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Juliet Lodge

@julietl.bsky.social

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Forever pro EU. Writer. Campaigner Women4Europe. Prof. Ai ethics and governance. YorkshireBylines

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 1d

2010-2023 house prices in the EU rose 48% and rents 22% and inflation grew 36%, says Eurostat..housing becomes a commodity, something that is used for speculation with no need to take into consideration the rest of the society, then of course that potentially causes problems

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...? New pilicy area for EU - affordable housing

EU to propose short-term rental rules to tackle ‘social crisis’ in housing

Bloc’s first affordable housing plan to cover issues such as tenants’ rights, property speculation and tourist lets

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 1d

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 1d

Well it is self deprecating at least! 😀

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Der Bahn Song

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 1d

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The Farage Con Explained: Send This To A Flagsh*gger. They’ll Hate It

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 1d

Well it is self deprecating at least! 😀

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Der Bahn Song

YouTube video by Deutsche Bahn

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

"Our polling shows a majority of voters - including Labour's own winning coalition - increasingly view Brexit as a failure for the country, and rightly expect ministers to urgently work with the EU to find a pragmatic way to fix the damage."

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 4d

Brexit - drug shortages could and should have been avoided. Why did UK kick out the Euro Medical Agency? newsletters.e.mirror.co.uk

Government update over 'supply issues' for these two medications

There have been supply issues affecting medicines for several years

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 4d

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 4d

And I’m sorry to be damned boring and all pragmatic about this, but in 30 years of the Channel Tunnel, we’ve had one proper route expansion: beyond Bruxelles to Rotterdam and Amsterdam

Sure, anything is *theoretically* possible, but who’s going to throw money at your aspirational idea?

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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.bsky.social · 4d

As long as you've got a WA biometric residency card, which wasn't obligatory in all countries
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The European Entry Exit (EES) system is starting on 12 October 2025 | British in Europe

Here’s what you need to know as a UK Withdrawal Agreement (WA) beneficiary living in the EU.Note: this blog focuses on the introduction of EES, and does not...

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4d

UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 5d

As best4Britain’s CEO Naomi Smith highlighted: Brexit has been a calamity for our economy, businesses and the cost of living. To regain economic credibility, Badenoch’s party must face up to reality and work constructively to repair the damage

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 5d

As polling by YouGov for Best for Britain revealed this week, the Tories’ flagship policy - Brexit - has been a failure according to people intending to vote for them at the next election. They are now more than twice as likely to consider Brexit a failure (46%) compared to a success (22%).

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 6d

www.theguardian.com/business/202... why can companies give cash to shareholders while polluting rivers and seas

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 6d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

One of world’s biggest windfarm developers to cut quarter of workforce

Ørsted plans to shrink company after Trump administration causes share price to plunge to all-time low

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 6d

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Hack of age verification firm may have exposed 70,000 Discord users’ ID photos

Names, email addresses and other contact details of users from around the world could also have been taken

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 7d

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

NHS could pay 25% more for medicines under plan to end row with drugmakers and Trump

UK ministers preparing to raise payments to end standoff with pharma industry, cited as reason for firms axing British investments

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 7d

www.theguardian.com/business/202...? @feargalsharkey.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @thenerve.news @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Competition watchdog agrees requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East to raise household bills

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taz @taz.de · 7d

Der europäische Bezahldienst Wero soll eine Alternative zu Paypal bieten. Es ist nicht der einzige Ansatz, der für mehr Unabhängigkeit sorgen soll.

Abhängigkeit von US-Diensten: Europas Antwort auf Paypal

Der europäische Bezahldienst Wero soll eine Alternative zu Paypal bieten. Es ist nicht der einzige Ansatz, der für mehr Unabhängigkeit sorgen soll.

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Steven Halsey 🌍 🇪🇺 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 @sh1882.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new research shows! Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 So I’m joining @oceanauk.bsky.social in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters. Join us! 📩
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🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new Oceana UK research shows

Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 That's why I’m joining Oceana UK in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters.

act.oceana.org

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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 7d

~ Peter Black: Another Brexit crisis [steel industry] ~

https://peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/10/another-brexit-crisis.html

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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 7d

🆕 Anti-Woke Wake: It the Tory Party dead or just resting? ☠️

💥 Tory Conference debrief
💥 France latest political soap
💥 A deal on Gaza - but antisemitism on the rise

An amazing episode with special guest @samfr.bsky.social.

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Anti-Woke Wake: Is the Tory Party dead or just resting?

Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 09/10/2025 · 1h 13m

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 7d

Leunig, a former gov adviser, said scrapping it — while it would boost growth and productivity — would be “a very, very big tax cut for rich people”. One effect would be to boost house prices, making the main beneficiaries the existing owners of expensive properties in the south-east of England.

Should stamp duty be scrapped in the UK?

Conservative party says property tax deters people from moving house and stifles productivity

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 7d

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

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The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

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Rejoin Campaign @rejoincampaign.bsky.social · 7d

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 8d

9 Oct 2025, European Parliament is expected to hold a debate on the European Commission's 2025 roadmap for women's rights and its declaration of principles for a gender-equal society. The declaration contains a principle (principle 7) on women's political participation and equal representation.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 8d

The UK government has said that trade retaliation remains on the table in response to the EU’s new steel safeguard measures.

UK could retaliate against EU steel tariffs, says top official

The proposals risk dealing a devastating blow to Britain’s embattled steelmakers.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 8d

🚜 A poor deal for farmers. A rotten deal for the country.

“Brexit was not principally about trade" - we know Michael we know...

🛠️ Let's fix this broken deal and get Britain building again.

https://bit.ly/42YNQxG

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.

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Euractiv @euractiv.com · 8d

Potential for ‘unified’ approach to AI rules, antitrust, says US ambassador to EU

In an exclusive interview with Euractiv, Andrew Puzder, US envoy to the EU, signalled a desire for joint AI rule making and working together on 'broader' big tech problems

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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #FBR #NAFO @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 8d

Three degrees warmer. Worldwide. This week, on the sidelines of the Extreme Weather Congress in Hamburg, the German Physical Society and the German Meteorological Society emphasised in a rare joint appeal that this is by no means unlikely, b/c climate change has accelerated significantly. .

Warnung vor noch größerer Klimakrise: Unfassbare drei Grad mehr für die heute Lebenden

Es ist Zeit zu handeln. Jetzt. Sofort. Radikal. Die menschengemachte Erderhitzung kann nicht mehr gestoppt, nur noch ein bisschen abgemildert werden.

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