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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 5h

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6h

BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 5h

There were many seats with a 3 or 4 way split last time.
Next time it will be far more important. Getting rid of the Tories was always likely to happen last time around. Next time, far more is at stake - if Farage wins it will be a disaster on a scale far worse than the previous 14 years.

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 7h

Surely that's where voters need to put a peg on their noses and parties need to target where they do and don't campaign. Can all be done within party rules.

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 8h

Hezza has had a superb Tory Party Conference, and thankfully he has had a lot of media attention.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 18h

Lord Heseltine, "Brexit is now having a debilitating effect on the UK.. It will be reversed, not it, when..The deception of Brexit has exposed Britain"

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 8h

Interesting thoughts. Zack P has said his "red line" is to block a potential Reform government. Should any pact be on the table to stop this?

Sandy Martin @sandyofipswich.bsky.social · 16h

I don’t believe that Farage would ever get more than 1/3 of the votes- but on this performance under First Past the Post he would sweep the board with seats. It is now imperative that the government should set up a National Commission to design a system so every vote counts and Farage can’t win

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?

By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 22h

Wow! We are turning the tide...

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

New polling by YouGov, commissioned by Best for Britain, shows: Potential Conservative voters are now more than twice as likely to consider Brexit a failure for the UK (46%) compared to a success (22%).

Here’s what else we found: https://bit.ly/46LZq1G

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d

👏👏👏 Greenland to join the EU alongside Iceland & Canada please. 🙏

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European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu · 1d

"Greenland needs the European Union, and the European Union needs Greenland." 🇬🇱🤝🇪🇺

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen spoke at the European Parliament today, emphasising the potential of broader and stronger cooperation with the EU.

Read more: link.europa.eu/wwffTf

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Charley Robinson, Head of Global Mobility Policy, Universities UK: "We're really supportive of the UK rejoining Erasmus is going to provide that kind of critical, long term, sustainable funding for students, staff mobility and exchanges."

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Rejoin Campaign @rejoincampaign.bsky.social · 1d

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 2d

Very worrying. But at least the hauliers will be able to drink Sovereign Tea whilst queueing in an orderly British fashion...

eurovanman.bsky.social @eurovanman.bsky.social · 2d

A big Brexit benefit coming in 5 days time …..

EES could push British hauliers to breaking point

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 2d

Spot on Hezza. And well done to Victoria Derbyshire for allowing him to speak without endlessly interrupting.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Victoria Derbyshire, "You described Reform UK as the right wing fascists of 1930s, why?"

Lord Heseltine, "Because that's what they are"

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 5d

Kemi Badenoch doesn't seem to understand that the ECHR was set up to protect everyone from people like her.

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⚫️🐦‍⬛ 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @theskyisnotblue.bsky.social · 3d

🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests

🎥 Luka Kurshubadze

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 3d

When you thought she/they couldn't get more incompetent...

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4d

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 3d

Both. Lib Dem and Labour both got a slot, as did Farridge and BadEnoch

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 3d

Well said Gary Neville.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/gary-ne...

Gary Neville says 'angry, middle-aged, white men' have created division in UK

Gary Neville has said that "angry, middle-aged white men" are creating division in the UK.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 4d

It is anti-Green bias for sure, but nothing "extraordinary" about this. Par for the course for Kuenssberg...

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 4d

This is very true. We do need a stronger Tory party with our FPTP electoral system.

East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 4d

It feels wrong to say it… but Britain needs the Conservatives to get their act together.

Why?

The Bear explains.

The Tories are not okay – and we urgently need them to be

The Conservatives’ collapse into outrage politics isn’t just their downfall – it threatens Britain’s democracy and stability too

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 4d

Theo Paphitis supported Brexit. Now he says this.

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 6d

Sign and share the @europeanmovement.co.uk open letter to the Northern Ireland Secretary calling on the UK to stay in the ECHR.

www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_e...

@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social @leedseurope.bsky.social @glasgowforeurope.bsky.social @emwandsworthmerton.bsky.social

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Tata Tedoradze🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @tatatedoradze.bsky.social · 5d

This is us - the Georgian people!

We will not stop until we win!

#GeorgiaProtests

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 6d

Pecksniff's musings on the Labour Party Conference and those conferences yet to come. Arguably his best piece yet.

East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 6d

Burnham breaks ranks, Labour breaks out in panic —

@pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social has the story and more observations on the politics of today...

Pecksniff: At last! ‘Rejoin the EU,’ says Burnham

In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 6d

Protesters from all over Georgia are coming to Tbilisi for today's big rally. This is Khelvachauri.

🎥 Tatia Nikolashvili

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 6d

Leaving the ECHR, and scrapping the Climate Change Act, would halt efforts to improve the UK-EU trafe deal ... perhaps that's the point.

Alignment on food & environment standards is key to lowering food prices and the cost of living, and has 3-to-1 public support.

Tory plans would block it.

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 6d

Leaving the ECHR, as the Tories now propose in a desperate attempt to out do Reform in nastiness, would compound the damage done by Brexit, taking more rights from UK citizens and destabilising Northern Ireland again.

But that's not all.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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If you liked Brexit, you’re going to love what the Conservatives want next | Polly Toynbee

Leaving the ECHR could mean higher food prices and an even bigger blow to trade. The Tories’ new proposals will end the party for good, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

www.theguardian.com

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