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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 9h

So if I read this right, the purpose of the US Justice Department's "Weaponization Working Group" is to investgate alleged weaponisation of the Justice Department by weaponising the Justice Department against anyone the president holds a grudge against?
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/c...

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 2d

"Can [a] treaty concluded with [Austria] that has already been declared “superseded” by primary law in the past be declared retroactively applicable again between those states after Brexit?" 🤔

Geert Van Calster @gavclaw.bsky.social · 2d

Blogged.
Cabris Investments v Revetas Capital Advisors. A very open door kicked open by the CJEU: Brexit has no impact on validity of choice of court by UK domiciled companies.
gavclaw.com/2025/10/09/c...

Cabris Investments v Revetas Capital Advisors. A very open door kicked open by the CJEU: Brexit has no impact on validity of choice of court by UK domiciled companies.

[If you do use the blog for research, practice submission or database purposes, citation would be appreciated, to the blog as a whole and /or to specific blog posts. Many have suggested I should tu…

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 2d

“In principle, export applications to overseas military users will not be approved"

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 2d

The Chinese government announced today broad new export controls on rare-earth magnets and their raw materials on grounds of national security.

China imposes broad new export controls ahead of Xi-Trump meet

Beijing characterizes the move as necessary under its nonproliferation commitments.

www.politico.eu

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 2d

How about not squeezing businesses with levies that make them uneconomical?

Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 3d

This is totally outrageous
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump calls for jailing of Illinois governor and Chicago mayor in immigration standoff

The president, who sent national guard troops to the city, said local officials failed to protect immigration agents.

www.bbc.com

Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 3d

Top EU weapons firm warns of drone threat to production lines
www.politico.eu/article/top-...

Top EU weapons firm warns of drone threat to production lines

Thales Belgium says its factory making 70 mm rockets is being buzzed by drones.

www.politico.eu

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 3d

Eunuch Jenrick

Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 3d

"There have been 29 cases involving deportations from the UK heard by the Strasbourg court since 1980 and the UK has won 16 of them. None of the 13 defeats has been in the past five years" - @davidgauke.bsky.social in @thetimes.com 👇
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

Leaving the ECHR won’t fix illegal migration

Half-baked tales of rulings turning on chicken nuggets are no basis for cutting Britain adrift

www.thetimes.com

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 4d

a man in a suit and tie sitting at a table

ALT: a man in a suit and tie sitting at a table

media.tenor.com

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Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 4d

Reform pushes for 85% migrant population certainly is a new direction for the party.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4d

The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech

It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, but as the person who started organising these fringes when they had a purpose, I don't see the point now

Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 4d

Not cool. I often wonder why so many academics do it and why the universities that employ them are so blase about it, but a national broadcaster... 🤯

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not suggesting it as a strategy. It's also unlikely the party would shrink to anything less than 25 MPs in any scenario. If everyone bar the One Nation and fiscal Conservatives MPs defected, it could even see its fortunes change

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 4d

The Conservatives aren't disappearing. Their parliamentary numbers could shrink to Plaid Cymry levels, but unless all local government and the House of Lords disappears, the party will survive

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 4d

So disappointing. I'm starting to think that it'll be easier to get the LibDems into economic liberalism than the Conservatives back into fiscal conservatism

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 6d

The warming of the oceans is an even greater concern

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 6d

Neither have I. I tried once or twice, but it was dire

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 6d

I have never watched a whole episode of Friends

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 6d

Good for a laugh until the alt-right claims it's the power behind the scary WEF

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Peter Ungphakorn @coppetainpu.bsky.social · 6d

Good idea. Few have heard of the OECD, let alone know what it does. This would drag it into the national conversation and give it the higher profile it deserves.

Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 6d

Going to launch a campaign for
British withdrawal from the OECD, just for a laugh

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 7d

One of my favourite fun facts is that other parts of the world jealously look at how the UK has been so successful at attracting international migration

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Aslak Berg @aslak.bsky.social · 7d

I don't really think people grasp the extent of the demographic crisis. A fertility rate is 1.5 as the UK, France etc, each generation is 25% smaller without immigration. If it's 1, as it is in several countries in Asia, South America and Europe each generation is less than half the size

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 7d

One of my favourite fun facts is that other parts of the world jealously look at how the UK has been so successful at attracting international migration

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 9d

Best not eat any of these 💀

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Patrick Lohlein @patricklohlein.bsky.social · 9d

Lots of mushrooms on our lunchtime walk today, some of which are edible

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