Christine Elmer
@christineelmer.bsky.social
Elmbridge Borough Councillor 2006-2021; Governor Kingston Hospital FT 2012-2021; ex Defra; Trustee CHEER & HomeSupportElmbridge.
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Romania & Bulgaria joining Schengen on Jan 1st 2025. 🙌
December 26, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Romania & Bulgaria joining Schengen on Jan 1st 2025. 🙌
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“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”
Fight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracy
Fascism thrives when democracy falters. From funding Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 7:00 AM
“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”
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The Hampton Court Festive Fayre underway this weekend and next (tho taking a break tomorrow Sat for the storm!) 🎄 🎅🏻
December 6, 2024 at 4:31 PM
The Hampton Court Festive Fayre underway this weekend and next (tho taking a break tomorrow Sat for the storm!) 🎄 🎅🏻
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Massive Brexiter says what now?
December 5, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Massive Brexiter says what now?
This👇 Brexit made no sense in 2016. It makes no sense now. #Brexit
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brexit makes no sense in a world dominated by Trump. Britain’s place is back in the EU | Jonathan Freedland
From defence to trade, the incoming US president is upending the old order – and standing apart from our neighbours leaves us dangerously exposed, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:41 AM
This👇 Brexit made no sense in 2016. It makes no sense now. #Brexit
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If you’re not using your local library, why not? Ours is run by a team of volunteers and my kids love it.
#reading #britishlibraries #keepitlocal
#reading #britishlibraries #keepitlocal
November 25, 2024 at 11:46 AM
If you’re not using your local library, why not? Ours is run by a team of volunteers and my kids love it.
#reading #britishlibraries #keepitlocal
#reading #britishlibraries #keepitlocal
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Just catching up on this incredible new form of stupidity. I'm so pleased. It's a delight to watch the right engage in the kind of pointless theatrical bullshit progressives usually get lost in.
November 26, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Just catching up on this incredible new form of stupidity. I'm so pleased. It's a delight to watch the right engage in the kind of pointless theatrical bullshit progressives usually get lost in.
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£300 billion cost of Brexit by 2035. That's an absolutely ludicrous amount of money to be throwing away.
And of course that won't be the end of the damage. Hundreds of billions more over the decade after that, trillions of pounds over the v long term.
No mere trade deal will EVER make up that gap.
And of course that won't be the end of the damage. Hundreds of billions more over the decade after that, trillions of pounds over the v long term.
No mere trade deal will EVER make up that gap.
“The economic cost of Brexit, reliably estimated at around 5% of GDP and with a total loss to government coffers by 2035 of over £300bn, is unlikely to be offset by attempting to ‘make Brexit work’ – a slogan which rather confirms that it hasn’t”
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Brexit – an unwelcome truth
Labour’s continued silence on Brexit might just reveal an unwelcome truth; another reason, perhaps, to use the Brexit telescope?
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 6:38 PM
£300 billion cost of Brexit by 2035. That's an absolutely ludicrous amount of money to be throwing away.
And of course that won't be the end of the damage. Hundreds of billions more over the decade after that, trillions of pounds over the v long term.
No mere trade deal will EVER make up that gap.
And of course that won't be the end of the damage. Hundreds of billions more over the decade after that, trillions of pounds over the v long term.
No mere trade deal will EVER make up that gap.
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On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis
A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country
A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country
A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
November 23, 2024 at 6:29 AM
On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis
A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country
A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country
A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation
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Numerous times this week, I’ve learned of news breaking on Bluesky before Twitter. In the past, it’s only ever been Twitter. Bodes well for the future of this site.
Small note: I wish there was a way to segment notifications (people I follow, mentions, etc).
cc @jay.bsky.team
Small note: I wish there was a way to segment notifications (people I follow, mentions, etc).
cc @jay.bsky.team
November 22, 2024 at 5:31 AM
Numerous times this week, I’ve learned of news breaking on Bluesky before Twitter. In the past, it’s only ever been Twitter. Bodes well for the future of this site.
Small note: I wish there was a way to segment notifications (people I follow, mentions, etc).
cc @jay.bsky.team
Small note: I wish there was a way to segment notifications (people I follow, mentions, etc).
cc @jay.bsky.team
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So this is pretty cool: I think I’m the first national news correspondent to switch my chyron social handle from X to Bluesky. 💪🏽
November 22, 2024 at 6:24 AM
So this is pretty cool: I think I’m the first national news correspondent to switch my chyron social handle from X to Bluesky. 💪🏽
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Labour binned off a petition with 46,000 signatures calling for Britain to apply to join the EU with their usual chorus of no to the SM, CU or rejoining.
Guess that's 46,000 votes they believe they don't need come 2029. Gut instinct is that's a huge mistake.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Guess that's 46,000 votes they believe they don't need come 2029. Gut instinct is that's a huge mistake.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
November 22, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Labour binned off a petition with 46,000 signatures calling for Britain to apply to join the EU with their usual chorus of no to the SM, CU or rejoining.
Guess that's 46,000 votes they believe they don't need come 2029. Gut instinct is that's a huge mistake.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Guess that's 46,000 votes they believe they don't need come 2029. Gut instinct is that's a huge mistake.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Must be great to be Labour and be so confident of taking Remain votes for granted that you're quite happy to keep repeating "no to SM, no to CU, no to EU" again and again and again every single chance you get.
Unfortunately there's no do-over when they lose GE 2029 and the Tories sweep back in.
Unfortunately there's no do-over when they lose GE 2029 and the Tories sweep back in.
November 22, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Must be great to be Labour and be so confident of taking Remain votes for granted that you're quite happy to keep repeating "no to SM, no to CU, no to EU" again and again and again every single chance you get.
Unfortunately there's no do-over when they lose GE 2029 and the Tories sweep back in.
Unfortunately there's no do-over when they lose GE 2029 and the Tories sweep back in.
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I did it! I wrote up my Posting Middle Classes Theory, and tried to explain why I think Threads failed where Bluesky succeeded: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/down-in-th... (free to read)
November 22, 2024 at 11:38 AM
I did it! I wrote up my Posting Middle Classes Theory, and tried to explain why I think Threads failed where Bluesky succeeded: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/down-in-th... (free to read)
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Post-Brexit Britain’s Trump problem goes much deeper than trade tariffs. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. The discussion of how the UK might respond to Trump's tariffs is already confused, and anyway misses the bigger challenge they betoken:
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/post...
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/post...
November 22, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Post-Brexit Britain’s Trump problem goes much deeper than trade tariffs. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. The discussion of how the UK might respond to Trump's tariffs is already confused, and anyway misses the bigger challenge they betoken:
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/post...
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/post...
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BREAKING: A man who fought for working class ambition because he lived it.
'As one of the key architects of a Labour government, John achieved that rare thing - he changed people's lives'
Prime Minister Keir Starmer pays tribute to John Prescott following his death aged 86
'As one of the key architects of a Labour government, John achieved that rare thing - he changed people's lives'
Prime Minister Keir Starmer pays tribute to John Prescott following his death aged 86
November 21, 2024 at 11:11 AM
BREAKING: A man who fought for working class ambition because he lived it.
'As one of the key architects of a Labour government, John achieved that rare thing - he changed people's lives'
Prime Minister Keir Starmer pays tribute to John Prescott following his death aged 86
'As one of the key architects of a Labour government, John achieved that rare thing - he changed people's lives'
Prime Minister Keir Starmer pays tribute to John Prescott following his death aged 86
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John Prescott was a politician both behind and ahead of his time. Considered too bluff and old Labour to reach to the very top in the 90s, today his authenticity and class credentials would have been perfect to fight Farage and populism. Labour needs more like him.
November 21, 2024 at 9:31 AM
John Prescott was a politician both behind and ahead of his time. Considered too bluff and old Labour to reach to the very top in the 90s, today his authenticity and class credentials would have been perfect to fight Farage and populism. Labour needs more like him.
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Her enthusiasm for Boris Johnson goes so deep that she has invented an entirely fictional universe in order to defend him.
My review of Nadine Dorries' latest book.
inews.co.uk/culture/book...
My review of Nadine Dorries' latest book.
inews.co.uk/culture/book...
Nadine Dorries's book is full of astonishing conspiracies, from Mossad to gay orgy networks
Her theories about plots to undermine Tory prime ministers are paranoid fantasies - you have to admire her chutzpah if nothing else
inews.co.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Her enthusiasm for Boris Johnson goes so deep that she has invented an entirely fictional universe in order to defend him.
My review of Nadine Dorries' latest book.
inews.co.uk/culture/book...
My review of Nadine Dorries' latest book.
inews.co.uk/culture/book...
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Magnificent Joe
November 20, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Magnificent Joe
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Really powerful and distressing read from @paddyedrich.bsky.social
Incredibly brave of Carolyn to speak out
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Incredibly brave of Carolyn to speak out
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'I stayed quiet as my husband beat me, I feared scaring our kids'
Carolyn Shepherd suffered years of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of Wayne Wellings
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Really powerful and distressing read from @paddyedrich.bsky.social
Incredibly brave of Carolyn to speak out
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Incredibly brave of Carolyn to speak out
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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“From three friends in high places to essentially zero is quite the feat of statecraft.”
Ouch. Janah Ganesh in FT today:
How Britain squandered the best hand in the world on.ft.com/3AP6eOO
Ouch. Janah Ganesh in FT today:
How Britain squandered the best hand in the world on.ft.com/3AP6eOO
November 20, 2024 at 10:35 PM
“From three friends in high places to essentially zero is quite the feat of statecraft.”
Ouch. Janah Ganesh in FT today:
How Britain squandered the best hand in the world on.ft.com/3AP6eOO
Ouch. Janah Ganesh in FT today:
How Britain squandered the best hand in the world on.ft.com/3AP6eOO
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You don't need any qualifications & can work in our newsroom as you learn on the job. A great chance to get a foot in the industry.
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You don't need any qualifications & can work in our newsroom as you learn on the job. A great chance to get a foot in the industry.
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Make a difference in your community by training to be a reporter
There is an opportunity for a trainee community reporter to come and join our team as part of the NCTJ’s Community News Project
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November 20, 2024 at 4:33 PM
We have a great opportunity for a trainee community reporter to join the famous @liverpoolecho.co.uk
You don't need any qualifications & can work in our newsroom as you learn on the job. A great chance to get a foot in the industry.
Details here 👇
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
You don't need any qualifications & can work in our newsroom as you learn on the job. A great chance to get a foot in the industry.
Details here 👇
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