Jon Henley
@jonhenley.bsky.social
Paris-based writer of European allsorts at the Guardian
I think that's clearly true too (the French being way more internationalist, etc, than they used to be) but I'd also say they are very aware of the way some of the world sees them and on occasion positively enjoy playing up to it ...
February 11, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I think that's clearly true too (the French being way more internationalist, etc, than they used to be) but I'd also say they are very aware of the way some of the world sees them and on occasion positively enjoy playing up to it ...
He could also apply for a long term residence permit, but he prefers to complain.
February 8, 2026 at 9:46 PM
He could also apply for a long term residence permit, but he prefers to complain.
As long as you continue to claim (falsely, as you very well know) that "the EU ended our freedom of movement", I'll have no hesitation at all in calling your account a troll account.
February 8, 2026 at 9:40 PM
As long as you continue to claim (falsely, as you very well know) that "the EU ended our freedom of movement", I'll have no hesitation at all in calling your account a troll account.
I agree it's a distressingly common position, but this particular account is pure troll !
February 8, 2026 at 12:21 PM
I agree it's a distressingly common position, but this particular account is pure troll !
Troll account, do not feed
The EU ended our freedom of movement
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Troll account, do not feed
I genuinely do not see how you manage to read any of that into what AA *actually wrote*.
February 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I genuinely do not see how you manage to read any of that into what AA *actually wrote*.
This is fantastic
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:29 PM
This is fantastic
Reposted by Jon Henley
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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I have never seen anger like this on the Labour benches in private and in public. This is the kind of territory where things can move very fast.
February 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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February 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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He did give that speech. RN now frantically distancing themselves from all things Trump-related, viz Bardella's extraordinary speech to European parly during the Greenland onslaught www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar....
Steve Bannon, invité vedette du congrès du FN : « L’Histoire est de notre côté »
L’ancien conseiller de Donald Trump était l’invité vedette du congrès du parti d’extrême droite, qui se tient à Lille jusqu’à dimanche.
www.lemonde.fr
February 2, 2026 at 11:34 AM
He did give that speech. RN now frantically distancing themselves from all things Trump-related, viz Bardella's extraordinary speech to European parly during the Greenland onslaught www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar....
Be sure to keep us informed... !
January 31, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Be sure to keep us informed... !
Shots fired, as my offspring would say
January 31, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Shots fired, as my offspring would say
Reposted by Jon Henley
Some day I want to travel to the Arctic just to check if Uber tells me there are lots of drivers nearby
January 30, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Some day I want to travel to the Arctic just to check if Uber tells me there are lots of drivers nearby
Marmite and Branston pretty much all I bring back these days tbh. Maybe the odd Frank Cooper's Thick Cut. But that's about it ... :)
January 30, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Marmite and Branston pretty much all I bring back these days tbh. Maybe the odd Frank Cooper's Thick Cut. But that's about it ... :)
Haha most kind young man ;)
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Haha most kind young man ;)
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Europe. For sure.
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January 30, 2026 at 10:59 AM
That's an abomination and no mistake
January 30, 2026 at 9:40 AM
That's an abomination and no mistake
In theory you could apply for a certificate of entitlement to go in your non-UK passport, but it costs cough 589 quid. Otherwise it's a new UK passport ...
January 29, 2026 at 11:33 AM
In theory you could apply for a certificate of entitlement to go in your non-UK passport, but it costs cough 589 quid. Otherwise it's a new UK passport ...
Especially when it's in French. Du grand nptk. Raf. Ygm? Bloody impossible basically.
January 28, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Especially when it's in French. Du grand nptk. Raf. Ygm? Bloody impossible basically.
Idk I'm struggling to keep up fr fr
January 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Idk I'm struggling to keep up fr fr