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Juliet Lodge

@julietl.bsky.social

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Forever pro EU. Writer. Campaigner Women4Europe. Prof. Ai ethics and governance. YorkshireBylines

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 5h

As best4Britain’s CEO Naomi Smith highlighted: Brexit has been a calamity for our economy, businesses and the cost of living. To regain economic credibility, Badenoch’s party must face up to reality and work constructively to repair the damage

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 5h

As polling by YouGov for Best for Britain revealed this week, the Tories’ flagship policy - Brexit - has been a failure according to people intending to vote for them at the next election. They are now more than twice as likely to consider Brexit a failure (46%) compared to a success (22%).

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/business/202... why can companies give cash to shareholders while polluting rivers and seas

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

One of world’s biggest windfarm developers to cut quarter of workforce

Ørsted plans to shrink company after Trump administration causes share price to plunge to all-time low

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 1d

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Hack of age verification firm may have exposed 70,000 Discord users’ ID photos

Names, email addresses and other contact details of users from around the world could also have been taken

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

NHS could pay 25% more for medicines under plan to end row with drugmakers and Trump

UK ministers preparing to raise payments to end standoff with pharma industry, cited as reason for firms axing British investments

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/business/202...? @feargalsharkey.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @thenerve.news @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Competition watchdog agrees requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East to raise household bills

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taz @taz.de · 2d

Der europäische Bezahldienst Wero soll eine Alternative zu Paypal bieten. Es ist nicht der einzige Ansatz, der für mehr Unabhängigkeit sorgen soll.

Abhängigkeit von US-Diensten: Europas Antwort auf Paypal

Der europäische Bezahldienst Wero soll eine Alternative zu Paypal bieten. Es ist nicht der einzige Ansatz, der für mehr Unabhängigkeit sorgen soll.

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Steven Halsey 🌍 🇪🇺 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 @sh1882.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new research shows! Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 So I’m joining @oceanauk.bsky.social in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters. Join us! 📩
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🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new Oceana UK research shows

Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 That's why I’m joining Oceana UK in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters.

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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 2d

~ Peter Black: Another Brexit crisis [steel industry] ~

https://peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/10/another-brexit-crisis.html

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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 2d

🆕 Anti-Woke Wake: It the Tory Party dead or just resting? ☠️

💥 Tory Conference debrief
💥 France latest political soap
💥 A deal on Gaza - but antisemitism on the rise

An amazing episode with special guest @samfr.bsky.social.

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Anti-Woke Wake: Is the Tory Party dead or just resting?

Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 09/10/2025 · 1h 13m

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2d

Leunig, a former gov adviser, said scrapping it — while it would boost growth and productivity — would be “a very, very big tax cut for rich people”. One effect would be to boost house prices, making the main beneficiaries the existing owners of expensive properties in the south-east of England.

Should stamp duty be scrapped in the UK?

Conservative party says property tax deters people from moving house and stifles productivity

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

“America’s senior military officers, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, must approach Trump now and make clear to him that they will not obey illegal orders to act against American citizens or disrupt the American political process.”

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The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

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Rejoin Campaign @rejoincampaign.bsky.social · 2d

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 2d

9 Oct 2025, European Parliament is expected to hold a debate on the European Commission's 2025 roadmap for women's rights and its declaration of principles for a gender-equal society. The declaration contains a principle (principle 7) on women's political participation and equal representation.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 3d

The UK government has said that trade retaliation remains on the table in response to the EU’s new steel safeguard measures.

UK could retaliate against EU steel tariffs, says top official

The proposals risk dealing a devastating blow to Britain’s embattled steelmakers.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 3d

🚜 A poor deal for farmers. A rotten deal for the country.

“Brexit was not principally about trade" - we know Michael we know...

🛠️ Let's fix this broken deal and get Britain building again.

https://bit.ly/42YNQxG

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

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Euractiv @euractiv.com · 3d

Potential for ‘unified’ approach to AI rules, antitrust, says US ambassador to EU

In an exclusive interview with Euractiv, Andrew Puzder, US envoy to the EU, signalled a desire for joint AI rule making and working together on 'broader' big tech problems

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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #FBR #NAFO @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 3d

Three degrees warmer. Worldwide. This week, on the sidelines of the Extreme Weather Congress in Hamburg, the German Physical Society and the German Meteorological Society emphasised in a rare joint appeal that this is by no means unlikely, b/c climate change has accelerated significantly. .

Warnung vor noch größerer Klimakrise: Unfassbare drei Grad mehr für die heute Lebenden

Es ist Zeit zu handeln. Jetzt. Sofort. Radikal. Die menschengemachte Erderhitzung kann nicht mehr gestoppt, nur noch ein bisschen abgemildert werden.

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Volt Europa @volteuropa.org · 3d

Standing by our values means making difficult choices. At Volt, we stand for science-based climate policy, truth, and a future built on cooperation. 💜🌱

With @voltnederland.org

A screen capture of a news article or press release, dated 8 October 2025. The headline reads: "Volt cancels NOS debate, refuses to discuss climate with FVD". The text below explains that Volt has withdrawn from an NOS leaders' debate on NPO Radio 1 because they don't want to debate climate issues with Forum for Democracy (FVD). Volt criticizes FVD's climate stance, stating the party "structurally denies the climate crisis" and has called climate scientists' work "witchcraft." The text quotes Volt saying, "After much deliberation — and against the backdrop of the rapid radicalization in our society — we have concluded that we no longer want to give oxygen to a party that lies."

A screen capture of a longer statement by the Volt party, explaining their decision to withdraw from a debate with FVD. The text references experts on the far-right and populism who "warn about the dangers of further normalization of the far-right" and advise not to "give this ideology any more oxygen." Volt states, "We believe that this debate contributes to the normalization of the unacceptable." They emphasize that in the political arena, "facts must be guiding" and that when there are no facts on one side, "the truth is lost." The statement also invokes the "Popper paradox," which teaches that "unlimited tolerance toward structural intolerance ultimately threatens the open, tolerant society itself." The statement concludes with a hope that voters on October 29 will "unite against extremists who threaten our democratic constitutional state."

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 3d

‘A mandate from the members’: Challenge, responsibilty and speaking truth to power– the LabourList deputy leadership interview with Lucy Powell labourlist.org/2025/10/labo... – via LabourList

‘A mandate from the members’: Challenge, responsibilty and speaking truth to power– the LabourList deputy leadership interview with Lucy Powell - LabourList

LabourList Editor Emma Burnell sat down with Lucy Powell to talk about her pitch to Labour Party members to be deputy leader.

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 3d

🚨🚨 #Denmark aims to ban #socialmedia for children under 15. PM Mette Frederiksen says "We have unleashed a monster" to Danish lawmakers. 🧵https://www.politico.eu/article/denmark-mette-frederiksen-partially-ban-social-media-children-under-15/

Denmark aims to ban social media for children under 15, PM says

“We have unleashed a monster,” Mette Frederiksen tells Danish lawmakers.

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 4d

Labour making a ‘mistake’ to focus entirely on Reform, Sir John Curtice warns labourlist.org/2025/10/labo... – via LabourList

Labour making a 'mistake' to focus entirely on Reform, Sir John Curtice warns - LabourList

Sir John Curtice has warned Labour that Reform UK is not their only electoral threat, with left-wing parties also posing a challenge.

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 7d

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...? why trust online services when this continues? #AI4Trust @euractiv.com

TikTok ‘directs child accounts to pornographic content within a few clicks’

Despite platform’s limits on adult content, study finds it not only accessible but often suggested

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 8d

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If you liked Brexit, you’re going to love what the Conservatives want next | Polly Toynbee

Leaving the ECHR could mean higher food prices and an even bigger blow to trade. The Tories’ new proposals will end the party for good, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 8d

she’s wrong 🇪🇺 check out the briefing on NI [email protected]

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 8d

Kemi Badenoch: "Last time I checked Northern Ireland did vote to leave."

Might be good idea to check again.

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 8d

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Youth mobility – a ‘make or break’ issue for the UK-EU negotiations? - UK in a changing Europe

Jannike Wachowiak reflects on the warmer tone struck by the UK government on youth mobility, and how the issue could yet become a stumbling block in the upcoming negotiations with the EU.

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 8d

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The European Convention on Human Rights and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - UK in a changing Europe

Joelle Grogan and Alice Donald explain the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 8d

Kemi Badenoch: "Last time I checked Northern Ireland did vote to leave."

Might be good idea to check again.

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Ute Korinth @utekorinth.bsky.social · 8d

Zwei Tage b*future-Festival in Bonn. Los geht es für mich gleich um 12 mit "Demokratie retten jetzt - Zeit für einen Masterplan". @mikabeuster.bsky.social, @alexandrageese.bsky.social und ich schauen auf EMFA, DSA und das, was Medien und Politik gemeinsam tun können.

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