Alpine Migrant
@alpinemigrant.bsky.social
Haute-Savoie, ex-Bristol. EU and UK citizen. Crypto-sceptic.
My instinctive reaction to this was "FFS, EU, this is a goddamn crisis, let's treat it as such."
But honestly, I haven't seen anything about the terms offered or why the UK-EU fell out over this.
But honestly, I haven't seen anything about the terms offered or why the UK-EU fell out over this.
But we’ll price the UK out because we don’t value security more than protecting our industries?
Welcome to SAFE, Canada!
When like-minded partners join forces on security and defence in a turbulent world, our countries grow stronger, our industries benefit and our citizens are safer.
Our Joint Statement ↓
link.europa.eu/QCDtpr
When like-minded partners join forces on security and defence in a turbulent world, our countries grow stronger, our industries benefit and our citizens are safer.
Our Joint Statement ↓
link.europa.eu/QCDtpr
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My instinctive reaction to this was "FFS, EU, this is a goddamn crisis, let's treat it as such."
But honestly, I haven't seen anything about the terms offered or why the UK-EU fell out over this.
But honestly, I haven't seen anything about the terms offered or why the UK-EU fell out over this.
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Lots of second-hand Teslas on the market soon with plummeting values, I’d guess.
TESLA TROUGH: Tesla sales in the EU dived again in November: down 58% in France, minus 59% in Sweden, and down 49% in Denmark. Germany recorded just 750 vehicles sold in October. BYD sold more than twice as many cars. The only exception is Norway. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/why-do...
Why Don’t Norwegians Hate Tesla Like the Rest of Europe Does?
November’s Tesla registrations were down in France, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. Norway, however, is bucking the trend—thanks to a tax incentive system that will soon be rolled back.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Lots of second-hand Teslas on the market soon with plummeting values, I’d guess.
Interesting that a junior member of the Government (ok he's a PPS) is openly arguing this.
The OBR has been making us poorer for over a decade.
They've underestimated the impact of public spending (cuts) on growth.
That has helped lead to a doom loop:
Cuts -> Lower growth -> lower revenues -> missed borrowing target -> more cuts etc.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
They've underestimated the impact of public spending (cuts) on growth.
That has helped lead to a doom loop:
Cuts -> Lower growth -> lower revenues -> missed borrowing target -> more cuts etc.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
The OBR is pushing us into a doom loop
It has been making us poorer for 14 years
www.newstatesman.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Interesting that a junior member of the Government (ok he's a PPS) is openly arguing this.
It did. And it needed to resist a fascist invasion. One can strongly disapprove of the thoughtless destruction caused by Thatcherism (so much unnecessary) without putting blinkers on.
The state should not run an airline. Liverpool should not have been flagged for "managed decline".
The state should not run an airline. Liverpool should not have been flagged for "managed decline".
(nowhere near as clear cut because the tactics used by the state were abhorrent, but Britain also really *did* need to close the coal mines.)
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It did. And it needed to resist a fascist invasion. One can strongly disapprove of the thoughtless destruction caused by Thatcherism (so much unnecessary) without putting blinkers on.
The state should not run an airline. Liverpool should not have been flagged for "managed decline".
The state should not run an airline. Liverpool should not have been flagged for "managed decline".
Big blue morning, hoar frost glistening on the trees
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Big blue morning, hoar frost glistening on the trees
When you’ve lost even Owen Jones.
Also here she accidentally calls for public services to be run for profit not need.
Also here she accidentally calls for public services to be run for profit not need.
Zarah Sultana apparently wants to nationalise the entire economy including the Internet.
December 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
When you’ve lost even Owen Jones.
Also here she accidentally calls for public services to be run for profit not need.
Also here she accidentally calls for public services to be run for profit not need.
They’re depressing. There’s
consumerism, envy and greed and precious little insight, analysis or even any sense of hope.
I buy the FT Weekend for all of those instead.
consumerism, envy and greed and precious little insight, analysis or even any sense of hope.
I buy the FT Weekend for all of those instead.
I used to absolutely love reading Sunday newspapers.
It was an indulgence to just kick back and lose myself in reading about a whole load of fascinating topics I would never have thought to explore.
Now it feels like being beaten with a bouncy castle — alarming but ultimately just a load of puff.
It was an indulgence to just kick back and lose myself in reading about a whole load of fascinating topics I would never have thought to explore.
Now it feels like being beaten with a bouncy castle — alarming but ultimately just a load of puff.
November 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
They’re depressing. There’s
consumerism, envy and greed and precious little insight, analysis or even any sense of hope.
I buy the FT Weekend for all of those instead.
consumerism, envy and greed and precious little insight, analysis or even any sense of hope.
I buy the FT Weekend for all of those instead.
A Labour Leader who wanted to stay in the EU would have swung the referendum.
The swing you needed was absolutely tiny.
The swing you needed was absolutely tiny.
That's not to say the experiment did not have serious costs. A serious Labour Party could have won the 2016 referendum for Remain. It might also have peeled Tory MPs away from no-deal Brexitism after 2017.
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A Labour Leader who wanted to stay in the EU would have swung the referendum.
The swing you needed was absolutely tiny.
The swing you needed was absolutely tiny.
Ottolenghi’s mustardy cauliflower cheese, honey roast parsnips and a lemon spatchcock chicken …
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Ottolenghi’s mustardy cauliflower cheese, honey roast parsnips and a lemon spatchcock chicken …
I probably phoned my parents once a week while at university.
It was 1993 so email/SMS etc were no options. Is this unusual?
It was 1993 so email/SMS etc were no options. Is this unusual?
People are very hard on young people on here, lack of critical thinking, lack of responsibility etc, and then you see something like this and it all makes a different kind of sense.
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I probably phoned my parents once a week while at university.
It was 1993 so email/SMS etc were no options. Is this unusual?
It was 1993 so email/SMS etc were no options. Is this unusual?
Took the family estate for
a winter rally earlier …
a winter rally earlier …
November 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Took the family estate for
a winter rally earlier …
a winter rally earlier …
Interested in what makes a Christmas song a banger destined for yearly repeat?
Why is Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin’ Stevens an exemplar of that while Thank God it’s Christmas by Queen just seems lame and cynical?
What’s the magic ingredient? 🎅🏼🎄🎶🎵
Why is Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin’ Stevens an exemplar of that while Thank God it’s Christmas by Queen just seems lame and cynical?
What’s the magic ingredient? 🎅🏼🎄🎶🎵
November 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Interested in what makes a Christmas song a banger destined for yearly repeat?
Why is Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin’ Stevens an exemplar of that while Thank God it’s Christmas by Queen just seems lame and cynical?
What’s the magic ingredient? 🎅🏼🎄🎶🎵
Why is Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin’ Stevens an exemplar of that while Thank God it’s Christmas by Queen just seems lame and cynical?
What’s the magic ingredient? 🎅🏼🎄🎶🎵
It strikes me that Lord Rothermere should be black-balled. And his wife too.
On every public policy committee I sat on - gambling, drugs, animal experiments, law of homicide and others - someone would ask ‘But what would the Daily Mail say about our recommendations?’ I now regret that we never gave the right answer. ‘We shouldn’t care.’
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It strikes me that Lord Rothermere should be black-balled. And his wife too.
Pre-compliance. I wonder what their staff and students think?
The vice-chancellor expects Nigel Farage to model his policies on Trump and says other Russell Group members are meeting his allies
Cambridge University cosies up to Reform
The vice-chancellor expects Nigel Farage to model his policies on Trump and says other Russell Group members are meeting his allies
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Pre-compliance. I wonder what their staff and students think?
You open it up and eat it when you have people round. This isn’t complicated.
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
You open it up and eat it when you have people round. This isn’t complicated.
I didn’t know this story but it shows how one person can make a difference in a time of depravity.
Comparisons between the Trump admin and the Nazis are overblown but it does strike me as frightening how few are willing to stand up to the former.
Comparisons between the Trump admin and the Nazis are overblown but it does strike me as frightening how few are willing to stand up to the former.
Also, I recently found out about Herman's much, much more fun and badass younger brother Albert.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_...
Albert Göring - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I didn’t know this story but it shows how one person can make a difference in a time of depravity.
Comparisons between the Trump admin and the Nazis are overblown but it does strike me as frightening how few are willing to stand up to the former.
Comparisons between the Trump admin and the Nazis are overblown but it does strike me as frightening how few are willing to stand up to the former.
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“.. At the center of President Trump’s contentious plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war isn’t peace: it’s profit.”
@thedailybeast.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-2-tri...
@thedailybeast.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-2-tri...
November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“.. At the center of President Trump’s contentious plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war isn’t peace: it’s profit.”
@thedailybeast.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-2-tri...
@thedailybeast.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-2-tri...
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The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
Me: Printers, like airport car rental are in desperate need of creative disruption.
Tech Bros: No, you need energy-consumptive AI with a side order of fascism.
Tech Bros: No, you need energy-consumptive AI with a side order of fascism.
Why are printers so shit
November 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Me: Printers, like airport car rental are in desperate need of creative disruption.
Tech Bros: No, you need energy-consumptive AI with a side order of fascism.
Tech Bros: No, you need energy-consumptive AI with a side order of fascism.
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Annecy Christmas Market, lads!
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Annecy Christmas Market, lads!
Annecy Christmas Market, lads!
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Annecy Christmas Market, lads!
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It’s clear to anyone paying attention that Farage won’t investigate the Russian infiltration of Reform.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It’s clear to anyone paying attention that Farage won’t investigate the Russian infiltration of Reform.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
Grotesque malevolence.
This is just revolting cruelty, done to pander to racists who won't give it the time of day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Grotesque malevolence.