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Non-partisan Fife based group working for retaining closest links with EU. Looking to reconnect with like minded friends on this platform. Give us a follow and let's grow our community here. Showcasing content that I hope you find interesting.

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Europe’s plan to keep Ukraine afloat — even if Hungary keeps blocking €90B loan Kyiv was expected to run out of money at the end of this month, but an IMF lifeline and help from the Nordics and Baltics are set to keep it solvent.

EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine will get money from EU countries to fund its war effort even if Hungary and Slovakia continue to block a promised €90 billion loan, two EU diplomats have told POLITICO.

11.03.2026 08:40 👍 74 🔁 24 💬 8 📌 1

"Our unwavering commitment to the pursuit of peace, to the principles of the UN Charter and to international law are as central today as they were at our creation. And we will always uphold these principles."

11.03.2026 08:44 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
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Ursula von der Leyen responds to the backlash against her "custodian" speech:

"Allow me to make one important point. Seeing the world as it is in no way diminishes our determination to fight for the world as we want. The European Union was founded as a peace project."

11.03.2026 08:44 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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Iceland could be EU’s next member, foreign minister says If Icelanders vote to restart EU talks in their Aug. 29 referendum, they might beat front-runner Montenegro to join the bloc, the minister told POLITICO.

EXCLUSIVE: Iceland could conclude accession talks with the EU within “a year and a half” and become its 28th member country, Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir has told POLITICO.

11.03.2026 08:49 👍 120 🔁 31 💬 3 📌 5

So, we must deliver relief now.

We must comprehensively look at how we can reduce people’s energy bills.

And look at the 4 components of the price: the cost of the energy itself, grid charges, taxes and levies and carbon costs.

11.03.2026 08:53 👍 88 🔁 7 💬 6 📌 1

Our choice to diversify towards homegrown renewables and nuclear paid off.

But we are not immune to price shocks.

Households and companies face pressure today.

11.03.2026 08:53 👍 99 🔁 10 💬 3 📌 1
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Europe’s first responsibility is to protect our citizens and prepare for the impacts of the conflict in the Middle East.

We are already seeing the impact of the situation in the Middle East on energy.

My speech at the @europarl.europa.eu
→ link.europa.eu/HpkRkQ

11.03.2026 08:52 👍 134 🔁 21 💬 17 📌 1
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Situation in the Middle East: President von der Leyen at the EP Plenary Session Debate YouTube video by European Commission

www.youtube.com/live/M9eIE3h...

11.03.2026 08:21 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Elon Musk's AI claims video of Glasgow fire 'shows Tel Aviv after Iranian bombing' IT may be a distant memory now, but there was a time when Twitter was an invaluable source of information ...

Thenational Scot: Elon Musk's AI claims video of Glasgow fire 'shows Tel Aviv after Iranian bombing'
www.thenational.scot/news/2592136...

11.03.2026 06:58 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Reform MSP squirms as he's challenged to 'defend Brexit' during debate A REFORM MSP was left squirming trying to defend Brexit after he was heckled during a hustings in Edinburgh.

Thenational Scot: Reform MSP squirms as he's challenged to 'defend Brexit' during debate
www.thenational.scot/news/2592489...

11.03.2026 06:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Farage delivers energy sermon at the pump – just don’t mention the war Reform leader’s Derbyshire petrol station stunt grinds to halt when questions on Iran leave him short-tempered

Farage delivers energy sermon at the pump – just don’t mention the war
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

11.03.2026 06:52 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If the US ever gets out of this moment, the first thing it needs to do is introduce some kind of rules governing self-serving presidential pardons...

11.03.2026 05:10 👍 21 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0

Definitely don't be worried about this unless we get news that the president is secretly constructing a massive bunker under the White House that he could live in long-term and govern America from while literally "covering up" this gambit with a ballroom no one anywhere asked for

11.03.2026 05:27 👍 471 🔁 93 💬 16 📌 1
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Bondi Is Said to Move to Military Housing Because of Threats

Nothing to see here—just the Trump administration officials who'd oversee an invocation of the Insurrection Act and subsequent martial law declarations moving into military-base housing.

Miller, Bondi, Rubio, Hegseth, the Secretary of the Army and Secretary of the Navy...

Pay no attention to this.

11.03.2026 05:19 👍 1374 🔁 671 💬 135 📌 45
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Trump to bankrupt red state prosecutor with 'preposterous' legal fees President Donald Trump has a history of trying to use the White House as a battering ram to demand exorbitant legal fees from offices that have investigated him.

Trump to bankrupt red state prosecutor with 'preposterous' legal fees President Donald Trump has a history of trying to use the White House as a battering ram to demand exorbitant legal fees from offices that have investigated him. ...

10.03.2026 21:09 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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What to Know About the Rising Price of Oil and Its Effects on Airline Ticket Prices The Gulf conflict has led to higher fuel prices, and the cost of operating a plane has sharply increased. For travelers, that likely means higher fares.

The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran has led to higher fuel prices, and the cost of operating a plane has sharply increased. For travelers, that likely means higher airline fares.

10.03.2026 21:10 👍 65 🔁 19 💬 9 📌 6
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VW to cut 50,000 jobs by 2030 amid Trump tariffs and falling Chinese sales Car group reports 54% drop in pre-tax profits as it says Iran war could affect demand for Audi and Porsche brands

The Guardian: Europe’s largest automaker, Volkswagen, is to shed 50,000 jobs by the end of the decade, as it faces falling sales in China and North America and punitive US tariffs imposed by Donald Trump.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

10.03.2026 21:11 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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As Iran War Spikes Gas Prices, Americans Struggle With the Rising Cost of Living Shocked by the rapid price increases, many Americans are scrambling to figure out how to stretch their budgets to cover an essential expense.

“I am just hoping it doesn’t get too much worse.” As the U.S.-led war with Iran enters a second week, drivers across the U.S. — particularly ride-share workers and those whose daily routines includes gas-guzzling commutes — are reeling at the extra expense.

10.03.2026 20:40 👍 64 🔁 22 💬 11 📌 6
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Nigel Farage's Humiliating Iran U-Turn Should Be a Lesson for Keir Starmer By sticking to the correct and popular position on Donald Trump's Iran war, the Prime Minister has now forced his political opponents into an embarrassing reversal, argues Adam Bienkov

🔴 Nigel Farage’s Humiliating Iran U-Turn Should Be a Lesson for Keir Starmer

By sticking to the popular position on Donald Trump’s Iran war, the Prime Minister has now forced his political opponents into an embarrassing reversal, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2026/03/10/n...

10.03.2026 14:37 👍 200 🔁 64 💬 5 📌 3
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Hooked on dopamine, fuelled by testosterone, powered by AI: this is the broligarchs’ war Three weeks ago, briefly, the world was focused on Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of women and girls. Now, as conflict rages, the tide of hyper-masculinity has risen again, writes Carole Cadwalladr

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social

10.03.2026 19:33 👍 104 🔁 45 💬 3 📌 1
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The holy warriors of Operation Epic Fury - my latest Substack post at History Never Ended.

open.substack.com/pub/historyn...

10.03.2026 06:04 👍 30 🔁 11 💬 5 📌 0
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10.03.2026 20:43 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Why is GB News suggesting immigration in the UK is a ‘genocide’ of white Brits? | The News Agents GB News has been criticised for hosting a so-called political commentator who claimed migration in the UK is the same as a genocide. In the words of Jon Sopel: ‘What the actual fuck?’

Rhetoric framing minoritised communities as an existential threat - and falsely framing this as genocide - is notoriously dangerous.

This is what advertisers are associating with by supporting GB News www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

10.03.2026 20:02 👍 43 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0
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Canadian Visits To U.S. Fall For 13th Consecutive Month—Adding To U.S. Tourism Decline Canadians have increasingly bypassed U.S. travel for more than a year, and the boycott shows no sign of slowing down.

Canadians have increasingly bypassed U.S. travel for more than a year, and the boycott shows no sign of slowing down.

10.03.2026 18:50 👍 621 🔁 183 💬 87 📌 40
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NEW! This week we talk EXCLUSIVELY with Jessie Grace about her DEBUT ALBUM reissue: Asleep On The Good Foot!

Listen FREE whenever EU like! Please help! Subscribe TODAY for just £5 a month and help us grow! 👉 Link's in bio/graphic!

10.03.2026 18:20 👍 22 🔁 25 💬 0 📌 4
British Diplomat OBLITERATES Trump Sycophant Nick Ferrari For Defending Trump's LIES!
British Diplomat OBLITERATES Trump Sycophant Nick Ferrari For Defending Trump's LIES! YouTube video by Paul James News

A former British Ambassador just walked into an LBC studio and dismantled Nick Ferrari's pro-Trump arguments live on air — and LBC didn't clip it. youtu.be/PLUqf52bCso?...

10.03.2026 18:51 👍 11 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
An orange line-art illustration on a textured white background. The illustration depicts a hand holding a power cable that morphs into a lightbulb outline. Inside the lightbulb, a small plant with two leaves grows from the wire. The plug of the cable features the European Union’s circle of stars.

To the right, the text reads: "European energy: built for the planet, priced for the people." The logo of the European Commission is visible in the bottom right corner.

An orange line-art illustration on a textured white background. The illustration depicts a hand holding a power cable that morphs into a lightbulb outline. Inside the lightbulb, a small plant with two leaves grows from the wire. The plug of the cable features the European Union’s circle of stars. To the right, the text reads: "European energy: built for the planet, priced for the people." The logo of the European Commission is visible in the bottom right corner.

Rising oil prices and uncertainty make homegrown clean energy transition more urgent than ever.

Today, we presented a new set of initiatives to boost clean energy investment, strengthen Europe’s energy independence, and help lower energy prices, including ⬇️

10.03.2026 18:34 👍 122 🔁 34 💬 4 📌 4
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Oil could hit $150 amid Gulf shutdown, Wood Mackenzie says War in Iran is currently cutting Gulf oil and oil products supply to the ​market by some 15 million barrels per ‌day (bpd) which could raise crude prices to $150 per barrel, research and consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie said on Tuesday.

Oil could hit $150 amid Gulf shutdown, Wood Mackenzie says reut.rs/4cBwWuN

10.03.2026 18:35 👍 34 🔁 18 💬 3 📌 4
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10.03.2026 18:39 👍 71 🔁 39 💬 1 📌 2
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Exclusive: As many as 150 US troops wounded so far in Iran war, sources say As ‌many as 150 U.S. troops have ​been wounded ​so far in ⁠the war with ​Iran, two ​people familiar with the matter told Reuters ​on Tuesday.

Full story below.

Pentagon has so far refused to comment.

This shreds the Trump administration narrative. This insane, illegal folly is costing billions and costing US lives.

10.03.2026 18:39 👍 100 🔁 36 💬 4 📌 1