Helen Gibbons
@helengibbons.bsky.social
Financial translator Dutch-English • PhD student – British identity since 2016 – University of Gibraltar • MA Cantab MML 🇪🇺🇬🇮🏳️⚧️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-gibbons-b0396b61/
“Recently released research by the US National Bureau of Economic Research on the impact of Brexit shows that the outcome has been far worse than even the gloomiest forecasts at the time of the 2016 referendum.”
The Irish Times view on the UK budget: the long shadow of Brexit
The Irish Times view on the UK budget: the long shadow of Brexit
Nearly a decade after the referendum and five years after the UK’s exit from the EU, the economic and political price is all too clear
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“Recently released research by the US National Bureau of Economic Research on the impact of Brexit shows that the outcome has been far worse than even the gloomiest forecasts at the time of the 2016 referendum.”
Reposted by Helen Gibbons
European Movement UK polled people across Britain who believe Brexit has damaged the economy, and 76% of them want the UK in the Single Market and Customs Union so taxes can come down without gutting everything else.
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
European Movement UK polled people across Britain who believe Brexit has damaged the economy, and 76% of them want the UK in the Single Market and Customs Union so taxes can come down without gutting everything else.
Terrific photos of HMS Prince of Wales arriving in Gibraltar this morning
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Terrific photos of HMS Prince of Wales arriving in Gibraltar this morning
Reposted by Helen Gibbons
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social, citing our paper, says the government should seek a much more comprehensive Brexit deal. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 AM
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social, citing our paper, says the government should seek a much more comprehensive Brexit deal. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How far things have come www.gbc.gi/news/sanchez...
Sanchez welcomes GSLP as full member of Socialist International
www.gbc.gi
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
How far things have come www.gbc.gi/news/sanchez...
A very welcome Dutch perspective for this year’s BBC Reith Lectures www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures - BBC Reith Lectures 2025 – Moral Revolution
Historian and author Rutger Bregman announced as BBC Radio 4's Reith lecturer for 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A very welcome Dutch perspective for this year’s BBC Reith Lectures www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
Love the trial beams coming up from Casemates tonight, ahead of tomorrow’s Festival of Lights #Gibraltar
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Love the trial beams coming up from Casemates tonight, ahead of tomorrow’s Festival of Lights #Gibraltar
Quite something bbc.com/news/article...
Channel Tunnel says UK investment 'non-viable' as it halts projects
The company claims "unsustainable" levels of taxation has made any future investments "non-viable".
bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Quite something bbc.com/news/article...
Congratulations @russell-moyle.co.uk
Exclusive: Ex Labour MP to defect to the Green Party
Lloyd Russell-Moyle will announce his defection tomorrow
@meganekenyon.bsky.social
Lloyd Russell-Moyle will announce his defection tomorrow
@meganekenyon.bsky.social
Exclusive: Ex Labour MP to defect to the Green Party
Lloyd Russell-Moyle will announce his defection tomorrow
www.newstatesman.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Congratulations @russell-moyle.co.uk
On the face of it, a very unorthodox flight path out of Gibraltar…
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
On the face of it, a very unorthodox flight path out of Gibraltar…
Waterport Road Gibraltar getting a long overdue facelift…
November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Waterport Road Gibraltar getting a long overdue facelift…
To my last Gibraltar Literary Festival event of the year: Alice Mascarenhas on ‘Palabras al viento’ at Grand Battery House.
This year’s festival has been exceptionally well organised and well attended.
www.gibraltarliteraryfestival.gi/team-1/alice...
This year’s festival has been exceptionally well organised and well attended.
www.gibraltarliteraryfestival.gi/team-1/alice...
November 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
To my last Gibraltar Literary Festival event of the year: Alice Mascarenhas on ‘Palabras al viento’ at Grand Battery House.
This year’s festival has been exceptionally well organised and well attended.
www.gibraltarliteraryfestival.gi/team-1/alice...
This year’s festival has been exceptionally well organised and well attended.
www.gibraltarliteraryfestival.gi/team-1/alice...
Runway soggy but should be operational after days of weather-induced aviation chaos
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Runway soggy but should be operational after days of weather-induced aviation chaos
This is a peculiar take from GBC. The comments on the BBC were just a brief aside in a discussion lasting more than an hour, covering a vast range of issues www.gbc.gi/news/at-gibr...
At Gibraltar Literary Festival, Sir Jeremy Hunt says BBC must ‘do more’ after Trump lawsuit
www.gbc.gi
November 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is a peculiar take from GBC. The comments on the BBC were just a brief aside in a discussion lasting more than an hour, covering a vast range of issues www.gbc.gi/news/at-gibr...
At the John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar, to hear Fabian Picardo in conversation with Jeremy Hunt about his book, ‘Can We Be Great Again?’
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
At the John Mackintosh Hall, Gibraltar, to hear Fabian Picardo in conversation with Jeremy Hunt about his book, ‘Can We Be Great Again?’
As chair of European Movement Sussex, I’m pleased to have been re-elected to the Council of European Movement UK for a further term 🇪🇺🇬🇧
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
As chair of European Movement Sussex, I’m pleased to have been re-elected to the Council of European Movement UK for a further term 🇪🇺🇬🇧
Valley of the Fallen: from monument to interpretation centre.
El proyecto 'La base y la cruz' gana el concurso para resignificar Cuelgamuros, antes Valle de los Caídos.
www.rtve.es/n/16810613
El proyecto 'La base y la cruz' gana el concurso para resignificar Cuelgamuros, antes Valle de los Caídos.
www.rtve.es/n/16810613
El proyecto 'La base y la cruz' gana el concurso para resignificar el antiguo Valle de los Caídos
El proyecto 'La base y la cruz' gana el concurso para resignificar el antiguo Valle de los Caídos
www.rtve.es
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Valley of the Fallen: from monument to interpretation centre.
El proyecto 'La base y la cruz' gana el concurso para resignificar Cuelgamuros, antes Valle de los Caídos.
www.rtve.es/n/16810613
El proyecto 'La base y la cruz' gana el concurso para resignificar Cuelgamuros, antes Valle de los Caídos.
www.rtve.es/n/16810613
At the Garrison Library to hear João Vale de Almeida, former Ambassador of the EU to the UK, on his book The Divorce of Nations
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
At the Garrison Library to hear João Vale de Almeida, former Ambassador of the EU to the UK, on his book The Divorce of Nations
Warm and sunny evening in Gibraltar. Here’s a #Hipstamatic view for a little retro pleasure
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Warm and sunny evening in Gibraltar. Here’s a #Hipstamatic view for a little retro pleasure
More timely trade insight from CER www.cer.eu/insights/thr...
Three hard lessons for European trade
Global trade policy is now dominated by great power politics, putting Europe under pressure. The EU will have to accommodate the US, confront China and derisk from both.
www.cer.eu
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
More timely trade insight from CER www.cer.eu/insights/thr...
Sunday breakfast of scrambled eggs on sourdough with Wiston Buck’s Fizz. Alas kippers are no longer a thing at British Airways
November 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Sunday breakfast of scrambled eggs on sourdough with Wiston Buck’s Fizz. Alas kippers are no longer a thing at British Airways
The 04:22 to Arnos Grove via LHR 2/3. There really is such a thing on a Sunday morning…
November 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The 04:22 to Arnos Grove via LHR 2/3. There really is such a thing on a Sunday morning…
Much to disagree about with Iain Dale, notably Brexit, but there should be more of this kind of intelligent discussion of Irish and UK politics
www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
Iain Dale, chronicler of British leaders, turns his attention to Irish taoisigh
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
www.irishtimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Much to disagree about with Iain Dale, notably Brexit, but there should be more of this kind of intelligent discussion of Irish and UK politics
www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
Reposted by Helen Gibbons
Join us in Brighton tomorrow morning to hear Nick Hopkinson talk about his major new work on the history of Wilton Park, the Sussex venue that has played a major part in shaping post-war Europe. More details: www.euromovesussex.org/meetings
Meetings — EM Sussex
www.euromovesussex.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Join us in Brighton tomorrow morning to hear Nick Hopkinson talk about his major new work on the history of Wilton Park, the Sussex venue that has played a major part in shaping post-war Europe. More details: www.euromovesussex.org/meetings