2. This doesn't absolve responsibility for Brexit. Everything is still there, including those prédispositions mentioned above. Frankly, if Brexit hadn't been such a disaster, would Russian interference even have been brought up? It is very much still up to the voters to fix what they've caused.
“In the past there were even companies who organised job interviews in car dealerships, so they could show off the cars new employees would receive" www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2354...
Why are Belgians so attached to their company cars?
Why does a country known for its log-jammed roads insist on subsidising car use? "The system is totally absurd."
brusselstimes.com
Kemi is deemed popular ´Because, as I say, there is nothing so powerful in British politics as the right-wing unreality machine.’
Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 4d agoI actually quite like Kemi Badenoch. But she is subject to a myth she doesn't deserve: a Tory recovery which just doesn't exist. Despite endless positive coverage, the Tories are still going backwards. And they deserve to be. Piece from me. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-strang...
There's growing experimental evidence¹˒²˒³˒⁴ that LLMs are unusually good at talking people out of entrenched false beliefs and conspiracy theories. ¹ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39264999/ ² pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41179846/ ³ sciety.org/articles/act... ⁴ connecticut.adl.org/resources/re...
Der Fisher@blackholefun.bsky.social · last wk.Unpopular opinion: LLMs are generally deradicalizing people whose beliefs are based on pure propaganda. I've been watching this happen slowly with some people I care about. ChatGPT is one of the reasons they finally accept that the NRA, OAN, and NewsMax are lying to them.
Yes, yes to this.
David Henig@davidheniguk.bsky.social · last wk.If Burnham wants to really change the UK EU dynamic he has to primarily do so in Brussels, and break a 50-odd year taboo in doing so. Anything else means incremental progress at best. That's the blunt truth coming from many years of coffees. And the challenge. encompass-europe.com/comment/how-...
Brexit Brexile Brexodus Breturn Brentrer Breaction Brealism Breality Brecognition Brevulsion Breverse Bremorse Brecap Brebound Brevolution Brefreshing Brexecution Breavement Brextinct
EU adopts new Returns Regulation, including stricter rules on expulsion and detention of non-EU citizens not authorised to stay - www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre... Updated analysis of the new Regulation, by Dr. Izabella Majcher - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...
The Regulation of Shame: When Far-Right Ideas Become EU Return Law
Dr. Izabella Majcher , Independent Consultant Photo credit : Shutterstock * Updated 1 October 2026 to refer to the adoption of the ...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
For many, Brexit is up there alongside Munich and Suez as a failure not just of policy but of world view. I paraphrase Chris’s assessment.
Chris Grey@chrisgrey.bsky.social · 2w agoBrexit revisited. New, unscheduled, post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on why Burnham's conference speech was a significant development in the Brexit saga, the questions and concerns it raises, and why it might come to be seen as a historic moment: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/brex...
This is very, very good.
London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 2w ago‘What underlies the sense of affront is the assumption that the “people of England” are, as it were, a settled question, that the days of large-scale movements belong to the past, or ought to.’ Ferdinand Mount on immigration and emigration in the English imagination. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jean Tirole: "L'Europe est aujourd'hui dans la position du zèbre dans la savane'" www.lecho.be/opinions/gen...
Jean Tirole: "L'Europe est aujourd'hui dans la position du zèbre dans la savane'"
L’Europe est le «zèbre» de la rivalité sino-américaine, estime le prix Nobel d’économie Jean Tirole: assez puissante pour être une cible, trop peu armée pour imposer ses conditions.
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À Belgian was the first to introduce chips into UK. Sold with a pea option, not with fish. My parents would bring fish and chips back to the house in the sixties: all soggy as the seller didn’t tear a hole à la Belge to allow condensation to escape.
Old British Telly@oldbritishtelly.co.uk · 2w ago[1964] Tonight - "What genius arranged such a happy and satisfying marriage?". From Dundee, the first spot where chips were sold, Fyfe Robertson explores the origins of the perfect pairing of fish and chips.
Top thread. It hints that in the modern world countries have relationships with each other, and we can debate and change the rules governing them, but invoking the magic word sovereignty doesn’t make them disappear.
David Henig@davidheniguk.bsky.social · 2w agoSince I'm not going to Liverpool this year to discuss, a short state of play on UK EU relations and the Labour Party. The very short version - they're terrified. And trying to find ways to avoid the question none of which will work.
Hitler is receding into heritage. I hope this is accessible as it’s a good piece. app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/162684...
What happens when we forget Hitler?
The second world war forged our moral order. As memories fade and the truth is twisted, that is falling apart – and no one knows what will replace it
app.thenewworld.co.uk
A dramatic spike in small boats daily arrivals on Wednesday: 781 people on 10 boats. This means the year-on-year drop is now 42% rather than 44% The BBC reporting is now putting context *much* higher But shows the challenge that visible optics remain more reportable than invisible trends.
Cameron's whole plan for the 'Remain' campaign was to first demand the EU gives the UK an (even more) special place and reforms according to the UK's will in his 'renegotiation'. Very eerily close to what Blair is proposing here.
Oh, we're still on the "significantly reformed EU" nonsense are we? Like the UK has the power to dictate terms as a returning hero or some such? Same EU as per the last 40 years at least. Be part of it or not. Full stop. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The former foreign secretary described Brexit as a “unilateral declaration of political impotence” thedailybritain.co.uk/david-miliba...
Brexit left Britain a ‘bobbing cork in the sea’, says David Miliband
David Miliband says Brexit weakened Britain and calls for a new formal EU relationship as pressure grows on Andy Burnham.
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‘The risk is the emergence of a migration ‘doom loop', in which political pressure to reduce migration leads to policy choices that weaken economic performance and public services, thereby intensifying the very political discontent that fuels anti-immigration sentiment.’
Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · 3w agoThe ups and downs of UK immigration policy over the last decade: my attempt to synthesise the economics, politics and contemporary history. Free to read. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Belgian seaside houses of the Belle époque. Long gone and all of them a maintenance nightmare.
Frédéric Moreau@goodclimate.bsky.social · 3w agoSome pre-WW1 beach homes on the Belgian coast by Brussels architects: Villa Pimponnette and Villa Les Clochetons by Frans Hemelsoet.
It would be quite funny to see the CANZ part of CANZUK turn to the EU and leave the UK high and dry.
Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org · 4w agoAustralia and Canada are leading the way - they are choosing closer ties with the EU. The EU is our closest partner. The UK government should put EU membership on the table. It's really a no-brainer.
This post pulls together what’s happening in UK around nationalism and Brexit. A great kicker at the end! Read!
Chris Grey@chrisgrey.bsky.social · last mo.A picture of post-Brexit Britain. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on a fortnight of ugly political scenes, why a government-led counter-narrative on asylum is needed, and why these domestic political events are a national security issue: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-pi...
The UK land speed record of 403.1 mph (648.7 km/h) set by Donald Campbell on July 17 1964 has just been broken by a paper shredder at Reform UK HQ.
A majority of British Jews think the war on Gaza is immoral and the vast majority disapprove of Netanyahu - REALLY important to remember this
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 7mo agoBritish Jews (IJPR) About 270,000 people 8/10 concern with antisemitism 2/3 identity as Zionist 12% as anti-Zionist (1/4 of youngest) 8/10 disapprove Netanyahu, 2/3 disapprove strongly By 2024 51% said conduct of war clashes with their Jewish values by 2025 www.jpr.org.uk/reports/two-...
I think we're at the point where we can incredibly comfortably say that your attitude towards Reform, Restore, MAGA, the AfD etc is how you'd have responded to fascism in the 1930s
After 104 years, perfectly decent windows scrapped. As we approach 2033, the street appearance of older Brussels houses will change very quickly.
Not the first time that MS slice the legs off a Commission initiative. See also: The Bolkestein Directive, France.
Rapporteur@euractiv.com · last mo.EXCLUSIVE: France, Germany shoot down new Kallas-led defence group
1) female flight; 2) migrant flight AfD is sharpening the bayonet to stick its own feet if it gains office.
