Peter Packham
@leedsblue67.bsky.social
Chair of Leeds for Europe. Manage the legendary Facebook page Facebook.com/leedsforeurope Opinions my own. ITFC
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Peter Packham
@leedsblue67.bsky.social
· Jan 28
I have resigned from the Board and National Council of the European Movement UK. For a few months I have been pressing EMUK to stop using Elon Musk’s X platform and was successful in persuading them to stop posting temporarily.
However, at a meeting last week it was decided to resume posting.
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However, at a meeting last week it was decided to resume posting.
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We can’t leave #Farage & #ReformUK to “investigate” Russian influence in their own party!
Leeds Chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social has written to @metro.co.uk urging #Starmer to back a public inquiry.
There's a petition you can sign calling for this, too: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Leeds Chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social has written to @metro.co.uk urging #Starmer to back a public inquiry.
There's a petition you can sign calling for this, too: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
We can’t leave #Farage & #ReformUK to “investigate” Russian influence in their own party!
Leeds Chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social has written to @metro.co.uk urging #Starmer to back a public inquiry.
There's a petition you can sign calling for this, too: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Leeds Chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social has written to @metro.co.uk urging #Starmer to back a public inquiry.
There's a petition you can sign calling for this, too: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Last night I wasted over £100 to see Bob Dylan at the Leeds Arena. He performed on an unlit black stage, I couldn't actually see him because there were no screens, there was no interaction with the audience and I don't even think it was him singing most of the time.
November 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Last night I wasted over £100 to see Bob Dylan at the Leeds Arena. He performed on an unlit black stage, I couldn't actually see him because there were no screens, there was no interaction with the audience and I don't even think it was him singing most of the time.
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📬 Reminders from Huddersfield Daily Examiner ✉️page:
🔹 #Farage ally at #ReformUK bribed by Putin’s Russia. “Very bad dudes” - every one of them!
🔹 “Probably most significant thing” do to boost UK economy? Rejoin the #EU #SingleMarket.
⌚time this weekend? Add your voice - ✍️write to your local paper!
🔹 #Farage ally at #ReformUK bribed by Putin’s Russia. “Very bad dudes” - every one of them!
🔹 “Probably most significant thing” do to boost UK economy? Rejoin the #EU #SingleMarket.
⌚time this weekend? Add your voice - ✍️write to your local paper!
October 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
📬 Reminders from Huddersfield Daily Examiner ✉️page:
🔹 #Farage ally at #ReformUK bribed by Putin’s Russia. “Very bad dudes” - every one of them!
🔹 “Probably most significant thing” do to boost UK economy? Rejoin the #EU #SingleMarket.
⌚time this weekend? Add your voice - ✍️write to your local paper!
🔹 #Farage ally at #ReformUK bribed by Putin’s Russia. “Very bad dudes” - every one of them!
🔹 “Probably most significant thing” do to boost UK economy? Rejoin the #EU #SingleMarket.
⌚time this weekend? Add your voice - ✍️write to your local paper!
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“This is most definitely not a fringe political scandal. It is a direct admission that Russian-aligned money penetrated Farage’s immediate orbit during a pivotal chapter in Brexit.”
Reform's Russian 'asset' - the Kremlin shadow over Nigel Farage | Searchlight
Nathan Gill - Russian asset On 26 September, former Welsh Brexit Party MEP and Reform UK official Nathan Gill pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight coun ...
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October 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
“This is most definitely not a fringe political scandal. It is a direct admission that Russian-aligned money penetrated Farage’s immediate orbit during a pivotal chapter in Brexit.”
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We are just six…yes just SIX followers away from 6,000. Please give us a follow and/or share and help us grow our community. 🙏
October 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
We are just six…yes just SIX followers away from 6,000. Please give us a follow and/or share and help us grow our community. 🙏
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Whilst Mahmood tries to outdo Braverman in her rhetoric, and Ministers spout about being a nation where free speech thrives, their utter cowardice in failing to face down racism and hate has enabled this to happen. Angry and heartbroken for this young woman.
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Sikh woman raped in ‘brutal and racist’ attack speaks out as police hunt two men
The Sikh Federation UK said the perpetrators told the woman ‘You don’t belong in this country, get out’
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September 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Whilst Mahmood tries to outdo Braverman in her rhetoric, and Ministers spout about being a nation where free speech thrives, their utter cowardice in failing to face down racism and hate has enabled this to happen. Angry and heartbroken for this young woman.
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Our chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social reports on our visit to Lille and the Braderie. Find out what people were thinking just before their government fell on Monday.
If you don’t follow @yorkshirebylines.co.uk you should.
If you don’t follow @yorkshirebylines.co.uk you should.
Would the EU really welcome the UK back?
Campaigners Leeds for Europe canvassed on the streets of Lille and found warm feelings toward the UK, despite EU uncertainty
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Our chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social reports on our visit to Lille and the Braderie. Find out what people were thinking just before their government fell on Monday.
If you don’t follow @yorkshirebylines.co.uk you should.
If you don’t follow @yorkshirebylines.co.uk you should.
This bloke talks sense😉
August 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This bloke talks sense😉
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Reform Ltd’s Richard Tice declares war on anybody investing in solar energy projects in Lincolnshire whilst over the Humber, Reform Ltd mayor of Hull & East Yorkshire has secured a £700,000 government grant for…wait for it…solar energy projects🤦♂️
Grifters and opportunists
Grifters and opportunists
July 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Reform Ltd’s Richard Tice declares war on anybody investing in solar energy projects in Lincolnshire whilst over the Humber, Reform Ltd mayor of Hull & East Yorkshire has secured a £700,000 government grant for…wait for it…solar energy projects🤦♂️
Grifters and opportunists
Grifters and opportunists
Come on, you can’t resist Jack…
Jack says “Support Leeds for Europe , buy them a ☕️ and help them get the new banners they need”
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July 23, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Come on, you can’t resist Jack…
A question…Is @europeanmovement.co.uk still happy supporting the X platform?
July 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A question…Is @europeanmovement.co.uk still happy supporting the X platform?
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Our chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social corrects the false statements in a letter published by Yorkshire Evening Post last week “I sometimes despair at the level of knowledge displayed by some of the correspondents to your letters page”
July 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Our chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social corrects the false statements in a letter published by Yorkshire Evening Post last week “I sometimes despair at the level of knowledge displayed by some of the correspondents to your letters page”
Nine years ago today I went to Italy for a weeks holiday. On arrival at Verona airport a small group passengers strode up to the Non EU citizens gate, loudly asserting that we had left the EU. They were not happy when they were sent back to the end of EU citizens queue😂
June 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Nine years ago today I went to Italy for a weeks holiday. On arrival at Verona airport a small group passengers strode up to the Non EU citizens gate, loudly asserting that we had left the EU. They were not happy when they were sent back to the end of EU citizens queue😂
Iran hasn’t left the negotiating table, in fact it was talking to European leaders only on Friday…
June 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Iran hasn’t left the negotiating table, in fact it was talking to European leaders only on Friday…
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June 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social welcomes Starmer's recent 'EU reset' in this @yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk letter. But it doesn't go far enough. eg. It won't deliver all of the EU single market & customs union benefits "Build on this reset - it's a beginning - to minimise Brexit's impact", says Peter
June 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social welcomes Starmer's recent 'EU reset' in this @yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk letter. But it doesn't go far enough. eg. It won't deliver all of the EU single market & customs union benefits "Build on this reset - it's a beginning - to minimise Brexit's impact", says Peter
The best way to deal with a bully 🤔
June 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The best way to deal with a bully 🤔
This week, I'll be mostly undermining a democratic vote...
(Yorkshire Evening Post letters)
(Yorkshire Evening Post letters)
June 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
This week, I'll be mostly undermining a democratic vote...
(Yorkshire Evening Post letters)
(Yorkshire Evening Post letters)
“A 53-year-old white British man, believed to be the driver of the vehicle, has been arrested, Merseyside Police say”
Farage - Meh
Farage - Meh
May 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
“A 53-year-old white British man, believed to be the driver of the vehicle, has been arrested, Merseyside Police say”
Farage - Meh
Farage - Meh
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On this day in 2015 the die was cast…
May 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
On this day in 2015 the die was cast…
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May 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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My Dad ended his days in a care home. He was suffering from dementia and was a difficult patient. The staff who cared for him were all from Eastern Europe. They treated him with kindness and respect. My family will never forget those young "migrants" and the care they gave my dad.
Left: Yvette Cooper, "We will be closing the care worker visa as well"
Right: House of Commons Library, "131,000 vacancies for care workers"
Right: House of Commons Library, "131,000 vacancies for care workers"
May 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
My Dad ended his days in a care home. He was suffering from dementia and was a difficult patient. The staff who cared for him were all from Eastern Europe. They treated him with kindness and respect. My family will never forget those young "migrants" and the care they gave my dad.
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@marchforrejoin.co.uk's Peter Corr is joining us for our "Rejoin Day" walking tour this Sunday 2.30pm (11 May) of Leeds's historic links to the continent - says Chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social in today's @yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk Led by @leedstours.bsky.social (see comments for more info & tickets)
May 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
@marchforrejoin.co.uk's Peter Corr is joining us for our "Rejoin Day" walking tour this Sunday 2.30pm (11 May) of Leeds's historic links to the continent - says Chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social in today's @yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk Led by @leedstours.bsky.social (see comments for more info & tickets)