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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1h

Asquerosa qué gilipollas absolutos
"DANA Alice has continued to wreak havoc across eastern Spain over the weekend – with the chaos reportedly extending to supermarket aisles as weary Brits fight over the last supplies of alcohol"
www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2...

Brits ‘fight over remaining supermarket booze’ as DANA Alice continues to drench eastern Spain - with orange alert in place until Tuesday - Olive Press News Spain

DANA Alice has continued to wreak havoc across eastern Spain over the weekend - with the chaos reportedly extending to supermarket aisles as weary Brits

www.theolivepress.es

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Ian @tpfiz.bsky.social · 1d

I'm proud of my City

Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 1d

Today Leeds followed our forebears who kicked Oswald Moseley and his Facists out of the city at the Battle of Holbeck Moor and stood up to racism, the far right and said loud and clear”Refugees are welcome here”. This is Leeds

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 5h

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia's Saud al-Faisal
🇦🇪The UAE's Abdulla bin Zayed Al Nahyan
🇧🇭Bahrain's Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa
🇴🇲Oman's Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdulla
🇶🇦Qatar's Ahmed bin Abdulla Al-Mahmou

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 5h

Except for that time in 2007, where

President George W. Bush convened and hosted the Annapolis Conference at the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland, bringing together Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni with foreign ministers from multiple Gulf Arab states including

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 5h

JD Vance, "I think it shows what happens when you go outside the traditional failed diplomatic routes and actually try something new"

"For our entire history we have never had a president willing to sit down with the Gulf Arab states and the Israelis, to just get a deal done"

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 4h

fedtrust.co.uk/video-are-la...

VIDEO: Are Labour moving against Brexit? - The Federal Trust

In this new Federal Trust video, John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly discuss the political and economic advantages for the Labour Party of a more overtly pro-European policy. They suggest that a success...

fedtrust.co.uk

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TRADASRO 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @tradasro.bsky.social · 4h

At the SNP conference, the WASPI campaign women recounted the long battle they have endured for pension justice with successive UK Government’s. Heart wrenching stuff.

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 4h

Independents are increasingly defeating establishment parties on a local level. But that’s not always a sign of progress, and Warrington is a good example of that – where Reform is disguising its candidates as independents.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Reform caught disguising its local election candidates as 'independents'

Reform disguises parish-level candidates as independents to win elections, showing that independent doesn't always mean progressive

www.thecanary.co

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 6h

Strengthening The Institutions We Rely On

https://www.bremaininspain.com/news/strengthening-the-institutions-we-rely-on/

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 7h

Zack Polanski continues to impress. People want authentic good communicators that cut through the noise and Zack seems to be delivering this.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 9h

Zack Polanski, "Reform UK's Zia Yusuf was full of b*llocks and I think it was important to call that out on #BBCQT"

"What has become clear about Reform UK, they're a bunch of cowards"

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Tom Calver @tomcalver.bsky.social · 9h

Since 2019, the UK economy has barely grown if we adjust for immigration. Poland’s, however, has grown by more than 18% - and is set to overtake Japan in the early 2030s

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 7h

Good thread. The UK certainly did avoid many calls for further information / investigations into Russian interference before and after the heavily redacted Russia Report was published

JohnWest_JAWS @johnwestjaws.bsky.social · 9h

These 2 speeches, which, as Nick points out, on the same day, precede what Gill has pled guilty to by 4 years, are more damning for Farage as they also precede Brexit.

All European secret services would have been alarmed by this & would/should have been investigating.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 8h

Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....

Lots of stories about Nathan Gill and Russian bribes.

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 7h

Poland’s centrist government is pushing to restore the rule of law undermined by the previous populist administration in an effort to fulfill a key election promise of the coalition government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, which took power in late 2023 - but the chances are slim

Poland tries to restore rule of law in the face of a hostile president

Polish President Karol Nawrocki is vowing to scuttle any effort to change the legal system set up by the previous Law and Justice party government.

www.politico.eu

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 12h

Our Scottish Government is progressively pro-immigrants too...

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 1d

The SNP's Stephen Flynn spelled it out clearly today: Scotland belongs to everyone who lives here - wherever they were born.

(video stream: @broadcastscot.bsky.social )

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 10h

Yes and it’s great to see. We are so lucky to live in a country where as immigrants we are welcomed and celebrated. Language matters.

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 10h

Language matters!

Being immigrants we can tell you just how much it means to live in a country where you are not just made welcome, but celebrated

We are very grateful to Spain’s PM Sanchez and his government for this and truly feel for our fellow migrants in the UK & elsewhere.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12h

In the UK we have Keir -island of strangers- Starmer, whose government is driving right wing anti immigrant and asylum seeker policies

In Spain, Pedro Sánchez is not only celebrating diversity, they're embracing and speaking positively about immigrants

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 11h

It'll soon be 10 years since the Brexit ref. So much has changed since then. If Brexit is the cause of our economic problems, as the government now admits, then surely we need to ask ourselves whether we want to carry on down the Brexit road or turn around and head back to the Single Market and EU.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 11h

3 years ago today, I signed 3000 copies of my first book.

I'd been a bored software guy for 32 years, and never dreamed something like this would happen.

I owe so much to @johnmitchinson.bsky.social for taking a chance on me, and to all my followers for turning The Week In Tory into a phenomenon.

Me with a few hundred copies of The Decade In Tory

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 10h

Thank you for all your hard work. You deserve to do well.

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 10h

Look forward to this

Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 10h

I’ll be joining @talksport.com radio at 12.15 to talk about the Gary Neville video & the hysterical backlash to it that seems to be the norm now, when anyone involved in football dares to express a nuanced or humanitarian opinion.

Fellow football fans tune in 😊😊

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 10h

Yes, we know, but for many people faith is an important part of their lives. Twisting religion for the purposes of bigotry or claiming superiority in your religion is the issue.

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David Thompson @djt1million.bsky.social · 12h

The importing of Evangelical Christo-Fascism is having an impact already, I've just been reading about literal blackshirts marching through the heart of Soho for example. It's grim & must be resisted at all cost: www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...

Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district

A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.

www.thepinknews.com

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 11h

Liberal institutions treat each surge of populism as a domestic challenge to be managed within national elections or courts. Meanwhile the far right amplifies each other’s victories, recycles each other’s talking points, and shares disinformation

We can learn from this

The far right is acting as one party. When will we? | Euractiv

Liberal institutions treat each surge of populism as a domestic challenge to be managed within national elections or courts. Meanwhile the far right amplifies each other’s victories, recycles each oth...

www.euractiv.com

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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 13h

About time!
Once Brexit has been blamed for tax rises, there can be no more excuses. Surely its time to move to the next level & start pointing out the most obvious solutions.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Starmer ‘planning to blame Farage and Brexit’ for budget tax hikes

Sir Keir Starmer has been ramping up his attacks on Nigel Farage in recent weeks as Labour falls behind in the polls

www.independent.co.uk

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