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Juliet Lodge

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 · 1d

France's Democratic Malaise: Stop Blaming Citizens, Start Reforming Institutions www.socialeurope.eu/frances-demo... Decisions are increasingly packaged as matters of efficiency and performance, yet citizens experience them as exclusion from the democratic process

France's Democratic Malaise: Stop Blaming Citizens, Start Reforming Institutions

When eight in ten French citizens feel unrepresented, the problem lies not with democratic fatigue but with a political system that has forgotten how to listen.

www.socialeurope.eu

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CEPS @ceps.eu · 1d

📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬!

CEPS, with support from @boelleu.bsky.social, is launching an open call for young people from countries in the Global South who care about climate action to join us at Ideas Lab 2026 on 2–3 March in Brussels.

Learn more & apply by 10 December 👉 www.ceps.eu/ceps-news/ca...

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 2d

substack.com/@martindavies

Martin Davies (@martindavies631844)

Brexit can and must be reversed

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

A united Ireland referendum must not be ‘another Brexit’, analysts say

Two leading journalists from both sides of the border warn against another ‘vague, thumbs up-thumbs down’ vote

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 2d

Nine of the ten world's largest pharmaceutical export nations are European. In 2024, EU exports of medicinal and pharmaceutical products were worth over €300 billion, ie more than the entire Portuguese economy. via #EuropeanCorrespondent #Ireland #Pharma

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 2d

@eurcorrespond.bsky.social Why pharmaceutical companies love Ireland? — low corporate tax rate and one of the world’s most generous tax credits on R&D funding; plus offers Brexit drove part of the sector away from the UK, straight into Ireland.

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

European countries propose radically different Ukraine peace plan to US

Document omits some of Washington’s pro-Russia points and calls for Kyiv’s sovereignty to be respected

www.theguardian.com

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system

Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 4d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland

The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 4d

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Ofcom at risk of losing public trust over online harms, says Liz Kendall

Technology secretary fears digital frontier may be outpacing regulator, with AI chatbots a particular concern

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 4d

This is the *fourth* information tribunal Democracy for Sale has won this year.

We’re fighting more cases to prise open government secrecy and expose hidden lobbying across British politics.

Sign up to Democracy for Sale to read @lucasamin.bsky.social 's scoop + more

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Democracy for Sale | Peter Geoghegan | Substack

A newsletter dedicated to revealing how dark money and hidden influence threaten our democracy. Click to read Democracy for Sale, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.

We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...

Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying

After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”

democracyforsale.substack.com

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Iwasid @iwasid.bsky.social · 4d

If you're still looking for good writing and journalism as the legacy newspapers continue their slide into the ooze, you could do a lot worse than sign up to Byline Times. This is just the most exceptionally good writing from @peterjukes.bsky.social ...

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From Underground Man to Internet Man: Apocalyptic, Cleansing Violence – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition

In 1976, Peter Jukes wanted to be Travis Bickle. A decade later, he realised the Taxi Driver anti-hero was a psychopath. Now he suspects Bickle’s dangerous saviour complex underpins the architecture o...

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ence morse @ence.bsky.social · 4d

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.

We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 4d

EU decision-making is slow because democracy is slow…Beneath the bickering lies something valuable: a commitment to due process, pluralism, and — …— shared democratic instincts. That culture, more than any single policy, defines the European mainstream. Via #TheParliamentmagazine

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 5d

From gridlock to grid power: how to get renewable energy where it’s needed in the UK www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

From gridlock to grid power: how to get renewable energy where it’s needed in the UK

The UK’s drive to net zero won’t succeed on wind turbines and solar farms alone. The real bottleneck is moving that clean electricity from remote fields and

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 5d

The European Democracy Shield euvsdisinfo.eu/the-european...

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Euractiv @euractiv.com · 7d

US cloud giants Amazon and Microsoft face investigation under EU’s Digital Markets Act

US cloud giants Amazon and Microsoft face investigation under EU’s Digital Markets Act

The Commission will look at whether to designate DMA gatekeepers Microsoft and Amazon's respective clouds as "core platform services"

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 8d

TOMORROW | How can changes to NHS technology help deliver the 10 Year Health Plan?

Tuesday 18 November, 12:30-13:30

Join us for the second event in our series on implementing the 10 Year Health Plan www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/nhs-te...

An image for an IfG event:

How can changes to NHS technology help deliver the 10 Year Health Plan?

Tuesday 18 November 2025, 12:30 — 13:30 (GMT)

Matthew Chisambi, Director of Imperial College Health Partners
Johan Kahlström, President and Managing Director, UK and Ireland at Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK
Sam Roberts, Chief Executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

This event will be chaired by Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 9d

rail line between Warsaw and Lublin sabotaged

DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 9d

Polen: Mutmaßliche Saboteure sprengen offenbar Bahnstrecke Warschau-Lublin: Eine Explosion hat an der Zugstrecke zwischen Warschau und Lublin große Schäden angerichtet. Polens Ministerpräsident Tusk geht von einem Sabotageakt aus. Möglicherweise gibt es einen Zusammenhang zum Krieg in der Ukraine.

Polen: Mutmaßliche Saboteure sprengen offenbar Bahnstrecke Warschau-Lublin

Eine Explosion hat an der Zugstrecke zwischen Warschau und Lublin große Schäden angerichtet. Polens Ministerpräsident Tusk geht von einem Sabotageakt aus. Möglicherweise gibt es einen Zusammenhang zum Krieg in der Ukraine.

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 9d

Is UK drowning? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #floods #housebuilding @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris

Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 9d

"Six months on from the local elections – after which Reform was unable to form an administration – the party’s presence in the county is in disarray following weeks of resignations, suspensions and infighting."

https://bit.ly/3Xkm7Vb

When reality bites: the rapid rise and chaotic fall of Reform UK in Cornwall

Resignations, suspensions and infighting lead to party losing crown of highest number of seats in the county

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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 9d

Polen: Mutmaßliche Saboteure sprengen offenbar Bahnstrecke Warschau-Lublin: Eine Explosion hat an der Zugstrecke zwischen Warschau und Lublin große Schäden angerichtet. Polens Ministerpräsident Tusk geht von einem Sabotageakt aus. Möglicherweise gibt es einen Zusammenhang zum Krieg in der Ukraine.

Polen: Mutmaßliche Saboteure sprengen offenbar Bahnstrecke Warschau-Lublin

Eine Explosion hat an der Zugstrecke zwischen Warschau und Lublin große Schäden angerichtet. Polens Ministerpräsident Tusk geht von einem Sabotageakt aus. Möglicherweise gibt es einen Zusammenhang zum Krieg in der Ukraine.

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Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 9d

Regierung geht von Sabotageakt auf Bahnstecke aus#Polen

Regierung geht von Sabotageakt auf Bahnstecke aus

Verletzt habe es bei dem Vorfall nicht gegeben, erklärte die Regierung.

www.tagesschau.de

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 9d

What have I been warning about for the last several years?
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk

Britain needs millions of homes. We have a plan and a team to build them, east of Cambridge, as a beautiful, permanently affordable city.

www.forestcity.uk

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 9d

www.euronews.com/2025/11/16/n...

Russia readies nuclear-capable Burevestnik missile, NATO sounds alarm

Russia has completed its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, which NATO sees as a major threat due to its unlimited range and high manoeuvrability.

www.euronews.com

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 9d

jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/bbc-bias-m...

‘BBC bias’ memo was written by American pharma lobbyist

A guest post from Sam Bright.

jujuliagrace.substack.com

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EPP Group in the European Parliament @eppgroup.bsky.social · 9d

Free and independent media are the backbone of democracy. The EPP Group calls for stronger media freedom and support for journalists through the European #DemocracyShield.

Read more 👉 epp.group/53uwejmd

#EUDS

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 10d

@mehrdemokratie.bsky.social Ein Freund hat mal zu mir gesagt: „Männer lieben das Entweder-oder – Frauen das Sowohl-als-auch.“ Ich habe das lange nicht geglaubt, aber heute meine ich: Da ist was dran. Und: Es braucht beide Elemente. Und zwar ausgewogen.

Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 11d

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-psycho...

The Psychology of the New Far Right: Privilege, Fear, and Media Power in the Rise of Authoritarianism

Fear, belonging, and power are being manipulated into a frightening new age of populist outrage and algorithmic media, argues Dr Russell Jackson

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