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David Rearlamp @rearlamp.bsky.social · 3h

For doctors the Ubani case already established the need for sufficient English proficiency for EU and none EU workers in a central General Medical Council list.
As far as I understand it was a numerical error not a translation error that caused the death of a patient.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-...

NHS foreign doctors must speak English, say ministers

Foreign doctors wanting to treat NHS patients in England will have to prove from April they can speak English, the Department of Health confirms.

www.bbc.co.uk

David Rearlamp @rearlamp.bsky.social · 13h

A country that can cope with tyre sizes changing from 5.2-10 crossply to 145/80/r10 radial, decimalisation and buying fuel in litres not imperial gallons can easily cope with the move from £ to €.

The value of sterling will rise when we announce our true intent to start the Article 49 process.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19h

BREAKING: “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting” says Chancellor Rachel Reeves

It’s about time!

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David Rearlamp @rearlamp.bsky.social · 22h

Queue Monday

David Rearlamp @rearlamp.bsky.social · 1d

Labour ordered MPs to abstain on Benn second ref amendment.

Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, told the Commons that Labour “was supportive of the principle, but it’s a question of timing”. This prompted Anna Soubry from TIG to call out “shame on you”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

Labour divisions over people's vote exposed by Commons rebellion

Amendment roundly defeated, but 24 Labour MPs defied whip to vote in favour rather than abstain

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 2d

This goes even higher up. Forget Medvedchuk. Forget Medvedev

According to former Brexit Party MEP and defected Reform MP Rupert Lowe, the individuals at Gill's meetings claimed to be "close to Putin"

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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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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 2d

An important precedent set which I hope is wielded broadly

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Kent police apologise to protester threatened with arrest for holding Palestine flag

Force agrees to pay damages to Laura Murton, 43, who also had sign saying ‘Israel is committing genocide’

www.theguardian.com

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David Rearlamp @rearlamp.bsky.social · 2d

#WorldLanguagesInASongOrMovie
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ONG-Bak.
TAMIL a Kocking Bird.
KOREAN Up the Khyber.

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David Rearlamp @rearlamp.bsky.social · 2d

Moreover, Russia pays Europe's saboteurs in crypto, says Polish official.
(better link)
www.ft.com/content/2157...

Russia pays Europe’s saboteurs in crypto, says Polish official

Warsaw’s national security chief says Moscow is also using a shadow fleet to launch drones into European airspace

www.ft.com

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TheBossRoss @thebossross.bsky.social · 2d

This conversation.

Thank you, #BBCWest / #BBCBristol - it's good to see you can still do it.

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David Rearlamp @rearlamp.bsky.social · 2d

and Crispin Odey who backed Leave with £900k, made £220m by shorting the pound.
But they haven't grasped that the payout is in pounds, so everyone else loses.
Maybe it doesn't matter when your party accepts donations in Bitcoin, Etherium or Solana cryptocurrency.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why did Nigel Farage tell the world he thought remain had won? | Molly Scott Cato

A report by Bloomberg raises questions about what the arch-Brexiteer knew and when, although he denies any wrongdoing, writes Green MEP Molly Scott-Cato

www.theguardian.com

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d

This poll in The Times is still open.

Go to —> compass.pressekompass.net/compasses/ti...

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European Movement West London #FBPE #FBPR #RejoinEU @em-westlondon.bsky.social · 5d

Simon Jenkins, who once thought Brexit would be good for Britain, thinks it was an error.
Like him, the public is clearly ready to see #Brexit reversed. There cannot be a single industry that would oppose it.

Of course it will not be easy. But it will be right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 5d

Between 2019 and 2024 in real terms EU exports grew by 11%.

UK exports also grew. By 0.89%.

That's the total. Goods exports were lower in real terms in 2024 than in 2014.

Centre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 5d

@antonspisak.bsky.social of the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social, a think-tank, observes that, after Brexit took effect at the end of 2020, Britain’s goods exports have grown less than those of any other economy in the G7 club of rich countries.

A dangerous post-Brexit world

Britain risks being an unwitting victim of EU-US trade wars

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Mike @mikem51.bsky.social · 5d

Immediately breaking Farage’s promises once elected. Another reason this vile grifter should be no where near power.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 5d

🔺EXCLUSIVE: Eight Reform UK councils likely to raise tax next year

Eight Reform UK councils likely to raise tax next year

www.thetimes.com

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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.bsky.social · 4d

A fascist tapeworm & faux patriot who “loves giving interviews. But ask him about his connections to Russia & the consequences of #Brexit, he'll put a stop to the conversation.”
“Brexit was the best thing to happen for Russia...”
Where is the UK? 👇
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 5d

Brexit stopped us having access to EIB investment like this ... (which often opens the door to additional funding from other institutions) ...

European Investment Bank @eib.org · 5d

We are providing €100 million to Italy’s Banca di Asti to support small and medium agribusinesses.

The new credit line will finance projects in agriculture and the bioeconomy, with at least 10% dedicated to young farmers.

👉 go.eib.org/Italy_agribu...

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David Rearlamp @rearlamp.bsky.social · 5d

don't even get our £3.5bn capital in EIB fully back until 2030.

EIB funded ELENA scheme, gave Cheshire 24000+ LED lampposts to save electricity, bulb change every 3 years with old sodium, but perhaps 20year LED lifespan.

Illuminate 174 potholes in 650feet of road.
news.sky.com/story/uk-spe...

UK spends least out of 13 nations on repairing roads 'blighted' by potholes

Cuts to funds to repair potholes in the UK are the most severe out of 13 major nations, including the US, New Zealand, Japan, Austria, Sweden, Canada, France and Finland, new analysis has found - with...

news.sky.com

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🦇🧛‍♂️Bram Stoker’s GuitarMoogula🧛‍♂️🦇 @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t think assaulting, shooting and pepper spraying Hot Priests is going to be a winning strategy.

Erin Burnett OutFront @outfrontcnn.bsky.social · 5d

“We could hear them laughing.”

Rev. David Black, the minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, speaks to #CNN’s Erin Burnett in his first television interview since he was shot in the head with pepper balls while praying in front of an ICE facility.

#OutFrontCNN #News #ICE #Chicago

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David Rearlamp @rearlamp.bsky.social · 5d

Why don't they call an introductory text a priminal?

Like crime and criminal.

I suppose the dictionary is pronounced
MURRI-am Websta.

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David Rearlamp @rearlamp.bsky.social · 6d

I noticed that their "round table" actually forms one quadrant of a swastika.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 6d

As we see a senseless 100k price tag placed on H- 1B visas, potentially leading to significant loss to higher education and progress of science, let this be a reminder that nearly half of the Nobel Prize winners in science this year are immigrants.

🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

Half Of The 2025 U.S. Nobel Prize Winners In Science Are Immigrants

Three of the six U.S. winners in the 2025 Nobel Prize science categories immigrated to the United States, one of them as a teenager.

www.forbes.com

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David Rearlamp @rearlamp.bsky.social · 6d

Really not scathing enough of the Labour Brexit "reset" consequences.
thefishingdaily.com/uk-fishing-i...

Disaster for UK Fishermen as Labour Government Sells-Out Fishing - UK Fishing Industry - The Fishing Daily - Irish, UK and European Fishing Industry News

The Labour government faces a huge backlash after it sells-out fishing industry granting EU boats access to UK waters for 12 more years

thefishingdaily.com

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David Rearlamp @rearlamp.bsky.social · 6d

This from Heba Akkila, winner of the May Chidiac Foundation's exceptional courage in journalism award for her reporting on Palestine.

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