Elena Adaal
@elenaadaal.bsky.social
I post mostly on Brexit. I try to think carefully before I post.
If you chaim things which are objectively not true, all your other words become suspect:
Brian Wernham C.Eng.@brianwernham.bsky.social · 5h agoThe UK literally is a monarchy with the King as head of a Christian church What complete lies from this terrible man, Netanyahu www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Good writeup. The plan to "get closer to Europe" was made without input from Europeans. There are unbelievable levels of incompetence in UK. Being deaf and blind to everything around you does that.
East Anglia Bylines@eastangliabylines.co.uk · 12h agoBritain has come up with another “ingenious” plan for its relationship with Europe. There's just one rather fundamental problem: nobody seems to have asked Europe what it wants. Niall Ó Conghaile reports
Again UK dissapoints: Count Binface was the better candidate. He was not corrupt and would have done more for Clackton.
Sarah Murphy@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 13h agoThe only things this ridiculous Clacton by-election farce have confirmed: 1) Farage is wholly unfit for public office, given his willingness to abuse it 2) Farage is corrupt 3) Farage is an attention-seeking, charmless, lying dickhead 4) Clacton has let us all down. Again. That’s it.
The international student levy that UK gov collects is yet one more example that shows that UK does not want foreigners. Good to see they take the hint.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · yesterdayUK universities face ‘financial crisis’ amid collapse in international students
Good luck to everyone receiving their A-level results today!🍀 Brexit has robbed young people of countless opportunities and it has made living and working in the EU extremely difficult. A Youth Mobility Scheme would change that - and 72% of Brits are in favour of it.
Bad faith article. There is not a single word from the perspective of the Swedish authorities. Why? Also, not a single word about: 1. Brits have voted for Brexit 2. Brits have triggered art 50 without being prepared 3. Brits rejected a longer transition period
Lisa O’Carroll@lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 2d ago74 year old British man with dementia in Sweden for 25 years facing deportation . Court said state’s interest in reducing immigration numbers trumped his rights under ECHR. Family desperate for help www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Oi, oi, oi.... Pandering to Reform voters. Focusing on the Boats which cannot be stopped by UK, because they did Brexit. This is the Starmer way.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 3d agoPM has given an interview to GB News: he believes can reduce boats. Can't pledge to end by 2029 The channel has invented a misleading stat to show crossings are rising when they are falling 40% year: average/day under Burnham (July/Aug) vs Starmer (all year round) www.gbnews.com/politics/and...
Brexit has held our economy back. I welcome steps to strengthen our relationship with the EU that help businesses grow and create jobs. From architects and engineers to tech firms and creatives, London thrives when talent and expertise can work across borders.
Some delicious headlines from The Telegraph. The newspaper that looks deceptively respectable, but on closer inspection it is full of unhinged, even "Monty-Pythonesque" madness.
Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · 4d agoI feel my work here is done.
For sure this is due to Brexit. Note that the Swedish position is understandable, as they take a dim view on non-EU immigration.
Catio Miles@catiomiles.bsky.social · 5d agoAnother sad story thanks to #Brexit and to the lack of preparedness of the British state. In short: the wife blames the dead husband as apparently was his obligation to take care of her paperwork. And Britain and the Guardian blame Sweden. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
What do we say to the interview with Falconer - the new minister in charge of negotiating with the EU. Lets first say something positive - lest people think we are only negative: - He talks about EU - He says something - instead of the usual nothing. .. (1/x) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour seeking ‘deeper relationship’ with EU under Burnham, new minister says
Exclusive: Hamish Falconer wants ‘sense of renewed pace’ in post-Brexit talks while staying within Labour’s red lines
theguardian.com
No other way to spin this besides a complete failure. Trump lost and sacrificed American lives in a pointless war. www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Trump Thought Opening the Strait of Hormuz Was Imminent. Iran Had Other Plans.
Tehran’s new demands for major concessions come days after the White House had signaled a deal to clear commercial passage was within reach.
wsj.com
If this continues, Burnham will go the way of Starmer: Not getting closer to EU means no improvement in cost of living, and chasing Reform voters was always futile.
The Observer@theobserveruk.bsky.social · 5d agoBurnham’s ‘feelgood’ domestic politics takes us further away from Europe A postponed Brussels summit has yet to be rearranged, pro-EU ministers have been shuffled out of the cabinet and the new PM has not so far met any of the bloc’s leaders ✍️ @tombaldwin66.bsky.social https://bit.ly/3Ul3TUW
This shows that the universities in UK can very well survive on a ‘mere’ 9790 pounds/year tuition fee. To use this fallacy as an argument against a Youth Mobility scheme with EU reeks of incompetence at best and bad faith at worst.
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5d ago'Universities are accepting lower-achieving British undergraduates after a 10 per cent drop in international students, who pay up to seven times as much for a degree.' Not exactly "news" to anyone in the sector... 1/3
This is very true - and a stain on UK until it is remedied:
Carole Cadwalladr@carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 5d agoThis article quotes Matthew Elliot & Toby Young on how Arron Banks is a threat to free speech. There aren’t enough lolz in my body to respond to that. These men. All these men. Completely silent for the years when Banks waged a brutal & highly public war on my reporting
I am begging @lewisgoodall.com and other British journalists to understand that Europeans no longer consider intra-European migration to be migration. All the conversation about emergency brakes is about non-Europeans. Until the UK understands that, it can’t even start the conversation.
Interesting analysis from an era long gone - 2016, when UK was still a member. Look at how far the EU was willing to go to keep UK in. This shows the folly of trying to compromise with someone that is unwilling. This should not happen again.
Tom Jenkins@tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 6d agoInteresting analysis from a certain @stevepeers.bsky.social 👇🏼. This is far away from what the Brexit debate degenerated into: eg Boris Johnson Compares French President To WWII Prison Guard Giving UK 'Punishment Beatings' eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-...
Surprise surprise! Reform and other far-right disinformation is being amplified by Russian intelligence. Russia-linked social media accounts frequently spread destabilising narratives in Europe, often promoting far-right talking points about immigration. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...
Russia-linked accounts spread far-right narrative online during Ceuta migration crisis, analysis finds
Counter-disinformation group says social media channels connected to Pravda network helped amplify message
theguardian.com
Indeed Iran may prevent the US from becoming a dictatorship, and do us all a favour.
Laurence - highest score ever in the Neasden Cognitive Test!!@laurenceineu.bsky.social · last wk.Iran's intention to see Trump punished personally is perfectly understandable in the circumstances. Many in the west would see this as doing them a big favour. Iran plots to deal Trump a blow in midterms by keeping him entangled in war | Iran | The Guardian share.google/Dt9jVXfG6CiQ...
These progroms can continue because of silence from the authorities.
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · last wk.The continued political silence over the spread of these anti-migrant, anti-refugee pogroms in the UK is a disgrace. This one has been going on for three nights in a row now and the Home Secretary and Prime Minister haven't said a single word about it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Europe always chooses science and partnership. Japan too. Japan is now officially associated with Horizon Europe. This means Japanese researchers and organisations can take part in the world's largest public research and innovation programme. Let's break new frontiers together.
Old thread on the history of the UK relation with the EU. It shows that already at the start of the European Coal and Steel Community (the predecessor of the European Economic Community, and later the EU), the UK had a very difficult relation with Europe. On that, nothing has changed.
Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2y agoLong thread on how Brexitism started and evolved over 75 years, drawing from Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon's 'Continental Drift'. Global Britain, Free Trade, Cakeism, Federalism, anti-federalism, EEA, Winston Churchill, Empire, 52-48 referendums, Enoch Powell, 1975, Thatcher.... It's all here. /1
A comment on the "Beyond Brexit: A new deal for Britain, Ukraine and Europe" essay published today.... I used to get mad at this, but now I see it as mainly comical. How we regard this is irrelevant anyway: Nothing penetrates the UK bubble.
Alexander Clarkson@aphclarkson.bsky.social · last wk.Like, it doesn't seem to occur to the UK author of this piece that being arrogantly condescending to respected Italian policymakers is not necessarily the best way to get the support needed in Rome if you want to get any reforms to European integration through the Commission, EP or EUCO
🚨🚨Apologies to say this but this plan is extremely detached from realities of #EU politics and completely fails to understand the political dynamics of #Brussels.
Simon Usherwood@simonusherwood.bsky.social · last wk.Nick Boles on his plan for a European confederation. Paper with Demos coming later www.thetimes.com/article/8459...
Ideas are normally always helpful, but UK participating in a Single Market only for goods, without Freedom of Movement and payments to EU cohesion funds may be the exception. I note that the issue of who makes the rules in this Single Market for goods (hint: it won't be UK) is sidestepped entirely.
Simon Usherwood@simonusherwood.bsky.social · last wk.Nick Boles on his plan for a European confederation. Paper with Demos coming later www.thetimes.com/article/8459...
The Tories on their road to oblivion:
Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social · last wk.I grew up among Conservative politics. This is beyond that now. Defending a neo-nazi candidate shows how far Badenoch has shifted them to the far right. There is now no difference between her party and that of Restore and Reform. That should not be normalised. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
This looks like a good calculation, and this will be good for the world.
Keals@cortelyouu.bsky.social · last wk.In Iran’s calculation of this round of wasting everyone’s time, they have 91 days until a new branch of government that will fuck with Trump & Co. and won’t fund war is elected.
Sensible advice and (our) beautiful art; what is not to like?
European Commission@ec.europa.eu · last wk.It’s hot across Europe right now. Millions of us are feeling it - in cities, towns, and villages across the continent. When heatwaves hit, small actions matter ⬇️
This is a valuable contribution to the EU debate on how to manage geopolitical risks - such as weaponisation of migration. First it was Belarus, and now Ceuta. Enemies of the EU use migration as a tool to harm EU. Measures, procedures and above all solidarity between Member States is required.
POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · last wk.OPINION: Recognizing that migration can be weaponized is not alarmism — it is realism. The EU must now equip itself with the legal and operational tools it needs to defend its external borders, writes Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The tone continues shifting: during today’s meeting of ambassadors, Spain received broad support from other EU countries, which highlighted how swiftly the Ceuta crisis was brought under control. Ambassadors stressed the need to properly apply EU migration rules and have reliable data.
Jorge Liboreiro@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is an important letter from von der Leyen to counter the political narrative of recriminations and finger-pointing against Spain. She frames irregular migration as a challenge that “requires a common European response, united action and solidarity”. The 27 must stand together.