Josh Sherer

It’s also, Sir Lewis Hamilton.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Fine, but Labour have no plans to substantially "break down trade barriers" with the EU. Perhaps because they judge that to be politically impossible but, if so, that needs to be said. Otherwise, we just continue the endless dishonesty which has characterized Brexit.

The other bit is where he criticises “the U.K., and other parts of the European Union”. Just fuck off, Mr Brexit, with your consequence-free wrecking balls doing damage you don’t even understand.

Right, sure. You are really smart and speak tRutH.

Refugee status to be temporary as Shabana Mahmood rips up rules on UK asylum Home secretary announces 30-month protection limit, with refugees required to leave if their home countries are later judged safe

Not only is this bad politics, as it’ll win over no one from Reform and simply haemorrhage Labour supporters to the Greens or non-voting apathy, it’s a terrible policy, and announcing it today, when the UK finds itself involved, albeit peripherally, in a conflict that’ll create refugees is obscene.

Good from @stellacreasy.bsky.social

I apologise, but I am aware of the time available. I also recognise that 2016 was over a decade ago. One of the challenges in this nation is that we have always acted as if the hard part about our relationship with Europe was us deciding what we wanted to happen, and the easy part was going and telling our European counterparts what we wanted to do. In a decade, President Trump has been elected twice, covid has happened, the #MeToo movement occurred and TikTok was invented—not to mention the antics of President Putin. If we are going to get this right then, as my hon. Friend the Member for Chelsea and Fulham (Ben Coleman) is right to argue, we need to get closer to Europe, but, in what we ask now, we have to show them the respect of recognising the damage we did in walking out of the door.

So, listened to the UK parliamentary debate on Brexit. Some excellent contributions.

This from Stella Creasy MP is outstanding.

I really hope the exceptionalists can take this in. Whatever is proposed has to work for Europe first and foremost.

And that has to start with atonement.

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'inside the red-faced hawk is a dove, with an almost physical horror of violence'

'Trump is as close as a pacifist as we've seen in the White House'

Pure pundit brain from Ian Leslie in March 2025

Shocked.

Difficult to recalibrate when the result makes you look a right dick for all the beefing up of Reform that you did.
Chris Mason needs to go back to journalism school and check the dictionary for what ‘bias’ and ‘reporting’ really mean.

So in 10 months’ time? Glad we survive, that wasn’t 100%.

Polish PM Donald Tusk, "EU membership is a success story for my country"

"I am really happy that the EU is still attractive to many countries"

"I've heard so many comments that Europe is close to collapse, it's not true"

"It's still the best place in the world"

UK business secretary urges EU to stop ‘putting up barriers’ Comments by Peter Kyle come on Brussels trip aimed at securing British access to ‘Made in Europe’ scheme

Isn't this a bit rich? I think it was Britain and Brexit who put up the barriers, and Labour, with its "red lines" of no to the EU, the Single Market, the Customs Union, and FOM, is keeping the barriers in place. What was that about moats and beams in eyes?

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No chance, sadly. The reaction will be to try to find policies and rhetoric even more like Reform’s.

Don’t. The merchant will realise, you will owe them the cash, make yourself the hero of your own story by telling them and paying up. You’ll feel better about that than about having the money, which will worry you for years.

More and more signs pointing towards the real possibility of change in Hungary.

But I still think the EU should not bank its strategy on Orbán losing, and should remain cautious until the election is over and the result accepted.

For 4 years, brave Ukrainian men and women have held Europe's frontline against a tyrant.

Have a listen to @snellarthur.bsky.social and @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social as we mark this terrible anniversary.

Imagine finding the time to pass legislation to “tidy up” the statute book. The Victorians should have spent more time productively ranting at bots on X.

Oh! How interesting. Thanks.

Ha! I like to imagine there was a period between 1215 and 1832 when argumentative/advocative titles were permitted, but could no longer be in Latin. Then the GRA came along and was the final straw for Messers Erskine + May.

Was the rule a reaction to the Great Reform Act? (As that clearly was not prevented from having that title.)

Ha. I think I remember reading a post by you on the other place about how David Davis wanted to call a piece of Brexit legislation “The Great Repeal Act”, and was prevented from doing so by Erskine May or some such. Is there a rule about the use of “”particular words in the title of legislation?

This is largely fair - but the current hagiography around GB also ought to reflect that he blocked Blair from campaigning for (let alone actually) joining the Euro. His Euro scepticism was a big boldter to the Lexit story and contributed to Britain being where it is now - outside and aloof.

We must stop pretending that Brexit was just a domestic choice.

It was a successful Russian hybrid operation designed to shatter Western cooperation.

This betrayal has left both the UK and the EU more vulnerable to aggression.

Those who still defend it are idiots or traitors

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow!

Oh you’re excited!

That’s the correct academic citation.

Perfect excuse.

Bet you can’t … wait for it