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Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies aged 84 A fixture in Democratic politics who ran for 1988 presidential nomination, Jackson was once close to Martin Luther King Jr The Rev Jesse Jackson, the civil rights campaigner who was prominent for more than 50 years and who ran strongly for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988, has died. He was 84. “Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement. “We shared him with the world, and in return, the world became part of our extended family. His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honor his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by.” Continue reading...

Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies aged 84

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@tparkhill.bsky.social

find a way🙏

@caroline-venezia.bsky.social
@tparkhill.bsky.social
Checked their updated news section, plenty on other but none on new legislation dual nationals, could see, which is actually going to affect people coming into effect next wk. ofc not on bluesky, they're still on X and f/bk. Hope u both

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@tparkhill.bsky.social
visited the UK embassy in Italy just now to check for myself. Its basically as I remember, the general basic Gov.UK holding page, this is the email update I was talking about Tom, not specific to the Italian UK embassy per se. Info on phone time

Think its been Italian law since the 60s for females to retain their original surname as well as their married surname.

this is a very real completely unnecessary impactful issue for alot of women. It should be receiving alot more media attention, tv news etc. Hoping you get your UK p/port sorted. It should be ok, I had to post copy of all 48 coloured pages of my Italian p/port to UK p/port when renewing last Nov.

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Absolutely! or Franz Kafka!

New UK border rules for dual nationals are discriminatory against women, campaigners say British women in Spain and Greece face ‘huge problems’ entering UK because of differing surname rules

The unnecessary sorry saga continues....against married women

Sigh....'twas ever thus'

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@tparkhill.bsky.social

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

Another example of the Italian Constitution saving the day. She may well have signed up as a full member otherwise. A strong constitution helps to stop or slow the slide to fascism, especially if it was written with that specific aim in mind.

New UK border rules for dual nationals are discriminatory against women, campaigners say British women in Spain and Greece face ‘huge problems’ entering UK because of differing surname rules

The unnecessary sorry saga continues.....
@britishineurope.bsky.social
@tparkhill.bsky.social (highlights in general terms your wife's name change issue)

New UK border rules for dual nationals are discriminatory against women, campaigners say | Brexit | The Guardian share.google/zf0aD67KYUhs...

Si sbriciola l'arco dell'amore a Melendugno: era il simbolo del Salento Il dolore, ed il danno. Forti piogge e mareggiate cancellano uno dei simboli naturali della Puglia, crollato a causa dei temporali. Ordine geologi: "53% delle coste pugliesi a rischio erosione"

A famous "love arch" has collapsed into the sea in Puglia following torrential rains.

www.rainews.it/articoli/202...

‘Bring it back’: Sicilians say Antonello da Messina’s Ecce Homo belongs with them Much of Messina’s cultural memory was destroyed in a 1908 earthquake, but the Italian government has secured a masterpiece by the port city’s greatest son

‘Bring it back’: Sicilians say Antonello da Messina’s Ecce Homo belongs with them | Italy | The Guardian share.google/nAIKYfb0mAMJ...

15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
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never sent us anything, we've signed up for emailed info re post Brexit legislation but that's from the general UK govt website, nada from UK embassy. Think UK embassies are singularly hopeless everywhere, compared to other MS. Info/rules were awful for us non uk residents even before Brexit!

Goeschel, Christian / Hedinger, Daniel | München 38 Die Welt am Scheideweg. 2026. 978-3-406-83045-7. München 38 steht für Appeasement gegenüber Aggressoren. Denn auf der Münchner Konferenz gaben Chambe…

As the @munsecconf.bsky.social discusses how liberal democracies should deal with expansionist despots what about some historical perspective from @danielhedinger.bsky.social and me? www.chbeck.de/goeschel-hed...

Agreed! The British embassy in Rome has the email address of most UK citizens living here, the least they could have done would have been to drop us a note. Otherwise, what's the point of having an embassy. After all, this means that we citizens would be refused entry to our own country (!!).

💯Absolutely!, no longer able to apply/get p/ports from UK embassies anywhere anymore, all online. Remember when we first came here, I contacted them to register we were here, and they said they don't take a register of uk citizens living in other countries. Always, quick 2 state what they WON'T do!

🙏 oh wow!grazie mille, Tobias! thank you so much, much appreciated! un piacere to your Abruzzese neighbours! a not very well known episode in UK war history even now, many Italians didn't talk about it after the war incl my nonno. When I first researched for uni, my supervisor didn't know about it!

On a rainy today in Italy/UK, if anyone interested/wants to read in more detail about the internment of civilians in the UK, 'here's one I made earlier' (those of a certain age😉) an article I wrote a few years ago.

bylines.scot/lifestyle/hi...

like many Scots Italians, very well aware, my nonno (grandfather) narrowly missed being on board.
If memory serves, the BBC doesn't suprisingly 😉 say, is that the UK Govt did not fly the red cross flag, so it appeared as a warship, NOT a ship full of civilians!

If memory serves, the UK did not fly the red cross flag, so it looked like a warship, NOT a ship full of civilians!

like many Scots Italians, very well aware, my nonno (grandfather) narrowly missed being on board.

Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport New border controls require ‘certificate of entitlement’ to attach to second nationality passport that costs £589

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@britishineurope.bsky.social

A big grazie mille to @europestreet.bsky.social & @claudiadelpero.bsky.social who first posted on this 11 months ago

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

Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport New border controls require ‘certificate of entitlement’ to attach to second nationality passport that costs £589

@the3million.bsky.social
@britishineurope.bsky.social

A big grazie mille to @europestreet.bsky.social & @claudiadelpero.bsky.social who first posted on this 11 months ago

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

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@britishineurope.bsky.social

Thanks to @europestreet.bsky.social & @claudiadelpero.bsky.social who first posted about this 11 months ago.

all non UK resident UK born citizens are also affected, known about this for about a year, reluctantly renewed UK p/port last November just for the privilege to enter the UK! too soon to know how online airline bookings will cope.
UK non resident UK citizens/dual nationals,mostly ignored/forgotten!

Absolutely Patricia!, all non UK resident UK born citizens are also affected, known about this for about a year, reluctantly renewed UK p/port last November just for the privilege to enter the UK! too soon to know how online airline bookings are going to cope.
Dual nationals were never considered!

Absolutely Patricia!, all non UK resident UK born citizens are also affected, known about this for about a year, reluctantly renewed UK p/port last November just for the privilege to enter the UK! too soon to know how online airline bookings are going to cope.
Dual nationals were never considered!