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Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺

@sarahcalvert.bsky.social

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British migrant with roots in Yorkshire. Posts about residency in the EU, FoM, politics, culture, Brexit, Italy and the Yorkshire Dales. #ProEU and join, anti-exceptionalism. No unsolicited DMs or calls.

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Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · Jan 18

Male allies. A woman I follow was called "hysterical" on here today. The only person who stood up for her was another woman. Even when these terms are used by someone on your own side, you need to call it out. These centuries old mysoginist slurs need to stop. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Feisty, flounce and bossy: the words used to put women down

Emine Saner: Do you ever hear men described as ‘hysterical’? Do people say they ‘whine’ or ‘nag’? Thought not. Here are eight sexist words we’d like to never hear from again

www.theguardian.com

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 3h

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Iain @8letters.co.uk · 2d

Joanna Lumley killing it as usual.
"I'm an immigrant"
I say this frequently when bigots are complaining about immigration and they immediately stop because they can't say what they are thinking. Except that one Brit in Spain who literally said "but you're white" before realising what he had said.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

After pointing out that she's an immigrant Joanna Lumley asks why we don't fix the problems that create asylum seekers and address climate change

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DePassage 🥖🇫🇷 🤝 💙💛 🗽 @sudetsoleil.bsky.social · 1d

🙏🙏🇪🇺🌐🇪🇺 Grande Europe 🇪🇺🌐🇪🇺🙏🙏
Kit de démarrage par @eupropnet.bsky.social
L'Europe est notre foyer. L'Europe est notre continent.
Nous sommes Européens et fiers de l'être. 🇪🇺
👇👇👇👇

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Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 1d

As a person who menstruates, I don't have the foggiest, but he is weird and that comment still weirder.

Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 1d

I think this sums it up perfectly.

Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, she blocked me for calling her out on her pro-Brexit stance.

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KitKat 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇦🇺🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @uk501.bsky.social · 1d

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Iain @8letters.co.uk · 2d

I love how some people try to frame literal immigration policy designed to make people qualify to live and work somewhere as a problem that needs to be solved by the place they want to live and work.

180 Days in Spain @180daysinspain.bsky.social · 2d

You might be retired/disabled, studying managing a business overseas, have staff working for you, be trading or managing investments. You might organise events or tour groups.

The UK is one country for immigration purposes. The EU is not.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 2d

The rules apply to any non-EU citizens not covered by free movement law, not just British citizens. All these possible penalties for overstay already exist.

Brexity folks are allowed to worship British border controls; but the EU is not supposed to enforce theirs against Brits.

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 4d

People breaking immigration law can be deported. EVEN IF THEY'RE BRITISH.

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British in Europe @britishineurope.bsky.social · 3d

The EU entry exit system (EES) starts on 12 October 2025. If you are a UK Withdrawal Agreement beneficiary in the EU you will be exempt from EES registration when leaving or entering the Schengen zone if you have the correct documents. Check out our blog for info bit.ly/48RHfZA

The European Entry Exit (EES) system is starting on 12 October 2025 | British in Europe

Here’s what you need to know as a UK Withdrawal Agreement (WA) beneficiary living in the EU.Note: this blog focuses on the introduction of EES, and does not...

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Wanted in Rome @wantedinrome.bsky.social · 1d

The EU's new digital border system will launch at Italy's two largest airports this weekend.

EES: Italy airports phase in EU's new Entry-Exit System

Italy to launch EES at airports in Rome and Milan on Sunday. The European Union's new digital border system, the Entry/Exit System (EES), will be phased in around Europe from Sunday 12 October, includ...

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Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 1d

Me neither. In my red wall seat 2nd place was Reform and the others way below, so I gave Labour my vote. I am now tainted with their anti-immigrant rhetoric/stance. Will not give them my vote again unless they change tune.

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · Jun 14

Gibraltar CM personally fact-checking the bad actors.

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 1d

#LanguageMatters

Why am I never feisty nor hysterical

Just combative or over reacting

Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · Jan 18

Feisty, flounce and bossy: the words used to put women down

Emine Saner: Do you ever hear men described as ‘hysterical’? Do people say they ‘whine’ or ‘nag’? Thought not. Here are eight sexist words we’d like to never hear from again

www.theguardian.com

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 1d

Ok I’ll say it

Don’t know why I need to as I support Schengen

The UK population weren’t ready to join Schengen because of decades of lies and being gaslit although we should have joined it

Schengen is a good thing. It should not be abused

As a “third country” we have no right to exceptions

Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 2d

This is another attack on Schengen, on European unity. It is time for pro-Europeans in the UK to say so.

In particular important organisations like @europeanmovement.co.uk and @bremaininspain.com need to say straight - "Schengen is a good thing and should not be abused".

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Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 2d

*call!

Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 2d

Well said! So refreshing to have someone called out the Reform lies to their face @zackpolanski.bsky.social

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

Deafening applause as Zack Polanski tells Zia Yusuf that people's concern over immigration is because he spends all his time spreading misinformation and fear.

#bbcqt

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Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 3d

They're right. Do they also realise the EU member states don't have to let them in?🤷🏼‍♀️

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Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 4d

I really don't think I can, but I appreciate you taking one for the team!

Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 4d

Before their convention I thought the MPs would give her until after the locals, as nobody would want to have the responsibility for those. Now, I think she'll be lucky to make it to Christmas.

Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting that it was "packed" as well looking at the rest of the conference.

Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 5d

Vote for Reform and you get a bunch of ex Tories. I know what my campaign posters would be.

Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 5d

The right and far right of British politics are increasingly backing Reform. The centre and left of politics are fragmenting even more. Because of our ridiculous voting system there will only be one winner.
news.sky.com/story/sixtee...

Twenty Tory councillors defect to Reform this morning

The defections come a day after a Sky News/YouGov poll found half of Tory members think Kemi Badenoch should not lead the party into the next election.

news.sky.com

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Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 5d

Tiny 🎻.

The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 5d

The former political editor's YouTube show is struggling to pull in the viewers

✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀

Sun fails to sell Cole to Washington

The former political editor's YouTube show is struggling to pull in the viewers

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 6d

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Sarah Calvert 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 @sarahcalvert.bsky.social · 5d

Very good point.

Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 5d

Worth noting that Farage also claimed to his supporters that a 2027 election was inevitable at the Reform Party conference.

Largely I suspect to sustain a sense of mobilisation needed to prevent the discipline of his set up from falling apart under the pressure of opposition for another 4 years

James Ball @jamesrball.com · 5d

Labour has a majority of about 150. What is the internal turmoil this person imagines that would lead to a Labour PM voluntarily calling an early election. Because that’s the only way one happens.

Or to put it another way: what are these people smoking?