Tim the Raver
@tg59.bsky.social
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Ageing provocateur. Charity Trustee. Stoke City, Notts Cricket, trance and deep house music, ales, equality, decency, fairness, integrity. Just a little bit woke, left and progressive. European #FBPE
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Via @sundersays.bsky.social the Conservatives' draft legislation - absolutely clear that it applies to (and is intended to apply to) legal permanent residents claiming state pension (on the basis of their contributions) or child benefit for British kids.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
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~ Gibraltar hits back after Reform MP suggests the Rock could be used to process future asylum seekers ~
https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/10/22/gibraltar-hits-back-after-reform-mp-suggests-the-rock-could-be-used-to-process-future-asylum-seekers/
https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2025/10/22/gibraltar-hits-back-after-reform-mp-suggests-the-rock-could-be-used-to-process-future-asylum-seekers/
Gibraltar hits back after Reform MP suggests the Rock could be used to process future asylum seekers - Olive Press News Spain
A KEY ally of Brexit architect Nigel Farage has come under fire after hinting that a future Reform UK government would be open to using Gibraltar to
www.theolivepress.es
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Senior Labour figures have expressed dismay at the Party's "cowardly" and "incompetent" response to Tory shadow minister Katie Lam calling for legal migrants to "go home".
"What’s the point of us saying we’re anti-racist when we fail to call out racism," said one MP.
"What’s the point of us saying we’re anti-racist when we fail to call out racism," said one MP.
Exclusive: Labour Anger Erupts Over Party's Response To Katie Lam Immigration Row
"What’s the point of us saying we’re anti-racist when we fail to call out racism," said one MP.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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Former Boris Johnson advisor Katie Lam says that multiculturalism has failed and you need just one culture for people to live in harmony
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T-Rexit
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Former French President #NicolasSarkozy starts five-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy
www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/e...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/21/e...
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy starts five-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy | CNN
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy entered a prison in Paris on Tuesday on the first day of a five-year sentence, marking the first time a former leader of modern France has spent time behind bar...
www.cnn.com
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23/10/2025 - Thursday - Election Day #Caerphilly
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Call by the Campaign Office, 18 Castle Street, Caerffili, CF83 1NY or send us an email [email protected]
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Call by the Campaign Office, 18 Castle Street, Caerffili, CF83 1NY or send us an email [email protected]
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Cold truths by @anandmenon.bsky.social on the UK-EU reset, eg:
“There is no appetite among most member states for doing the UK a favour and helping it thrive outside the bloc. As one senior German official put it to me: ‘We do not want to help make Brexit work’.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“There is no appetite among most member states for doing the UK a favour and helping it thrive outside the bloc. As one senior German official put it to me: ‘We do not want to help make Brexit work’.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain is suddenly pining for closer ties with the EU. It’s more likely to get the cold shoulder | Anand Menon
Labour now wants to use the damage from Brexit to combat the threat of Nigel Farage, but the union has bigger fish to fry, says Anand Menon, director of UK in a Changing Europe
www.theguardian.com