chrisesmith.bsky.social
@chrisesmith.bsky.social
Better together.
September 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Yes. Exactly right.

Trump may be a Putin appeaser - but for Europe to follow suit would be unforgivable. The worst possible betrayal of Ukraine.

Of course Ukraine should be allowed to join Nato.

Europe has to step up.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Ukraine on ‘irreversible path’ to Nato membership, Starmer tells Zelenskyy
Prime minister uses call with Ukraine president to restate UK support in face of Trump interventions
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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“There is a real opportunity right now, given the way Trump is behaving, for a ‘brain drain’ from the States and diversion of talent that would usually flow to the States. The UK and Europe should get together to move on this.”
February 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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“For some, Brexit has always been a race to the bottom on standards and this wouldn’t be the first time the Tories have attempted to break this international agreement which they negotiated and signed.” ~AA @pimlicat.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2024/12/17/c...
Conservative MPs Want to Scrap Workers' Rights to Paid Holiday and Annual Leave
They are also seeking to overturn workplace protections from sexual harassment, calling them an attack on "free speech"
bylinetimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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New polling from YouGov, published this month, has found that 44% of people support switching to a proportional representation voting system.
New polling finds proportional representation still much more popular than First Past the Post
Every six months or so, since November 2019, the pollster YouGov have been asking the British public the following question regarding electoral reform.Some people support a change in th
buff.ly
December 14, 2024 at 6:57 PM
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💥 Big news:

A cross-party group of MPs with more than 100 members is calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform (NCER) to identify a replacement for the First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system.

#FairElections
November 25, 2024 at 7:11 AM
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From the New European
November 22, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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Clarkson: Your claim that I bought a farm to avoid taxes is false and irresponsible.

BBC: It’s your own claim.

Clarkson: What’s that got to do with anything?
And THAT is exactly how people with a huge sense of entitlement regularly behave when they get caught out.

#JeremyClarkson
November 19, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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Well said by @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social of @euromove.bsky.social: "Brexit was always going to fail on its own terms, but a Trump win makes the UK even more stranded in an increasingly toxic place... We must urgently forge much closer ties with the EU." www.europeanmovement.co.uk/trump-wins-u...
The UK Must Now Forge Closer Ties With the EU - US Election 2024
If we ever needed another reason for the UK to join the EU - here it is.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
November 16, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Retweeted on twitter. 😃
November 16, 2024 at 9:27 AM
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We're all thinking about how to write about X users jumping to Bluesky but @twgerken.bsky.social did...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
X users jump to Bluesky - but what is it and who owns it?
Bluesky is picking up one million new users every day at its current rate.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2024 at 7:52 AM
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The Bank of England governor says Brexit has undermined the UK economy. Is the Government now going to listen?

Hold onto your seats..
youtu.be/jvo1JM6xZqQ?...
The Bank of England governor says Brexit has undermined the UK economy. Hold onto your seats..
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 15, 2024 at 8:34 AM
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Q: What happens when you overpay for a social media platform, drive away most of your advertisers, alienate half its users, making it worth less than a third of what you paid for it within a year?

A: You get put in charge of government efficiency.
November 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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This X account has been given a grey checkmark, verifying it as an official government account.

It also only accepts resumes be DM's, which are solely open to verified X users who pay Elon Musk.

This level of corruption is staggering.
November 14, 2024 at 6:10 PM