@garyseconomics.bsky.social enjoyed your documentary. Lots of points well made. Lots of questions left hanging.

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Should you be scared of the bond markets?

YouTube video by Garys Economics

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Terry Reintke MEP, "Does the EU want the UK back?" "Abso-f*cking-lutely" "We want you back in the European Union"

Makerfield is - of course - hugely important, and perhaps Nigel Farage may be encouraged to fade away & spend more time with his £5 million "personal security" £££ & other donations - but today's biggest news is this: the real cost of Brexit to all of us. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests

Analysis showed how much the UK could have grown if it had not exited the EU.

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Nightmare for a friend of mine in London. Please share.

Could France's attack rival Brazil 1970 and Brazil 2002? Me @financialtimes.com featuring Ousmane Dembélé's wakeup man, Mbappé promising to defend (big if true), the mystery about whether Olise speaks French (or anything else) + Mbappé being mean about Cherki. Free to read as.ft.com/r/ef5004f1-4...

Can France’s World Cup team rival Brazil’s all-time greats?

France’s conservative football coach Didier Deschamps has the world’s best forwards. Now he must corral them into a unit

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One part of U.K. is enjoying a Brexit boost 10 years after vote - The Japan Times share.google/gvQ2t1cuqQxc...

One part of U.K. is enjoying a Brexit boost 10 years after vote

Northern Ireland has enjoyed bumper economic growth at twice the pace of the rest of the country in recent years.

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This strikes me as one way of explaining why our party political electoral system doesn’t work: www.facebook.com/share/r/1D3T...

Tomorrow’s Independent front page:

⚫ Mort du peintre David Hockney : le Britannique, chantre d’une peinture figurative virtuose, immédiate et sensuelle, lorgnant un pop art empreint de gigantisme, est mort à 88 ans. ➡️ https://l.liberation.fr/KjC

Stories like this about acts of heroism by people who are not white never go viral www.thesun.co.uk/news/3937252...

Teacher 'stabbed while protecting pupils from knife-wielding girl' is pictured

A HERO teacher who was stabbed in the neck while shielding pupils from a “knife-wielding” girl has been pictured – as his wife reveals the “devastating” call she recei…

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Anaka Women's Collective are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast Every penny raised will go to transport, emergency accommodation and urgent supplies for families, and to sustain helper networks for future emergency response

Support people and groups impacted by racist attacks

We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.

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We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and others

We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and others

Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others

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Seems misleading, @benjudah.bsky.social ? How could UK be in Schengen if Ireland isn’t? On the euro, I understand the UK doesn’t fulfill the criteria and then it would still have to opt to adopt it (other EU countries have not adopted it even though they fulfill the criteria?)?

Europe Elects@europeelects.bsky.social · 2mo ago

UK (GB), YouGov poll: UK would not have previous opt-outs (including the Euro and Schengen) EU membership referendum Stay out/Leave: 55% (+3) Join/Remain: 45% (-3) +/- vs. EU Membership Referendum 2016 Fieldwork: 02-03 June 2026 Sample size: 2,114 ➤ europeelects.eu/uk

💥 97,500!💥 This Rejoin petition is so close to completion. Let’s tip it over the 100,000 mark to force the government to respond. Given the party in power now realises they need the pro-EU base - are they really going to refuse a debate in parliament on this? Let’s find out! Sign and share!

Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK

We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...

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This is an unforgivably stupid situation. It is an astonishing own goal to try and drive student numbers down to move an immigration number that in turn is totally ignored by the anti-immigrant head bangers.

Giles Wilkes@gilesyb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

UK universities cut jobs, research and teaching amid squeeze in overseas students - www.ft.com/content/ded7... I don't really understand why any administration would not try to reverse the fall in overseas student numbers, but I guess I'm a naive liberal

Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK We believe Brexit's not working. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin the EU, reverse the damage, increase tax revenues and restore opportunities in the UK petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK

We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...

petition.parliament.uk

The Rejoin petition jumped from 70K to 75K yesterday. It needs to hit 100K by June 8th when the petition closes in order to get a debate in Parliament. The 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote is June 23rd.

Sign sign sign! #RejoinEU

Dumb and Dumber: Tell Me Where to Sign

ALT: Dumb and Dumber: Tell Me Where to Sign

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Mike Galsworthy@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

💥 70,000 signatures! 💥 ...and the petition closes on June 8th. Imagine if we can get it over 100,000 before then - and open a Parliamentary debate in time for the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote on June 23rd 2026. That'd be powerful. All hands to the pump! Sign and share, share, share! 👇

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Truth-teller:

Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 3mo ago

I'm not saying this because I particularly think he should stand for leader but it does feel Quite Interesting that Labour actually has this other mayor who's been successfully running a much bigger city for a longer period of time but for some reason no one's waiting for him to save the party

It just feels like even the BBC lobby correspondents have bathed in the elixir of absolute power. Though, to be fair, Keir Starmer has not yet embraced the challenge.

Vote vote vote: in Live Times poll in the Times today. Should Britain rejoin the EU? • Result: 75% Yes / 25% No www.thetimes.com/article/a831...

Have to say, particularly liked @mattchorley.bsky.social ‘s line of questioning with Zia Yusuf yesterday on whether Mr Farage had accepted any more money from elsewhere (yes/no/don’t know): very well crafted question.

Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪@brexitbin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Keep up the pressure on Farage! #RefUKkers

It's Europe Day! Today, we celebrate all that Europe stands for. And we celebrate all of us, the citizens of Europe. Because all together, we are Europe. Happy Europe Day!

This 👇

Sue Wilson MBE@suewilson91.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Do this everywhere, and who knows? We could have a very different country." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Brexit has been an incontrovertible success (for at least one person).

Dan.G 🇬🇧🇪🇺@dangurden.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Only £90k of which is his salary for being an MP, and not all of which was properly declatred withoutt investigation and prompting... So take a quick guess who he actually works for. #election #politics #may7th www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Apart from the question of the illegality of this threat, it may well please Reform supporters who appear to relish hurting other Brits, but it fundamentally misreads the national character that reacts obstinately to being threatened.

Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚@fbpech.bsky.social · 3mo ago

My friend just sent this! It’s Nazi ism all over again! I am beyond terrified. ( Do you think this is true @owenjones.bsky.social ? 😭)

Maybe Cuba should just preemptively grant citizenship to all the children of South Americans deported by Trump? 🤷🏽

EL PAÍS@elpais.com · 3mo ago

📹 Trump dice que Estados Unidos “tomará Cuba casi inmediatamente” social.elpais.com/g9e…

Bleachers cover The Waterboys’ Whole of the Moon youtu.be/RWRJTU50LGA?...

Bleachers Covers the Waterboys’ “The Whole of the Moon” Live on the Stern Show

YouTube video by The Howard Stern Show

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