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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18h

It's time for Starmer to abandon the race to keep up with the economy-sapping immigration policies of the man who brought us Brexit in the first place. Until he takes that step, the “severe and long-lasting” impact of leaving the EU, identified by Reeves today, will only keep getting worse.

Keir Starmer's 'Brexit Is Bad, Let's Make It a Bit Worse' Strategy

The Chancellor just admitted that Brexit has been an economic disaster. It's time the Government stopped making it even worse by imitating Nigel Farage's damaging anti-migration agenda, argues Adam Bi...

bylinetimes.com

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18h

The ability to discuss Brexit without fear is nothing less than the ability to discuss objective reality inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 23h

The new edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social goes to the printers tomorrow.

And we go where others fear to tread…

Subscribe by tonight and you’ll get it delivered to your door

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Lancaster for Europe @lancasterforeu.bsky.social · 1d

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 1d

Some changes to immigration rules today, not just increasing English language requirements, mean migrants looking to live and work in UK will have to meet far far higher standards than British nationals, while paying vast sums to be allowed to do so. That isn't a system based on "fairness". 1/

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1d

MI5 head Sir David McCallum issued a stern warning Monday 13 October. New advice from the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) said politicians and staff should be wary of foreign interference in democracy. We have two words for McCallum: Morgan McSweeney.

If MI5 are worried about threats to democracy, they should start with Morgan McSweeney

Never mind Russia, China, and Iran. We have a real enemy within that hijacked a general election and tried to kill the free press: McSweeney.

www.thecanary.co

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

#Farage - the party leader most people blame for #BrexitShambles - as a @yorkshirepost.co.uk letter notes. Brexiters keep trying (and failing) to present our #EuropeanUnion departure as a success. Just making stuff up again? #RejoinEU

This letter appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 14 October 2025. The writer takes issue with claims by a previous correspondent of exports increasing since Britain left the European Union.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 1d

Important to see the shooting feet policy as a tool to run faster

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

Righty-o.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 2d

This deserves more attention than it has received.

Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".

Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 3d

“Police-style mugshots and fingerprinting just to go on holiday around Europe are another major reason why Nigel Farage and Reform UK could never be trusted to run Britain.”
Kevin Maguire - Daily Mirror

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 3d

This is simply the EU enforcing its existing border controls by means of a new system, not a "threat to throw out second home owners". Again Brexiters believe that the UK should have border controls as regards the EU, but not the other way around.

Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 5d

Entirely unsurprising that the Holiday Villa 'Ndrangheta have found politcal allies at last in the shape of Reform UK.

Reform really do hypocrisy very well.

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H/T @goodclimate.bsky.social & @rolandmcs.bsky.social

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 3d

Political journalists didn’t set out to become clients of power – they just slipped into it. Half-truths, soft questions and silence bought with access. Read this analysis on how deference has turned to complicity ⤵️

@eastangliabylines.co.uk @peterthurlow.bsky.social

How deference becomes client journalism in plain sight

We have come through a period of often shameful journalism, bending the knee to Downing Street. Can our journalism recover?

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 3d

Did the Russians pay Farage to say this…just asking questions…

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 4d

Fact check: What support do asylum seekers get in the UK?
Full Fact looks at some of the most common claims we see relating to what asylum seekers do – or don’t – get when they come to the UK.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Fact check: What support do asylum seekers get in the UK?

Full Fact looks at some of the most common claims we see relating to what asylum seekers do – or don’t – get when they come to the UK.

www.standard.co.uk

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Lancaster for Europe @lancasterforeu.bsky.social · 4d

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 4d

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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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 5d

Labour's proposed immigration changes lead to families ripped apart, more people becoming undocumented, and more deportations.

Different framing, but inevitably similar outcomes to Reform/Tory "mass deportations". Xenophobia as policy is bad no matter party making it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Care worker says visa rule changes are 'tearing' families apart

The government is proposing a 10-year wait for migrant workers who want to apply for settled status.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 5d

"People like Neville represent a cultural and political threat, because the right wants them to think what they think - and very often they don’t."

Why Gary Neville's views on British flags made him a target for Farage

‘Gary Neville is a political threat to Nigel Farage because he doesn’t think the same' | The News Agents

Gary Neville has accused “angry, middle aged white men” of stoking division in the UK following the Manchester synagogue attack on Yom Kippur. His comments have angered right-wing voices, but is this…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 5d

If they do this, they’ll need a convincing answer to the obvious question some will ask: ‘why don’t we rejoin?’ Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

www.thetimes.com/article/8875...

Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end

www.thetimes.com

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SMR 🎧 Rejoin Radio @smrrejoinradio.bsky.social · 5d

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 5d

🚨LAST CALL🚨
Join us tomorrow!

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 5d

Remember when Nigel Farage said, 'If we vote to Remain on June 23rd, it will be the end of the steel industry in this country. It's as simple as that.'

Now we all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it

We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins

With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 6d

Out of curiosity, are BBC going to be acting as the government's stenographer like this for the whole year the utterly pointless PR stunt "one in one out" policy is running, or could they try actually ensuring context and balance in all stories about migration?
www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 6d

“The EU is by far and away the UK steel industry's most important export market. It was the destination for 78 per cent of all UK steel exports, totalling 1.9 million tonnes of steel in 2024.”

'Perhaps the biggest crisis the UK steel industry has ever faced'

The EU accounts for 78 per cent of UK steel exports and the UK steel industry has reacted with worry to proposed EU tariff, or tax, changes

www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 7d

Over-optimistic UK briefings on how quickly an SPS deal can be agreed meet the reality of a very cautious EU that think existing arrangements show a lot more work is needed before they can trust food and drink coming from Great Britain. www.ft.com/content/7238...

EU warns UK must improve NI border checks before veterinary deal is signed

Officials say London must comply before it can start serious talks on a sweeping agrifood agreement

www.ft.com

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Lancaster for Europe @lancasterforeu.bsky.social · 6d

'But we hold all the cards'...

#BrexitBenefits

European Movement Sussex @emsussex.bsky.social · 6d

The fishing community in Hastings with a bleak verdict on the EU Reset: “We gave away access to waters and we got absolutely nothing back.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘We don’t want to be a toy town’: has Brexit sunk this historic UK fishing fleet?

Struggling fishers in Hastings say the industry is dying after a deal giving away access to its waters made a tough job impossible

www.theguardian.com

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