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Today we will have another two motion of censures against the von der Leyen Commission, with debate in the European Parliament and vote on Thursday.

The two motions come from the far-left and far-right. As a reminder, here is my breakdown from EU Analytics over the July's vote:

the Swiss are pressuring their gov cancel billions worth of orders for F35s too.

meanwhile, the White House "factsheet" about the tariffs is a work of pure fiction.

After Rejecting U.S. F-35 Fighters, Spain Mulls Acquisition Of Turkey's KAAN Aircraft: Spanish Media After rejecting US F-35 stealth fighters, Spain is reportedly considering acquiring Turkey’s under-development KAAN aircraft. Spain’s decision had come in the backdrop of multiple countries, including...

Very interesting...
& again as predicted - wasn't it obvious to all? - The US "defense" (war?) industry will suffer medium to longer term owing to Trump's "policies"

"After Rejecting U.S. F-35 Fighters, Spain Mulls Acquisition Of Turkey's KAAN Aircraft"
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A table showing how Labour, Conservatives and Lib Dems voted on crucial Brexit votes in Parliament. Only the Lib Dems (and SNP and Greens, but not shown in the table) put up a fight.

I notice a lot of british saying that. Didn't starmer make a massive deal about where labour stand on brexit before the GE2024?

"we will not re-join the EU, the Single Market or the Customs Union - in My Lifetime!" - Keir Starmer 2024.

I don't think labour can be more pro-brexit.

A table showing how Labour, Conservatives and Lib Dems voted on crucial Brexit votes in Parliament. Only the Lib Dems (and SNP and Greens, but not shown in the table) put up a fight.

labours whip over brexit 👇suggests they are very brexity.

A table showing how Labour, Conservatives and Lib Dems voted on crucial Brexit votes in Parliament. Only the Lib Dems (and SNP and Greens, but not shown in the table) put up a fight.

Also labour 👇

Gibraltar voted remain too, don't forget.

the Falklands would have voted remain as well but they were not allowed a vote.

thanks to brexit we did get a glimpse of what reunification might look like, economically. and it's much better than previously thought 👇

we may really just be witnessing the end of the UK Union Seán.

post empre, post devolution & post brexit, the rise of "englishness" shouldn't surprise us. And it's also not surprising to see them withdraw from the "british" and "Uk" thing.

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Trump considers massive bailout of at least $10 billion for American farmers hurt by his trade war | CNN Business American farmers are having a tough year, in no small part because of President Donald Trump’s trade war. Now, the White House is gearing up to extend them a multi-billion-dollar bailout, sources tell...

Huge tariffs & subsidising sectors: the height of *protectionism*.
Remember when Brexiters said UK needed to leave EU because of this?
UK has succeeded in putting itself outside both..where even tariff free with EU - that can only dream of with US - fucks over UK
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the penny might drop soon that it might be easier to push forward reunification in Ireland - which brings an end to the GFA/BA - than renegotiate them.👇

you're welcome.

the next NI assembly election is in 2027. the mid-term polls look like this:

Reunification/EU: 54%
Unionist/brexit: 41%
Independents: 5%

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

Northern Ireland deal opens door to “immediate” talks on UK Horizon Europe association, says von der Leyen Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said that work on associating the UK to the EU’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme will start “immediately” once the wider deal between Bru...

a recent example might be the HoC vote for the WF, against the wishes of british unionists in NI, was 515-to-28.

An astonishing result.

The WF was also a dependency for the UK to re-join EU horizon and a side (MoU) deal for financial services. Both are worth billions to London. For NI, not.

UK voting intention UK. "If a general election was called tomorrow, how would you vote?". sample of 2,717 GB adults on 10th sept. RFM 34% (pro Brexit + ECHR Exit) Labour 19% (pro Brexit + "Legitimate Concerns about ECHR") CON 15% (pro Brexit + ECHR Exit) LIBDEMs 12% (pro EU + Pro ECHR) Greens 12% (pro EU + Pro ECHR) Other 6% SNP 2% Plaid Cymru 1% https://findoutnow.co.uk/blog/voting-intention-10th-september-2025/

Yes, the Good Friday Agreement provides the legal process (referendum in NI & Ireland) for it to happen.

I think it's too soon for some loyalists but the problem now is it's clear NI is not in the future plans for english nationalists...i.e. reform or tories and labour are pro brexit.

The ECHR exists to protect you from people who want to leave it.

I dread when I see his hand dryers in the jax. his bagless vacuum cleaner idea was good but he makes my teeth itch. his pro brexit stance was utterly bonkers.

"lied parade" has a nice ring to it. catchy.

you're right. that's a better way of putting it.

afraid not.

it's a human trait...like "othering", sadly.

Called "pulling up the ladder”, it appears to emerge when individuals associate past adversity with valued achievement: easing the process for others can invalidate their prior hardship and diminish their accomplishment.

Almost 10 years after the vote, the consequences of Brexit continue to unravel.

Are we witnessing the end of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland?" Will NI leave the UK to re-join the EU with Ireland? because of brexit.

it's the proposed new backpack for schoolkids in england.

Great piece by Tom. the “Myth of British Aloneism" rings very true already.

Gibraltar (vtd remain) joins EU schengen & CU and NI (vtd remain) is still largely in the EU SM for goods, already half way out of the UK Union.

yeah. he's hit so many nails on the head with that piece.

The Sisyphus analogy is spot on.

photo of a large boulder with shoulder straps...ala Sisyphus from Greek Mythology who pushed a boulder up a mountain, only for it to fall all the way back down again, so he had to repeat the process.

nice piece Tom. the Sisyphus analogy had me in stitches.

Sunday Scribblings Revisiting Brexit

This week in Sunday Scribblings, I return to Brexit, or rather, I offer some thoughts on the issue of the UK and Europe, because Brexit is done and will not soon be undone.

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original soundtrack was my favourite.

agreed. also timeless. still sounds great.