FionaW
@fionaw.bsky.social
#citizenoftheworld @Glasgowforeurope.bsky.social @euromovescotland.bsky.social @euromove.bsky.social @GrassrootsEU.bsky.social #FBPE #NUFC #RejoinEU #Collies
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Thinking about volunteering? Do consider us, we are wholly volunteer run & would love you to help grow Festival of Europe Scotland. Drop by our stall at the Volunteer #Edinburgh Recruitment Fair on 30 Sept 2025 from 10am until 5:30pm at St Paul's & St George's Church on York Place. edvolfair.org.uk
Volunteer Recruitment Fair
If you’re considering volunteering, our fair is a fantastic opportunity to meet face to face with organisations from across Edinburgh.
edvolfair.org.uk
September 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Thinking about volunteering? Do consider us, we are wholly volunteer run & would love you to help grow Festival of Europe Scotland. Drop by our stall at the Volunteer #Edinburgh Recruitment Fair on 30 Sept 2025 from 10am until 5:30pm at St Paul's & St George's Church on York Place. edvolfair.org.uk
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NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
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Hope to see you at our Euro Cafe!
We are meeting up at the Social Hub
No 15 Candleriggs
All welcome, come along and meet other Europeans and have a blether!
August 30th 3-5pm
We are meeting up at the Social Hub
No 15 Candleriggs
All welcome, come along and meet other Europeans and have a blether!
August 30th 3-5pm
August 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Hope to see you at our Euro Cafe!
We are meeting up at the Social Hub
No 15 Candleriggs
All welcome, come along and meet other Europeans and have a blether!
August 30th 3-5pm
We are meeting up at the Social Hub
No 15 Candleriggs
All welcome, come along and meet other Europeans and have a blether!
August 30th 3-5pm
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🚨🚨Another lovely nugget from #brexitland (I posted yesterday on a similar story reported by Guardian): Ministers are trying to sell a 1,300-truck #Brexit border check facility in Kent that is set to be rendered redundant by this week’s EU trade pact. So much WINNING. 🧵
www.ft.com/content/6676...
www.ft.com/content/6676...
UK seeks to sell Brexit checkpoint made redundant by EU reset deal
[FREE TO READ] Site in Kent was built to carry out food checks that will no longer be needed
www.ft.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🚨🚨Another lovely nugget from #brexitland (I posted yesterday on a similar story reported by Guardian): Ministers are trying to sell a 1,300-truck #Brexit border check facility in Kent that is set to be rendered redundant by this week’s EU trade pact. So much WINNING. 🧵
www.ft.com/content/6676...
www.ft.com/content/6676...
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A lovely morning for a walk! Here's our festival partners @glasgowforeurope.bsky.social as they head out to lead their #EuroWalk #Glasgow850Highlights. #FestivalofEuropeScotland2025 is off to a sunny start! #ConnectingEuropeScotland #FestivalofEurope #EuroWalk @euromovescotland.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A lovely morning for a walk! Here's our festival partners @glasgowforeurope.bsky.social as they head out to lead their #EuroWalk #Glasgow850Highlights. #FestivalofEuropeScotland2025 is off to a sunny start! #ConnectingEuropeScotland #FestivalofEurope #EuroWalk @euromovescotland.bsky.social
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Part of the #FestivalofEuropeScotland2025 thisis sure to be a lively discussion. Tickets are £5 each, book via this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-conferen...
May 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Part of the #FestivalofEuropeScotland2025 thisis sure to be a lively discussion. Tickets are £5 each, book via this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-conferen...
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Tell your friends about the #FestivalofEuropeScotland
There will be something for everyone!
Talks, political debate, heritage walks even a eurocyle!
Take a look at the programme
festivalofeuropescotland.org/whats-on/
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There will be something for everyone!
Talks, political debate, heritage walks even a eurocyle!
Take a look at the programme
festivalofeuropescotland.org/whats-on/
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April 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Tell your friends about the #FestivalofEuropeScotland
There will be something for everyone!
Talks, political debate, heritage walks even a eurocyle!
Take a look at the programme
festivalofeuropescotland.org/whats-on/
🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴
There will be something for everyone!
Talks, political debate, heritage walks even a eurocyle!
Take a look at the programme
festivalofeuropescotland.org/whats-on/
🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴🇪🇺🏴
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The Festival of Europe Scotland is back from 3–11 May! Celebrate peace, democracy & culture with events across Scotland.
Follow @festivalofeurope.bsky.social for updates & visit
festivalofeuropescotland.org to book your tickets
#FestivalOfEuropeScotland #EuropeDay 🇪🇺🏴
Follow @festivalofeurope.bsky.social for updates & visit
festivalofeuropescotland.org to book your tickets
#FestivalOfEuropeScotland #EuropeDay 🇪🇺🏴
Festival of Europe Scotland – A day to celebrate the values and benefits of peace, democracy and cooperation amongst Europe’s nations.
festivalofeuropescotland.org
April 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Festival of Europe Scotland is back from 3–11 May! Celebrate peace, democracy & culture with events across Scotland.
Follow @festivalofeurope.bsky.social for updates & visit
festivalofeuropescotland.org to book your tickets
#FestivalOfEuropeScotland #EuropeDay 🇪🇺🏴
Follow @festivalofeurope.bsky.social for updates & visit
festivalofeuropescotland.org to book your tickets
#FestivalOfEuropeScotland #EuropeDay 🇪🇺🏴
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Europe’s Last Chance: Unite or Fall Apart euromovescotland.org.uk/europes-last...
Europe’s Last Chance: Unite or Fall Apart – The European Movement in ScotlandBlueskyE-mailFacebookLinkedInTwitterYouTube
euromovescotland.org.uk
March 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Europe’s Last Chance: Unite or Fall Apart euromovescotland.org.uk/europes-last...
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Finally!! Great news - congratulations to all who campaigned for this 👏👏Now we need to make it as inclusive as possible eg covering colleges & apprenticeships @europeanmovement.co.uk
New: Starmer ready to offer Youth Mobility Scheme
Keir Starmer's youth mobility proposal aims to strengthen UK-EU relations, addressing labour shortages and opportunities
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Finally!! Great news - congratulations to all who campaigned for this 👏👏Now we need to make it as inclusive as possible eg covering colleges & apprenticeships @europeanmovement.co.uk
A fraudster the colour of melon,
Has just been convicted a felon,
He's also, in effect,
Vice-president elect.
How fitting that “F-off felon” is Elon
#TrumpIsAConvictedFelon
Has just been convicted a felon,
He's also, in effect,
Vice-president elect.
How fitting that “F-off felon” is Elon
#TrumpIsAConvictedFelon
January 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A fraudster the colour of melon,
Has just been convicted a felon,
He's also, in effect,
Vice-president elect.
How fitting that “F-off felon” is Elon
#TrumpIsAConvictedFelon
Has just been convicted a felon,
He's also, in effect,
Vice-president elect.
How fitting that “F-off felon” is Elon
#TrumpIsAConvictedFelon
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Last night in Westminster, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Europe was launched.
We were joined at the opening reception by Minister of State for Europe, Stephen Doughty MP and the EU's Ambassador to the UK, Pedro Serrano.
We were joined at the opening reception by Minister of State for Europe, Stephen Doughty MP and the EU's Ambassador to the UK, Pedro Serrano.
December 17, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Last night in Westminster, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Europe was launched.
We were joined at the opening reception by Minister of State for Europe, Stephen Doughty MP and the EU's Ambassador to the UK, Pedro Serrano.
We were joined at the opening reception by Minister of State for Europe, Stephen Doughty MP and the EU's Ambassador to the UK, Pedro Serrano.
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Positive vibes from Douglas Alexander statement yesterday on UK internal market act. Hope review considers more than tinkering with process, and is done jointly with devolved governments and parliaments questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
questions-statements.parliament.uk
December 13, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Positive vibes from Douglas Alexander statement yesterday on UK internal market act. Hope review considers more than tinkering with process, and is done jointly with devolved governments and parliaments questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
What does a Trump Presidency mean for Europe?
Date: 16 jan • 19:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-does-...
Date: 16 jan • 19:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-does-...
What does a Trump Presidency mean for Europe?
Just days before the inauguration, the European Movement in Scotland will explore what impacts Europe can expect in the next 4 years.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 12:34 PM
What does a Trump Presidency mean for Europe?
Date: 16 jan • 19:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-does-...
Date: 16 jan • 19:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-does-...
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Very significant for this to be in The Guardian today
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Please reshare widely and encourage people to follow us if they support mutual Freedom of Movement and joining the Single Market.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Please reshare widely and encourage people to follow us if they support mutual Freedom of Movement and joining the Single Market.
Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market
Europe-wide polling finds UK and EU leaders now out of step with public opinion and pursue ‘ambitious reset’
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Very significant for this to be in The Guardian today
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Please reshare widely and encourage people to follow us if they support mutual Freedom of Movement and joining the Single Market.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Please reshare widely and encourage people to follow us if they support mutual Freedom of Movement and joining the Single Market.
54% of Britons who voted leave, including 59% of voters in “red wall seats”, said in exchange for single market access they would now accept full free movement for EU and UK citizens to travel, live and work across borders.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market
Europe-wide polling finds UK and EU leaders now out of step with public opinion and pursue ‘ambitious reset’
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:53 AM
54% of Britons who voted leave, including 59% of voters in “red wall seats”, said in exchange for single market access they would now accept full free movement for EU and UK citizens to travel, live and work across borders.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Brexit cost £1 million a day in 2022. Think what that could do for the NHS and social care 🤔
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The latest cost of Brexit is about to hit – and voters are watching. Will Labour act? | Polly Toynbee
New EU trade regulations will cause further pain for the UK. Starmer’s talk of breaking down barriers must be more than warm words, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Brexit cost £1 million a day in 2022. Think what that could do for the NHS and social care 🤔
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The craziest thing about this story? It’s all legal
Britain’s election laws are awful - as successive governments have been told this for years and done *nothing*
And Musk has shown that he is very, very willing to funnel cash to distort democratic politics…
www.thetimes.com/article/6c2c...
Britain’s election laws are awful - as successive governments have been told this for years and done *nothing*
And Musk has shown that he is very, very willing to funnel cash to distort democratic politics…
www.thetimes.com/article/6c2c...
Will Elon Musk give Nigel Farage $100m to make him PM?
The Tesla boss, who used his immense fortune to help Donald Trump’s campaign, is turning his attention to Britain
www.thetimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:16 AM
The craziest thing about this story? It’s all legal
Britain’s election laws are awful - as successive governments have been told this for years and done *nothing*
And Musk has shown that he is very, very willing to funnel cash to distort democratic politics…
www.thetimes.com/article/6c2c...
Britain’s election laws are awful - as successive governments have been told this for years and done *nothing*
And Musk has shown that he is very, very willing to funnel cash to distort democratic politics…
www.thetimes.com/article/6c2c...
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By the far the best interviewer the BBC has. An incredible loss to the organisation.
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Mishal Husain to leave BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 2:48 PM
By the far the best interviewer the BBC has. An incredible loss to the organisation.
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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1/ 🚨 Conspiracy theories about the 2024 election miss the bigger picture.
The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention.
Here’s how they did it... 🧵
The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention.
Here’s how they did it... 🧵
November 21, 2024 at 3:46 AM
1/ 🚨 Conspiracy theories about the 2024 election miss the bigger picture.
The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention.
Here’s how they did it... 🧵
The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention.
Here’s how they did it... 🧵
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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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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
Labour needs to win the argument... Inheritance tax springs from the universally held belief that society has the right to share when wealth is transferred on death as a matter of
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Farmers have hoarded land for too long. Inheritance tax will bring new life to rural Britain | Will Hutton
Prices and rents will fall under Rachel Reeves’ plans, enabling a younger generation with new ideas to enter the field
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Labour needs to win the argument... Inheritance tax springs from the universally held belief that society has the right to share when wealth is transferred on death as a matter of
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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For Bluesky newcomers, I’ve made a starter pack of organisations and people working on tackling prejudice, countering the far-right & building social cohesion.
Do message me if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions to be included!
go.bsky.app/2xk4kwq
Do message me if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions to be included!
go.bsky.app/2xk4kwq
November 14, 2024 at 4:28 PM
For Bluesky newcomers, I’ve made a starter pack of organisations and people working on tackling prejudice, countering the far-right & building social cohesion.
Do message me if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions to be included!
go.bsky.app/2xk4kwq
Do message me if you’d like to be added or have any suggestions to be included!
go.bsky.app/2xk4kwq
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