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Anand Menon is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London in the United Kingdom and was… more

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Another FOUR STAR review for my new Tour!!

Come see it or your a muppet.
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by Anand Menon — Reposted by Steve Peers

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I'm assuming Nigel Farage will get very exercised by this kind of de-banking www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation
John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society
www.theguardian.com
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ukandeu.bsky.social
🚨 Don't miss our next online panel 🚨

🇪🇺 Experts @anandmenon.bsky.social, Fabian Zuleeg and Christine Reh will assess the state of the European Union 🇪🇺

💻 Online
📅 Tues 21 Oct, 1pm BST

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UKICE Lunch Hour: the state of the European Union - UK in a changing Europe
Join our expert panel as they assess the state of the European Union as it confronts profound economic, political, security and social challenges.
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"Yet the EU can only do so much. When it comes to marshalling the use of force, an institution intended to tame rather than to deploy power has its limits."

@anandmenon.bsky.social on Europe's 'hard power problem' and why defence cooperation must go beyond the EU

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Europe's hard power problem - UK in a changing Europe
Anand Menon reflects on Europe's role in its own security and argues that it must rapidly undo the consequences of underinvestment in defence and relience on the US.
ukandeu.ac.uk
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The president (or maybe not president) of Madagascar—a radio DJ who overthrew the island’s yogurt kingpin in a coup d’état—just fled the country in a French helicopter after Gen Z protests. I wrote about the most interesting island you know nothing about, with bonus pictures of me with lemurs:
The yogurt kingpin, the radio DJ coup, and the most interesting island on Earth
Madagascar is a fascinating island home to 30+ million people. It's also home to bizarre, volatile politics that virtually nobody knows about. And the president just escaped on a helicopter.
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The government is in a serious bind argues @anandmenon.bsky.social: to deliver its manifesto pledges it might have to break its promises .

Catch up on the full discussion about the tough policy choices facing the government 👇
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ukandeu.bsky.social
💥 NEW PODCAST 💥

‼️ @anandmenon.bsky.social is joined by none other than Neil Kinnock in our latest podcast episode

💬 40 years on from his dramatic party conference speech, they reflect on "the grotesque chaos" then and ponder paralells with today

🎧 Listen now 🎧

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Lord Neil Kinnock on that party conference speech - UK in a changing Europe
In 1985, Neil Kinnock delivered one of the most dramatic political speeches of modern times at Labour Party Conference. “…implausible promises don’t...
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by Anand Menon — Reposted by Patrick Dunleavy

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“This is an instrument to develop the European defence industry.” Feels like we have left Europe as well as the EU.... www.ft.com/content/0f2b...
UK talks to join EU defence fund stalled over participation fee
British minister Nick Thomas-Symonds says agreement ‘urgent’ after months of delay by Brussels
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Yesterday marked the launch of the Entry/Exit System (EES)!
To have comprehensive information about how it works, check the official site: travel-europe.europa.eu/ees##
Here is the link to the guidelines published by @fra.europa.eu: fra.europa.eu/en/publicati...
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ukandeu.bsky.social
"One thing is clear: in stark contrast to the late 2010s, party conferences are not the place to go for really vigorous debates about the UK’s future relationship with Europe."

@jillongovt.bsky.social argues that UK-EU relations is a dividing line in UK party politics

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Relations with Europe are becoming more of a dividing line for the mainstream parties - UK in a changing Europe
In the wake of party conference season, Jill Rutter reflects on how much attention was paid to the UK's relationship with the EU at the Liberal Democrat, Labour Party, Conservative Party, Green Party ...
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In our fall issue, @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social and @anandmenon.bsky.social write about the potential of the Kensington Treaty, signed by Keir Starmer and Friedrich Merz in July. But, crucially, its success (or otherwise) will be linked to EU-UK relations.

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A New Chapter for UK-German Relations
The Kensington Treaty, signed by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in July, has great potential. But, crucially, its success or otherwise will be linked to EU-UK...
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⏰ TOMORROW ⏰

👀 Keep an eye out for the next episode of The UK in a Changing Europe podcast

@anandmenon.bsky.social is joined by Neil Kinnock, 40 years on from his renowned Party Conference speech

💭 Listen for his reflections on UK politics and how things have (or haven't) changed since then
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I think it's really important. When we say '50% of kids go to Uni, we forget that that means 50% don't'
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We'll know 'gold standard' apprenticeships really are 'gold standard' when politicians think their own kids should do them rather than getting a degree.
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When he says the UK he means London (and def not Stoke 😉) www.ft.com/content/6cc5...
Don’t move to Dubai — this is still the place to be
Better to buy the dip and celebrate the UK as an enduring cultural behemoth
www.ft.com
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Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader
Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since Zack Polanski took over last month The Greens in England and Wales have more than 100,000 members for the first time, the party has announced, a near-50% rise since Zack Polanski took over as leader last month. It puts them on a potential course to overtake the Conservatives and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the Liberal Democrats in membership numbers, getting to 83,500. Continue reading...
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ukandeu.bsky.social
"As important as the new bilateralism is, then, it is closely and crucially linked to broader relations between the UK and the EU as a whole"

@jannikewachowiak.bsky.social & @anandmenon.bsky.social analyse warmer UK-German relations for @internationalepolitik.de

ip-quarterly.com/en/new-chapt...
A New Chapter for UK-German Relations
The Kensington Treaty, signed by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in July, has great potential. But, crucially, its success or otherwise will be linked to EU-UK...
ip-quarterly.com
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by Anand Menon

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Yes maybe. Though one mitigated by the polls and doubts about whether this gov will be able to do ‘long term’!
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Another Outside In alumni, making waves at the BBC 🌊

Chris worked on National Prison Radio during his sentence, continued developing his skills with Outside In on release, and is now reporting for File on 4 Investigates on BBC Radio 4.

🎧 Tune in here: www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
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anandmenon.bsky.social
Politics has a real problem with time horizons. Many effective growth generating policies are medium term in nature vs need to show progress by next election. If they see closer links with the EU as one of the former, they need to start preparing the ground for it and having the argument soon, yes.
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I very much doubt it!
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political economic and temporal factors. Renegotiating the EU relationship beyond tinkering with the TCA will take time and not provide real benefits pre election.
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To date, Starmer has been hugely effective at reconciling closer links with China, 'reset' with the EU and a good relationship with Trump. That balancing act is only going to get harder. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
White House warns UK over China spy case fiasco
America says intelligence sharing could be damaged by Britain’s failure to prosecute alleged Chinese collaborators
www.thetimes.com
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‘Google, please translate’ 😉
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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 4d
My reading of it is he's using my/Born et al pre-2020 doppelganger estimates. I never thought of those effects as uncertainty-driven - more the expectation of trade barriers reducing investment in UK assets, and sterling devaluation raising the cost of imports and putting off EU immigrants.
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My reading of it is he's using my/Born et al pre-2020 doppelganger estimates. I never thought of those effects as uncertainty-driven - more the expectation of trade barriers reducing investment in UK assets, and sterling devaluation raising the cost of imports and putting off EU immigrants.
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by Andrew Scott — Reposted by Anand Menon

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Fun fact.

Trump watches are made in China.

Trump just slapped a massive tariff on himself
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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 5d
oh no
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by Anand Menon — Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Andrew Scott, Ralf Martin , and 1 more

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If they do this, they’ll need a convincing answer to the obvious question some will ask: ‘why don’t we rejoin?’ Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

www.thetimes.com/article/8875...
Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises
With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end
www.thetimes.com
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By 19, I’d lost both parents. Bullied in
school. Ignored by family. Left out of
my mom’s funeral. Abandoned for
being autistic. Let down by the system.
I nearly gave up. But I didn’t. I’m still
here. Still healing. And that means
something. #WorldMentalHealthDay
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peterfrankopan.bsky.social
Yesterday I was in Brussels for the Global Gateway Forum - a gathering of world leaders to talk about how to connect a fractured world.
What I saw instead was something extraordinary - a moment when peace might have taken shape before our eyes.

🧵👇
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ukandeu.bsky.social
"The Conservatives have been in very deep holes before… But the big difference this time is that they face a threat on their right flank, which is something they have never had to face before."

@timbale.bsky.social on whether the Tories face an existential threat

👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivRL...
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