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'Brexit was a giant con by plastic patriots – we need a plan to get back in EU' The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and we...

🚨🚨 @mirror.co.uk' Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after #Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and weaker. Hard agree. #brexitshambles.
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Europe, including Britain, has a role to play in what comes next. It does not need to be invited. It can simply act. The question is whether it has woken from its slumber, or if it will allow itself to be bossed around by fascists once again.

Trump won't stand up to Putin because he likes Putin, just as he likes Netanyahu and Bolsonaro.

Dictators and autocrats are Trump's kind of people. Like them, Trump wants a world where the corrupt and powerful cannot be held to account.

It's not weakness, it's a shared vision for a grim future.

For the 255th day in a row, the main avenue in Georgia's capital is blocked. ✅🇬🇪

The illegitimate, pro-Russian, corrupt regime needs to collapse. 60+ political prisoners, including many opposition leaders, need to be freed.

Graphic showing '1.6 billion from frozen Russian Central Bank assets' in blue and yellow.

Ukraine will receive €1.6B from profits on Russian Central Bank assets frozen under EU sanctions. 🇺🇦

The assets stay blocked, but the interest they earn can be used to help Ukraine.

For a strong Ukraine in a secure Europe. #StandWithUkraine

The EU will provide Ukraine with another €1.6 billion from profits generated by frozen Russian assets in the bloc, the European Commission confirms.

In a word ... YES!

"If you live in Alaska, I need you to buy a Ukrainian flag and turn any area that Putin is going to be into a sea of Ukrainian flags - so many that, when Putin lands, all he's going to see is just yellow and blue."

Why Nigel Farage is to blame for the small boats migrant crisis Martin Shipton You wouldn’t know it from the way he is weaponising the issue for his own political ends, but if there’s one person more responsible for the “small boats” migration crisis than anyone e...

It's the same with Farage and the "small boat crisis".

Farage is more to blame fir causing the crisis than any other UK citizen, but due to unwillingness of the Labour govt to say anything negative about Brexit, Farage not only gets away with it but can weaponise it.

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Another example of how #Brexit supporters are exploiting the very predictable bad consequences for UK citizens of the Brexit they demanded to attack the Labour government.

And because the Starmer govt won't criticise Brexit, Farage and the Mail get away with this nonsense again and again.

The Trump Putin Alaska Summit and Europe's Munich Moment "The uncomfortable truth is this: if Ukraine falls, Europe won’t be debating whether to confront Russia, but when"

“The uncomfortable truth is this: if Ukraine falls, Europe won’t be debating whether to confront Russia, but when”

By @andrewchak.bsky.social

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Exactly what I'm talking about. Starmer should be hanging Farage out to dry, telling him the delays and checks are down to his Brexit.
Go after Farage. Let him defend Britons being exposed to EES and Etias.

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'Brexit was a giant con by plastic patriots – we need a plan to get back in EU' The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and we...

"Brexit remains the elephant in the room, deliberately ignored by the Prime Minister and others."

The UK and EU tried hard, and made significant concessions, to keep the Trump regime on side, to try to win him around.

From what we've seen in the past 72 hours on Ukraine and Gaza, that attempt has failed.

The break is now just a matter of time, unless opponents of Autocracy in the US act now.

The part of Ukraine's Donetsk rejoin that the Trump regime wants Ukraine to hand over to Russia as part of a "peace" deal is heavily fortified, and Russia has tried and failed to capture it for >3 years.

It's like the Sudetenland in 1938, and we know where that led.

No!

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EU leaders push for Kyiv to be part of Trump-Putin talks to end Ukraine war Top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas said any deal between the United States and Russia to end the war in Ukraine had to include Kyiv and the bloc, adding that she was convening a meeting of  EU foreign minist...

European democracies, led by the EU, must #StandWithUkraine in rejecting any the US attempt to force Ukraine to accept an unjust and insecure "Munich peace" deal with Russia.

Increase military support for Ukraine, don't hand our future to despots.

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Nordic-Baltic leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine, say Russia must end 'unlawful' war The leaders of eight Nordic-Baltic nations on Sunday jointly reaffirmed their support for Ukraine and said that peace could only come through consistent pressure being put on the Russian federation to halt its "unlawful" war.

As Russian propagandists threaten the Baltic states in anticipation of a Russia-US "peace" deal (i.e. a sell-out of Ukraine), Nordic and Baltic states join European allies in pledging support for Ukraine's sovereignty.

Europe must defy the dictators, US or Russian.

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"We underline our unwavering commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.

We continue to stand firmly by the side of Ukraine."

We welcome this strong joint statement from the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, the UK, and EU.

Europe must not fail Ukraine!

A point which I now see has been made much better and at much greater length by @johnharris1969.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nordic-Baltic leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine, say Russia must end 'unlawful' war The leaders of eight Nordic-Baltic nations on Sunday jointly reaffirmed their support for Ukraine and said that peace could only come through consistent pressure being put on the Russian federation to halt its "unlawful" war.

As Russian propagandists threaten the Baltic states in anticipation of a Russia-US "peace" deal (i.e. a sell-out of Ukraine), Nordic and Baltic states join European allies in pledging support for Ukraine's sovereignty.

Europe must defy the dictators, US or Russian.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Ukraine will not let Russia 'deceive America,' Zelensky says ahead of upcoming Trump-Putin summit "We understand the Russians' intention to try to deceive America — we will not allow this," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Aug. 10.

⚡️Ukraine will not let Russia 'deceive America,' Zelensky says ahead of upcoming Trump-Putin summit.

"We understand the Russians' intention to try to deceive America — we will not allow this," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Aug. 10.

The northern Donbas under Ukrainian control is a heavily fortified area. Surrendering those areas makes neither militarily nor politically sense. It is such a non-starter that demanding it means that there is no interest in real negotiations, as I have been saying before.

In May 2022, only weeks after the Russian collapse in Northern Ukraine, Putin ordered the takeover of the Donbas within 3 months. More than three years later even this rather mediocre goal hasn't materialized.

Poland to build Belarus border fence after migrant influx Poland and its EU allies have accused Belarus of weaponising migrants in response to sanctions.

For sure, the Lukashenko regime has been weaponising migration since the summer of 2021.

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I agree with a lot in this article.

The secret weapon is a referendum on European accession.

This would be transformative.

And Labour does sorely need a game-changer.

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Putin’s warlord ally flying migrants into Europe Libyan strongman helping Kremlin trigger fresh crisis on EU’s eastern borders, flight records suggest

And they are still doing it, likely with some extra help from Netanyahu and Trump in the near future.

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Why Nigel Farage is to blame for the small boats migrant crisis Martin Shipton You wouldn’t know it from the way he is weaponising the issue for his own political ends, but if there’s one person more responsible for the “small boats” migration crisis than anyone e...

Nigel Farage is arguably more to blame than any individual for creating the UK's "small boat crisis".

Yet due to the unwillingness of the Labour govt and Tory opposition to say anything negative about Brexit, Farage not only gets away with it but can weaponise it.

nation.cymru/opinion/why-...

Key Putin ally says he will not seek reelection Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has played a key role for Russian President Vladimir Putin throughout his invasion of Ukraine.

Supporting democracy campaingers in Belarus is not just about the fight for freedom in Belarus.

Belarus really matters to Europe's security.

Don't trust Lukashenko's words, after 30 years in power his regime will not willingly abandon it anytime soon.

www.newsweek.com/belarus-pres...

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Putin’s warlord ally flying migrants into Europe Libyan strongman helping Kremlin trigger fresh crisis on EU’s eastern borders, flight records suggest

Meanwhile, Belarus is doing Russia's bidding by flying in migrants and refugees from the Middle East, Asia and Africa and then pushing them to the EU's Eastern borders in an effort to destabilise the EU and boost far-right parties in EU member states.

www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

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Is Russia preparing for war with NATO? What’s behind large-scale military exercises in Belarus Will Russia’s first major military exercises in Belarus in several years serve as a cover for renewed aggression?

Russia is preparing for joint military exercises with Belarus next month, which may be cover for another attack on Ukraine (as in 2022), threats to the Poland or the Baltic states, or even the final annexation of Belarus.

www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/articles...

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