@martin52.bsky.social
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totally. They are part of us.
January 14, 2026 at 7:36 PM
totally. They are part of us.
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Quite bored with “but ID cards work elsewhere, why not the UK?” Different countries have different political & legal cultures. The UK has a centralised, secretive, at best semidemocratic state with inadequate checks & balances, & which benefits a narrow class & shares power grudgingly if at all, so🤷
January 14, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Quite bored with “but ID cards work elsewhere, why not the UK?” Different countries have different political & legal cultures. The UK has a centralised, secretive, at best semidemocratic state with inadequate checks & balances, & which benefits a narrow class & shares power grudgingly if at all, so🤷
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Well this is an unexpected way of finding out if the United States is better at Arctic warfare than the combined might of Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Canada, with support from the north Atlantic fleets of UK and France.
January 14, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Well this is an unexpected way of finding out if the United States is better at Arctic warfare than the combined might of Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Canada, with support from the north Atlantic fleets of UK and France.
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Gullible or trying to save a Moscow ally, you decide.
Trump: “We have been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, it has stopped.
“There is no plan for executions.”
Trump: “We have been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, it has stopped.
“There is no plan for executions.”
January 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Gullible or trying to save a Moscow ally, you decide.
Trump: “We have been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, it has stopped.
“There is no plan for executions.”
Trump: “We have been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, it has stopped.
“There is no plan for executions.”
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"This is the coldest winter I've ever known in this flat. Because of the cold, the blackouts, and the constant attacks, it's simply unlivable," said Anna Diachenko, 28, who left the building a few days ago after the mass attack. She's now staying with friends.
'Every day, we feel more hate towards Russia' — Kyiv families struggle to stay warm in near-freezing homes
Pechersk is a leafy, affluent neighborhood in central Kyiv. Its prerevolutionary buildings are tucked away from the main roads, surrounded by quiet courtyards and trees. In peacetime, it's where many ...
kyivindependent.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:48 PM
"This is the coldest winter I've ever known in this flat. Because of the cold, the blackouts, and the constant attacks, it's simply unlivable," said Anna Diachenko, 28, who left the building a few days ago after the mass attack. She's now staying with friends.
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Just the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland having to correct Tucker Carlson on world war II history. Utterly shameful.
January 13, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Just the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland having to correct Tucker Carlson on world war II history. Utterly shameful.
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And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.
January 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.
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🚨🇪🇺 Brexit WOW moment 🇪🇺🚨
The Brexitgraph Telegraph published a full-blown obituary for Brexit:
📉 GDP down 8%
📉 Investment down 18%
📉 Productivity down 4%
📉 Employment down 4%
❌ No trade benefits
❌ No regulatory freedom
❌ No upside whatsoever
Do you agree it’s time to end Brexit?
The Brexitgraph Telegraph published a full-blown obituary for Brexit:
📉 GDP down 8%
📉 Investment down 18%
📉 Productivity down 4%
📉 Employment down 4%
❌ No trade benefits
❌ No regulatory freedom
❌ No upside whatsoever
Do you agree it’s time to end Brexit?
January 14, 2026 at 8:06 AM
🚨🇪🇺 Brexit WOW moment 🇪🇺🚨
The Brexitgraph Telegraph published a full-blown obituary for Brexit:
📉 GDP down 8%
📉 Investment down 18%
📉 Productivity down 4%
📉 Employment down 4%
❌ No trade benefits
❌ No regulatory freedom
❌ No upside whatsoever
Do you agree it’s time to end Brexit?
The Brexitgraph Telegraph published a full-blown obituary for Brexit:
📉 GDP down 8%
📉 Investment down 18%
📉 Productivity down 4%
📉 Employment down 4%
❌ No trade benefits
❌ No regulatory freedom
❌ No upside whatsoever
Do you agree it’s time to end Brexit?
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I’m a Scot and I do not support cessation from The Union. I strongly believe that any Scots or Welsh support for Reform is a betrayal of our national identities. Reform is a petty, unpleasant English nationalist party. Reform insults the best of England.
January 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM
I’m a Scot and I do not support cessation from The Union. I strongly believe that any Scots or Welsh support for Reform is a betrayal of our national identities. Reform is a petty, unpleasant English nationalist party. Reform insults the best of England.
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 AM
I decide to repost
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Heartwarming to see the many corrections to this post.
For sure this is the Brexit that was available.
This is not inevitable, and every day the UK makes the deliberate decision to continue with this.
For sure this is the Brexit that was available.
This is not inevitable, and every day the UK makes the deliberate decision to continue with this.
I don’t think we’ve got the Brexit people voted for. Our traders face a daily nightmare getting goods across the border.
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
January 14, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Heartwarming to see the many corrections to this post.
For sure this is the Brexit that was available.
This is not inevitable, and every day the UK makes the deliberate decision to continue with this.
For sure this is the Brexit that was available.
This is not inevitable, and every day the UK makes the deliberate decision to continue with this.
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Great news. And not v surprised. The Welsh won’t go with a fake Englishman. They know what there is not to like.
Plaid Cymru and the Greens are surging in Wales, according to this latest poll.
Where’s the media narrative around this? Where are the stories saying Farage is failing? When will Labour try to regain ground by appealing to Plaid & Green voters, not just copy Reform?
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
Where’s the media narrative around this? Where are the stories saying Farage is failing? When will Labour try to regain ground by appealing to Plaid & Green voters, not just copy Reform?
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
January 13, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Great news. And not v surprised. The Welsh won’t go with a fake Englishman. They know what there is not to like.
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Nadhim Zahawi: Farage is a Nazi who Goebbels would be proud of.
Nigel Farage: Zahawi is just a grifter, climbing the greasy pole of political ambition.
Reform UK: WELCOME TO THE PARTY!
Nigel Farage: Zahawi is just a grifter, climbing the greasy pole of political ambition.
Reform UK: WELCOME TO THE PARTY!
Nadhim Zahawi joins Reform after calling Farage GOEBBELS!
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Nadhim Zahawi: Farage is a Nazi who Goebbels would be proud of.
Nigel Farage: Zahawi is just a grifter, climbing the greasy pole of political ambition.
Reform UK: WELCOME TO THE PARTY!
Nigel Farage: Zahawi is just a grifter, climbing the greasy pole of political ambition.
Reform UK: WELCOME TO THE PARTY!
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But with 🇬🇧 it's in fact pretty much the opposite.🇬🇧 abroad are seen as traitors 4 leaving the motherland even tho it's counterproductive, most students will now go 2 🇮🇪 or 🇳🇱 etc
December 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
But with 🇬🇧 it's in fact pretty much the opposite.🇬🇧 abroad are seen as traitors 4 leaving the motherland even tho it's counterproductive, most students will now go 2 🇮🇪 or 🇳🇱 etc
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1 of the most surprising or perhaps revealing (in a depressing way)is how little 🇬🇧govs give a toss about🇬🇧citizens abroad. Be4 Brexit perhaps due my 2 naivety I thought🇬🇧 would always support 🇬🇧abroad (a result of basic state capacity see 🇮🇪 🇮🇹how they treat their emigres giving them passports easily)
December 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
1 of the most surprising or perhaps revealing (in a depressing way)is how little 🇬🇧govs give a toss about🇬🇧citizens abroad. Be4 Brexit perhaps due my 2 naivety I thought🇬🇧 would always support 🇬🇧abroad (a result of basic state capacity see 🇮🇪 🇮🇹how they treat their emigres giving them passports easily)
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They are until the end of 2027 because @britishineurope.bsky.social campaigned for and got a grace period during the Brexit negotiations. We’ve asked for all UK citizens to be eligible for home fees but to no avail. Few other counties treat their young citizens abroad so contemptuously.
December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
They are until the end of 2027 because @britishineurope.bsky.social campaigned for and got a grace period during the Brexit negotiations. We’ve asked for all UK citizens to be eligible for home fees but to no avail. Few other counties treat their young citizens abroad so contemptuously.
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To help make sure long term UK isn't forever full of Farages
January 14, 2026 at 8:56 AM
To help make sure long term UK isn't forever full of Farages
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This post has a horrible "another Brexit was possible" vibe to it, don't you think?
Brexit is inherently unworkable by its very nature and by virtue of geography. You can't be right next door to the biggest trading bloc on the planet and expect to still thrive outside of it, period.
Brexit is inherently unworkable by its very nature and by virtue of geography. You can't be right next door to the biggest trading bloc on the planet and expect to still thrive outside of it, period.
I don’t think we’ve got the Brexit people voted for. Our traders face a daily nightmare getting goods across the border.
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
January 13, 2026 at 9:09 PM
This post has a horrible "another Brexit was possible" vibe to it, don't you think?
Brexit is inherently unworkable by its very nature and by virtue of geography. You can't be right next door to the biggest trading bloc on the planet and expect to still thrive outside of it, period.
Brexit is inherently unworkable by its very nature and by virtue of geography. You can't be right next door to the biggest trading bloc on the planet and expect to still thrive outside of it, period.
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Normal for two sides of a negotiation to have different views. Unless the EU expects to get everything it asks of the UK. I suspect not, and is using aggressive briefing to cover up obviously split Member States. Plus they know a naive UK won't handle this well. www.ft.com/content/773b...
EU demands no cap on youth mobility scheme with UK
Draft text also calls for ‘home’ fees for European students at UK universities
www.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Normal for two sides of a negotiation to have different views. Unless the EU expects to get everything it asks of the UK. I suspect not, and is using aggressive briefing to cover up obviously split Member States. Plus they know a naive UK won't handle this well. www.ft.com/content/773b...
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You can’t get the Brexit people voted for because it doesn’t exist. It was a con. A prejudiced, arrogant fantasy created by a cynical campaign of dishonesty.
This is however the relentless, tedious Brexit reality. An ongoing national scandal. A betrayal of a country by its politicians and media.
This is however the relentless, tedious Brexit reality. An ongoing national scandal. A betrayal of a country by its politicians and media.
I don’t think we’ve got the Brexit people voted for. Our traders face a daily nightmare getting goods across the border.
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
January 14, 2026 at 9:07 AM
You can’t get the Brexit people voted for because it doesn’t exist. It was a con. A prejudiced, arrogant fantasy created by a cynical campaign of dishonesty.
This is however the relentless, tedious Brexit reality. An ongoing national scandal. A betrayal of a country by its politicians and media.
This is however the relentless, tedious Brexit reality. An ongoing national scandal. A betrayal of a country by its politicians and media.
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⚠️ "Before Brexit there were no controls."
⌛ "Delays can range from two hours to our worst experience is a matter of 27 days, I think was the worst."
🔄 "We actually left the trailer in the border post, and were changing drivers, bringing drivers back."
💷 "The invoice totalled over £16,000"
⌛ "Delays can range from two hours to our worst experience is a matter of 27 days, I think was the worst."
🔄 "We actually left the trailer in the border post, and were changing drivers, bringing drivers back."
💷 "The invoice totalled over £16,000"
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 AM
⚠️ "Before Brexit there were no controls."
⌛ "Delays can range from two hours to our worst experience is a matter of 27 days, I think was the worst."
🔄 "We actually left the trailer in the border post, and were changing drivers, bringing drivers back."
💷 "The invoice totalled over £16,000"
⌛ "Delays can range from two hours to our worst experience is a matter of 27 days, I think was the worst."
🔄 "We actually left the trailer in the border post, and were changing drivers, bringing drivers back."
💷 "The invoice totalled over £16,000"
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'Removing barriers to trade creates prosperity. Adding barriers to trade *with one particular trading partner* also creates prosperity.'
Free Trade Brexiter logic. Apparently.
Free Trade Brexiter logic. Apparently.
I don’t think we’ve got the Brexit people voted for. Our traders face a daily nightmare getting goods across the border.
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 AM
'Removing barriers to trade creates prosperity. Adding barriers to trade *with one particular trading partner* also creates prosperity.'
Free Trade Brexiter logic. Apparently.
Free Trade Brexiter logic. Apparently.
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Fiona Hill on Brexit on the New Statesman
Stick that in your pipe Iain Martin
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Stick that in your pipe Iain Martin
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
January 11, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Fiona Hill on Brexit on the New Statesman
Stick that in your pipe Iain Martin
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
Stick that in your pipe Iain Martin
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...
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The unsafety of the 2016 Brexit referendum result is the Jeffrey Epstein death of British politics: revelations after the fact that are so disturbing most of us would prefer not to contemplate them - but without which a full understanding and reckoning can never happen.
January 10, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The unsafety of the 2016 Brexit referendum result is the Jeffrey Epstein death of British politics: revelations after the fact that are so disturbing most of us would prefer not to contemplate them - but without which a full understanding and reckoning can never happen.