John Akeroyd
@johnakeroyd.bsky.social
Lives in Hertford, UK. Pro EU. Anti Brexit. Anything digital.
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Another health breakthrough.
(h/t Gav)
(h/t Gav)
New study shows Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed to achieve full neurological recovery—not just prevented or slowed—in animal models | CWRU Newsroom | Case Western Reserve University
For more than a century, people have considered Alzheimer's disease (AD) an irreversible illness. Consequently, research has focused on preventing or ...
case.edu
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Another health breakthrough.
(h/t Gav)
(h/t Gav)
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In case you missed it ...
We never had a ref to leave the Single Market. So we wouldn't need one to rejoin it. You can be in the Single Market without being in the EU. Leaving the Single Market was therefore a POLITICAL decision made by a previous government. Later governments are not bound by it.
We never had a ref to leave the Single Market. So we wouldn't need one to rejoin it. You can be in the Single Market without being in the EU. Leaving the Single Market was therefore a POLITICAL decision made by a previous government. Later governments are not bound by it.
October 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
In case you missed it ...
We never had a ref to leave the Single Market. So we wouldn't need one to rejoin it. You can be in the Single Market without being in the EU. Leaving the Single Market was therefore a POLITICAL decision made by a previous government. Later governments are not bound by it.
We never had a ref to leave the Single Market. So we wouldn't need one to rejoin it. You can be in the Single Market without being in the EU. Leaving the Single Market was therefore a POLITICAL decision made by a previous government. Later governments are not bound by it.
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This narrative doesn't make sense. You can't blame Brexit for harming the economy ... (UK businesses, for example, lose £37bn a year due to a drop in EU trade) ... yet at the same time categorically rule out returning even to the Single Market. So Starmer needs to do a masssive U-turn or step down.
Starmer ‘planning to blame Farage and Brexit’ for budget tax hikes
Sir Keir Starmer has been ramping up his attacks on Nigel Farage in recent weeks as Labour falls behind in the polls
www.independent.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This narrative doesn't make sense. You can't blame Brexit for harming the economy ... (UK businesses, for example, lose £37bn a year due to a drop in EU trade) ... yet at the same time categorically rule out returning even to the Single Market. So Starmer needs to do a masssive U-turn or step down.
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This is an excellent point. 👇
Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
September 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is an excellent point. 👇
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Now Gibraltar has won its way back into Schengen and a customs deal with more access than before Brexit, while the rest of us are stuck with queues, red tape and decline.
And where’s the UK press? Silent.
Once again it’s Washington Post exposing Brexit.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
And where’s the UK press? Silent.
Once again it’s Washington Post exposing Brexit.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
The Brits who beat Brexit: Gibraltar celebrates its return to Europe
Nearly a decade after Britain quit the E.U., British residents of Gibraltar on the southern tip of Spain, will regain travel and commercial access under a treaty.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Now Gibraltar has won its way back into Schengen and a customs deal with more access than before Brexit, while the rest of us are stuck with queues, red tape and decline.
And where’s the UK press? Silent.
Once again it’s Washington Post exposing Brexit.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
And where’s the UK press? Silent.
Once again it’s Washington Post exposing Brexit.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves. www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky
Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves.
www.wired.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves. www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
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Farage’s “probity and judgment were sold as the product called Brexit. It turned out to be a piece of shit.”
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
Labour’s reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn’t stopped Reform’s rise. It’s time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Farage’s “probity and judgment were sold as the product called Brexit. It turned out to be a piece of shit.”
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We don't have to be in the EU to be part of Erasmus+
We are campaigning to join Erasmus+ so we can ensure a brighter future for you and your children. Will you join us, and help make a better future?
emstaffs.uk/erasmus.php
We are campaigning to join Erasmus+ so we can ensure a brighter future for you and your children. Will you join us, and help make a better future?
emstaffs.uk/erasmus.php
April 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We don't have to be in the EU to be part of Erasmus+
We are campaigning to join Erasmus+ so we can ensure a brighter future for you and your children. Will you join us, and help make a better future?
emstaffs.uk/erasmus.php
We are campaigning to join Erasmus+ so we can ensure a brighter future for you and your children. Will you join us, and help make a better future?
emstaffs.uk/erasmus.php
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European leaders know/speak the truth about Brexit.
One day our own leaders will too.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ger...
One day our own leaders will too.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ger...
German chancellor follows Macron to slam Brexit
It "shook the European security architecture"
www.thelondoneconomic.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:54 AM
European leaders know/speak the truth about Brexit.
One day our own leaders will too.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ger...
One day our own leaders will too.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ger...
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Conmen who are funded by the oil and gas industry
Reform UK’s policies to “scrap net zero” would cost more than 60,000 jobs, & wipe £92 billion off the UK economy & raise energy bills according to a new study.
Reform UK’s policies to “scrap net zero” would cost more than 60,000 jobs, & wipe £92 billion off the UK economy & raise energy bills according to a new study.
Reform’s Clean Energy Crackdown Would Cost 60,000 Jobs and Raise Bills, Says Study
Reform UK’s policies to “scrap net zero” would cost more than 60,000 jobs and wipe £92 billion off the UK economy, according to a new study. Nigel Farage’s party — which took control of 10 councils in...
www.desmog.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Conmen who are funded by the oil and gas industry
Reform UK’s policies to “scrap net zero” would cost more than 60,000 jobs, & wipe £92 billion off the UK economy & raise energy bills according to a new study.
Reform UK’s policies to “scrap net zero” would cost more than 60,000 jobs, & wipe £92 billion off the UK economy & raise energy bills according to a new study.
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Rachel Reeves says the UK is open for business with the US, EU and India deals:
But we only get £22 billion:
- £3.4 billion from UK-US tariff deal
- £14 billion from UK-EU reset
- £4.8 billion from UK-India
Rejoining the EU Single Market would give us £140 billion
But we only get £22 billion:
- £3.4 billion from UK-US tariff deal
- £14 billion from UK-EU reset
- £4.8 billion from UK-India
Rejoining the EU Single Market would give us £140 billion
July 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Rachel Reeves says the UK is open for business with the US, EU and India deals:
But we only get £22 billion:
- £3.4 billion from UK-US tariff deal
- £14 billion from UK-EU reset
- £4.8 billion from UK-India
Rejoining the EU Single Market would give us £140 billion
But we only get £22 billion:
- £3.4 billion from UK-US tariff deal
- £14 billion from UK-EU reset
- £4.8 billion from UK-India
Rejoining the EU Single Market would give us £140 billion
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The government has walked away from cross-party talks on social care, kicking long-overdue reforms into the long grass while millions face soaring care costs.
We must fix social care and fix it now.
We must fix social care and fix it now.
July 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The government has walked away from cross-party talks on social care, kicking long-overdue reforms into the long grass while millions face soaring care costs.
We must fix social care and fix it now.
We must fix social care and fix it now.
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Cars are getting 1cm wider every two years. That may not sound much, but over time it adds up, and they're showing no signs of slowing down 😬
That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car.
Why? 🧵1/8
That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car.
Why? 🧵1/8
February 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cars are getting 1cm wider every two years. That may not sound much, but over time it adds up, and they're showing no signs of slowing down 😬
That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car.
Why? 🧵1/8
That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car.
Why? 🧵1/8
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Reform has five MPs, the Green Party has four, and the LibDems have 72
Do you think the media coverage of each of those parties has been proportional to their representation in parliament?
Do you think the media coverage of each of those parties has been proportional to their representation in parliament?
May 31, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Reform has five MPs, the Green Party has four, and the LibDems have 72
Do you think the media coverage of each of those parties has been proportional to their representation in parliament?
Do you think the media coverage of each of those parties has been proportional to their representation in parliament?
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You wouldn't know it from today's newspaper front pages screaming "betrayal", but new YouGov polling finds that 66% of British people now want the Government to deliver a closer relationship with the EU, compared to just 14% who don't
May 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
You wouldn't know it from today's newspaper front pages screaming "betrayal", but new YouGov polling finds that 66% of British people now want the Government to deliver a closer relationship with the EU, compared to just 14% who don't
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I look through Labour MP’s posts and the silence on the damage being done by Brexit is deafening. You cannot ignore something that has had the biggest negative impact on our country since the second world war and expect to be taken seriously as an MP, let alone a government.
a blue flag with yellow stars on it is waving in the wind
Alt: a blue flag with yellow stars on it is waving in the wind
media.tenor.com
May 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I look through Labour MP’s posts and the silence on the damage being done by Brexit is deafening. You cannot ignore something that has had the biggest negative impact on our country since the second world war and expect to be taken seriously as an MP, let alone a government.
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The original sin was failing to send Donald Trump to prison for the rest of his life for mounting a violent coup to overthrow the election of 2020.
May 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The original sin was failing to send Donald Trump to prison for the rest of his life for mounting a violent coup to overthrow the election of 2020.
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Is there any evidence that voters will share the press’s hysterical reaction to Starmer’s deal? For most who voted for it, Brexit was primarily about immigration. On that issue, as on so many others, it has failed them. Fewer immigrants from the EU has simply meant more from the rest of the world.
May 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Is there any evidence that voters will share the press’s hysterical reaction to Starmer’s deal? For most who voted for it, Brexit was primarily about immigration. On that issue, as on so many others, it has failed them. Fewer immigrants from the EU has simply meant more from the rest of the world.
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It will be important what traction the 'reset = betrayal' gets. My sense is it will be limited outside a hardcore, not least because Brexiters have so forcefully insisted Brexit had already been betrayed. OTOH, striking that BBC/Sky etc have made that (is it/ isn't it betrayal?) the talking point.
May 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It will be important what traction the 'reset = betrayal' gets. My sense is it will be limited outside a hardcore, not least because Brexiters have so forcefully insisted Brexit had already been betrayed. OTOH, striking that BBC/Sky etc have made that (is it/ isn't it betrayal?) the talking point.
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Fellow Rejoiners, we will need tactical voting in. 2029, but we don't want another Brexit Labour government.
Our tactic in local and by-elections should be to vote for the LibDems and Greens to help put as many of their candidates in poll position for tactical voting in 2029.
Our tactic in local and by-elections should be to vote for the LibDems and Greens to help put as many of their candidates in poll position for tactical voting in 2029.
May 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Fellow Rejoiners, we will need tactical voting in. 2029, but we don't want another Brexit Labour government.
Our tactic in local and by-elections should be to vote for the LibDems and Greens to help put as many of their candidates in poll position for tactical voting in 2029.
Our tactic in local and by-elections should be to vote for the LibDems and Greens to help put as many of their candidates in poll position for tactical voting in 2029.
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Brexit made it harder to return migrants who cross Channel, top Tory realises in leaked audio.
Tories govt knew they "can't any longer rely on sending people back to the place where they first claimed asylum". This wasn't on the side of the red bus.
Brexit has weakened the UK.
Tories govt knew they "can't any longer rely on sending people back to the place where they first claimed asylum". This wasn't on the side of the red bus.
Brexit has weakened the UK.
Top Tory caught admitting Brexit drawback in leaked clip
In response on Wednesday night, the Tories insisted that Chris Philp was not saying the Tories did not have a plan for how to handle asylum seekers post Brexit.
news.sky.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Brexit made it harder to return migrants who cross Channel, top Tory realises in leaked audio.
Tories govt knew they "can't any longer rely on sending people back to the place where they first claimed asylum". This wasn't on the side of the red bus.
Brexit has weakened the UK.
Tories govt knew they "can't any longer rely on sending people back to the place where they first claimed asylum". This wasn't on the side of the red bus.
Brexit has weakened the UK.
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Save this picture onto your phone.
Keep similar pictures in a folder/album. And just put them out there "on the socials" once in a while...
Keep similar pictures in a folder/album. And just put them out there "on the socials" once in a while...
May 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Save this picture onto your phone.
Keep similar pictures in a folder/album. And just put them out there "on the socials" once in a while...
Keep similar pictures in a folder/album. And just put them out there "on the socials" once in a while...
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BREAKING: “We will be closing the care worker visa for overseas recruitment” - Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
May 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
BREAKING: “We will be closing the care worker visa for overseas recruitment” - Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
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If a government with over 400 seats and 4 years left to govern cannot summon the courage to level with the public on social care then I despair at the capacity of our political system to ever deliver the change we need.
May 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If a government with over 400 seats and 4 years left to govern cannot summon the courage to level with the public on social care then I despair at the capacity of our political system to ever deliver the change we need.