Joe Thwaites
@emmetgrogan.bsky.social
A Remainer who remained #Gozo - politics, footy #YNWA and everything in between
Most people who were granted a wish of a lifetime would probably pick winning a fortune or something similar. Me? No context, it would be 5 minutes with Kelvin McKenzie without a camera in sight
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Most people who were granted a wish of a lifetime would probably pick winning a fortune or something similar. Me? No context, it would be 5 minutes with Kelvin McKenzie without a camera in sight
Liverpool go back to the future, what a performance and what a result! COYR!
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Liverpool go back to the future, what a performance and what a result! COYR!
Growth is not coming back — and nor should our democracy depend upon it www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Growth is not coming back — and nor should our democracy depend upon it
Martin Wolf has (once again) declared in the Financial Times that the fate of democracy rests on economic growth. As he said, in advance of the Budget:
[Reeves'] first priority must be to get whatev...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Growth is not coming back — and nor should our democracy depend upon it www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...
Tell The Government: Strengthen UK-EU Environmental Cooperation
Climate change and environmental problems don't respect borders. The UK and EU must work together to protect our shared environment, tackle the climate crisis, and preserve biodiversity for future gen...
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
July 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...
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No one talks about the cost of the energy other than a vague notion it’ll be cheaper than big nukes - that’s a high bar..:) These mini nukes won’t land until after we hit the 2030 target….we don’t need them - It’s nuclear proliferation - of sites to risk manage and contain…..madness…..
June 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
No one talks about the cost of the energy other than a vague notion it’ll be cheaper than big nukes - that’s a high bar..:) These mini nukes won’t land until after we hit the 2030 target….we don’t need them - It’s nuclear proliferation - of sites to risk manage and contain…..madness…..
I just signed this petition calling for a better deal with the EU for British businesses who have been damaged by Brexit. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/business-rep...
Tell the government: British businesses need a better deal with the EU
Sign our petition calling on the government to negotiate concrete improvements to our ability to trade with the EU
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I just signed this petition calling for a better deal with the EU for British businesses who have been damaged by Brexit. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/business-rep...
The Govt’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” ruled out public ownership - a solution 82% of us support - before even starting.
This review is a sham - but we still have a chance to be heard. Sign @labourlewis.bsky.social’s open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
This review is a sham - but we still have a chance to be heard. Sign @labourlewis.bsky.social’s open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
Sir Jon Cunliffe: put public ownership back on the table!
From day one, the government’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” - a.k.a the Cunliffe Review - has ruled out the solution that 82% of the British public want: public ownership.
...
actionnetwork.org
June 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The Govt’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” ruled out public ownership - a solution 82% of us support - before even starting.
This review is a sham - but we still have a chance to be heard. Sign @labourlewis.bsky.social’s open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
This review is a sham - but we still have a chance to be heard. Sign @labourlewis.bsky.social’s open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
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Trump’s repression of free speech & disappearing of foreign students from campuses push academics to look for options elsewhere.
Europe’s reaction? Come here!
UK meanwhile? Hiking fees & cutting foreign student rights to make UK less attractive cos all that matters is lower immigration numbers 🙄
Europe’s reaction? Come here!
UK meanwhile? Hiking fees & cutting foreign student rights to make UK less attractive cos all that matters is lower immigration numbers 🙄
April 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Trump’s repression of free speech & disappearing of foreign students from campuses push academics to look for options elsewhere.
Europe’s reaction? Come here!
UK meanwhile? Hiking fees & cutting foreign student rights to make UK less attractive cos all that matters is lower immigration numbers 🙄
Europe’s reaction? Come here!
UK meanwhile? Hiking fees & cutting foreign student rights to make UK less attractive cos all that matters is lower immigration numbers 🙄
Your analysis was going great until you mentioned Hannan in a positive light, at that point I gave up reading it which is a shame as I usually find what you have to say very insightful and informative. Given his musings up to and since the Brexit disaster I'm surprised you endorse him at all....
Conservatives should make the case for globalisation. My piece for ConservativeHome. conservativehome.com/2025/04/21/d...
David Gauke: Globalisation is far from dead. There's a strong case in it's favour and Conservatives should be making it | Conservative Home
As is already evident, the retreat from globalisation comes at a big economic cost and whatever the cause, the case for free markets and free trade is not being made by the party of Margaret Thatcher.
conservativehome.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Your analysis was going great until you mentioned Hannan in a positive light, at that point I gave up reading it which is a shame as I usually find what you have to say very insightful and informative. Given his musings up to and since the Brexit disaster I'm surprised you endorse him at all....
OK except for @chrisgrey.bsky.social - leave him please
And would some subheadings be too much of a strain in a very long piece?
April 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
OK except for @chrisgrey.bsky.social - leave him please
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Starmer told UK must repeal hate speech laws to protect LGBT+ people or lose Trump trade deal.
Plus sacrifice the NHS, food and environmental standards, worker rights. Who governs?
No thank you. Don't want to be the 51st state, or US slaves.
Better to join the EU and Single Market.
Plus sacrifice the NHS, food and environmental standards, worker rights. Who governs?
No thank you. Don't want to be the 51st state, or US slaves.
Better to join the EU and Single Market.
Starmer told to accept Trump ‘free speech’ agenda to win trade deal
‘Good chance’ of agreement, says JD Vance – but sources say his concerns over Britain’s hate speech laws ‘are still a red line’
www.independent.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Starmer told UK must repeal hate speech laws to protect LGBT+ people or lose Trump trade deal.
Plus sacrifice the NHS, food and environmental standards, worker rights. Who governs?
No thank you. Don't want to be the 51st state, or US slaves.
Better to join the EU and Single Market.
Plus sacrifice the NHS, food and environmental standards, worker rights. Who governs?
No thank you. Don't want to be the 51st state, or US slaves.
Better to join the EU and Single Market.
Please, please, please - use it!
The letter in which @andrewduffeu.bsky.social dreams Starmer decides to rejoin the EU while (rather bravely) setting conditions!
April 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Please, please, please - use it!
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The letter in which @andrewduffeu.bsky.social dreams Starmer decides to rejoin the EU while (rather bravely) setting conditions!
April 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The letter in which @andrewduffeu.bsky.social dreams Starmer decides to rejoin the EU while (rather bravely) setting conditions!
Let’s return to some ‘heavy metal football’ for the first 20 minutes and get this game won
NEW: Virgil van Dijk asserts key Liverpool desire for West Ham – “We must be all-in” #lfc
Van Dijk asserts LFC desire for quick start - "We must be all-in"
Read here.
www.thisisanfield.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Let’s return to some ‘heavy metal football’ for the first 20 minutes and get this game won
Another U Turn?
President Trump’s 25% tariffs on imported vehicles remain in effect despite a pullback this week on other country-based levies.
Analysts are expecting massive global implications for the automotive industry due to the policies
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/a...
Analysts are expecting massive global implications for the automotive industry due to the policies
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/a...
Trump's ongoing 25% auto tariffs expected to cut sales by millions, cost $100 billion
Expectations include millions of less vehicle sales, higher new and used vehicle prices and increased costs of more than $100 billion for the industry.
www.cnbc.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Another U Turn?
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Donald Trump is now badly wounded. Europe can seize an advantage | Will Hutton
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Donald Trump is now badly wounded. Europe can seize an advantage | Will Hutton
It’s time to fashion a new global trade order without the US
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Donald Trump is now badly wounded. Europe can seize an advantage | Will Hutton
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Bent as a nine bob note she is, just like all of them including the Orange Combover, wake up Americans, you’re getting taken to the cleaners by the greedy bastards #usa #america #trump
🚨When the stock market was deep in the red yesterday, Majorie Taylor Greene bought tens of thousands in stock.
Trump then paused tariffs & she made thousands in profit.
Stories that start like this have ended in prison for others.
Trump then paused tariffs & she made thousands in profit.
Stories that start like this have ended in prison for others.
April 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Hey @andyburnham.bsky.social, pensioners travel at all times of the day not just between rush hours so why are we excluded from using our bus/tram passes at these times in Greater Manchester? The policy is discriminatory
April 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Hey @andyburnham.bsky.social, pensioners travel at all times of the day not just between rush hours so why are we excluded from using our bus/tram passes at these times in Greater Manchester? The policy is discriminatory
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As a light aside from the global trade disaster and its creator, the ‘orange comb-over’ I ask a random but simple question - why does stainless steel always stain?
April 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
As a light aside from the global trade disaster and its creator, the ‘orange comb-over’ I ask a random but simple question - why does stainless steel always stain?
Donald Trump is ramping up his trade wars, crashing the global economy. He's not sparing the UK from his new tariffs, so why should we roll out the red carpet for him with a second state visit? Join more than 200,000 of us and add your name to he petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.
This is the...
you.38degrees.org.uk
April 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Donald Trump is ramping up his trade wars, crashing the global economy. He's not sparing the UK from his new tariffs, so why should we roll out the red carpet for him with a second state visit? Join more than 200,000 of us and add your name to he petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
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In the debate re rejoining the EU yesterday, the government claimed that the British public don't want to rejoin.
Let's make it clear they're dead wrong about that by signing & sharing this new petition. Can we get this over 100k to ensure another debate?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Let's make it clear they're dead wrong about that by signing & sharing this new petition. Can we get this over 100k to ensure another debate?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Hold a referendum on re-joining the European Union
I want the government to hold a referendum on whether the UK should Rejoin the European Union.
petition.parliament.uk
March 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In the debate re rejoining the EU yesterday, the government claimed that the British public don't want to rejoin.
Let's make it clear they're dead wrong about that by signing & sharing this new petition. Can we get this over 100k to ensure another debate?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Let's make it clear they're dead wrong about that by signing & sharing this new petition. Can we get this over 100k to ensure another debate?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Dear Europe: You are next on the hit list. Good arguments, preemptive concessions, appeals to friendship, and flattery will not protect you. Discard those fantasies and prepare to hit back hard.
March 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Dear Europe: You are next on the hit list. Good arguments, preemptive concessions, appeals to friendship, and flattery will not protect you. Discard those fantasies and prepare to hit back hard.