Peter Burke

actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE... Do you think Musk is a fit & proper person to control our electricity supply?

UK and Europe – moving together? Public meeting with 3 outstanding speakers Oxford for Europe Event at 7:30 pm on 22nd May 2025.New Road Baptist Church, Oxford. Book tickets We live in swift moving, difficult and dangerous times. …

@oxfordforeurope.bsky.social we have a major face to face event coming up next Thursday. Don’t miss it! oxfordforeurope.com/events/uk-an...

102. Councils of perfection? Alas not this time Peter BurkeChairOxford For Europe 4 May 2025 Previous blogs (To search the website or to comment on this piece please see foot of page) Chair’s blog Follow My Blog Get new content delivered d…

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Council elections – a few surprises The recent local elections have brought surprises. Oxfordshire has left No Overall Control for the first time since 2013. The Reform party has exceeded expectations and now has the job of running 10 County Councils, including the largest, Kent. What next? This is the theme of OfE's latest blog. Read it here Come to our next meeting 22 May, 7 pm: An in-person meeting featuring Calum Miller, MP (Bicester and Woodstock), Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Foreign Affairs,  Baroness Royall of Blaisdon,  Principal of Somerville College Oxford, and Cecilia Jastrzembska, President of Young European Movement.

Council elections – a few surprises

The recent local elections have brought surprises. Oxfordshire has left No Overall Control for the first time since 2013. The Reform party has exceeded expectations and now has the job of running 10 County Councils, including the largest, Kent. What next? This…

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101. A bully in a China shop Peter BurkeChairOxford For Europe 8 April 2025 Previous blogs (To search the website or to comment on this piece please see foot of page) Chair’s blog Follow My Blog Get new content delivered…

oxfordforeurope.com/letters/101-... The latest Oxford for Europe blog, on Trump's latest misdeeds, what else?

A bully in a China shop Trump's first two months in office have brought chaos and tragedy to many lives both in the US and elsewhere. In his third month he has excelled himself, and the world will never be the same again. We and our European neighbours need to stick together in the name of sanity. This is the theme of OfE's latest blog. Read it here…

A bully in a China shop

Trump's first two months in office have brought chaos and tragedy to many lives both in the US and elsewhere. In his third month he has excelled himself, and the world will never be the same again. We and our European neighbours need to stick together in the name of sanity.…

Irish Foreign Ministry on X: "This St. Patrick’s Day, we pay tribute to Irish people making remarkable contributions around the world and showcasing the very best of what it means to be Irish. 🎵🔊 'A Rainy Night in Soho', performed by Cat Dowling Happy #StPatricksDay! Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh https://t.co/LdKV0oh95B" / X This St. Patrick’s Day, we pay tribute to Irish people making remarkable contributions around the world and showcasing the very best of what it means to be Irish. 🎵🔊 'A Rainy Night in Soho', performed by Cat Dowling Happy #StPatricksDay! Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh https://t.co/LdKV0oh95B

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Sadly this makes sense, even if AI generated. www.facebook.com/share/1ABTKS...

An astute and withering analysis of current events

The only thing to add is that much of what Trump is now doing is not legal. The courts have made this clear, but his response is either to ignore or disparage them. What is worse is he’s getting away with it

Trump’s second coming: the world kisses the ring As Trump begins a new tyrannical presidency, the ugly whirligig of opportunism, appeasement and normalisation begins. But what happens next?

westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/tru... a new article on the eve of the Trump inauguration. Well worth reading

Stop Billionaires Meddling in UK Politics ❌ Foreign billionaires like Elon Musk shouldn’t have the power to shape our democracy. Let’s change the law.

secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/163807/...

Well spoken Liz

Sign the petition: Britain is not for sale: don't let the likes of Elon Musk meddle in our democracy 🚨 WORLD’S RICHEST MAN BUYING OUR DEMOCRACY 🚨 Elon Musk is set to pump £78m into Nigel Farage’s party—a sum that would allow Reform to flood our politics with targeted ads. Maybe other countries allow ...

It should not be necessary to have petitions like this but there is a serious risk that Musk's money will shape the next UK election. Remember how he and his like complained of the fairly trivial UK 'interference' in the US election? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/britain-...

Conflating Youth Mobility with Freedom of Movement is mendacious. Britain has YMS agreements with many non-EU countries such as Australia and even Andorra, San Marino, Iceland. It is just the EU with which it seems to have a problem. No wonder our EU friends are puzzled and irritated.

Britain is still in Europe Public meeting with Prof Timothy Garton Ash This Oxford for Europe Event will be held on Wednesday 27th November 2024 7 pm for a 7:15 pm startat the New Road Baptist Church, Bonn Sq, Oxford OX1 1LQ…

Final reminder. This very important event is happening this evening in Oxford. Not too late to book. Or you can just turn up. oxfordforeurope.org/events/brita...

YouTube video by European Movement UK Caroline Lucas and Dominic Grieve on why we must rebuild our ties with Europe

Some good news at last youtu.be/rh42WJTrV80?...

Good news

With Olly Glover and Ed Davey in Didcot today

The Strongman Fantasy (text and audio) And Dictatorship in Real Life

snyder.substack.com/p/the-strong... Timothy Snyder being, alas!, all-too prophetic