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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 23h

And a UK PM that says he shares many family values with and is a good guy (that’s a QUOTE).

We’re living in volatile times and each individual tribe isn’t helping matters. Particularly where the US Nazi President is concerned.

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 1d

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and unique etc...

That in itself tends to feed tribalism of one sort or another and can lead to one (or a group) feeling exceptional by comparison.

I'll just end that there... 😏👁️

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 1d

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There is an extremely thin line between the two and it's a different scenario of emotion for different countries, based on differing details.

I've always felt that the emotion specifically associated to 'Pride' is one to always be wary of. More times than not it's connected to feeling "special"

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 1d

True

My bad 😬

But you know what I mean

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed, we didn’t manage to beat any of the away games against Newcastle Utd, West Ham Utd or Fulham last season. We’ve played all three of those already, and we’ve won them all.

This is different!

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 1d

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 1d

He’s not cut out for football at this level.Far and beyond whether or not his football skills as a coach are worthy of elite football, it’s more his lack of understanding how the media/journalism in football works at this level.He can’t take criticism and doesn’t seem to accept what all this entails

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 2d

What we’ve become is the antithesis of everything we offered with the London Olympics. Never did I feel so proud than at that moment.

That’s one of the greatest examples of a healthy form of patriotism imo.

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 2d

One of the real joys of Europe is that people can be passionate about being French, or Dutch, or whatever, and at the same time hugely enjoy experiencing the food and culture and literature and thought of other countries. It can be ‘and…and’ instead of ‘or…or’.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Delighted to welcome a Labour councillor defection to @greenparty.org.uk in Swindon!

"Hope from social justice to the environment. Hope for a fairer society and cleaner natural world. Hope for equality and opportunity whilst living side by side with nature."

swindonlink.com/news/greenco...

Former Labour councillor becomes Swindon Borough Council's first Green

Swindon Area Green Party has announced its first Swindon Borough Councillor.

swindonlink.com

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a very good thread and you know a lot more than me as does Niall.

I genuinely don’t feel Niall is for cherrypicking at all. In fact he has spoken out against it many times. It’s all very complexed and I don’t want to get into individualising these things.

I am 100% against cherrypicking. 100%

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 3d

This is what happens when you have absolutely no identity.

I completely comprehend and sympathise with the fact they inherited a nation that was massacred at every angle by the previous government.

But you cannot attempt to play on all fronts. It doesn’t work with anyone. Hence all of this.

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 3d

Policy voting is how it should be. How it once used to be.

This is a new era… we have to study how the far-right work, how they function and use that to create our own chaos.

This (imo) is the only way remaining. It’s risky, but I’m voting Green in any ballot box exercise that arrives.

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 3d

I’m not informed enough with these details. But I’m sure @nialloconghaile.bsky.social can explain his theory.

I don’t know mate.

I come at the angle through a raw intent on battling not just the far-right. But those that ONLY want the EU because their FoM was taken away. I dislike them as much.

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 3d

You’re correct that it’s almost wholly an English issue, but Westminster is in London, and London is the capital of the UK. Wales are also something to take into consideration because it’s a mixed bag there.

We have to go beyond tactical voting. We have to innovate and risk with collaboration.

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 3d

As disgusted as I am with this Labour government. I would vote for them again with the scenario we had at that moment. Not even hindsight fixes that necessity.

Labour being in power now can be used as a tool for what needs to be done in the distant future.

We have a bit of time to play with. 🤞🏻

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 3d

We can all adjust and move accordingly Gyles. The scene we now have globally is chaotic in this sense, but the collapse of the UK on every platform is a unique scenario. Shuffling the pack with the UK and the EU right now is a hard area to decipher accurately all of the time.

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 3d

But I believe those UK areas will read the writing on the wall. We HAVE to go a different way. Tactical voting isn’t a remedy… it’s a delay tactic right now.

We have to search for a cure.

Forcing collaboration between various political liberal sectors is how it needs to be executed. It’s risky!

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 3d

I believe this 100%. As quirky and risky as it may sound… risk is the only thing remaining in our armoury for the UK electorate.

We have to create a strategy that’s based on emotion and beliefs like the far-right and then compliment it with an ambush style mentality to force an agenda. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 3d

I support Niall on everything he says because he takes the overall picture in relation to an issue that’s unique to the UK and what’s happening in the UK.

It’s extremely difficult to dissect and relate everything UK/EU right now because of the societal mayhem and politics in the UK presently.

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 3d

Can someone please make any sense of that and how could the EU even accept a hypothetical rejoining of the UK when they would have the potential of mayhem in our politics with the VERY PERSON that drove Brussels absolutely mad back then.

Come on!

We have to sort ourselves out first. FINAL!

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 3d

This is what I was saying the other day on another comment and I was vilified for it and accused of giving up.

How is that giving up?

Look at the prediction polls right now. It’s all chaotic!

• Majority for rejoining (apparently)

and also

• Majority for a far-right anti-EU party like Reform

🤷🏻‍♂️

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 3d

Never forget that day... Waking up to go to school and having heard the wind battering against the house all night. I recall looking out of the window and our road was devastated with trees downed and watching gloating bins all over the place. Needless to say school was cancelled that day in the end

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The Bishop 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇹🇼🇨🇦🏴‍☠️💙 @fritzbischoff.bsky.social · 3d

Oops - The 🇺🇸 US has dropped out of the Top 10 in the rankings of the world’s “most powerful passports” for the first time in 20 years.

In 2014, the American passport was unrivalled at No. 1, but dropped this year 12th place, tied with Malaysia. 😂

www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...

US drops out of world’s top 10 ‘most powerful passports’ for first time

Back in 2014, the American passport was unrivalled at No. 1

www.independent.co.uk

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Enseign CG 🇪🇺𓆩♡𓆪 @castrogacio.bsky.social · 3d

This is actually a good thing! Hopefully many (ALL if possible) Brits like that emigrate to the US. That would definitely mean the end of the far-right here, Reform and of course, Fartage.