Dr Charles Smith

Starmer: Brexit ‘significantly’ hurt British economy U.K. needs to “keep moving” towards a closer relationship, says British PM.

'At a speech in central London, Keir Starmer said Brexit had “significantly hurt our economy,” warning “frictions” with the bloc must be reduced to enable “economic renewal” in the U.K.' 👇🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Trump and Farage are both Hijos de Putin.

(Note: Spanish speakers will know why this is both funny and true).

The AGM of the European Movement UK was yesterday in Oxford & online.
Pleased to be elected to the National Council, one of seven representatives from Wales.
It's time to smash the gangs!
Bring to account the shysters, liars & grifters who promised Brexit Benefits.
#RejoinEU
@europeanmovement.co.uk

"EU Finance Ministers have agreed to our proposal to remove the customs exemption for low-value parcels coming into the EU." Von der Leyen

This surely also affects UK businesses and private individuals sending low-value items/parcels to the EU.

It must be another Brexit benefit!

The Chancellor's worrying about how her budget will be viewed by the "Bond Markets" (co-creators of the 2008 financial crash scandal) is a bit like worrying what Trump thinks about the BBC's standards of truthfulness, or Jimmy Savile's opinions about child protection.

JUST the tonic I needed this morning 🙂
#BBCNews

Now Starmer needs to pick a side.
Stand up for the British values of the BBC.
Or kow-tow to the cowardly bullying of Trump.

#BBCNews

Yep

This BBC News matter
is not about impartiality.
It's a plot to inject right-wing bias into the BBC to make it more like GB and Fox so-called "News".
Will the UK government defend the BBC against Trump and the Faragists?
That would take some political courage, so don't bet on it.

#BBCNews

Reeves can no longer ignore ‘mammoth in the broom cupboard’ | The Observer

William Keegan (my hero) hits the nail right on the head once again
#RejoinEU

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In case you missed it ...
This is the "preamble" or introduction to the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights. It perfectly sums up the whole beauty of the European idea.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺🕊

If Brexit is the reason for Rachel Reeves' tax rises and attacks on pensions, she can fix it by applying to #RejoinEU rather than continuing the #Brexit carnage. I will not support Labour a second time, even if it means handing Britain to NF.

Out tomorrow, Reboot Britain : Brexit RIP.

🇪🇺 “In the long term, we need to rejoin the European Union.” 👉@ZackPolanski 👏

Finally, someone in politics saying what most young people already know: Britain’s future lies back in Europe.

Rejoin the customs union. Rebuild Erasmus. Restore freedom 👏 👏 👏

#RejoinEU #SaveBritishFarming #ReUnion

The Sleeping Giant Awakens The history of today

It's a great day for New York, the USA and the world, a bad day for Trump and therefore a bad day for Farage and his shower.

#RejoinEU

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Israel will have to address its self-inflicted PTSD The country’s citizens face a looming ‘moral hazard’ as they come to terms with atrocities in Gaza

In my opinion this is an extremely important article which deserves to be widely shared and should not go unnoticed on Page 31 of today's Observer
#Gaza

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Labour's Lucy Powell will take a 'submarine approach' as deputy PM - for now Lucy Powell's had quite the political comeback. Sacked from cabinet by the prime minister but weeks ago, she's back with her own powerbase and voice at the top of the party as the deputy Labour leader.

Labour's Lucy Powell will take a 'submarine approach' as deputy PM - for now

Labour’s new deputy leader says party must pay more heed to its members Exclusive: Lucy Powell, who was sacked as Commons leader by Starmer in September, says government should stop trying to ‘out-Reform Reform’ Labour’s new deputy leader, Lucy Powell, has said the government must listen to its members instead of being guided by a “narrow group of voices” as it battles to stave off electoral disaster in next May’s local elections. Powell defeated the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, in the deputy leadership contest, which concluded on Saturday. She said she had been given “a clear mandate that members want their voice to be heard at the top of the party”. Continue reading...

Labour’s new deputy leader says party must pay more heed to its members

Labour’s Brexit omerta failed utterly, the truth invites the mother of all U-turns ‘For every Labour voter who has gone to Reform, at least two have gone to parties more pro-EU than Labour… If the idea behind the omerta was to stop people turning to Farage, it has failed totally.’ -...

Excellent piece
#RejoinEU

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Lucy Powell says: "We can't out-Reform Reform".
Exactly. We can't and we shouldn't.

The Labour Party has a new Deputy Leader.

"Her campaign was based on a call for the government to change course" ...BBC News.

Well done, Lucy Powell.

Labour’s Brexit omerta failed utterly, the truth invites the mother of all U-turns ‘For every Labour voter who has gone to Reform, at least two have gone to parties more pro-EU than Labour… If the idea behind the omerta was to stop people turning to Farage, it has failed totally.’ -...

Excellent piece
#RejoinEU

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BBC Question Time Audience Laugh At Nadine Dorries As She Struggles To Explain Reform Immigration Plan The former Tory cabinet minister's claims about stopping the small boats were met with scepticism from those in the studio.

The former Tory cabinet minister's claims about stopping the small boats were met with scepticism from those in the studio.

Letter in the Western Mail, the national newspaper of Wales.
#RejoinEU

We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?

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'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...

REVEALED: Donald Trump has picked Tony Blair for central role in Gaza ‘peace plan’…

…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
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BLAIR ???
WTF ???
FFS !!!

#Gaza
#Palestine
#FreedomFlotilla

Excellent opinion piece in this weekend's Financial Times
#Ukraine

Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges Gill admits to eight charges while an elected member of the European parliament

🚨 BREAKING: The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to #bribery, admitting he received corrupt payments as a Brexit Party MEP in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.

Five excellent letters in today's Guardian.
#RejoinEU