Kresten
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Denmark. Brexit as seen from the EU side of the channel.
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PS: And that's of course even before asking whether asylum seekers (another minority group protected by the UN Convention on refugees) are protected by this UKGov's "one in, one out" policy.
November 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
PS: And that's of course even before asking whether asylum seekers (another minority group protected by the UN Convention on refugees) are protected by this UKGov's "one in, one out" policy.
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b) I, as an EU citizen, am a member of a minority. I do not feel "protected" at the moment, just about/hardly by the present UKGov, let alone by whatever may take over in 2029.
Also you may want to ask any transperson (another minority group) if they feel protected right now by this UKGov.
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Also you may want to ask any transperson (another minority group) if they feel protected right now by this UKGov.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
b) I, as an EU citizen, am a member of a minority. I do not feel "protected" at the moment, just about/hardly by the present UKGov, let alone by whatever may take over in 2029.
Also you may want to ask any transperson (another minority group) if they feel protected right now by this UKGov.
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Also you may want to ask any transperson (another minority group) if they feel protected right now by this UKGov.
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Just Google "EU accession criteria"
eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-con...
I for one will highlight: "guaranteeing human rights and respect for and protection of minorities"
a) How many parties are talking about leaving CoE/ECHR. And omitting to add what, if anything, they would replace it with?
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eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-con...
I for one will highlight: "guaranteeing human rights and respect for and protection of minorities"
a) How many parties are talking about leaving CoE/ECHR. And omitting to add what, if anything, they would replace it with?
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November 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Just Google "EU accession criteria"
eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-con...
I for one will highlight: "guaranteeing human rights and respect for and protection of minorities"
a) How many parties are talking about leaving CoE/ECHR. And omitting to add what, if anything, they would replace it with?
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eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-con...
I for one will highlight: "guaranteeing human rights and respect for and protection of minorities"
a) How many parties are talking about leaving CoE/ECHR. And omitting to add what, if anything, they would replace it with?
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To meet the CC a candidate would need to have a stable and significant majority of voters who understood and wholeheartedly accepted the values and goals of the EU and the obligations of membership. Currently it’s doubtful that the U.K. could meet these criteria.
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
To meet the CC a candidate would need to have a stable and significant majority of voters who understood and wholeheartedly accepted the values and goals of the EU and the obligations of membership. Currently it’s doubtful that the U.K. could meet these criteria.
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‘the ability to take on the obligations of membership [including] adherence to the aims of political, economic and monetary union.’
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
‘the ability to take on the obligations of membership [including] adherence to the aims of political, economic and monetary union.’
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Under the Copenhagen Criteria a precondition for application to join is that the candidate must have (amongst other things) stable institutions ‘guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities and…
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Under the Copenhagen Criteria a precondition for application to join is that the candidate must have (amongst other things) stable institutions ‘guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities and…
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I'm not convinced by this. I think this is a lie joiners have told themselves.
The problems caused by the UK to the euro and taking the side of China or the US in trade disputes were legion.
The issue wasn't sticking the head up; it was destructive behaviour.
That has to change
The problems caused by the UK to the euro and taking the side of China or the US in trade disputes were legion.
The issue wasn't sticking the head up; it was destructive behaviour.
That has to change
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I'm not convinced by this. I think this is a lie joiners have told themselves.
The problems caused by the UK to the euro and taking the side of China or the US in trade disputes were legion.
The issue wasn't sticking the head up; it was destructive behaviour.
That has to change
The problems caused by the UK to the euro and taking the side of China or the US in trade disputes were legion.
The issue wasn't sticking the head up; it was destructive behaviour.
That has to change
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The English mindset, encapsulated: a mind-blowing naïve belief that a new government simply erases past commitments. It beggars belief.
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The English mindset, encapsulated: a mind-blowing naïve belief that a new government simply erases past commitments. It beggars belief.
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Exceptionalism unbound.
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Exceptionalism unbound.
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Quite Brexity
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Quite Brexity
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Oh Andrew, you are surely not suggesting that the country is no longer bound by treaties made by a former government? That would make international relations impossible. A different govt still has to carry out what was agreed by its predecessor.
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Oh Andrew, you are surely not suggesting that the country is no longer bound by treaties made by a former government? That would make international relations impossible. A different govt still has to carry out what was agreed by its predecessor.
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..the EU did that for UK, and it led to Brexit - every opt-out led to demands for more. What is wrong with just following the rules, and be a normal EU member?
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November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
..the EU did that for UK, and it led to Brexit - every opt-out led to demands for more. What is wrong with just following the rules, and be a normal EU member?
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It certainly won't be easy to join the EU. But the longer we wait starting the process, the more money we lose. Currently about £90bn a year in lost tax revenues according to the most recent analyses. And that is serious money we simply cannot afford to keep losing.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
It certainly won't be easy to join the EU. But the longer we wait starting the process, the more money we lose. Currently about £90bn a year in lost tax revenues according to the most recent analyses. And that is serious money we simply cannot afford to keep losing.
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That is according to the OBR. And if Labour will claim amazing wins from getting closer to the EU that no-one really notice, it makes it a lot easier for Farage to campaign (and win) on taking us further from the EU again next GE.
And that will truly be the end of the UK as a Union.
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And that will truly be the end of the UK as a Union.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
That is according to the OBR. And if Labour will claim amazing wins from getting closer to the EU that no-one really notice, it makes it a lot easier for Farage to campaign (and win) on taking us further from the EU again next GE.
And that will truly be the end of the UK as a Union.
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And that will truly be the end of the UK as a Union.
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Anyway, the last thing we need to do is to give Labour an excuse to just keep tinkering with Brexit, keeping it very hard, whilst claiming amazing Brexit wins like the India deal and US deal and new EU deal and etc. Because none of these will grow our economy even by 0.1% on itself.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Anyway, the last thing we need to do is to give Labour an excuse to just keep tinkering with Brexit, keeping it very hard, whilst claiming amazing Brexit wins like the India deal and US deal and new EU deal and etc. Because none of these will grow our economy even by 0.1% on itself.
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It would certainly be a LOT better than being like this Brexit Britain.
And nobody is sure the EU would welcome the thought of the UK returning in the union. But hey, I wasn't sure my wife liked me much when I first asked her for a date 25 years ago.
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And nobody is sure the EU would welcome the thought of the UK returning in the union. But hey, I wasn't sure my wife liked me much when I first asked her for a date 25 years ago.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It would certainly be a LOT better than being like this Brexit Britain.
And nobody is sure the EU would welcome the thought of the UK returning in the union. But hey, I wasn't sure my wife liked me much when I first asked her for a date 25 years ago.
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And nobody is sure the EU would welcome the thought of the UK returning in the union. But hey, I wasn't sure my wife liked me much when I first asked her for a date 25 years ago.
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And 99.999% of people are not sure they will get the job they apply for. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't do it anyway.
You should always ask and try. And if it is a no, then move on. But not before.
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You should always ask and try. And if it is a no, then move on. But not before.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
And 99.999% of people are not sure they will get the job they apply for. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't do it anyway.
You should always ask and try. And if it is a no, then move on. But not before.
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You should always ask and try. And if it is a no, then move on. But not before.
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The UK is not a member state.
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The UK is not a member state.
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And I think the political consensus in the UK (all major parties) would have to be pro-EU before an application to join would be considered.
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
And I think the political consensus in the UK (all major parties) would have to be pro-EU before an application to join would be considered.
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More than a few UK hang-ups would have to be tackled before any reasonable accession process to the EU.
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
More than a few UK hang-ups would have to be tackled before any reasonable accession process to the EU.
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Sorry "rejoin the EU and all the UK's problems will be solved" is as much a simplism as the others, not least as there's no instant process and no overwhelming demand on the other side to bend any rules for the UK.
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Sorry "rejoin the EU and all the UK's problems will be solved" is as much a simplism as the others, not least as there's no instant process and no overwhelming demand on the other side to bend any rules for the UK.
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I think that's important.
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The European Parliament m voted in favor of banning social media for people under the age of 16.
483 MEPs voted in favor while 92 voted against. If it becomes law, people will likely have to use IDs to log into their profiles, making anonymous accounts impossible.
483 MEPs voted in favor while 92 voted against. If it becomes law, people will likely have to use IDs to log into their profiles, making anonymous accounts impossible.
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I think that's important.
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Maybe voters don’t want to hear about tax rises - of any type - but Reeves and Starmer made the fatal mistake of boxing themselves in by excluding income tax rises. FACT: Brexit was always going to shrink the economy and with it reduced tax revenues.
Yet the wealthiest have become yet wealthier. Ffs
Yet the wealthiest have become yet wealthier. Ffs
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Maybe voters don’t want to hear about tax rises - of any type - but Reeves and Starmer made the fatal mistake of boxing themselves in by excluding income tax rises. FACT: Brexit was always going to shrink the economy and with it reduced tax revenues.
Yet the wealthiest have become yet wealthier. Ffs
Yet the wealthiest have become yet wealthier. Ffs
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It didn't need any post diagnosis of course. ..it was always bloody obvious to some of us.
My simplified diagnosis of why the British economy isn’t growing: we’re producing far fewer goods that the world wants to buy.
It points to a problem with foreign demand that no government will find easy to fix — though some of it has to do with self-imposed constraints. (Anyone heard of Europe?)
It points to a problem with foreign demand that no government will find easy to fix — though some of it has to do with self-imposed constraints. (Anyone heard of Europe?)
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It didn't need any post diagnosis of course. ..it was always bloody obvious to some of us.