Patrick van der Geest
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Patrick van der Geest
@ideesdupasse.bsky.social
British-Dutch PhD candidate @ Lund University 🇬🇧🇳🇱🇸🇪 | Currently based in Manchester | Researching Hope & Co. + the business of empire 🐙 | Colonial & global history | Husband of @hindenrijk 👬 | Committed 🐱 dad | He/him 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 | Views my own
(2/2) This proposal risks repeating that familiar British habit of navel-gazing and exceptionalism — as if the rest of Europe were waiting for Westminster to resolve its own contradictions.
October 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
(1/2) I welcome the initiative for a Royal Commission, but I take issue with the attitude expressed here. The EU should not be drawn into Britain’s internal reckoning with Brexit. Don’t burden European institutions and officials until you have decided what you actually want. —
October 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Everything about this video makes me so proud to be part of the same rainbow family! 🙏🏳️‍🌈
June 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM