Michael Hindley
@hindleylancs.bsky.social
Former MEP. Coordinator of "EP (European Parliament) to Campus Program" Author of "The Semi-Detached European".Writer & speaker on international politics. Traveler. Follow on https://mhindley.substack.com
Gaudi's Casa Batllo, Barcelona & the end of a splendid short trip in West Med. Back ASAP, don't let Brexit tie you down.
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Gaudi's Casa Batllo, Barcelona & the end of a splendid short trip in West Med. Back ASAP, don't let Brexit tie you down.
Home Thoughts from Abroad. Sete, Languedoc.
"Oh to be out of England now that Brexit is there" Browning
"Oh to be out of England now that Brexit is there" Browning
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Home Thoughts from Abroad. Sete, Languedoc.
"Oh to be out of England now that Brexit is there" Browning
"Oh to be out of England now that Brexit is there" Browning
Now Trump is suing the BBC, even the dimmest UK politicians, ie. Starmer, must realise that there's no "special relationship" & Trump hates Britain & any democracy. Time to join to only democratic trading alliance left. the EU.
November 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Now Trump is suing the BBC, even the dimmest UK politicians, ie. Starmer, must realise that there's no "special relationship" & Trump hates Britain & any democracy. Time to join to only democratic trading alliance left. the EU.
Very important point, repost widely
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Very important point, repost widely
Home thoughts from abroad. Part 3.
Marseilles.
'Oh to be out of England, now that Brexit is there."
Marseilles.
'Oh to be out of England, now that Brexit is there."
November 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Home thoughts from abroad. Part 3.
Marseilles.
'Oh to be out of England, now that Brexit is there."
Marseilles.
'Oh to be out of England, now that Brexit is there."
Menton, Cote d'Azur.
Oh, to be out of England now that Brexit is there" Part 2. Apologies to Browning
Oh, to be out of England now that Brexit is there" Part 2. Apologies to Browning
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Menton, Cote d'Azur.
Oh, to be out of England now that Brexit is there" Part 2. Apologies to Browning
Oh, to be out of England now that Brexit is there" Part 2. Apologies to Browning
Best analysis of Germany's decline is Wolgang Munchau's "Kaput" which I review on mhindley.substack.com
Important big FT read on the future of German manufacturing. Major problem is that China is out-competing (regardless of the contentious issue of how much is subsidised) in many areas. Protecting your own market probably means permanent loss of global markets. www.ft.com/content/239e...
Can anything halt the decline of German industry?
Europe’s manufacturing champion is in free fall. Economists are suggesting radical steps to save what is left
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November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Best analysis of Germany's decline is Wolgang Munchau's "Kaput" which I review on mhindley.substack.com
Isn't this a "drowning man clutches a straw" headline ?
‘Starmer hopes lifting the 2-child cap will cheer up his unhappy MPs’
Not lift families out of poverty
Not help the poor and vulnerable
Not improve people’s lives
CHEER UP HIS UNHAPPY MPS
Not lift families out of poverty
Not help the poor and vulnerable
Not improve people’s lives
CHEER UP HIS UNHAPPY MPS
In September, HuffPost UK revealed Starmer had decided the 2-child benefit cap must go.
One MP says: “It’s a recognition that we need to show some kind of progressive inclination, and presumably to try and cool the leadership talk.”
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/amp/entry/st...
One MP says: “It’s a recognition that we need to show some kind of progressive inclination, and presumably to try and cool the leadership talk.”
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/amp/entry/st...
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Isn't this a "drowning man clutches a straw" headline ?
Santo Stefano, Tuscany.
"Oh to be out of England
Now that Brexit's there"
With apologies to Browning.
"Oh to be out of England
Now that Brexit's there"
With apologies to Browning.
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Santo Stefano, Tuscany.
"Oh to be out of England
Now that Brexit's there"
With apologies to Browning.
"Oh to be out of England
Now that Brexit's there"
With apologies to Browning.
"Reboot Britain", a collection of analysis and persuasion, edited by the ubiquitous Peter Cook, with modest contributions from myself & Dr Charlie Clutterbuck, is now out in paperback. A case for rejoining the EU as the only way to avoid the even further decline of UK.Support Indy book shops.
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"Reboot Britain", a collection of analysis and persuasion, edited by the ubiquitous Peter Cook, with modest contributions from myself & Dr Charlie Clutterbuck, is now out in paperback. A case for rejoining the EU as the only way to avoid the even further decline of UK.Support Indy book shops.
Send the invoice to Reform Ltd, Farage account
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Send the invoice to Reform Ltd, Farage account
If Greens remain ahead of Labour, will Zak P the coalition PM ?
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
If Greens remain ahead of Labour, will Zak P the coalition PM ?
"We Are The Lions, Mr Manager !"
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"We Are The Lions, Mr Manager !"
Agitprop to celebrate the Grunwick Strike (1976 to 1978) and why it is important to remember.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"We Are The Lions, Mr Manager !"
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These demos get little coverage on UK mainstream media. I repost as often as & widely as poss
MAGA Cult sheep are so daft & brainwashed by Fox propagandists and by Post-Truth fascist liar Trump & cronies, that they believe DJT/FOX lies that George Soros PAID ALL the NO KINGS PROTESTORS? What an embarrassment to USA that MAGA are so naive, delusional, foolish. TRUTH WILL DEFEAT GOP'S FASCISM!
November 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
These demos get little coverage on UK mainstream media. I repost as often as & widely as poss
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Read this carefully 🤣🤣
thanks @suewilson91.bsky.social for sharing ot
thanks @suewilson91.bsky.social for sharing ot
November 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Read this carefully 🤣🤣
thanks @suewilson91.bsky.social for sharing ot
thanks @suewilson91.bsky.social for sharing ot
Isn't the moral of "Gatsby" that extreme wealth makes people insensitive ? Gatsy a decent, romantic man who chases the American Dream is destroy by them.
November 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Isn't the moral of "Gatsby" that extreme wealth makes people insensitive ? Gatsy a decent, romantic man who chases the American Dream is destroy by them.
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
"Bread and Roses"
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"Bread and Roses"
In praise of the brave, forthright "mill girls" of my native Lancashire and internationally.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"Bread and Roses"
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"Things fall apart and the Centre CAN hold", at least in Holland
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"Things fall apart and the Centre CAN hold", at least in Holland
Spot on, as usual.
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Spot on, as usual.
"Senile moment" ? Quit the euphemisms, he's nuts.
October 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"Senile moment" ? Quit the euphemisms, he's nuts.
Talking to Ukrainian students about the EU and Brexit northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/bre...
Talking to Ukrainian students about the EU and Brexit
Even an air-raid siren didn’t stop Ukrainian law students engaging in an online meeting and discussion with a former MEP
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October 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Talking to Ukrainian students about the EU and Brexit northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/bre...
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👇 never gets old
October 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
👇 never gets old
Thanks.What a revealing graph, please circulate widely
Look at this graph, Reform almost all of them went to Private School.
If you are Working Class and you vote for Reform, you are a traitor, to yourself.
Or as we call them, a bloody fool.
If you are Working Class and you vote for Reform, you are a traitor, to yourself.
Or as we call them, a bloody fool.
October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thanks.What a revealing graph, please circulate widely