Helen Gibbons

Helen Gibbons

@helengibbons.bsky.social

Financial translation Dutch-English • PhD research into British identity at University of Gibraltar • Shareholder rights • MA Cantab MML 🇪🇺🇬🇮🏳️‍⚧️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-gibbons-b0396b61/

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John Lees
@johnlees.bsky.social

I want to ask reporters what else exactly they want from Beth Upton. They wanted her booted out of female changing rooms, they got it. They wanted her on trial for misconduct, they got it, she was found totally blameless. They wanted her publicly named and shamed in the media, they got it…

Sophie Molly@sophiemolly.co.uk

Please share missfredawallace.substack.com/p/the-organi...

missfredawallace.substack.comThe Organised Dehumanisation of Dr UptonThe organised and sustained campaign against Dr Beth Upton (Editors note- article originally publish on Medium in 2025
Helen Gibbons
@helengibbons.bsky.social

Good thread on Schengen in context of Rejoin

John Springford@johnspringford.bsky.social

Thinking about the practicalities - the four freedoms make sense as a package because the movement of goods and services are facilitated by movement of capital and labour. And countries have different endowments and comparative advantages, so there needs to be benefits for all.

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Fergus Murray
@oolong.co.uk

If Labour wasn't dominated by cowards and right-wingers, they would have taken serious action to sort the BBC out by now. The Tories weren't subtle about stuffing it with their people. Now we're at a point where any expression of support for marginalised groups is seen as unacceptable.

Gareth Davies@garethtbij.bsky.social

What is happening to the BBC?! Pride pins edited out of University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move www.leicester.news/bbc-edits-ou...

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ moveTwo University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge
Helen Gibbons
@helengibbons.bsky.social

“Micheál Martin also said partition had made both parts of our island less diverse and less successful and described it as a ‘disaster’.” www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republi...

belfasttelegraph.co.ukDrumcree negotiators would have achieved ‘nothing’ in Good Friday Agreement talks, says TaoiseachIf the approach to the failed talks to resolve Drumcree had been followed by those who negotiated the Good Friday Agreement, “nothing” would have been agreed, the Taoiseach has said.
Helen Gibbons
@helengibbons.bsky.social

5:0… these scores keep coming... I was in the away crowd at Selhurst Park years ago when the chant of ‘Seagulls’ started up as a riposte to ‘Eagles’ (they rhyme more or less in South London). Before that, Brighton were Dolphins (for heraldic reasons – never worked!) www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

bbc.comGomez scores stunning goal as Brighton thrash PalaceDiego Gomez scores a sensational goal from the halfway line as Brighton hammer rivals Crystal Palace.
Helen Gibbons
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This is good: PP is definitely stuttering. When I heard Feijóo pre-empting victory the other day, I couldn’t help thinking of Neil Kinnock in Sheffield in 1992.

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European Movement UK
@europeanmovement.co.uk

"That's what has got us into this position that we're in, where we've turned away from things that we should have dealt with." Andy Burnham responds to Plaid Cymru MP Ben Lake's question, saying we need to decide where we want to take this country in the next decade.

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Tony Vaughan KC MP
@tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social

Brexit has added costs, delays, and uncertainty to British businesses. If we want investment and growth, we must seek a closer relationship with the EU. #folkestone #hythe #romneymarsh #europe #brexit

Helen Gibbons
@helengibbons.bsky.social

The Sorolla Museum in Madrid reopens tomorrow at long last. Some views here of the immersive exhibition ‘Sorolla, una nova dimensió’ in 2023. Perfect capture of the Valencian shoreline and Albufera.

Helen Gibbons
@helengibbons.bsky.social

Border reconfigured. Two vehicle lanes directly into Spain from Gibraltar, bypassing the closed-off ‘Loop’, which is earmarked for use as a public transport interchange

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Rob Ford
@robfordmancs.bsky.social

Also obvious and often forgotten: underlying maths here changed. A lot of people still analyse politics of Brexit as if the split in the public is still 52/48, with leave both an overall majority and more efficiently spread, with most seats majority Leave. None of that true now

Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social

When I say the politics will become increasingly obvious... I mean look at this. If you want to unite the left/centre and split the Tories, without a big spending committment there's no better option.

Helen Gibbons
@helengibbons.bsky.social

I’ve spent a week testing rice varieties for basic home-cooked paella: the winner is J Sendra by a wide margin, for its creamy interior and great socarrat. Albufera (a cross of Sénia and Bomba) is a good choice for fiestas, when you want the grain to hold up, but maybe not so much for the kitchen.

Helen Gibbons
@helengibbons.bsky.social

Sánchez duly lost these key votes and it feels already like a new political era in Spain. If called, early elections could be on Sunday 29 November. www.independent.co.uk/news/parliam...

independent.co.ukSpain's government set to lose key vote in Parliament to ratify emergency housing measuresSpain’s government looks set to lose two key votes it needs to ratify a package of emergency measures aimed at tackling the nation’s housing affordability crisis when Parliament convenes on Friday ami...
Helen Gibbons
@helengibbons.bsky.social

This is a strong and thought-provoking piece. I’ve been aware of divergent attitudes to Israel on either side of the Irish Sea since I visited the tiny Jewish museum in south Dublin, testament to a vanished community

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Nick Lloyd
@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social

Impressive ice well in Fuendetodos, birthplace of Goya. One of ~1000 in Aragón, Catalonia, Valencia, Murcia Built during Little Ice Age (C16-19th). Were big business in Eastern Spain. Ice collected over winter in sierras, stored+shipped to cities until early C20th when technology rendered obsolete

Helen Gibbons
@helengibbons.bsky.social

Agree the Garvaghy Road dispute has the potential to bring down power-sharing. And ‘gesture of tribal superiority’ - that’s what it looks like. This is the most contentious march in NI. How did the Parades Commission reach such a determination?

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Helen Gibbons
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Hard to find a better source of insight into the Unionist mindset than Susan McKay, born in Derry, alumna of Trinity Dublin and holder of honorary doctorate from QUB

Helen Gibbons
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Major test for Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Bryant, flying urgently to Belfast with the Drumcree stand-off becoming entrenched www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...

bbc.comDrumcree: Protests as controversial Orange Order march due to go ahead for first time since 1997The march down the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road, which in the 1990s sparked some of the most serious disorder in Northern Ireland's history, will go ahead after a series of courtroom challenges.