Andrew Duff

Rupert Lowe reports charity rowers to coastguard as possible ‘illegal migrants’ MP agrees to donate £1,000 to crew’s fundraising effort after alerting authorities to their boat off Great Yarmouth

Rupert Lowe MP reported an "illegal migrant boat" to authorities...

"It turned out they were the four-person crew of a rowing boat who were off Great Yarmouth as they attempted to row from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise funding for motor neurone disease"

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

One yearns, however, for a cogent strategy to implement Draghi. At the moment, it's Trump who's making the running.

It’s not nonsense, but it doesn’t get us very far. When I was a lad, we used to call such a post a ‘holding position’.

The holocaust was very cruel.

Israelis are much mistaken to claim that British policy on Palestine is shaped by the UK's Islamist element. We object to Netanyahu & co not because we are Muslim fanatics but because we are European Liberals and Democrats.

Agree with this. Nobody was making the case for Europe in the UK, and that continues today, with notable exceptions like @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social and @andrewduffeu.bsky.social , both of whom are clear that this is where the UK belongs.

Lots of nonsense here and elsewhere about Macron’s recognition of Palestine. Even if it’s only a GESTURE, it’s a well considered GOOD GESTURE. Starmer and Merz can and should follow suit. #EUCO

Awkward for Starmer who hates taking difficult decisions

Lots of nonsense here and elsewhere about Macron’s recognition of Palestine. Even if it’s only a GESTURE, it’s a well considered GOOD GESTURE. Starmer and Merz can and should follow suit. #EUCO

Reactionary bus-lovers in Cambridge should note how well TRAMS service Old Trafford 🏏. @cambridge-connect.bsky.social @camcitco.bsky.social @cambridgeindy.bsky.social @pippaheylings.bsky.social @cambridgelabour.bsky.social

The Ukraine war will shape the world We must not repeat the mistakes of the appeasers in the 1930s

France, Italy and Spain are failing Ukraine. www.ft.com/content/b9d7...

Budapest claims deal with Belgrade, Moscow on new pipeline for Russian oil - Euractiv Hungary’s move comes as EU lawmakers and governments negotiate legislation to end Russian gas imports by 2027.

One for the archive. The immorality of Hungary reaches staggering levels. www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...

No. He’d left the EP by then and was absorbed in undermining Our Angie.

Yes. Good change in Berlin. But he is wrong about David Cameron.

Why not try a better Prime Minister ?

Turkey’s Gerontocratic Constitutional Moment

The circular firing squad that is Turkey’s politics. verfassungsblog.de/turkeys-gero...

Trump v. Murdoch promises to be enormous fun.

I hope the BBC gets all of its banal silly commentary out of its system on this the 1st night of the Proms. @bbctv.bsky.social @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social

And that being ‘European’ is actually more powerful than skulking off shore.

UK voters are often very wrong.

Britain usually takes at least 10 years to do anything big in Europe.

If it’s Starmer’s excuse for NOT joining the European Union, it’s a big mistake. In substantive terms, it’s TOSH.

Really this is a lot of tosh - fully superseded when Britain eventually applies to join Germany in the European Union.

😂😂😂😂

Not stupid is @werahobhouse.bsky.social nor @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social but TIMID.

My aim as at the New Statesman.

Emmanuel Macron Takes Aim At Brexit And Tells UK: 'You Were Stronger With The European Union' The French president said he wanted his country and Britain to work together more closely.

Emmanuel Macron Takes Aim At Brexit And Tells UK: 'You Were Stronger With The European Union'

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/emmanu...

Hopeless he is, of course, but he’s not alone.

How awful that the British Left have so little European ambition.

Macron suggests Brexit caused a rise in small boat crossings President Macron says people supporting Brexit argued it would make controlling migration easier - but the opposite was true. "Since Brexit, there is no migration deal with the EU," he says.

President Macron says people supporting Brexit argued it would make controlling migration easier - but the opposite was true. "Since Brexit, there is no migration deal with the EU" - Good to see Macron telling the government and the rest of us some home truths.
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