Juliet Lodge
@julietl.bsky.social
Forever pro EU. Writer. Campaigner Women4Europe. Prof. Ai ethics and governance. YorkshireBylines
France's Democratic Malaise: Stop Blaming Citizens, Start Reforming Institutions www.socialeurope.eu/frances-demo... Decisions are increasingly packaged as matters of efficiency and performance, yet citizens experience them as exclusion from the democratic process
France's Democratic Malaise: Stop Blaming Citizens, Start Reforming Institutions
When eight in ten French citizens feel unrepresented, the problem lies not with democratic fatigue but with a political system that has forgotten how to listen.
www.socialeurope.eu
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
France's Democratic Malaise: Stop Blaming Citizens, Start Reforming Institutions www.socialeurope.eu/frances-demo... Decisions are increasingly packaged as matters of efficiency and performance, yet citizens experience them as exclusion from the democratic process
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📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬!
CEPS, with support from @boelleu.bsky.social, is launching an open call for young people from countries in the Global South who care about climate action to join us at Ideas Lab 2026 on 2–3 March in Brussels.
Learn more & apply by 10 December 👉 www.ceps.eu/ceps-news/ca...
CEPS, with support from @boelleu.bsky.social, is launching an open call for young people from countries in the Global South who care about climate action to join us at Ideas Lab 2026 on 2–3 March in Brussels.
Learn more & apply by 10 December 👉 www.ceps.eu/ceps-news/ca...
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬!
CEPS, with support from @boelleu.bsky.social, is launching an open call for young people from countries in the Global South who care about climate action to join us at Ideas Lab 2026 on 2–3 March in Brussels.
Learn more & apply by 10 December 👉 www.ceps.eu/ceps-news/ca...
CEPS, with support from @boelleu.bsky.social, is launching an open call for young people from countries in the Global South who care about climate action to join us at Ideas Lab 2026 on 2–3 March in Brussels.
Learn more & apply by 10 December 👉 www.ceps.eu/ceps-news/ca...
@eurcorrespond.bsky.social Why pharmaceutical companies love Ireland? — low corporate tax rate and one of the world’s most generous tax credits on R&D funding; plus offers Brexit drove part of the sector away from the UK, straight into Ireland.
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
@eurcorrespond.bsky.social Why pharmaceutical companies love Ireland? — low corporate tax rate and one of the world’s most generous tax credits on R&D funding; plus offers Brexit drove part of the sector away from the UK, straight into Ireland.
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If you're still looking for good writing and journalism as the legacy newspapers continue their slide into the ooze, you could do a lot worse than sign up to Byline Times. This is just the most exceptionally good writing from @peterjukes.bsky.social ...
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From Underground Man to Internet Man: Apocalyptic, Cleansing Violence – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
In 1976, Peter Jukes wanted to be Travis Bickle. A decade later, he realised the Taxi Driver anti-hero was a psychopath. Now he suspects Bickle’s dangerous saviour complex underpins the architecture o...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
If you're still looking for good writing and journalism as the legacy newspapers continue their slide into the ooze, you could do a lot worse than sign up to Byline Times. This is just the most exceptionally good writing from @peterjukes.bsky.social ...
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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This is the *fourth* information tribunal Democracy for Sale has won this year.
We’re fighting more cases to prise open government secrecy and expose hidden lobbying across British politics.
Sign up to Democracy for Sale to read @lucasamin.bsky.social 's scoop + more
democracyforsale.substack.com
We’re fighting more cases to prise open government secrecy and expose hidden lobbying across British politics.
Sign up to Democracy for Sale to read @lucasamin.bsky.social 's scoop + more
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Democracy for Sale | Peter Geoghegan | Substack
A newsletter dedicated to revealing how dark money and hidden influence threaten our democracy. Click to read Democracy for Sale, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the *fourth* information tribunal Democracy for Sale has won this year.
We’re fighting more cases to prise open government secrecy and expose hidden lobbying across British politics.
Sign up to Democracy for Sale to read @lucasamin.bsky.social 's scoop + more
democracyforsale.substack.com
We’re fighting more cases to prise open government secrecy and expose hidden lobbying across British politics.
Sign up to Democracy for Sale to read @lucasamin.bsky.social 's scoop + more
democracyforsale.substack.com
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🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
EU decision-making is slow because democracy is slow…Beneath the bickering lies something valuable: a commitment to due process, pluralism, and — …— shared democratic instincts. That culture, more than any single policy, defines the European mainstream. Via #TheParliamentmagazine
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
EU decision-making is slow because democracy is slow…Beneath the bickering lies something valuable: a commitment to due process, pluralism, and — …— shared democratic instincts. That culture, more than any single policy, defines the European mainstream. Via #TheParliamentmagazine
From gridlock to grid power: how to get renewable energy where it’s needed in the UK www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
From gridlock to grid power: how to get renewable energy where it’s needed in the UK
The UK’s drive to net zero won’t succeed on wind turbines and solar farms alone. The real bottleneck is moving that clean electricity from remote fields and
www.cam.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
From gridlock to grid power: how to get renewable energy where it’s needed in the UK www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
The European Democracy Shield euvsdisinfo.eu/the-european...
euvsdisinfo.eu
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The European Democracy Shield euvsdisinfo.eu/the-european...
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"This is something Britain was involved in at the start - it is not a foreign imposition.
It plays an important role in the life of the British people."
FCDO Minister Stephen Doughty on why the UK will not be leaving the ECHR, at today's debate secured by @cateccles.bsky.social
It plays an important role in the life of the British people."
FCDO Minister Stephen Doughty on why the UK will not be leaving the ECHR, at today's debate secured by @cateccles.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"This is something Britain was involved in at the start - it is not a foreign imposition.
It plays an important role in the life of the British people."
FCDO Minister Stephen Doughty on why the UK will not be leaving the ECHR, at today's debate secured by @cateccles.bsky.social
It plays an important role in the life of the British people."
FCDO Minister Stephen Doughty on why the UK will not be leaving the ECHR, at today's debate secured by @cateccles.bsky.social
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The fundamental purpose of the ECHR is to protect people from governments of all colours.
- @stellacreasy.bsky.social
- @stellacreasy.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The fundamental purpose of the ECHR is to protect people from governments of all colours.
- @stellacreasy.bsky.social
- @stellacreasy.bsky.social
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🚨📉 Major new paper by Stanford professor Nick Bloom and coauthors.
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🚨📉 Major new paper by Stanford professor Nick Bloom and coauthors.
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
They find Brexit has:
⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18%
⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4%
⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%
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US cloud giants Amazon and Microsoft face investigation under EU’s Digital Markets Act
US cloud giants Amazon and Microsoft face investigation under EU’s Digital Markets Act
The Commission will look at whether to designate DMA gatekeepers Microsoft and Amazon's respective clouds as "core platform services"
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November 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
US cloud giants Amazon and Microsoft face investigation under EU’s Digital Markets Act
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TOMORROW | How can changes to NHS technology help deliver the 10 Year Health Plan?
Tuesday 18 November, 12:30-13:30
Join us for the second event in our series on implementing the 10 Year Health Plan www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/nhs-te...
Tuesday 18 November, 12:30-13:30
Join us for the second event in our series on implementing the 10 Year Health Plan www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/nhs-te...
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
TOMORROW | How can changes to NHS technology help deliver the 10 Year Health Plan?
Tuesday 18 November, 12:30-13:30
Join us for the second event in our series on implementing the 10 Year Health Plan www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/nhs-te...
Tuesday 18 November, 12:30-13:30
Join us for the second event in our series on implementing the 10 Year Health Plan www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/nhs-te...
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Regierung geht von Sabotageakt auf Bahnstecke aus#Polen
Regierung geht von Sabotageakt auf Bahnstecke aus
Verletzt habe es bei dem Vorfall nicht gegeben, erklärte die Regierung.
www.tagesschau.de
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Regierung geht von Sabotageakt auf Bahnstecke aus#Polen
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What have I been warning about for the last several years?
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk
Forest City 1
Britain needs millions of homes. We have a plan and a team to build them, east of Cambridge, as a beautiful, permanently affordable city.
www.forestcity.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
What have I been warning about for the last several years?
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk
rail line between Warsaw and Lublin sabotaged
Polen: Mutmaßliche Saboteure sprengen offenbar Bahnstrecke Warschau-Lublin: Eine Explosion hat an der Zugstrecke zwischen Warschau und Lublin große Schäden angerichtet. Polens Ministerpräsident Tusk geht von einem Sabotageakt aus. Möglicherweise gibt es einen Zusammenhang zum Krieg in der Ukraine.
Polen: Mutmaßliche Saboteure sprengen offenbar Bahnstrecke Warschau-Lublin
Eine Explosion hat an der Zugstrecke zwischen Warschau und Lublin große Schäden angerichtet. Polens Ministerpräsident Tusk geht von einem Sabotageakt aus. Möglicherweise gibt es einen Zusammenhang zum Krieg in der Ukraine.
www.spiegel.de
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
rail line between Warsaw and Lublin sabotaged
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"Six months on from the local elections – after which Reform was unable to form an administration – the party’s presence in the county is in disarray following weeks of resignations, suspensions and infighting."
https://bit.ly/3Xkm7Vb
https://bit.ly/3Xkm7Vb
When reality bites: the rapid rise and chaotic fall of Reform UK in Cornwall
Resignations, suspensions and infighting lead to party losing crown of highest number of seats in the county
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"Six months on from the local elections – after which Reform was unable to form an administration – the party’s presence in the county is in disarray following weeks of resignations, suspensions and infighting."
https://bit.ly/3Xkm7Vb
https://bit.ly/3Xkm7Vb