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Frédéric Moreau

@goodclimate.bsky.social

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Brussels stuff, from the slopes of the Wyngaerd Berg. Journalism here https://www.brusselstimes.com/author/frederic-moreau

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 8d

I wrote about Underground Brussels, the result of 1,000 years of digging, building, filling-in and forgetting. A hidden second city for which there's no proper map.
www.brusselstimes.com/1765462/laye...

Layers of time: How digging for a car park revealed the soul of Brussels

When Brussels broke ground for a sleek new city hall, it stumbled into its own origins: the buried remains of a medieval port.

www.brusselstimes.com

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 11h

Every six months a UK paper takes its turn to write up a freely-accessible list and call it an "exclusive".

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 14h

You have a lot of confidence in my ability to identify accents correctly!

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 15h

And now I'm listening to an English-language podcast, the same EU-funded advert for the wines of Bordeaux (all of them) but in a Canadian accent.

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 18h

Ads on my podcasts are very rare. Today's is for the wines of Bordeaux and is co-funded by the EU.

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 15h

Garbage Tory MP on Iain Dale's show claiming that Jenrick comments about not seeing white faces were 'taken out of context'. And invents a context where he was talking about English-language skills. Also, this programme is vile.

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 16h

Rem acu tetigisti !!

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 16h

Ha, missed that but not at all surprised.

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 16h

When will they understand that, for the economically-inactive, ageing solvent masses, Britain's Florida is now Clacton?

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 16h

It's Spain's fault for not HUNTING US DOWN.

(All EU citizens need to register for 90 day+ stays and when the UK was a member hundreds of thousands didn't bother)

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 17h

Can we pause and imagine the well of sympathy in the Telegraph for HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of overstaying foreigners in the UK who don't speak English. Polluting the culture.

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 17h

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

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 17h

Originally gaslit, right @thomasgreck.bsky.social ?

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 17h

A power cut at the crumbling Palais de Justice in Brussels. It seems fantastic that the tunnels and enormous caverns of this place were designed to be navigated without electric lighting. So many hiding spaces.

www.rtbf.be/article/pann...

L’électricité revient au palais de justice de Bruxelles qui rouvre au public, les audiences peuvent reprendre - RTBF Actus

Le palais de justice situé place Poelaert, à Bruxelles, est confronté depuis 23h hier soir à une panne de courant...

www.rtbf.be

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 17h

This lurid headline is about British tourists no longer getting away with overstaying in Schengen. Or being 'illegals', as it's often called in the UK.

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 18h

Ads on my podcasts are very rare. Today's is for the wines of Bordeaux and is co-funded by the EU.

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't know this person I heard mentioned but the BBC had me covered with this hagiography of one of its Question Time stars.
www.bbc.com/news/av/stor...

Young Conservative: 'Party girls can do politics'

Emily Hewertson is an aspiring politician who wants to change the perception that you need to smarten up your social media to get there.

www.bbc.com

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Two councillors, one expelled from Reform and one still with Reform. Interesting. Lucky cathedral close.

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Conservatism is believing Romford is still in Essex 60 years after it became part of London.

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

How many A-Levels do you have. Ten, yah? I only respect men who've built a wall.
Have any of you built a wall? I've built a fucking wall!
Returns to his stool.
Followed by an hour of occasional squawks from the bar. HAVE YOU BUILT A WALL?

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

When I was at university, a man came up to our table in a pub. Are you students?
Of course you're students.
Leans in. I fucking hate students.
He was posh, red of trouser and cheek, green quilted gilet.

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

"Book-learning"

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 1d

This whole obsession with "too many people going to uni" is such a classic example of the parochialism of UK policymaking. No one bothers to ask why the % here is lower than in most other developed countries or whether that might be relevant.

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

18 months on, it looks like 'art-deco year' will not feature any public visits to the Palais Stoclet. The family appealed against the order and the Constitutional Court takes its time.
www.brusselstimes.com/1016566/fami...