Paul Hawes
@paulhawes.bsky.social
#FBPE Refugee from Twitter. Musician and family man. Brexit is slowly killing Britain. Rejoin now.
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London’s loss is Madrid’s gain as global tourism body abandons UK due to Brexit. World Travel and Tourism Council blames ‘challenges linked to Brexit, such as constraints on talent mobility’ for exit www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
London’s loss is Madrid’s gain as global tourism body abandons UK due to Brexit
Exclusive: World Travel and Tourism Council blames ‘challenges linked to Brexit, such as constraints on talent mobility’ for exit
www.independent.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
London’s loss is Madrid’s gain as global tourism body abandons UK due to Brexit. World Travel and Tourism Council blames ‘challenges linked to Brexit, such as constraints on talent mobility’ for exit www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
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‘Reforming’ or leaving the ECHR…A raising of false expectations, based on populist dishonesty.
A demonisation of immigrants to mask the failures of government.
Lies about sovereignty.
A cynical refusal by politicians and media to tell us the truth.
So very Brexit.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
A demonisation of immigrants to mask the failures of government.
Lies about sovereignty.
A cynical refusal by politicians and media to tell us the truth.
So very Brexit.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
‘Who’s it going to be next time?’: ECHR rethink is ‘moral retreat’, say rights experts
As 27 European countries urge changes to laws forged after second world war, human rights chief says politicians are playing into hands of populists
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
‘Reforming’ or leaving the ECHR…A raising of false expectations, based on populist dishonesty.
A demonisation of immigrants to mask the failures of government.
Lies about sovereignty.
A cynical refusal by politicians and media to tell us the truth.
So very Brexit.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
A demonisation of immigrants to mask the failures of government.
Lies about sovereignty.
A cynical refusal by politicians and media to tell us the truth.
So very Brexit.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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“It is the Brexit playbook:…
It did not work then and it will not work now. Because once you agree that rights are the real obstacle, you have already handed victory to those who want rid of them altogether.”
Important read on blaming the ECHR for govt failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It did not work then and it will not work now. Because once you agree that rights are the real obstacle, you have already handed victory to those who want rid of them altogether.”
Important read on blaming the ECHR for govt failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer is lobbying Europe to join him in watering down the ECHR. This illiberalism will harm us all | Steve Valdez-Symonds
The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, refugee and migrant rig...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
“It is the Brexit playbook:…
It did not work then and it will not work now. Because once you agree that rights are the real obstacle, you have already handed victory to those who want rid of them altogether.”
Important read on blaming the ECHR for govt failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It did not work then and it will not work now. Because once you agree that rights are the real obstacle, you have already handed victory to those who want rid of them altogether.”
Important read on blaming the ECHR for govt failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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OUTRAGED minority still can’t cope with the idea that Brexit was tried, tested… and failed. 🤦♂️
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
December 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
OUTRAGED minority still can’t cope with the idea that Brexit was tried, tested… and failed. 🤦♂️
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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This #HumanRightsDay I am proud to be supporting Amnesty International’s efforts to support asylum seekers, immigrants, and refugees, as well as stopping the spread of dangerous authoritarian practices. Join me! amnestyusa.org/act
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This #HumanRightsDay I am proud to be supporting Amnesty International’s efforts to support asylum seekers, immigrants, and refugees, as well as stopping the spread of dangerous authoritarian practices. Join me! amnestyusa.org/act
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On a roll in the Sunderland Echo too!
Readers are encouraged to keep signing and sharing a petition calling for a public
inquiry into Russian interference in our democratic system.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/744215
Readers are encouraged to keep signing and sharing a petition calling for a public
inquiry into Russian interference in our democratic system.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/744215
December 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
On a roll in the Sunderland Echo too!
Readers are encouraged to keep signing and sharing a petition calling for a public
inquiry into Russian interference in our democratic system.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/744215
Readers are encouraged to keep signing and sharing a petition calling for a public
inquiry into Russian interference in our democratic system.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/744215
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Fantastic progress going on inside Parliament re Customs Union! 👏
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thirteen Labour MPs vote for talks on joining EU customs union
One hundred MPs voted for and 100 against the Liberal Democrats' bill, which would require the UK to begin talks with the EU for a new customs union.
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Fantastic progress going on inside Parliament re Customs Union! 👏
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Presumably, Reform will claim this was all years ago, and while he's completely innocent, "everyone" had massive presidential style election campaigns in Clacton back in the long distant er summer of 2024
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform campaign for Farage’s Clacton seat was a ‘juggernaut’, say candidates
Defeated Tory and Labour rivals describe force of Reform ‘machine’ as police assess claims of overspending
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Presumably, Reform will claim this was all years ago, and while he's completely innocent, "everyone" had massive presidential style election campaigns in Clacton back in the long distant er summer of 2024
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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All the losses we’ve faced from Brexit over the past nine years - which turn out to be far more significant than previously?
Start referring to them as Farage Taxes.
Start referring to them as Farage Taxes.
The Farage Tax: What The UK Pays For One Man's Ego
GDP down, investment down, wages down - but Farage’s influence? Higher than ever
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
All the losses we’ve faced from Brexit over the past nine years - which turn out to be far more significant than previously?
Start referring to them as Farage Taxes.
Start referring to them as Farage Taxes.
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FFS. If the far right had been this lukewarm and timid, they'd never have got their Brexit! This isn't the time to say what CAN'T be done, it's a time to decide what you want and to fight to make it happen. It's time to grasp that politics is the art of the possible! Fortune favours the brave!
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Britain is stuck with a failed Brexit that neither citizens nor leaders want. Here are three ways to fix that | Stella Creasy
While those who defend the status quo and those who say ‘simply rejoin’ the EU are both wrong, there is a new mood and a clear opportunity, says Stella Creasy MP, chair of the Labour Movement for Euro...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
FFS. If the far right had been this lukewarm and timid, they'd never have got their Brexit! This isn't the time to say what CAN'T be done, it's a time to decide what you want and to fight to make it happen. It's time to grasp that politics is the art of the possible! Fortune favours the brave!
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Project fear was wrong, it turns out it’s a whole lot worse.
December 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Project fear was wrong, it turns out it’s a whole lot worse.
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Rejoining the customs union is "the logical step for Labour at the next election."
I should think it'll be too late by then🙄
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I should think it'll be too late by then🙄
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?
The desperate search for economic growth is pushing the party to confront the issue that dare not speak its name
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Rejoining the customs union is "the logical step for Labour at the next election."
I should think it'll be too late by then🙄
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I should think it'll be too late by then🙄
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The owner of Reform UK ltd - Farage, has accepted £9m from Thailand resident Harborne.
Dubai Dick Tice in 2018 on George Soros donating to UK organisations:
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Vote Refuk - get crypto mafia
Dubai Dick Tice in 2018 on George Soros donating to UK organisations:
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Vote Refuk - get crypto mafia
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The owner of Reform UK ltd - Farage, has accepted £9m from Thailand resident Harborne.
Dubai Dick Tice in 2018 on George Soros donating to UK organisations:
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Vote Refuk - get crypto mafia
Dubai Dick Tice in 2018 on George Soros donating to UK organisations:
"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"
Vote Refuk - get crypto mafia
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Keir Starmer clearly recognises the damage Brexit continues to do to the UK economy, and the need to go further to repair the relationship with the EU.
Has he got the courage to put McSweeney and Glasman aside and do what needs to be done?
The clock is ticking!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Has he got the courage to put McSweeney and Glasman aside and do what needs to be done?
The clock is ticking!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Keir Starmer clearly recognises the damage Brexit continues to do to the UK economy, and the need to go further to repair the relationship with the EU.
Has he got the courage to put McSweeney and Glasman aside and do what needs to be done?
The clock is ticking!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Has he got the courage to put McSweeney and Glasman aside and do what needs to be done?
The clock is ticking!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Almost there!
November 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Almost there!
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November 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Come on, everybody, the magic 100,000 signatures is in sight. If you want our Parliament, not the Kremlin, to be sovereign in the UK, we need to get Putin’s puppets out of our politics & media.
Take back control.
Take back control.
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Come on, everybody, the magic 100,000 signatures is in sight. If you want our Parliament, not the Kremlin, to be sovereign in the UK, we need to get Putin’s puppets out of our politics & media.
Take back control.
Take back control.
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The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
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It’s Brexit that has made us all poorer, we can all see it. Any UK budget that tries to deal with the symptoms without tackling the cause will fall short, Scotland can do so much better with independence in Europe.
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It’s Brexit that has made us all poorer, we can all see it. Any UK budget that tries to deal with the symptoms without tackling the cause will fall short, Scotland can do so much better with independence in Europe.