Glasgow For Europe
@glasgowforeurope.bsky.social
Non-partisan Glasgow-based group working for retaining closest links with EU. Website https://sites.google.com/view/glasgowforeurope/home Promoted by Bill Roger European Movement in Scotland c/o Orbit Communications 42 Charlotte Sq Edinburgh EH2 4HQ
APPLEBAUM: Where we're now is hard to parse because Trump says contradictory things. Seems he’s frustrated with Putin, that he mistakenly believed he's so charming he'd persuade Putin to end the war. Trump is warmer about Zelensky, but not warm enough to actually do much that makes a difference.
EU to transfer €1.4B in profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine The latest transfer follows another deadly night of missile attacks on Kyiv. www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/...
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Travelers using Europe’s new border system are being exempted from facial scans and fingerprint collection whenever lines get too long. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Nothing quite sums up modern British politics like rejecting Reform UK for being 'too woke' while employing an AI-generated rap track to explain local council bin collection schedules. At least the algorithms are having a lovely time. 🤖📊
Kemi Badenoch refuses to form coalition with 'woke' Reform
YouTube video by LBC
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2/2 Analysis shows Reform UK received tens of millions in funding heavily dominated by just three major donors, including crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne. Under a proposed £100k donation cap, the party’s funding would drop by 85%. Should the UK cap political donations?
How three donors made Reform cash rich in 2025
Nigel Farage's party raised more money than the Tories
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1/2 Bankrolling populist politics with ultra-wealthy megadonors undermines genuine democratic representation. When a tiny hand-picked group of donors pours millions into Reform UK, whose interests are really being served? 💷 #FBPE
How three donors made Reform cash rich in 2025
Nigel Farage's party raised more money than the Tories
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Today’s Russian papers report on Russia’s “Anti-crisis petrol” – lower grade fuel now being sold “to prevent a petrol shortage.” One paper warns: “regular use of lower grade petrol” causes problems for modern cars. #ReadingRussia
Russia selling "anti-crisis petrol" to counter fuel shortages
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The EU's Right to Repair Directive finally targets built-in obsolescence. Banning anti-repair software part pairing and enforcing fair fixes isn't just a win for consumers—it's set to unlock €4.8bn for the circular economy. Will tech giants actually fall into line? 🛠️ #FBPE
EU citizens gain the right to have goods repaired
EU member states have begun implementing the Right to Repair directive, making device repairs easier, extending product lifespans, and reducing waste.
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The EU now has laws that require all AI content and bot agents to be labelled as such Brexit means UK citizens won’t have these protections The UK should align with the EU on this and all policy that reigns in digital abuse and disinformation. #StrongerTogether
The war in Ukraine appears to have entered a new phase, as Kyiv has launched increasingly ambitious long-range strikes deep inside Russia and sought to bring the war closer to ordinary Russians and Vladimir Putin. Watch The Fourcast Indicators now: youtu.be/YCzDIsuwFTI
‘PUTIN’S NIGHTMARE’: how Ukraine can deliver ‘KILLER BLOW’ in Russia war | The Fourcast: Indicators
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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Reform UK are involved in a series of legal battles that could cost the party more than £1 million, newly published accounts have revealed 🫨
Reform UK embroiled in FOUR separate legal battles, party's accounts reveal
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Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said some in the West believe Russia cannot be defeated, but argued history shows otherwise. He cited Russia's defeats in the Crimean War, the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, the Soviet war in Afghanistan and the Cold War as examples.
💔🕯️“I’ve lost everyone. My parents. My brothers and sisters. My son…” Ukrainian defender Danylo Voronov lost his entire family in a Russian strike on Radushne, Dnipropetrovsk region.
Exclusive: Some EU citizens in the UK have been contacted by the Home Office to say they were granted settlement status after Brexit "in error". If you know anyone this happened to contact me on lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’
After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain
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Delighted to hear Burnham use this tone about immigrants - it’s an eternity since we last heard it from a PM. Worth commentators reflecting that one reason for the SNP’s and Plaid’s continued success is that they never stopped speaking like this. The proof now will be in the Mahmood pudding.
Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 2w agoIt's depressing that this moved me so much, but did. First time I've heard a politician praise a group of immigrants, without caveat, for a long while.
“The convicted fraudster George Cottrell transferred a total of more than $2m to his mother, Fiona Cottrell, in the days before her 2024 donations to Reform UK…money she attributed to having come from her son, George, when bankers asked about the deposits.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son
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1/2 ExxonMobil championing carbon capture while suing the EU over its mandatory 50-million-tonne target is peak corporate hypocrisy. They are using secret arbitration treaties to neuter climate policy for profit. Are we underestimating the threat of ISDS to net zero? #ClimateCrisis
ExxonMobil Uses Corporate Arbitration System to Challenge Climate Solution It Promotes - Inside Climate News
The oil giant has filed a notice of dispute under an energy treaty about the European Union’s carbon capture and storage requirements.
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Ed Miliband grabs Brexit reset role as he reboots UK Foreign Office www.politico.eu/article/ed-m...
Ed Miliband grabs Brexit reset role as he reboots UK Foreign Office
Britain’s new foreign secretary brings the U.K.-EU reset into his department’s ambit — and seeks advice from old foes across the political aisle.
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Ten years after the Brexit referendum, Arne Mielken examines how new trade rules have reshaped UK-EU commerce and what businesses should prepare for ahead of the 2026 Trade and Cooperation Agreement review elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk/global/item/...
Brexit at 10: A decade of change for trade
A decade after Brexit, explore how UK-EU trade has changed and the key lessons businesses must learn from new customs rules.
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It's time to overturn the decades of anti- #Glasgow policies www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2641... @snp.org @scottishgreens.org @glasgowcc.bsky.social @glasgowforeurope.bsky.social
It's time to overturn the decades of anti-Glasgow policies
The Mack fire can now act as a catalyst to overturn decades of policies which have worked to the detriment of Glasgow and its people
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High energy costs, weak productivity and rising poverty: how Brexit and austerity shaped today’s UK economy
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