Gavin Lewis #FBPE
@gemn-gavin.bsky.social
IBMer. Proud European, from UK, now in Germany. 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 #FBPE #RejoinEU Any views expressed are my own.
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Permission to laugh
March 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Permission to laugh
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Rosalie Chapman, "You will hear from Baroness Claire Fox, a former Brexit party member of the European Parliament and a founder of Academy of Ideas"
"I can only hope that one day she can come up with a good one herself"
She then tears into Fox in the most spectacular way
"I can only hope that one day she can come up with a good one herself"
She then tears into Fox in the most spectacular way
March 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Rosalie Chapman, "You will hear from Baroness Claire Fox, a former Brexit party member of the European Parliament and a founder of Academy of Ideas"
"I can only hope that one day she can come up with a good one herself"
She then tears into Fox in the most spectacular way
"I can only hope that one day she can come up with a good one herself"
She then tears into Fox in the most spectacular way
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Thought experiment for Labour…
With over 4yrs and a huge majority, why not stir it up? Pitch your tent defiantly on the liberal lawn, loudly reject the epic failures of Brexit and rightwing immigration ideology and see how many liberal votes you gain instead of chasing Reform into a toxic dead end?
With over 4yrs and a huge majority, why not stir it up? Pitch your tent defiantly on the liberal lawn, loudly reject the epic failures of Brexit and rightwing immigration ideology and see how many liberal votes you gain instead of chasing Reform into a toxic dead end?
February 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Thought experiment for Labour…
With over 4yrs and a huge majority, why not stir it up? Pitch your tent defiantly on the liberal lawn, loudly reject the epic failures of Brexit and rightwing immigration ideology and see how many liberal votes you gain instead of chasing Reform into a toxic dead end?
With over 4yrs and a huge majority, why not stir it up? Pitch your tent defiantly on the liberal lawn, loudly reject the epic failures of Brexit and rightwing immigration ideology and see how many liberal votes you gain instead of chasing Reform into a toxic dead end?
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This should be changed asap.
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation - Free Movement
There have been some important additions to pages 50 and 51 of the Good Character guidance (a comparison of the new and old versions is here) that have the
freemovement.org.uk
February 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This should be changed asap.
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
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First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
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Orange Turd is a dangerous, cruel, stupid shameless embarrassment.
He is pissing off the world. No country can be completely independent, allies
are necessary.
January 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Orange Turd is a dangerous, cruel, stupid shameless embarrassment.
He is pissing off the world. No country can be completely independent, allies
are necessary.
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Happy #Caturday
a cat is standing on its hind legs on a table .
ALT: a cat is standing on its hind legs on a table .
media.tenor.com
January 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Happy #Caturday
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With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.
January 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.
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Hard to reconcile the nation that put a man on the moon is the same nation that put a moron in the White House.
January 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Hard to reconcile the nation that put a man on the moon is the same nation that put a moron in the White House.
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Bear sends legal letter ordering people to stop saying that bears shit in the woods.
Lawyers delighted to be able to bill ££££ for this wildly delusional nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lawyers delighted to be able to bill ££££ for this wildly delusional nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Liz Truss sends legal letter ordering Starmer to stop saying she crashed economy
‘Cease and desist’ letter accuses PM of harming her reputation and contributing to her losing her seat
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Bear sends legal letter ordering people to stop saying that bears shit in the woods.
Lawyers delighted to be able to bill ££££ for this wildly delusional nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lawyers delighted to be able to bill ££££ for this wildly delusional nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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All the pro-Trump Brexit sovereignty-fetishists being exposed again for the lying two-faced pieces of shit that they really are.
No way anyone remotely sane, decent or patriotic tolerates this anti-democratic fuckery from Musk.
www.reuters.com/world/musk-e...
No way anyone remotely sane, decent or patriotic tolerates this anti-democratic fuckery from Musk.
www.reuters.com/world/musk-e...
Musk discussed ways to oust British PM Starmer before next election, FT reports
Billionaire Elon Musk has held private discussions with allies about removing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer from his position before the next general election, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
All the pro-Trump Brexit sovereignty-fetishists being exposed again for the lying two-faced pieces of shit that they really are.
No way anyone remotely sane, decent or patriotic tolerates this anti-democratic fuckery from Musk.
www.reuters.com/world/musk-e...
No way anyone remotely sane, decent or patriotic tolerates this anti-democratic fuckery from Musk.
www.reuters.com/world/musk-e...
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Weaker, poorer, unhappier, more divided and with an emboldened and radicalised loud minority who champion overt racism and selling out to Musk and Trump…
This is where Brexit has led us. Over and above these dismal numbers. That is the true cost.
This is where Brexit has led us. Over and above these dismal numbers. That is the true cost.
January 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Weaker, poorer, unhappier, more divided and with an emboldened and radicalised loud minority who champion overt racism and selling out to Musk and Trump…
This is where Brexit has led us. Over and above these dismal numbers. That is the true cost.
This is where Brexit has led us. Over and above these dismal numbers. That is the true cost.
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I strongly suspect that Liz Truss's attempts to stop people claiming she crashed the economy, will only result in her being hounded to the end of her long days with people telling her she crashed the economy.
January 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I strongly suspect that Liz Truss's attempts to stop people claiming she crashed the economy, will only result in her being hounded to the end of her long days with people telling her she crashed the economy.
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Facts are dead. Cooool.
And you thought the tabloid press was bad? Get ready for a biblical flood of moronic rubbish in 2025… courtesy of an imploding America.
And you thought the tabloid press was bad? Get ready for a biblical flood of moronic rubbish in 2025… courtesy of an imploding America.
January 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Facts are dead. Cooool.
And you thought the tabloid press was bad? Get ready for a biblical flood of moronic rubbish in 2025… courtesy of an imploding America.
And you thought the tabloid press was bad? Get ready for a biblical flood of moronic rubbish in 2025… courtesy of an imploding America.
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So, the Tory manifesto did not include an inquiry into grooming gangs and the Tories ignored ALL recommendations from the 2022 report, but they attack Starmer for smearing “those concerned” as “far right”. Which he didn’t.
They’re just the most repulsive bunch of arseholes.
And far right apologists.
They’re just the most repulsive bunch of arseholes.
And far right apologists.
January 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
So, the Tory manifesto did not include an inquiry into grooming gangs and the Tories ignored ALL recommendations from the 2022 report, but they attack Starmer for smearing “those concerned” as “far right”. Which he didn’t.
They’re just the most repulsive bunch of arseholes.
And far right apologists.
They’re just the most repulsive bunch of arseholes.
And far right apologists.
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Happy new year everyone. You’re all great, in some way. Each one of you has a weirdness - a superpower if you want to see it that way - that no-one else has. There’s no perfect, archetypal human. A species is the sum of its parts. And yet, as just one human, you are: special.
January 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Happy new year everyone. You’re all great, in some way. Each one of you has a weirdness - a superpower if you want to see it that way - that no-one else has. There’s no perfect, archetypal human. A species is the sum of its parts. And yet, as just one human, you are: special.
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this kind of obviously biased headline is so frustrating when MSM is fighting for credibility
1) New Year’s Honours list is nominated by public not by political leaders
2) Khan has won three elections so the average Londoner clearly doesn’t think he’s a failure
1) New Year’s Honours list is nominated by public not by political leaders
2) Khan has won three elections so the average Londoner clearly doesn’t think he’s a failure
December 31, 2024 at 8:19 AM
this kind of obviously biased headline is so frustrating when MSM is fighting for credibility
1) New Year’s Honours list is nominated by public not by political leaders
2) Khan has won three elections so the average Londoner clearly doesn’t think he’s a failure
1) New Year’s Honours list is nominated by public not by political leaders
2) Khan has won three elections so the average Londoner clearly doesn’t think he’s a failure
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Our friends over at @nebylines.bsky.social are nearing the 10k follower mark. Can we get them there by New Years Day ?
We are Bylines Network: Powerful Citizen Journalism
We are Bylines Network: Powerful Citizen Journalism
December 30, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Our friends over at @nebylines.bsky.social are nearing the 10k follower mark. Can we get them there by New Years Day ?
We are Bylines Network: Powerful Citizen Journalism
We are Bylines Network: Powerful Citizen Journalism
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🔴The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
The broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups, says media academic Julian Petley
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
The broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups, says media academic Julian Petley
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
The broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups, says media academic Julian Petley
bylinetimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 1:03 PM
🔴The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
The broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups, says media academic Julian Petley
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
The broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups, says media academic Julian Petley
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
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The more the tabloids froth now about nothingness…
…the more people will be utterly uninterested in them when they froth complaints about real pro-EU developments later.
So let them froth their gnashing jaws and swivel their wild eyes now.
…the more people will be utterly uninterested in them when they froth complaints about real pro-EU developments later.
So let them froth their gnashing jaws and swivel their wild eyes now.
December 15, 2024 at 1:46 PM
The more the tabloids froth now about nothingness…
…the more people will be utterly uninterested in them when they froth complaints about real pro-EU developments later.
So let them froth their gnashing jaws and swivel their wild eyes now.
…the more people will be utterly uninterested in them when they froth complaints about real pro-EU developments later.
So let them froth their gnashing jaws and swivel their wild eyes now.
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This is what the Observer team & I were doing between strikes. Please read it because it couldn’t be more relevant. I interview @asifkapadia.bsky.social
about his alarming new film, 2073. It’s a stark warning of where Trump, Musk & Farage are taking us..
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
about his alarming new film, 2073. It’s a stark warning of where Trump, Musk & Farage are taking us..
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
‘Trump has been explicit about revenge’: Asif Kapadia on his new film about the threat to democracy
The man behind Amy and Senna has turned his attention to ‘techno-authoritarianism’ in the genre-defying 2073. He talks to our journalist – one of the movie’s unlikely stars – about the events that fed...
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:36 AM
This is what the Observer team & I were doing between strikes. Please read it because it couldn’t be more relevant. I interview @asifkapadia.bsky.social
about his alarming new film, 2073. It’s a stark warning of where Trump, Musk & Farage are taking us..
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
about his alarming new film, 2073. It’s a stark warning of where Trump, Musk & Farage are taking us..
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...
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Something to brighten up the dark evenings in the New Year! Brand new #DiggingForBritain - packed full of incredible new discoveries!
December 15, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Something to brighten up the dark evenings in the New Year! Brand new #DiggingForBritain - packed full of incredible new discoveries!
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“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”
Fight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracy
Fascism thrives when democracy falters. From funding Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 7:00 AM
“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”
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Oh god. The inevitable Daily Mail tantrum at a Labour govt edging towards a slightly less ruinous relationship with our own continent.
What do these idiotic nationalists want? Permanent hostility? Endless cost and loss?
‘Betraying’ Brexit is an act of patriotic necessity now, you howling clowns.
What do these idiotic nationalists want? Permanent hostility? Endless cost and loss?
‘Betraying’ Brexit is an act of patriotic necessity now, you howling clowns.
December 15, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Oh god. The inevitable Daily Mail tantrum at a Labour govt edging towards a slightly less ruinous relationship with our own continent.
What do these idiotic nationalists want? Permanent hostility? Endless cost and loss?
‘Betraying’ Brexit is an act of patriotic necessity now, you howling clowns.
What do these idiotic nationalists want? Permanent hostility? Endless cost and loss?
‘Betraying’ Brexit is an act of patriotic necessity now, you howling clowns.