Cassandra 🏴🇪🇺🌐
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"They wanted Singapore on the Thames. They got Argentina on the Channel."
Mark Carney on Brexit
A Scot who retains EU citizenship.
Voted Yes 🏴 and Remain 🇪🇺.
Ice hockey. Road cycling. Philosophy. Nature conservation. Rewilding. Comics. Union rep.
Mark Carney on Brexit
A Scot who retains EU citizenship.
Voted Yes 🏴 and Remain 🇪🇺.
Ice hockey. Road cycling. Philosophy. Nature conservation. Rewilding. Comics. Union rep.
Pinned
England voted leave, England got leave.
Wales voted leave, Wales got leave.
N Ireland voted remain, N Ireland got special deal.
Gibraltar voted remain, Gibraltar got special deal.
Scotland voted remain, Scotland got shafted.
Wales voted leave, Wales got leave.
N Ireland voted remain, N Ireland got special deal.
Gibraltar voted remain, Gibraltar got special deal.
Scotland voted remain, Scotland got shafted.
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Hotel Caledonia.
You can check out any time you like but you can never leave.
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hotel Caledonia.
Brexit really hurt UK seafood sector
‘The customers are still there’: Welsh mussel farmers hope post-Brexit reset can revive business
Since Brexit, mussel production in has collapsed from about 10,000 tonnes annually to just five tonnes in 2022, representing just 0.05% of the previous total
‘The customers are still there’: Welsh mussel farmers hope post-Brexit reset can revive business
Since Brexit, mussel production in has collapsed from about 10,000 tonnes annually to just five tonnes in 2022, representing just 0.05% of the previous total
‘The customers are still there’: Welsh mussel farmers hope post-Brexit reset can revive business
Shellfish exports to the EU from the Menai Strait have all but collapsed, but fishers are looking to the future
uk.finance.yahoo.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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The EU doesn’t have to take any steps (baby or any other type).
Our rules are clear.
The UK doesn’t qualify for membership under the Copenhagen criteria.
No new applicants get opt outs from the EU acquis.
Any deals made with the UK as an outsider must benefit the EU and must reflect the…
Our rules are clear.
The UK doesn’t qualify for membership under the Copenhagen criteria.
No new applicants get opt outs from the EU acquis.
Any deals made with the UK as an outsider must benefit the EU and must reflect the…
November 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The EU doesn’t have to take any steps (baby or any other type).
Our rules are clear.
The UK doesn’t qualify for membership under the Copenhagen criteria.
No new applicants get opt outs from the EU acquis.
Any deals made with the UK as an outsider must benefit the EU and must reflect the…
Our rules are clear.
The UK doesn’t qualify for membership under the Copenhagen criteria.
No new applicants get opt outs from the EU acquis.
Any deals made with the UK as an outsider must benefit the EU and must reflect the…
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Brexit is like smoking - not the only cause of lung cancer, not a "silver bullet" in preventing LC, & doesn't mean you don't have other lung cancer comorbidities that need addressing
But giving up smoking is always better for your health
The only ppl who don't think so are smokers
But giving up smoking is always better for your health
The only ppl who don't think so are smokers
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Brexit is like smoking - not the only cause of lung cancer, not a "silver bullet" in preventing LC, & doesn't mean you don't have other lung cancer comorbidities that need addressing
But giving up smoking is always better for your health
The only ppl who don't think so are smokers
But giving up smoking is always better for your health
The only ppl who don't think so are smokers
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Keir Starmer to have sex with England flag on top of Fourth Plinth to "reclaim English identity"
Calls to ‘reclaim the flag’ amid a ‘never-ending fight’ again simply tar English identity uniquely with the far right. It risks alienating the very English identifiers Labour needs to win. They don’t see themselves as far right; it sounds like Labour does. www.thesun.co.uk/news/3459195...
Sir Keir issues rallying cry to 'reclaim our flag' for St George’s Day
DEFIANT Sir Keir Starmer has issued a St George’s Day rallying cry to the country in the “never-ending fight for the flag”. The Prime Minister launches a savage attack on those who “sow division” &…
www.thesun.co.uk
April 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Keir Starmer to have sex with England flag on top of Fourth Plinth to "reclaim English identity"
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open.substack.com/pub/angrypic... The last colony and exploding imperial myths.
Scotland: The Empire's Last Colony
How Scotland’s Elite Sold Scotland, Helped Build Britain’s Empire, and then Lost It
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
open.substack.com/pub/angrypic... The last colony and exploding imperial myths.
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Beaming this idea directly into Zack Polanski's brain - politicians who use PFI should be made to stand trial for defrauding the state.
At the Budget, the Chancellor just announced 250 new Neighbourhood Health Centres...
... but didn't mention their decision to use private finance to fund them 🧐
Why? Are they ashamed of their plan to resurrect the corpse of PFI in our NHS? They should be. #AutumnBudget
... but didn't mention their decision to use private finance to fund them 🧐
Why? Are they ashamed of their plan to resurrect the corpse of PFI in our NHS? They should be. #AutumnBudget
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Beaming this idea directly into Zack Polanski's brain - politicians who use PFI should be made to stand trial for defrauding the state.
Rachel Reeves exit date:
2026 8/13
2025 3/1
2027 8/1
2028 20/1
2029 Or Later 25/1
2026 8/13
2025 3/1
2027 8/1
2028 20/1
2029 Or Later 25/1
Rachel Reeves is a formidable woman.
I believe she will slowly turn the finances of the country around and will be in a strong position for big tax cuts from 2027 onwards, once things have stabilised.
Many people will eat their words in a few years.
I believe she will slowly turn the finances of the country around and will be in a strong position for big tax cuts from 2027 onwards, once things have stabilised.
Many people will eat their words in a few years.
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Rachel Reeves exit date:
2026 8/13
2025 3/1
2027 8/1
2028 20/1
2029 Or Later 25/1
2026 8/13
2025 3/1
2027 8/1
2028 20/1
2029 Or Later 25/1
Twenty-one Years
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Twenty-one Years
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English government bringing up the rear for the rest of the UK.
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
English government bringing up the rear for the rest of the UK.
”This article was amended on 25 November 2025 to remove an incorrect description of Kenneth Clark as being a Tory politician.”
If you ever wonder why English politicians are so shite, it’s largely because English journalists are shite.
If you ever wonder why English politicians are so shite, it’s largely because English journalists are shite.
Civilisations: Rise and Fall review – TV that will make you despair for our own plummeting society
Civilisations: Rise and Fall review – TV that will make you despair for our own plummeting society
The mightily stressful and incredibly close-to-the-bone BBC show traces the demise of four ancient worlds – and it’s wildly prescient stuff. Will we never learn?
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
”This article was amended on 25 November 2025 to remove an incorrect description of Kenneth Clark as being a Tory politician.”
If you ever wonder why English politicians are so shite, it’s largely because English journalists are shite.
If you ever wonder why English politicians are so shite, it’s largely because English journalists are shite.
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Amazing that the introduction to this is tone deaf enough to go "If only there was a place that had the answers to why these civilisations fell..." and then introduce The British Museum.
Civilisations: Rise and Fall review – TV that will make you despair for our own plummeting society
Civilisations: Rise and Fall review – TV that will make you despair for our own plummeting society
The mightily stressful and incredibly close-to-the-bone BBC show traces the demise of four ancient worlds – and it’s wildly prescient stuff. Will we never learn?
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Amazing that the introduction to this is tone deaf enough to go "If only there was a place that had the answers to why these civilisations fell..." and then introduce The British Museum.
Herr Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha gives the jock colony a kick.
As a bonus: he further lines his own pockets.
There is a reason Trump admires the English royals: he recognises a fellow successful mafia outfit.
As a bonus: he further lines his own pockets.
There is a reason Trump admires the English royals: he recognises a fellow successful mafia outfit.
The King has released a £100 English single-malt whisky ahead of Christmas 👀
King Charles unveils £100 English whisky crafted 'from his own barley'
www.thenational.scot
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Herr Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha gives the jock colony a kick.
As a bonus: he further lines his own pockets.
There is a reason Trump admires the English royals: he recognises a fellow successful mafia outfit.
As a bonus: he further lines his own pockets.
There is a reason Trump admires the English royals: he recognises a fellow successful mafia outfit.
Correct. Brexit is far from done.
Brexit wasn’t an event. Brexit is an ongoing, cumulative process.
It is only going to get worse. A lot worse.
”Peak Brexit” will be during the 2040s, when the economy falls behind Bulgaria. By then London will be pounding on Brussels’s door begging to be let in.
Brexit wasn’t an event. Brexit is an ongoing, cumulative process.
It is only going to get worse. A lot worse.
”Peak Brexit” will be during the 2040s, when the economy falls behind Bulgaria. By then London will be pounding on Brussels’s door begging to be let in.
Brexit is far from done.
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Correct. Brexit is far from done.
Brexit wasn’t an event. Brexit is an ongoing, cumulative process.
It is only going to get worse. A lot worse.
”Peak Brexit” will be during the 2040s, when the economy falls behind Bulgaria. By then London will be pounding on Brussels’s door begging to be let in.
Brexit wasn’t an event. Brexit is an ongoing, cumulative process.
It is only going to get worse. A lot worse.
”Peak Brexit” will be during the 2040s, when the economy falls behind Bulgaria. By then London will be pounding on Brussels’s door begging to be let in.
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The Scottish Child Payment was described by Prof. Danny Dorling as the biggest thing to reduce child poverty in Europe in last 40 years.
Child poverty now lower in Scotland than in England and research is showing Scots children's growth rates now catching up and overtaking kids South of the border.
Child poverty now lower in Scotland than in England and research is showing Scots children's growth rates now catching up and overtaking kids South of the border.
October 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The Scottish Child Payment was described by Prof. Danny Dorling as the biggest thing to reduce child poverty in Europe in last 40 years.
Child poverty now lower in Scotland than in England and research is showing Scots children's growth rates now catching up and overtaking kids South of the border.
Child poverty now lower in Scotland than in England and research is showing Scots children's growth rates now catching up and overtaking kids South of the border.
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The current level of child poverty in Scotland is 22% and falling, whilst in England it’s 31% and rising
Child poverty levels are lower in Scotland than they were a decade ago
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Child poverty levels are lower in Scotland than they were a decade ago
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November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The current level of child poverty in Scotland is 22% and falling, whilst in England it’s 31% and rising
Child poverty levels are lower in Scotland than they were a decade ago
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Child poverty levels are lower in Scotland than they were a decade ago
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When you land at GIB (airport or sea ports, I'd assume) your passport+right to enter Schengen will be checked by Spanish authorities on behalf of 🇪🇺/Schengen (a little like juxtaposed controls in 🇫🇷 to 🇬🇧 and in 🇬🇧 to 🇫🇷, I suppose). I'm sure if a Brit Nat intends to reside here, they'll ask questions. 🙂
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
When you land at GIB (airport or sea ports, I'd assume) your passport+right to enter Schengen will be checked by Spanish authorities on behalf of 🇪🇺/Schengen (a little like juxtaposed controls in 🇫🇷 to 🇬🇧 and in 🇬🇧 to 🇫🇷, I suppose). I'm sure if a Brit Nat intends to reside here, they'll ask questions. 🙂
”Nearly a decade after the referendum and five years after the UK’s exit from the EU, the economic and political price of Brexit is all too clear. However, its chief proponents do not seem to be paying the political price.”
The Irish Times view on the UK budget: the long shadow of Brexit
The Irish Times view on the UK budget: the long shadow of Brexit
Nearly a decade after the referendum and five years after the UK’s exit from the EU, the economic and political price is all too clear
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
”Nearly a decade after the referendum and five years after the UK’s exit from the EU, the economic and political price of Brexit is all too clear. However, its chief proponents do not seem to be paying the political price.”
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STARMER’S LABOUR IS DOING PUTIN’S WORK!
Putin must have been fretting that all the hard work he’d put into getting Brexit done would be wasted if Labour won the 2024 election. He needn’t have worried. Along trots Starmer, our turkey of a prime minister, who picks up the Brexit baton.
Putin must have been fretting that all the hard work he’d put into getting Brexit done would be wasted if Labour won the 2024 election. He needn’t have worried. Along trots Starmer, our turkey of a prime minister, who picks up the Brexit baton.
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
STARMER’S LABOUR IS DOING PUTIN’S WORK!
Putin must have been fretting that all the hard work he’d put into getting Brexit done would be wasted if Labour won the 2024 election. He needn’t have worried. Along trots Starmer, our turkey of a prime minister, who picks up the Brexit baton.
Putin must have been fretting that all the hard work he’d put into getting Brexit done would be wasted if Labour won the 2024 election. He needn’t have worried. Along trots Starmer, our turkey of a prime minister, who picks up the Brexit baton.
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Dutch answer to the removal of the boards at #Margraten US military cemetery, honoring black US soldiers who died while liberating the Netherlands in WWII. This grave injustice went counterproductive for the US government, as shown.
Courtesy to Dutch TV show ‘Even tot hier’ BNNVARA
Courtesy to Dutch TV show ‘Even tot hier’ BNNVARA
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Dutch answer to the removal of the boards at #Margraten US military cemetery, honoring black US soldiers who died while liberating the Netherlands in WWII. This grave injustice went counterproductive for the US government, as shown.
Courtesy to Dutch TV show ‘Even tot hier’ BNNVARA
Courtesy to Dutch TV show ‘Even tot hier’ BNNVARA
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Fascism described from Army Talks pamphlet of March 1945.
May 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Fascism described from Army Talks pamphlet of March 1945.
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Bonus action: leave a comment on the LinkedIn page of Spotify’s CEO, Daniel Ek:
www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-ek...
www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-ek...
October 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Bonus action: leave a comment on the LinkedIn page of Spotify’s CEO, Daniel Ek:
www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-ek...
www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-ek...
Starmer making catastrophic error. It is not the far right taking his votes, it is the pro-European parties (Grn+LD+SNP+PC).
Voting intention of GE2024 Labour voters (YG; 23-24 November):
Lab 52%
Grn* 17%
LD* 12%
Ref 8%
Con 6%
SNP* 1%
PC* 1%
oth 2%
Loss to pro-EU* = 31%
Loss to far right = 14%
Voting intention of GE2024 Labour voters (YG; 23-24 November):
Lab 52%
Grn* 17%
LD* 12%
Ref 8%
Con 6%
SNP* 1%
PC* 1%
oth 2%
Loss to pro-EU* = 31%
Loss to far right = 14%
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Starmer making catastrophic error. It is not the far right taking his votes, it is the pro-European parties (Grn+LD+SNP+PC).
Voting intention of GE2024 Labour voters (YG; 23-24 November):
Lab 52%
Grn* 17%
LD* 12%
Ref 8%
Con 6%
SNP* 1%
PC* 1%
oth 2%
Loss to pro-EU* = 31%
Loss to far right = 14%
Voting intention of GE2024 Labour voters (YG; 23-24 November):
Lab 52%
Grn* 17%
LD* 12%
Ref 8%
Con 6%
SNP* 1%
PC* 1%
oth 2%
Loss to pro-EU* = 31%
Loss to far right = 14%
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.