cricketuk #cricketuk🇬🇧 🏏
May 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today’s beautiful cricket ground is the home of Mountain Ash CC in Wales
#cricket #cricketgrounds #cricketground #villagecricket #clubcricket #beautifulcricketgrounds #cricketuk #cricketuk🇬🇧 🏏
#cricket #cricketgrounds #cricketground #villagecricket #clubcricket #beautifulcricketgrounds #cricketuk #cricketuk🇬🇧 🏏
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Starmer’s Labour Party doesn’t seem that much different from the Tory Party that it replaced. As a lifelong Labour supporter I feel politically homeless.
April 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Starmer’s Labour Party doesn’t seem that much different from the Tory Party that it replaced. As a lifelong Labour supporter I feel politically homeless.