Mike Mauchline
@mauchlinem.bsky.social
Likes: all things Spain, travel, F1 and padel tennis …. ex-IBM & Acoustic Marketing
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Freedom of Movement is the block that politicians need to get themselves over.
The public is way ahead as per usual.
Freedom of Movement is the block that politicians need to get themselves over.
The public is way ahead as per usual.
‘Mutual free movement’ for UK and EU citizens supported by 84% of Brits, in stunning new poll
Omnisis poll suggests opposition to free movement was based on lack of awareness and the UK government failing to enforce the rules
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 AM
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Freedom of Movement is the block that politicians need to get themselves over.
The public is way ahead as per usual.
Freedom of Movement is the block that politicians need to get themselves over.
The public is way ahead as per usual.
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And there’s this very bold idea to have an agreement of mutual Freedom of Movement between Spain and UK
In Spanish in El Pais.
elpais.com/opinion/2021...
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
In Spanish in El Pais.
elpais.com/opinion/2021...
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
España y el Reino Unido tras el Brexit
Urge un acuerdo sobre libre movilidad de personas entre Madrid y Londres que tendría consecuencias positivas no solo para los derechos de las personas sino también para la economía de ambos países
elpais.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
And there’s this very bold idea to have an agreement of mutual Freedom of Movement between Spain and UK
In Spanish in El Pais.
elpais.com/opinion/2021...
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
In Spanish in El Pais.
elpais.com/opinion/2021...
#VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM
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Excellent thread, I still can’t believe, Brexit happened 😪
December 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Excellent thread, I still can’t believe, Brexit happened 😪
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Freedom of Movement protected ordinary complexity.
Care for an elderly parent in Spain.
Run a small business in France.
Split your year between two countries.
Brexit erased legal space for lives that don’t fit neat boxes.
Care for an elderly parent in Spain.
Run a small business in France.
Split your year between two countries.
Brexit erased legal space for lives that don’t fit neat boxes.
December 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Freedom of Movement protected ordinary complexity.
Care for an elderly parent in Spain.
Run a small business in France.
Split your year between two countries.
Brexit erased legal space for lives that don’t fit neat boxes.
Care for an elderly parent in Spain.
Run a small business in France.
Split your year between two countries.
Brexit erased legal space for lives that don’t fit neat boxes.
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🇪🇸 Weekend read with your café con leche ☕️
Property prices in Spain.
Enjoy, share, gracias!
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Property prices in Spain.
Enjoy, share, gracias!
open.substack.com/pub/brendybo...
Spain's housing crisis lottery
Even Spain’s biggest jackpot can’t buy a home in the country’s most expensive cities
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🇪🇸 Weekend read with your café con leche ☕️
Property prices in Spain.
Enjoy, share, gracias!
open.substack.com/pub/brendybo...
Property prices in Spain.
Enjoy, share, gracias!
open.substack.com/pub/brendybo...
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Woah this one has gone wild on X.
Brexit wasn’t an election.
It wasn’t even a referendum because the only referendum we had was advisory.
This was a government decision, and not even a parliamentary one.
So don’t let them compare it to elections. It’s really not.
The only betrayal of the British people is keeping Brexit.
It wasn’t even a referendum because the only referendum we had was advisory.
This was a government decision, and not even a parliamentary one.
So don’t let them compare it to elections. It’s really not.
The only betrayal of the British people is keeping Brexit.
December 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Woah this one has gone wild on X.
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This week saw the UK budget statement, and as ever the media were complicit in reporting something so simple on alcohol excise increases completely wrong. So let’s get the facts right bearing in mind Reeves knows she had just lost another £1BN in revenue with her increases on excise.
November 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This week saw the UK budget statement, and as ever the media were complicit in reporting something so simple on alcohol excise increases completely wrong. So let’s get the facts right bearing in mind Reeves knows she had just lost another £1BN in revenue with her increases on excise.
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"When will there be arrests and executions in our country?"
Russian propagandist Solovyev blames the CEO of the company Aidol, Vladimir Vitukhin, for the poorly designed humanoid robot that fell on stage during its presentation and threatens him.
"Vladimir, why did you crawl onto the stage?"
Russian propagandist Solovyev blames the CEO of the company Aidol, Vladimir Vitukhin, for the poorly designed humanoid robot that fell on stage during its presentation and threatens him.
"Vladimir, why did you crawl onto the stage?"
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"When will there be arrests and executions in our country?"
Russian propagandist Solovyev blames the CEO of the company Aidol, Vladimir Vitukhin, for the poorly designed humanoid robot that fell on stage during its presentation and threatens him.
"Vladimir, why did you crawl onto the stage?"
Russian propagandist Solovyev blames the CEO of the company Aidol, Vladimir Vitukhin, for the poorly designed humanoid robot that fell on stage during its presentation and threatens him.
"Vladimir, why did you crawl onto the stage?"
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🇪🇸Latest La Comunidad piece in inboxes 📥
👋🏻94% of provincial capitals in Spain have seen a decrease in the number of Spaniards living in their centres over the past decade.
I look at why and ask: What’s a city without citizens?
Enjoy, share, gracias!
👋🏻94% of provincial capitals in Spain have seen a decrease in the number of Spaniards living in their centres over the past decade.
I look at why and ask: What’s a city without citizens?
Enjoy, share, gracias!
November 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🇪🇸Latest La Comunidad piece in inboxes 📥
👋🏻94% of provincial capitals in Spain have seen a decrease in the number of Spaniards living in their centres over the past decade.
I look at why and ask: What’s a city without citizens?
Enjoy, share, gracias!
👋🏻94% of provincial capitals in Spain have seen a decrease in the number of Spaniards living in their centres over the past decade.
I look at why and ask: What’s a city without citizens?
Enjoy, share, gracias!
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French fishermen are sending fishing nets to Ukraine to protect against Russian drones
Fishermen from the coast of Brittany have created a organization,Kernic Solidarités,to aid Ukraine 🇺🇦.They have already sent 2shipments of horsehair fishing nets,totaling 280km in length,according to The Guardian
Fishermen from the coast of Brittany have created a organization,Kernic Solidarités,to aid Ukraine 🇺🇦.They have already sent 2shipments of horsehair fishing nets,totaling 280km in length,according to The Guardian
November 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
French fishermen are sending fishing nets to Ukraine to protect against Russian drones
Fishermen from the coast of Brittany have created a organization,Kernic Solidarités,to aid Ukraine 🇺🇦.They have already sent 2shipments of horsehair fishing nets,totaling 280km in length,according to The Guardian
Fishermen from the coast of Brittany have created a organization,Kernic Solidarités,to aid Ukraine 🇺🇦.They have already sent 2shipments of horsehair fishing nets,totaling 280km in length,according to The Guardian
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Finally how to afford all this by making $250mn in 30 months at the tender age of 31? There's always trading Russian oil in defiance of sanctions on.ft.com/481LIrL
How this 31-year-old made $250mn in 30 months
[FREE TO READ] Christopher Eppinger kept trading Russian oil when sanctions meant others stopped
on.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Finally how to afford all this by making $250mn in 30 months at the tender age of 31? There's always trading Russian oil in defiance of sanctions on.ft.com/481LIrL
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Good morning and welcome to this giftlink thread of Weekend FT highlights. Get 'em while they're hot, try not to complain when they're gone!
First up Yuval Noah Harari writes the Weekend Essay on the generosity and compromises needed for peace on.ft.com/4ovGWcb
First up Yuval Noah Harari writes the Weekend Essay on the generosity and compromises needed for peace on.ft.com/4ovGWcb
Yuval Noah Harari: Only generosity can secure peace between Israelis and Palestinians
[FREE TO READ] Both sides must abandon false moral certainties and oversimplified historical narratives if the cycle of violence is to be broken
on.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Good morning and welcome to this giftlink thread of Weekend FT highlights. Get 'em while they're hot, try not to complain when they're gone!
First up Yuval Noah Harari writes the Weekend Essay on the generosity and compromises needed for peace on.ft.com/4ovGWcb
First up Yuval Noah Harari writes the Weekend Essay on the generosity and compromises needed for peace on.ft.com/4ovGWcb
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Abrimos una serie de vídeos mostrando el minuto a minuto de nuestros viajes.
✈️ Empezamos con el de la semana pasada: 🎥Dos días intensos de trabajo en Londres🇬🇧 resumidos en dos minutos.
¡Seguimos!
✈️ Empezamos con el de la semana pasada: 🎥Dos días intensos de trabajo en Londres🇬🇧 resumidos en dos minutos.
¡Seguimos!
November 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Abrimos una serie de vídeos mostrando el minuto a minuto de nuestros viajes.
✈️ Empezamos con el de la semana pasada: 🎥Dos días intensos de trabajo en Londres🇬🇧 resumidos en dos minutos.
¡Seguimos!
✈️ Empezamos con el de la semana pasada: 🎥Dos días intensos de trabajo en Londres🇬🇧 resumidos en dos minutos.
¡Seguimos!
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Morrisons this morning and I saw some good looking steak marked up as specials at a very competitive price. When I checked the label they were Australian.
Meat shipped from across the world to undercut the price of British farmers. All part of that post Brexit deal. What a joke.
Meat shipped from across the world to undercut the price of British farmers. All part of that post Brexit deal. What a joke.
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Morrisons this morning and I saw some good looking steak marked up as specials at a very competitive price. When I checked the label they were Australian.
Meat shipped from across the world to undercut the price of British farmers. All part of that post Brexit deal. What a joke.
Meat shipped from across the world to undercut the price of British farmers. All part of that post Brexit deal. What a joke.
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Here’s a thread I wrote recently on how to solve the 90-in-180-day problem bsky.app/profile/andr...
Thread on solving the 90-in-180 day problem 🧵
The solutions to the 90-in-180 day problem are many and varied. Politicians really have **no** excuse for inaction.
Any of the following provide models for solutions or are solutions in themselves…
The solutions to the 90-in-180 day problem are many and varied. Politicians really have **no** excuse for inaction.
Any of the following provide models for solutions or are solutions in themselves…
November 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Here’s a thread I wrote recently on how to solve the 90-in-180-day problem bsky.app/profile/andr...
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Many people now realise that leaving the European Union was a mistake, but the question now is, what do we do about it? The years of denial are over, we now need to work out how to fix the calamity that Brexit has caused, and restore our relationship with Europe.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Many people now realise that leaving the European Union was a mistake, but the question now is, what do we do about it? The years of denial are over, we now need to work out how to fix the calamity that Brexit has caused, and restore our relationship with Europe.
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New figures by the Bank of England demonstrate how much of a negative impact Brexit has had on the UK economy. Trade weakness combined with uncertainty has decreased our GDP, Investment, Employment, and Productivity, resulting in a negative decline for the UK compared to our European neighbours.
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New figures by the Bank of England demonstrate how much of a negative impact Brexit has had on the UK economy. Trade weakness combined with uncertainty has decreased our GDP, Investment, Employment, and Productivity, resulting in a negative decline for the UK compared to our European neighbours.
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10 years post-EU referendum and 5 since leaving EU & Single Market, we still have people saying:
"We used to be able to do that, and we should still be able to".
I think that’s wonderful. 👏 ♥️ 🇪🇺
Brexit changed things. But we haven’t forgotten 🇬🇧.
#RejoinEU is possible.
"We used to be able to do that, and we should still be able to".
I think that’s wonderful. 👏 ♥️ 🇪🇺
Brexit changed things. But we haven’t forgotten 🇬🇧.
#RejoinEU is possible.
October 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
10 years post-EU referendum and 5 since leaving EU & Single Market, we still have people saying:
"We used to be able to do that, and we should still be able to".
I think that’s wonderful. 👏 ♥️ 🇪🇺
Brexit changed things. But we haven’t forgotten 🇬🇧.
#RejoinEU is possible.
"We used to be able to do that, and we should still be able to".
I think that’s wonderful. 👏 ♥️ 🇪🇺
Brexit changed things. But we haven’t forgotten 🇬🇧.
#RejoinEU is possible.
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Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.
Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.
Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.
October 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.
Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.
Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.
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I would argue Brexit is all of Europe's problem.
There is a reason why Russia supported it.
It weakened the UK and divided the EU
There is a reason why Russia supported it.
It weakened the UK and divided the EU
October 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I would argue Brexit is all of Europe's problem.
There is a reason why Russia supported it.
It weakened the UK and divided the EU
There is a reason why Russia supported it.
It weakened the UK and divided the EU
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ICYMI - latest La Comunidad piece from the middle of Spain.
My week in Madrid (as a tourist) during the first week of autumn, looking through the lens of where the city is heading.
Enjoy, share, gracias!
PS: Madrid in Autumn > Paris in springtime.
My week in Madrid (as a tourist) during the first week of autumn, looking through the lens of where the city is heading.
Enjoy, share, gracias!
PS: Madrid in Autumn > Paris in springtime.
October 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
ICYMI - latest La Comunidad piece from the middle of Spain.
My week in Madrid (as a tourist) during the first week of autumn, looking through the lens of where the city is heading.
Enjoy, share, gracias!
PS: Madrid in Autumn > Paris in springtime.
My week in Madrid (as a tourist) during the first week of autumn, looking through the lens of where the city is heading.
Enjoy, share, gracias!
PS: Madrid in Autumn > Paris in springtime.
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Starmer’s government should ask for 6 month per visit access to the Schengen zone.
A thread 🧵
So what do we mean by the 90-in-180-day problem?
1. We don’t mean the total number of days is necessarily the problem.
The problem is the control period of 180 days, the fact it has to be shared across 29 different countries and the fact it is not a per-visit allowance.
So what do we mean by the 90-in-180-day problem?
1. We don’t mean the total number of days is necessarily the problem.
The problem is the control period of 180 days, the fact it has to be shared across 29 different countries and the fact it is not a per-visit allowance.
October 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Starmer’s government should ask for 6 month per visit access to the Schengen zone.