Patrick Robey
@pat-beauclerc.bsky.social
European, pro EU and pro PR, history, books etc. No chats
£90bnlost tax revenue pa is bad enough, but worse than that we've lost int'l respect, influence, and opportunities
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
£90bnlost tax revenue pa is bad enough, but worse than that we've lost int'l respect, influence, and opportunities
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Me too
Labour’s 2024 general election manifesto on immigration says “We have a proud tradition of welcoming people fleeing persecution and abuse".
I remember that Labour. I preferred them to this current lot.
I remember that Labour. I preferred them to this current lot.
Want to learn the difference between asylum seeker, refugee and migrant and read an excellent article. @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social for The Canary www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Me too
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I represented @houseoflords.parliament.uk at a Summit in Stockholm to remind the world of Crimea’s plight since 2014: killings, children sent to Russian camps, cultural heritage destroyed etc. Zelensky put it powerfully in his speech to us ‘Putin wants legal recognition for what he has stolen’.
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I represented @houseoflords.parliament.uk at a Summit in Stockholm to remind the world of Crimea’s plight since 2014: killings, children sent to Russian camps, cultural heritage destroyed etc. Zelensky put it powerfully in his speech to us ‘Putin wants legal recognition for what he has stolen’.
Very excited to see that (possibly just for the moment) I have 300 followers. Thanks guys, let's change the world (one step at a time, maybe we should start with the UK)
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Very excited to see that (possibly just for the moment) I have 300 followers. Thanks guys, let's change the world (one step at a time, maybe we should start with the UK)
This forecast underlines the stupidity of Reeves' determination that the UK should remain outside the EU SM and CU
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Shock news for Reeves over growth forecasts just days before Budget
The news will come as a major blow to the government, which has put economic growth at the centre of its plan for Britain
www.independent.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This forecast underlines the stupidity of Reeves' determination that the UK should remain outside the EU SM and CU
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
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Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
"the truth, which Mr Johnson has never had a close relationship with, is now clear: he was responsible for thousands of avoidable deaths," and it is time he was held accountable
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Boris Johnson ‘beyond contempt’ for attack on Covid inquiry’s findings
Families of the Covid bereaved have reacted with horror to the lack of contrition in the former prime minister’s weekly column
www.independent.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"the truth, which Mr Johnson has never had a close relationship with, is now clear: he was responsible for thousands of avoidable deaths," and it is time he was held accountable
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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That's the Johnson way, play the man not the ball. Already beneath contempt he now shows himself as the repulsive, cowardly creature he is. He discredits the office he held, and was, and remains, unfit for public office, public privilege and public funds
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November 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
That's the Johnson way, play the man not the ball. Already beneath contempt he now shows himself as the repulsive, cowardly creature he is. He discredits the office he held, and was, and remains, unfit for public office, public privilege and public funds
observer.co.uk/topics/natio...
observer.co.uk/topics/natio...
Two things a leader needs are courage and vision. Starmer n' Reeves it seems have neither. They may not be responsible for getting us into the mess we are in, but they are certainly responsible for the fact that we are making no progress getting out of it.
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observer.co.uk/news/busines...
‘Reset’ with the EU looks more like ‘upset’ as Brexit damage mounts | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Two things a leader needs are courage and vision. Starmer n' Reeves it seems have neither. They may not be responsible for getting us into the mess we are in, but they are certainly responsible for the fact that we are making no progress getting out of it.
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
What's in the bubble? Now, there's a question...
I can't resist sharing this, irreverent though it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUB0...
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
What's in the bubble? Now, there's a question...
I can't resist sharing this, irreverent though it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUB0...
November 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I can't resist sharing this, irreverent though it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUB0...
What a repulsive family - stand by to hear from old man Stan
Johnson should be in prison...
Rachel Johnson defending her brother on @lbc.co.uk currently just blamed the "statest establishment" for the failures.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
What a repulsive family - stand by to hear from old man Stan
Johnson: the repulsive creature is now exposed to public contempt. May he rot in Hell
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Boris Johnson ‘beyond contempt’ for attack on Covid inquiry’s findings
Families of the Covid bereaved have reacted with horror to the lack of contrition in the former prime minister’s weekly column
www.independent.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Johnson: the repulsive creature is now exposed to public contempt. May he rot in Hell
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
“Beyond contempt” is putting it mildly. It is beyond time that he was stripped of any public funding, any public privilege and any public platform.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Boris Johnson ‘beyond contempt’ for attack on Covid inquiry’s findings
Families of the Covid bereaved have reacted with horror to the lack of contrition in the former prime minister’s weekly column
www.independent.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
“Beyond contempt” is putting it mildly. It is beyond time that he was stripped of any public funding, any public privilege and any public platform.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Even better, set about rejoining the EU SM and CU
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget.
Billions available without increasing the rate of income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax.
Just end some of the perks for a select few, anomalies and abuses. Redistribute to alleviate poverty, better infrastructure.
Billions available without increasing the rate of income tax, National Insurance or corporation tax.
Just end some of the perks for a select few, anomalies and abuses. Redistribute to alleviate poverty, better infrastructure.
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget
The chancellor has an opportunity to boost the public purpose and deliver redistribution
leftfootforward.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Even better, set about rejoining the EU SM and CU
"Boris Johnson should have no role in public life and no further entitlement to public funds.” Absolutely.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Covid bereaved call for Boris Johnson to lose ex-PM benefits over inquiry report
Campaign group says it will pursue all legal means to ensure personal accountability for ‘grave betrayal’
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"Boris Johnson should have no role in public life and no further entitlement to public funds.” Absolutely.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The grand old Duke of York,
He had twelve million quid,
He gave them to someone he did not know
For something he never did
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
He had twelve million quid,
He gave them to someone he did not know
For something he never did
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor fails to respond to summons to testify before US Congress
‘If he is hoping that the story will just go away by ignoring us and being silent, he will be sorely disappointed,’ US representative warns
www.independent.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The grand old Duke of York,
He had twelve million quid,
He gave them to someone he did not know
For something he never did
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
He had twelve million quid,
He gave them to someone he did not know
For something he never did
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
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An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue. And we all know who should be questioned first.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue. And we all know who should be questioned first.
Experience shows Yakovenko had a point
Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Experience shows Yakovenko had a point
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