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Neil Lewis

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Spanish Olive Oil Guy - international trade, foreign policy, economics, clean energy, food, transport. European liberal social democrat. Oh, and trees. Spain, Europe. (Don't do DMs. Don't need hookups nor $$$ ops!)

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Neil Lewis @neil-lewis.bsky.social · Feb 15

I write occasional threads about trees - especially Mediterranean trees, their habitats, the fruit they provide and the stories they tell about us and our history.

I hope you enjoy them.
#TreeStories

An olive grove in the province of Jaen - the heart of global olive oil.

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Rob Jacobs @robjake.bsky.social · 1d

Can I just add a British perspective. Reform are in trouble. Despite being massively under reported the Gill / Russian money scandal is huge. Remember he pleaded guilty. I suspect MI5 are all over RefUK's accounts and sooner or later this is going to blow up. Timeline 👇🏽

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20h

Pay strict attention to this when considering forthcoming US elections.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

Why has Dominion Voting Systems been settling defamation lawsuits with Trump allies who falsely claimed the company stole the 2020 election?

Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official.

Be warned.

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 4h

Why does this tax exile 'foreigner' think our government should discuss policy with him? He should feck off back to Monaco. Made his choice based on his own interest, to avoid tax. Anything he has to say will be only in his own interests, again.

buff.ly/6XvNGfT

Miliband refused to discuss North Sea with me, says Ratcliffe

Ineos owner urges policymakers to reform net zero taxes or risk ‘irreversible decline’

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 1h

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

"Sources have identified the location as Nathan Gill’s Strasbourg office, and the diary schedule of ‘NG’ on the calendar behind him on the wall definitively places this photograph in mid-December 2018."

Nigel Farage holding up Leave & Let Die teeshirt presented by Nadia Sass/Borodi. Behind him, whiteboard with NG's Strasbourg calendar

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 7h

It is utterly surreal this is not being treated as a bigger story.

Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 23h

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 4h

Standing up to fascism is always the right choice.

Rejecting censorship is always the right choice.

Fighting for marginalized and vulnerable communities is always the right choice.

A Wyoming librarian refused to purge books with LGBTQ+ content and was fired for it.

She won a $700,000 settlement

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

www.nytimes.com

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3h

What with all this the UK should emulate Dubai stuff, following hot on the heels of Singapore model, are there any other niche authoritarian city states we could go for? Brunei? Machiavelli’s Florence? Ancient Sparta?

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 5h

I adore London&fully agree on Dubai, but the author‘s criticism of Paris& Berlin is a joke. French political turmoil is bad is it? Have you watched UK news since 2014? German trains are slow? Thank God for the sound state of UK Infrastructure.
Love you 🇬🇧. But ditch the superiority complex. Please.

Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 7h

You definitely shouldn't move to Dubai, writes V&A director Tristram Hunt on.ft.com/46MfW1t

Don’t move to Dubai — this is still the place to be

[FREE TO READ] Better to buy the dip and celebrate the UK as an enduring cultural behemoth

on.ft.com

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 2d

Strongly worded, but 🎯

"Trump is putting Europe under pressure to water down its digital rulebook. But now more than ever, Europe should hold large US tech firms accountable"

The time is ripe to put the DSA, DMA, AI Act etc to work. Not pause or water down.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it | Johnny Ryan

The anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure, says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan

www.theguardian.com

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 1d

It’s like we’re now reporting on the implementation of the patriotic 5 year plan

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as US shutdown blocks key crop data reut.rs/3VYW3xZ

Farmers, traders ‘flying blind’ as US shutdown blocks key crop data

U.S. data vital to global grain and soybean trading has gone dark during the federal government's shutdown, leaving commodity traders and farmers without crop production estimates, export sales data and market reports during the peak of the autumn harvest.

reut.rs

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: SJ to discontinue successful Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper train after 31 August 2026, a month after Swedish government subsidy ends.

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Neil Lewis @neil-lewis.bsky.social · 1d

Did Torygraph write a similar headline regarding 'Trump Threatens Devastating Tariffs' too? 🤔

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 2d

1. This does not target the UK

2. This is clear evidence of being inside a customs union rather than floating alone

3. It was inevitable that Trump's actions at the head of such a large economy would result in dumping elsewhere.. Europe has to be able to take action to counter that.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'Every electron counts': Why renewables stocks are back in play reut.rs/4h3aj2z

'Every electron counts': Why renewables stocks are back in play

A return of fund inflows into renewable energy stocks is helping to breath new life into these companies' shares, powering their strongest quarterly rise since the sustainability boom early this decade.

reut.rs

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 1d

The rules apply to any non-EU citizens not covered by free movement law, not just British citizens. All these possible penalties for overstay already exist.

Brexity folks are allowed to worship British border controls; but the EU is not supposed to enforce theirs against Brits.

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 3d

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

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 1d

That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...

'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record

New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall

www.businessgreen.com

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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · 1d

After seemingly overseeing spying on the Commission from the outside, Orban's Commissioner has since been able to undermine the Commission from within repeatedly by eg attempting to doctor rule of law reports but VDL has repeatedly failed to hold him to account www.koha.mk/en/pas-dyshi...

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 2d

🇪🇺 The European Parliament supported a resolution authorizing the downing of Russian aircraft and drones in the EU airspace.

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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 2d

⛽️🚫 Donetsk. Gasoline is either out of stock or rationed. The lines are getting longer.

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Neil Lewis @neil-lewis.bsky.social · 1d

"No one trusts Trump. No one trusts Israel. They want to wash their hands of it, but they brought about genocide and we all know who is responsible."

👇

Javier Pinto @javierpinto.bsky.social · 1d

Ya nadie confía en USA. Ya nadie confía en Israel

Se quieren lavar las manos, pero el genocidio ya fue llevado a cabo y todos sabemos quiénes son los responsables.

Sacrificaron al pueblo palestino para intentar conseguirle a Trump un Nobel de paz.

Bochornosa función

Josep Borrell: “No debería haber condiciones para parar un genocidio”

El exjefe de la diplomacia europea responde en EL PAÍS sobre el plan de paz para Gaza: “Cuando el presidente de Israel dice que nunca habrá un Estado Palestino y no retirará sus tropas, hay razones pa...

elpais.com

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

Amid rising airspace provocations, the European Parliament has called on EU countries to shoot down Russian planes violating their airspace.

And drones?

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Neil Lewis @neil-lewis.bsky.social · 1d

"Germany, 12 years after choosing an 'alternative'" 👇

@Pisepampell @pisepampel.bsky.social · 2d

Wir können die Demokratie nicht im Internet retten , dafür müssen wir auf die Straße gehen . Was wir schreiben interessiert keine Sau

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 1d

CJEU, Brexit law

New judgment: EU law on civil jurisdiction still applies to a contract between two English companies that confers jurisdiction upon courts of a Member State
curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

CURIA - Documents

curia.europa.eu

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

PEPSI CEO, on @cnbc.com:

Lower-income consumers are "stretched, very stretched." Hispanics "are especially hurting. We see their mobility, their income, their behavior changing. .. They don't meet their friends as often. .. We're concerned about some parts of the population."

$PEP

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