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Maurice Mauve

@samhufton1.bsky.social

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Had a blog. Sometimes still write. Do marketing for pubs. Did European Studies at Kings College London. Like cooking. Am Mauritian. Like Ukraine to win. Democracy in Europe. Up the spurs.

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · Nov 8

Public service announcement I used to have pinned on the other place

Those interested in reading my contribution in @visionforeurope, here is an extended version I published on oD earlier this year:

Reflections on the European Idea in theory and in practice
www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europ...

Reflections on the European Idea in theory and in practise

Continued potential for peaceful change is the principal condition; politics must be a process. That is why politics must be transnational,and Europe a transnational democracy.

www.opendemocracy.net

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Manuel 'HonkHase' Atug @honkhase.bsky.social · 15h

"Palantir-Mitbegründer Peter Thiel sei ein erklärter Feind der Demokratie und «in meinen Augen auch ein bekennender Faschist», so Müller. Schon allein das disqualifiziere die Firma als Partner der öffentlichen Verwaltung in einem demokratischen Staat."

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 2h

The Starmer government repeating many of the same cackhanded blunders that reflect a lack of strategic vision which Johnson and May stumbled into are another datapoint for the hypothesis that the UK has deeper structural dysfunctions towards the EU beyond party politics

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 5h

Good morning from Brussels, where an EU struggling internally and with its global position is trying to respond as it knows best, by punching down on smaller partners. For opening paragraphs suggest it is trying to renege on the common understanding with the UK. www.ft.com/content/8963...

EU demands UK pay into budget as part of relationship ‘reset’

Growing tension between London and Brussels just six months after summit set out to build stronger ties

www.ft.com

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 1d

Might it be betraying the fact that British distrust of many it's major European neighbours also runs deep - so deep that it cannot bring itself to throw its lot in with them when it still believes it can make it on its own

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 2d

For me, it is objectively ridiculous that the UK left knows and cares a lot more about Zohran Mamdani than it does about Pedro Sánchez - the left-wing Prime Minister of Europe's fastest growing economy.

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 1d

Eh?

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

FIFA to award new peace prize at World Cup draw in December

www.independent.co.uk

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 1d

Ok but what is that picture

www.cityam.com/booming-manc...

Booming Manchester out shines 'stagnant' London

Greater Manchester's booming economy is throwing into sharp relief the "stagnant" state London has found itself in, according to a new report.

www.cityam.com

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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 2d

If Reform won it would be an opportunity for Marshall to kill the BBC. He sees it through the lens of conspiracy theorists who were radicalised during the pandemic - as state propaganda. There is nothing the BBC can do to appease positions that aren’t reality based.

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Philippe Marlière @phmarliere.bsky.social · 3d

The opportunistic use of such tragedies to foment antagonism towards asylum seekers, and racist prejudice more broadly, must cease. It drags our politics towards the gutter.´
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on the Huntingdon train stabbings: an immigration-fixated right is failing the public | Editorial

Editorial: Kneejerk responses undermine the emergency services and contribute to a damaging climate of suspicion

www.theguardian.com

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 3d

In the UK we have generations – centuries – of stories about how badly kids were messed up by brutal discipline at private schools, institutional schools, all schools in fact. Swathes of literature based on that. And yet some people hate children so much they’re desperate for it to continue.

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 3d

People can and should have nice things.

If someone writes a report saying "we build transport that is too nice and that's why projects are expensive and that's why we don't build more of them" then not only should their analysis be discarded as junk but they should be pilloried.

photos of a stunning, modernist underground station with a tweet reading: "Sydney's Gadigal Station has been named by the Prix Versailles as one of the World's Most Beautiful Passenger Stations for 2025.

The prestigious global design awards commended the station's innovative architecture, sustainable design, and seamless functionality."

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds like my cousin honestly

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Jack Fifield @jackfifield.uk · 4d

In many countries, authorities get together to facilitate cultural events like this. In the UK, they stop all the trains and tell people not to travel www.mylondon.news/whats-on/wha...

Police warn all Londoners against visiting Lewes bonfire night

Trains will not be stopping at Lewes or nearby stations and stewards will marshal road closures

www.mylondon.news

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Jan 27

The Simpsons Don't Make Me Tap The Sign meme, but: "If we don't make it dangerous to be a Nazi, they'll make it dangerous not to be"

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 4d

My interactions with Goodwin made me think he was a bit dim. He had difficulties with numbers and concepts. Maybe he understood this, knew that would limit his academic career, and the job doing racism was born out of the resulting resentment.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 4d

This man is clearly deranged

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 4d

Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"

"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"

"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"

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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 4d

Apart from a few angry posts on here, why will this be cost free? Where’s the stigma gone? Was it ever a genuine one? Have social norms or the rules changed? This is far from the first time he’s written or said something like this and he’ll be on the BBC again soon.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 4d

He’s not really trying to hide it. It’s open, unapologetic racism; let’s be plain about it.

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 5d

What I cannot comprehend is how these people cannot see they are just fabricating reasons why they don't want foreigners here, or why other people should be allowed to not want foreigners here

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 5d

Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care

Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers

www.theguardian.com

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 5d

Giving up an undertaking because there are too many obstacles is often a serious mistake: these obstacles are, on the contrary, the rough edges to which the action can attach itself.

Jean Monnet

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 6d

Not necessarily a good thing, then. "Net migration will fall very sharply....Furthermore, emigration will continue to increase....Any political benefit the government may gain from this fall in immigration could be jeopardised by the economic damage that it causes."

The coming collapse in immigration to the United Kingdom - UK in a changing Europe

James Bowes analyses the fall in net migration to the UK as a result of government policies and explores some of the political and economic consequences.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 7d

I'd like to see progressives grow a spine and talk about how good immigration is. Just because the narrative of immigration harm is manufactured doesn't mean it can't hurt you — as is obvious.

If you didn't go into politics with the guts to shift narratives, it's the wrong line of work for you.

Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 7d

immigration is good actually

Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 7d

Our latest polling shows concerns about immigration are manufactured

www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 7d

immigration is good actually

Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 7d

Our latest polling shows concerns about immigration are manufactured

www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Polling shows immigration concern ‘manufactured’, say campaigners

A YouGov poll found only 26% of people said immigration and asylum was one of the three most important issues facing their community.

www.standard.co.uk

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 8d

Happy, alongside @emiliabelknap.bsky.social, to make my debut contribution with the fantastic folks at @ukandeu.bsky.social

Emilia & I use data from @britishelectionstudy.com to correct the atomistic fallacy in people's understanding the Reform UK gender gap

ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british...

Most British young men reject the far right - UK in a changing Europe

Emilia Belknap and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte explain their analysis on the demographics of Reform UK voters in the UK. They argue that while the dominant narrative is that young men are the most likely ...

ukandeu.ac.uk

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 8d

Scouring of the shire: anti-Nazi but also stop the machines