Andrew Haslam-Jones

As ever, when people speak, they always tell you more about themselves than about that of which they are speaking.

In large representative democracies, this is where our current inadequate system for choosing our representatives (who should be people we trust to make decisions on our behalf) leads.

@t0nyyates.bsky.social can you let me have the venue and time for the 5 November Brexit drinks? Thanks.

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@stephenkb.bsky.social «ή γυναίκα είναι το ποδήλατο» ? Are you sure about that? 🤔

Oh, no! (I shall be forever grateful to her for reminding of what Britishness really means. May her wise soul commune with the great and the good that have gone before her.)

Bonnie Greer: British-American author and critic dies at 77

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Would not the world be a better place if we followed more (but not all) academics and fewer (but not no) commentators. (I often overcome twinges of misanthropy by imagining the person I am passing is a renowned but publicly anonymous academic, bit like Homeric “strangers could be gods in disguise”.)

This BBC article (published this am but updated this pm) is *still* recycling Reform misinformation. This is *not* what would happen. At all. It would be much worse (1/3) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@andyburnham.bsky.social Levinson 2?

What are the chances that the Jason Arday tragedy will lead to @andyburnham.bsky.social implementing Levinson II?

Do you want to hazard a guess at what this “jaw-dropping” list of freebies included? What luxuries asylum seekers might be being given “for free” in Thetford? Xboxes? Plasma TVs? iPhones? Ferraris? Let's take a look👀 🧵 1/22

@garyseconomics.bsky.social enjoyed your documentary. Lots of points well made. Lots of questions left hanging.

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Terry Reintke MEP, "Does the EU want the UK back?" "Abso-f*cking-lutely" "We want you back in the European Union"

Makerfield is - of course - hugely important, and perhaps Nigel Farage may be encouraged to fade away & spend more time with his £5 million "personal security" £££ & other donations - but today's biggest news is this: the real cost of Brexit to all of us. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nightmare for a friend of mine in London. Please share.

Could France's attack rival Brazil 1970 and Brazil 2002? Me @financialtimes.com featuring Ousmane Dembélé's wakeup man, Mbappé promising to defend (big if true), the mystery about whether Olise speaks French (or anything else) + Mbappé being mean about Cherki. Free to read as.ft.com/r/ef5004f1-4...

One part of U.K. is enjoying a Brexit boost 10 years after vote - The Japan Times share.google/gvQ2t1cuqQxc...

This strikes me as one way of explaining why our party political electoral system doesn’t work: www.facebook.com/share/r/1D3T...

Tomorrow’s Independent front page:

⚫ Mort du peintre David Hockney : le Britannique, chantre d’une peinture figurative virtuose, immédiate et sensuelle, lorgnant un pop art empreint de gigantisme, est mort à 88 ans. ➡️ https://l.liberation.fr/KjC

Stories like this about acts of heroism by people who are not white never go viral www.thesun.co.uk/news/3937252...

Anaka Women's Collective are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast Every penny raised will go to transport, emergency accommodation and urgent supplies for families, and to sustain helper networks for future emergency response

We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and others

Seems misleading, @benjudah.bsky.social ? How could UK be in Schengen if Ireland isn’t? On the euro, I understand the UK doesn’t fulfill the criteria and then it would still have to opt to adopt it (other EU countries have not adopted it even though they fulfill the criteria?)?

💥 97,500!💥 This Rejoin petition is so close to completion. Let’s tip it over the 100,000 mark to force the government to respond. Given the party in power now realises they need the pro-EU base - are they really going to refuse a debate in parliament on this? Let’s find out! Sign and share!

This is an unforgivably stupid situation. It is an astonishing own goal to try and drive student numbers down to move an immigration number that in turn is totally ignored by the anti-immigrant head bangers.

Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK We believe Brexit's not working. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin the EU, reverse the damage, increase tax revenues and restore opportunities in the UK petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

The Rejoin petition jumped from 70K to 75K yesterday. It needs to hit 100K by June 8th when the petition closes in order to get a debate in Parliament. The 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote is June 23rd.

Sign sign sign! #RejoinEU

daaaamn london

Truth-teller:

It just feels like even the BBC lobby correspondents have bathed in the elixir of absolute power. Though, to be fair, Keir Starmer has not yet embraced the challenge.

Vote vote vote: in Live Times poll in the Times today. Should Britain rejoin the EU? • Result: 75% Yes / 25% No www.thetimes.com/article/a831...

It's Europe Day! Today, we celebrate all that Europe stands for. And we celebrate all of us, the citizens of Europe. Because all together, we are Europe. Happy Europe Day!

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Brexit has been an incontrovertible success (for at least one person).

Apart from the question of the illegality of this threat, it may well please Reform supporters who appear to relish hurting other Brits, but it fundamentally misreads the national character that reacts obstinately to being threatened.

Maybe Cuba should just preemptively grant citizenship to all the children of South Americans deported by Trump? 🤷🏽

Bleachers cover The Waterboys’ Whole of the Moon youtu.be/RWRJTU50LGA?...

Iranian defies odds to defeat Trump.

For the love of God, could the "common sense" brigade PLEASE develop some actual COMMON SENSE?! No, the NHS has not ordered staff not to use the term "it's raining cats and dogs" for fear of either upsetting or offending anyone... Please engage your brains for a minute🙏 🧵1/15

To whose benefit?

This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee. What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18