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(Pundit) Abu Qaid-e-Azam @qaid-e-azam.bsky.social · 2h

Let’s be clear, there’s no anti-Brot misinformation here. The tactics are well-documented and identical: manipulate facts, weaponise grievance, and sell nationalism as freedom. Pointing that out isn’t propaganda: it’s pattern recognition.

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 5h

That was typical Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson

A commonwealth including Ukraine, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, also with Turkey and "the Maghreb" as members

He was always a huge shytehawk

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 7h

Any sensible Government would have planned for HS1 and HS2 to link up somewhere north of London, near the M1 like Luton or Milton Keynes while both still terminating in London

But we don’t really do transport connectivity in this country

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Tycjan Chmiel @tycjanc.bsky.social · 10h

Finally someone brave enough to just come out and say it and who isn’t scared of the backlash that will come because he actually believes what he’s talking about and has some evidence to support his claims.

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 10h

I never quite got the point of Ashford (not just the station 🤪) but it came in handy on 8/7/2005 when it became the temporary terminus when Waterloo and London was completely shut off for a couple of days

Other than that I can’t see why it’s needed, Ebbsfleet makes far more sense

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 10h

Zack Polanski - Specialist Subject - “the bleedin’ obvious”

Hopefully one day the idea of telling the public the truth and proposing solutions that will actually work might catch on with politicians

Until then, the @greenparty.org.uk will continue to prosper and take votes from the other parties

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 12h

The end of free movement of people with the European Union has been a “disaster” for the UK that should be urgently reversed, new Green Party leader Zack Polanski told POLITICO — in his first major intervention on EU policy.

Ending EU free movement a ‘disaster’ for Britain, says Green Party’s Zack Polanski

The party’s new leader calls for the migration pact to be reinstated as he sets out his stall on Brexit.

www.politico.eu

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 11h

That's good news about Ashford. I agree, the system will ultimately benefit Britons, Serbs, Bosnians and other neighbours most.

But we have to start accepting, Brexit means less trade, less interaction, less travel, less relationships, less marriages.

Or act and apply!

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 11h

Also the Minister responsible for the Housing Act 1980 that introduced Right to Buy for council housing

Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 11h

again due to quicker processing times, but personally I can’t see the demand being there

What won’t happen of course is border controls being weakened to satisfy the demands of British travellers

The “I’m pro Europe but I expect special treatment” mentality was strong in this one

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 11h

the EU and Schengen it is bound to take longer and be more difficult. Strangely most of what he was complaining about appears to be things Eurostar can rectify and not a direct result of border controls. I believe there is a hope that once EES is fully operational that Ashford might become viable

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 11h

I did find your exchange with the “I’m pro Europe” fella who claimed EES is a nonstarter yesterday sadly amusing

Eurostar was always the best way to travel London to Paris/Brussels even though the preboarding experience wasn’t anything like taking a normal train. Now that we are completely outside

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 1d

But on the other hand with friends like these……

www.politico.eu/article/hung...

Hungary plans new anti-Ukraine bloc with Czechia, Slovakia

Budapest wants to boost its political alliances in Brussels, Viktor Orbán’s political director says.

www.politico.eu

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 1d

Bus services bill now law www.gov.uk/government/n...

New era of better buses: Landmark Bus Bill becomes law

The Bus Services Act will make it easier for local leaders to take control of their buses and put passengers first.

www.gov.uk

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 1d

The Act is good news in many ways, especially giving more power and influence to local authorities and local communities to ensure their local services meet their needs, but as always without significant additional funding it will be difficult for the government to achieve its objectives

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 1d

Well it’s managed to last for a further 12 months since that discussion so there’s still hope

It’s impossible to properly imagine what might happen to Europe if the EU did fail, but it definitely wouldn’t be pretty for anyone (including countries that only FIFA seem to think are in Europe)

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 1d

It is clearly a made up story based on a Starbucks, an ice cream shop and a Spanish clothing store opening and completely ignoring the fact, as Kathy stated that the Gib Government already indicated that residency applications would be paused for a while

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 1d

I’m guessing that for someone whose only income is a UK state pension then obtaining residency is possible, whereas now impossible using a NLV in Spain, (the requirements also include healthcare in Gib using your S1) but I don’t imagine it’s easy to live there with such a low income

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 1d

We still seem convinced that we have “the exact same benefits” when outside the union as we had inside

And the idea that Dementia Donny would agree to any partnership that isn’t weighted 100% in favour (favor) of his own interests is laughable

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Frank - Queen of Schengen 🇪🇺🌈 @chillaxbcn.bsky.social · 1d

"Britons are queuing up to move to Gibraltar after a post-Brexit deal was agreed, with authorities this month forced to pause residency applications because of the newfound popularity of the Rock." Inews

Most amusing 😂

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 2d

It’s awful how he’s treated

His flight is always delayed, the passport queue he’s in is always the slowest moving, his luggage is always the last on the conveyor belt, Avis never offers him a free upgrade and to top it off Mas y Mas in Duquesa no longer stocks marmite or baked beans

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 2d

….the EU should be offering more concessions and doing more to make it easier for us to rejoin

Brexiters and Exceptionalists are two sides of the same coin

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 2d

It’s all the same exceptionalism

The EU should have given us concessions in 2015—the EU should have rejected our A50 notification—the EU should have protected non residents in the WA—the EU can easily exempt musicians/holiday home owners/truck drivers from 90/180 and in a few years it’ll be

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Mark Purchase @markpurch.bsky.social · 2d

There’s too much weight on one side as your house is tipping over

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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a clear answer given to remind Brits in the EU that they, as foreign guests, must abide by the laws of the host govt. Assuming that such laws don’t apply to you, or should be changed to accommodate you, is part of the Brexit fantasy that is still uselessly tethering so many people to the past.

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 2d

He is communicating directly with the exceptionalists and Brexiters here for a reason.

The permanent government of the UK can't be blamed; this is down to voters.

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