Charles Ellis
@charlesellis.bsky.social
A papi concerned about the future for his grandson, expired D&T teacher, and now a small business owner, pleased to have #GTTO and would like a sensible trading and cultural relationship with the EU. #FBPE
"This is not right"
July 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
"This is not right"
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“Take back control of our laws” so American fascists can decide them for us…
I don’t think so.
Just imagine if the EU demanded this of us.
Intolerable for it to even be on the table.
Intolerable to be at this table at all, frankly.
Another Brexit humiliation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I don’t think so.
Just imagine if the EU demanded this of us.
Intolerable for it to even be on the table.
Intolerable to be at this table at all, frankly.
Another Brexit humiliation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
April 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
“Take back control of our laws” so American fascists can decide them for us…
I don’t think so.
Just imagine if the EU demanded this of us.
Intolerable for it to even be on the table.
Intolerable to be at this table at all, frankly.
Another Brexit humiliation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I don’t think so.
Just imagine if the EU demanded this of us.
Intolerable for it to even be on the table.
Intolerable to be at this table at all, frankly.
Another Brexit humiliation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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“What's certain is that transactionalism has replaced trust….
And Europe, not Washington, is now our closest ally.”
Good letter in The Times. A paper which has done so much to claim the opposite.
And Europe, not Washington, is now our closest ally.”
Good letter in The Times. A paper which has done so much to claim the opposite.
April 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
“What's certain is that transactionalism has replaced trust….
And Europe, not Washington, is now our closest ally.”
Good letter in The Times. A paper which has done so much to claim the opposite.
And Europe, not Washington, is now our closest ally.”
Good letter in The Times. A paper which has done so much to claim the opposite.
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Boris Johnson has used his Daily Mail platform to slag off “Adolescence” and compare Starmer to Pol Pot.
This is a politician, a paper and a headline that sum up the debasement of our politics and the toxic level of ‘debate’ it encourages. Grotesque that he gets airtime to insult us all like this.
This is a politician, a paper and a headline that sum up the debasement of our politics and the toxic level of ‘debate’ it encourages. Grotesque that he gets airtime to insult us all like this.
April 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Boris Johnson has used his Daily Mail platform to slag off “Adolescence” and compare Starmer to Pol Pot.
This is a politician, a paper and a headline that sum up the debasement of our politics and the toxic level of ‘debate’ it encourages. Grotesque that he gets airtime to insult us all like this.
This is a politician, a paper and a headline that sum up the debasement of our politics and the toxic level of ‘debate’ it encourages. Grotesque that he gets airtime to insult us all like this.
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The way Trump spoke to Zelensky and Vance badmouthed the UK, Denmark & Europe, Leavitt’s crassness about France, Hegseth’s vile europhobia, Musk’s disdain for our democracy, MTG’s unspeakable foulness to the British journalist…
This US regime reeks of bigotry and diplomatic incontinence. Pure trash.
This US regime reeks of bigotry and diplomatic incontinence. Pure trash.
March 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The way Trump spoke to Zelensky and Vance badmouthed the UK, Denmark & Europe, Leavitt’s crassness about France, Hegseth’s vile europhobia, Musk’s disdain for our democracy, MTG’s unspeakable foulness to the British journalist…
This US regime reeks of bigotry and diplomatic incontinence. Pure trash.
This US regime reeks of bigotry and diplomatic incontinence. Pure trash.
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“When context changes, and US deserting Europe is one such context, you have an opportunity to make the case for changes that otherwise would be off the table”
Brexit and austerity? Or neither? That’s the choice.
It shouldn’t be this difficult to make it.
anthonypainter.substack.com/p/brexterity...
Brexit and austerity? Or neither? That’s the choice.
It shouldn’t be this difficult to make it.
anthonypainter.substack.com/p/brexterity...
Brexterity Britain - no way out?
Without confronting the impairment of Brexit and austerity directly, the Government risks sinking into the same quicksand that swallowed German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
anthonypainter.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“When context changes, and US deserting Europe is one such context, you have an opportunity to make the case for changes that otherwise would be off the table”
Brexit and austerity? Or neither? That’s the choice.
It shouldn’t be this difficult to make it.
anthonypainter.substack.com/p/brexterity...
Brexit and austerity? Or neither? That’s the choice.
It shouldn’t be this difficult to make it.
anthonypainter.substack.com/p/brexterity...
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I've not shared my petition for a few days.
Let's show it some love today and get many more signatures to support our call for significant updates to our media laws.
Higher accountability. Tackle disinformation. Honest and fair media helps us all and strengthens our democracy.
Let's show it some love today and get many more signatures to support our call for significant updates to our media laws.
Higher accountability. Tackle disinformation. Honest and fair media helps us all and strengthens our democracy.
Petition: Review traditional and social media regulation
Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspap...
petition.parliament.uk
March 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I've not shared my petition for a few days.
Let's show it some love today and get many more signatures to support our call for significant updates to our media laws.
Higher accountability. Tackle disinformation. Honest and fair media helps us all and strengthens our democracy.
Let's show it some love today and get many more signatures to support our call for significant updates to our media laws.
Higher accountability. Tackle disinformation. Honest and fair media helps us all and strengthens our democracy.
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Next time Starmer and Reeves say there's too much regulation, remember this.
This is what a deregulated economy looks like, and we all pay for it, with our health, our ecosystems and, eventually - when the massive clean-up / land abandonment bill can no longer be avoided - our wallets.
This is what a deregulated economy looks like, and we all pay for it, with our health, our ecosystems and, eventually - when the massive clean-up / land abandonment bill can no longer be avoided - our wallets.
A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge sprayed on to farmland? The answer won’t make you happy | George Monbiot
Thanks to breathtaking negligence, the liquid fertiliser used to help grow our food bubbles with a lethal cocktail of toxins, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Next time Starmer and Reeves say there's too much regulation, remember this.
This is what a deregulated economy looks like, and we all pay for it, with our health, our ecosystems and, eventually - when the massive clean-up / land abandonment bill can no longer be avoided - our wallets.
This is what a deregulated economy looks like, and we all pay for it, with our health, our ecosystems and, eventually - when the massive clean-up / land abandonment bill can no longer be avoided - our wallets.
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So rude. So undiplomatic. So ignorant. So unprofessional.
God America… How quickly you’re pissing away your reputation and your relationships. You may be loving this. But it makes you look really cheap and nasty. And very stupid.
God America… How quickly you’re pissing away your reputation and your relationships. You may be loving this. But it makes you look really cheap and nasty. And very stupid.
Leavitt: "It's only because of the United States of America that the French aren't speaking German right now."
March 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
So rude. So undiplomatic. So ignorant. So unprofessional.
God America… How quickly you’re pissing away your reputation and your relationships. You may be loving this. But it makes you look really cheap and nasty. And very stupid.
God America… How quickly you’re pissing away your reputation and your relationships. You may be loving this. But it makes you look really cheap and nasty. And very stupid.
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Great thread.
There are a few options: genuinely it could be all the actors you would think would be opposed to it - Russia, China etc. - because there are limits to the chaos they actually want. China wants economic growth. It wants a weaker US but not a dangerous, chaotic one that might fire a nuke.
March 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Great thread.
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The upcoming budget appears to have cuts to Public Spending and to Benefits.
But there is loads of money available from getting rid of Brexit or taxing the rich instead.
RT if you want to tax the rich, and Like if you want to get rid of Brexit.
But there is loads of money available from getting rid of Brexit or taxing the rich instead.
RT if you want to tax the rich, and Like if you want to get rid of Brexit.
March 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The upcoming budget appears to have cuts to Public Spending and to Benefits.
But there is loads of money available from getting rid of Brexit or taxing the rich instead.
RT if you want to tax the rich, and Like if you want to get rid of Brexit.
But there is loads of money available from getting rid of Brexit or taxing the rich instead.
RT if you want to tax the rich, and Like if you want to get rid of Brexit.
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Let's get some momentum behind the media reform petition today!
Who can you get to sign it?
Where can it be shared to reach a wider audience?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Who can you get to sign it?
Where can it be shared to reach a wider audience?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Review traditional and social media regulation
Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspap...
petition.parliament.uk
March 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Let's get some momentum behind the media reform petition today!
Who can you get to sign it?
Where can it be shared to reach a wider audience?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Who can you get to sign it?
Where can it be shared to reach a wider audience?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Please give this a last push.
Fight Fascism. Say No to Putin, Musk, Trump, and their treasonous toady, Farage.
REJOIN EU protest
Outside Birmingham Arena. Friday, 28th March.
Please repost and share.
Fight Fascism. Say No to Putin, Musk, Trump, and their treasonous toady, Farage.
REJOIN EU protest
Outside Birmingham Arena. Friday, 28th March.
Please repost and share.
February 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Please give this a last push.
Fight Fascism. Say No to Putin, Musk, Trump, and their treasonous toady, Farage.
REJOIN EU protest
Outside Birmingham Arena. Friday, 28th March.
Please repost and share.
Fight Fascism. Say No to Putin, Musk, Trump, and their treasonous toady, Farage.
REJOIN EU protest
Outside Birmingham Arena. Friday, 28th March.
Please repost and share.
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1. Trump and his Death Eaters cannot tolerate any rival power. Europe, when united, is a major trading and diplomatic bloc. They see Russia (much less of a threat to US hegemony) as an excellent instrument for breaking up Europe, by threat or by force.🧵
February 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
1. Trump and his Death Eaters cannot tolerate any rival power. Europe, when united, is a major trading and diplomatic bloc. They see Russia (much less of a threat to US hegemony) as an excellent instrument for breaking up Europe, by threat or by force.🧵
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We might yearn for paradise, temporal or spiritual. But to our descendents our habitable planet will look like an almost unimaginable paradise. No tech fantasy, no space station or controlled environment will ever compare.
Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.
Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.
February 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
We might yearn for paradise, temporal or spiritual. But to our descendents our habitable planet will look like an almost unimaginable paradise. No tech fantasy, no space station or controlled environment will ever compare.
Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.
Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.
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The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
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We know that appeasement is a high risk game. As well as being morally feeble.
Doing what’s right and standing up to the barrelling menace of the Trump/Musk presidency is the far better, wiser and ultimately, safer thing to do.
(Letter in The Times)
Doing what’s right and standing up to the barrelling menace of the Trump/Musk presidency is the far better, wiser and ultimately, safer thing to do.
(Letter in The Times)
February 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
We know that appeasement is a high risk game. As well as being morally feeble.
Doing what’s right and standing up to the barrelling menace of the Trump/Musk presidency is the far better, wiser and ultimately, safer thing to do.
(Letter in The Times)
Doing what’s right and standing up to the barrelling menace of the Trump/Musk presidency is the far better, wiser and ultimately, safer thing to do.
(Letter in The Times)
Imagine the position emerging with tariffs.
The FOTUS will subject the EU to tariffs, ignoring the UK because our trade is broadly balanced. The right wing will have agreed this already so that Reform can claim a legitimate Brexit benefit. It will probably be the first Brexit benefit of any kind.
The FOTUS will subject the EU to tariffs, ignoring the UK because our trade is broadly balanced. The right wing will have agreed this already so that Reform can claim a legitimate Brexit benefit. It will probably be the first Brexit benefit of any kind.
February 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Imagine the position emerging with tariffs.
The FOTUS will subject the EU to tariffs, ignoring the UK because our trade is broadly balanced. The right wing will have agreed this already so that Reform can claim a legitimate Brexit benefit. It will probably be the first Brexit benefit of any kind.
The FOTUS will subject the EU to tariffs, ignoring the UK because our trade is broadly balanced. The right wing will have agreed this already so that Reform can claim a legitimate Brexit benefit. It will probably be the first Brexit benefit of any kind.
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We can each rise from this and become better people for it. 🙂
February 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We can each rise from this and become better people for it. 🙂
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George Monbiot sums up the BBC perfectly.
February 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
George Monbiot sums up the BBC perfectly.
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Rubbing out humanity and hope….
When governments turn prejudice into policy, their countries fail…
When governments turn prejudice into policy, their countries fail…
February 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Rubbing out humanity and hope….
When governments turn prejudice into policy, their countries fail…
When governments turn prejudice into policy, their countries fail…
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If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
NO Nigel Farage - the vaccine rollout was not helped by Brexit
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
February 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
We cannot allow them to rewrite history.
If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...
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🔥 This is an absolutely devastating set of figures on the UK public's view of Brexit.
Absolutely damning. Look at each category one by one - particularly the economic ones. YouGov article on these data here. 👉 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Absolutely damning. Look at each category one by one - particularly the economic ones. YouGov article on these data here. 👉 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🔥 This is an absolutely devastating set of figures on the UK public's view of Brexit.
Absolutely damning. Look at each category one by one - particularly the economic ones. YouGov article on these data here. 👉 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Absolutely damning. Look at each category one by one - particularly the economic ones. YouGov article on these data here. 👉 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Happy 5th anniversary of Brexit!
What a farce.
What a farce.
January 31, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Happy 5th anniversary of Brexit!
What a farce.
What a farce.