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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1h

When company’s coming, these simple, cosy ideas hit the spot

Autumn may be the most social season of all, and these elevated but not exhausting ideas make every get-together a small celebration

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 2d

Train worker hero credited with saving lives in the Huntingdon knife attack named as Samir Zitouni.

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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 2d

This shows how much we've lost, and what we could gain by rejoining 74%of EU citizens believe their country benefited from membership of the bloc, according to a Eurobarometer survey conducted in early 2025, the highest score recorded since the question was first asked in 1983"

Twenty years on: Did joining the EU make new members richer?

EU membership enjoys strong approval in new member states largely thanks to the economic firepower they have gained. Euronews Business takes a closer look at the GDP growth story in the new accession ...

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Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 2d

Italy cancels Rome flypast by Frecce Tricolori jets after worker dies in mediaeval tower collapse.

Italy marks National Unity and Armed Forces Day in Rome on 4 November

Italy's president Sergio Mattarella will attend a ceremony at Rome’s Altare della Patria to mark National Unity and Armed Forces Day on Monday 4 November.

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 2d

Seventy-five years ago, Britain helped create the European Convention on Human Rights, a promise of life, liberty, and fairness under the law.

It has strengthened justice, protected victims, and upheld equality. These rights are ours to defend.

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Pat Eggleton @pattiprof.bsky.social · 2d

And the same with prime ministerial speeches. Who do they expect to listen when they release great chunks of what they are going to say to the news outlets days before?

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 2d

I miss the blessed days when Budget Purdah was a thing.

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 2d

Rachel Reeves' answer to @pippacrerar.bsky.social makes it crystal clear that Reeves is headed towards breaking a manifesto pledge on tax and how she will frame it - as a necessary response to "the world as it is" when the alternative would be more cuts or borrowing.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

Train attack update:

- The police have one single suspect under arrest. (The second 35 year old man arrested was not involved in the attack).

- A single person train staff member remains in critical condition, having intervened to save lives

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir

At 86, she’s a literary seer and saint – and queen of the Canadian resistance. So what does the writer make of our dystopian world?

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Pat Eggleton @pattiprof.bsky.social · 5d

Friday frittelle - on Sicily Scene:
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Pat Eggleton @pattiprof.bsky.social · 7d

The "island of strangers" speech made me afraid too, although Starmer later said he regretted those words. The rhetoric of UK politicians has consequences for UK citizens abroad. When are the former going to consider this?

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Pat Eggleton @pattiprof.bsky.social · 7d

Tory intentions regarding immigration,with no concern whatsoever for EU and UK citizens with Withdrawal Agreements rights, have struck fear into the hearts of many, including mine. The Labour Party condemned the policy, but neither speedily nor strongly enough.

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Pat Eggleton @pattiprof.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you.

Pat Eggleton @pattiprof.bsky.social · 8d

That provides no reassurance to people worrying about this, including EU citizens in the UK and UK citizens in the EU with Withdrawal Agreement rights.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9d

More of this.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 9d

Former British Prime Minister Theresa May laid into her own political party last night, accusing it of taking a populist tilt to the right that risks emboldening Nigel Farage.

Theresa May accuses Tories of ‘chasing votes’ from Farage’s Reform

Former British PM says Tory pledges to roll back climate reforms are an “extreme and unnecessary measure.”

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 9d

28 October 1944 | A transport of 1,308 Jewish women prisoners left #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. They were transferred to KL Bergen-Belsen.

Most probably among them were sisters Anne and Margot Frank who died there of typhus in February 1945.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies at the age of 93

Actor portrayed Sybil Fawlty and later charmed viewers with her canal boat journeys alongside husband Timothy West Prunella Scales, the actor best known for playing Sybil Fawlty in the classic comedy series Fawlty Towers, has died aged 93. Scales, who was married to fellow actor Timothy West , was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2013 . Continue reading...

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Pat Eggleton @pattiprof.bsky.social · 9d

There have been some incomprehensible arrests of protesters in Britain recently but it is a country where you can heckle the King and not be jumped upon by hundreds of masked agents with guns.I am proud of that today.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10d

Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, installation with Azores crocheted lace #WomensArt

Photo of a snail shaped sculpture facing left covered in white lace in a white room

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Pat Eggleton @pattiprof.bsky.social · 10d

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International troops won't want to enforce Gaza peace, says King of Jordan

King Abdullah tells the BBC there would need to be peace in Gaza before any international forces were deployed.

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British in Europe @britishineurope.bsky.social · 14d

Once again we find ourselves responding to attacks on fundamental rights and basic decency from UK political parties. Once again we are stunned at how far-right racist policies and arguments are now being mainstreamed in the UK.

Read our statement bit.ly/48K3TmK

British in Europe opposes immigration bill put forward by Conservatives | British in Europe

British in Europe is alarmed by the comments made by Katie Lam MP in an interview with the Sunday Times published on 19 October 2025 and a bill drafted by...

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Pat Eggleton @pattiprof.bsky.social · 11d

Did she ask her about EU citizens in the UK with Withdrawal Agreement rights? If they are affected, British W.A beneficiaries in the EU would also suffer. Ms Lam wants to tear up the W.A., I understand. @annaturley.bsky.social @britishineurope.bsky.social @bremaininspain.com

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11d

Anna Turley of Labour has 25 questions about the Conservative Idi Amin Tribute Bill on ILR and Deportations
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...