I'm not sure many Brits understand this. Whenever I'm interviewed by international companies or agencies now, I always mention my passport and what it means. The reaction is overwhelmingly positive. Prior to Brexit, this was never something I would have considered raising.

The Irish Passport "it has a superpower no other document has: unfettered access to both the UK and the European Union, with no need to get an online permit in advance,"  UK tourists urged to use 'superpower' travel document to skip EU airport queues. share.google/pHlZ3p0frVv6...

Quick Quiz: ID all accurately to Number the Odd One Out. Judge's decision final 😎

Quick Quiz: ID all accurately to find the would be Odd One Out. Judge's decision final 😎

Quick Quiz: ID all accurately to Number the Odd One Out. Judge's decision final 😎

I don't remember that as a Vote Leave selling point? 🤔 & I see we still get the debunked "vaccine roll out" bollox as the only "benefit" www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...

Why is more not made of the fact that UK chose to give up **85%** of its (wholly reciprocal trading barriers free) *internal* market when it left the EU? Its internal market is now smaller that UK itself for GB goods sales.. & it is **never** going to offset this 85% loss elsewhere

Europeans are going to be hearing "The 28th Regime" mentioned a lot after 30th Sept, when the public consultation ends. Here's a quick 🧵 summarising what the idea is. TL;DR: It's not a new Star Wars Movie. It's a proposed new better version of the EU Single Market.

I'm betting that the EU27 will gain greater access for its exporters to the Indian market than did the UK with its FTA, while giving less & fewer concessions in return.. "India, EU close to free trade deal amid US tariffs turmoil – DW – 09/16/2025" amp.dw.com/en/india-eur...

Quick Quiz: ID all accurately to Number the Odd One Out. Judge's decision final 😎

now a good time to bring up the Falkland Islands?

“Defra has no effective system of oversight for [biosecurity] border controls”, which is “not simply an operational concern but continues to present real threats to the health of UK animals and plants and therefore the viability of our sector” Sigh!! 🙄 committees.parliament.uk/committee/52...

& the stupid thing is that the UK could apply to join Schengen too (thus avoiding the coming EES chaos), even with the "no SM, no CU, no FoM" bollox the pathetic Labour Govt wants to adhere to "The Brits who beat Brexit: Gibraltar celebrates its return to Europe" share.google/nrLmKf69Gmil...

Yes. UK is reverting to its (less choice at more cost & longer delivery schedules) 1970s trading model x.com/vivamjm/stat...

Truly incredible to think, in 2025, nine years after the vote, a retired trade & logistics expert from britain, still needs to repeat this👇 Voters need to take responsibility for this too. Pro Brexit parties won in 2019 & 2024. The same brexit those flagshaggers in London yesterday support.

Starmer had a choice. Hard truth or easy lies. And here we are.

They can go fuck themselves then.. They deserve everything coming to them..fuck all growth. & Brexit still isn't yet (TCA, WF or EES) fully done No prospect of UK rejoining EU in my lifetime, says Starmer’s reset negotiator | Foreign policy | The Guardian share.google/vekn4wn5Y4Ah...

Predictable things that were predicted are happening....

I've only been warning for 9 yrs that UK won't have the extra ops (personnel) capacity needed for life outside the jurisdiction of the Single Market & customs union (thus needing regulatory/SPS & customs border *control* against it) for same trade throughput. www.politico.eu/article/ille...

Not the best of photos & I'd rather imbibe Keo & watch from my balcony than take a series of photos...but the last full moon of Summer now going thru lunar eclipse. I know if I'd been born here in Cyprus I'd have a much greater interest in astronomy. You can actually see things in the night sky here

Belarus says hi 👋 they didn't even bother joining. saved on the membership fee too! Yep. that's GB, sans NI and Gibraltar outside the European community. Maybe they want to leave the ECHR to fit in better with their neighbours? We could call it a belarussian brexit h/t @vivamjm.bsky.social

Quick Quiz: ID all accurately to Number the Odd One Out. Judge's decision final 😎

Using Sen Raskin as an example we now know how easy it is to break the Brexit spell. Plain speaking facts and don’t let the fuckers off the hook. Yet we have 650 MPs who don’t have the balls.

..& is a UK trading policy of asymmetrically unilaterally favouring & advantaging the EU (their exporters over UK's own counterparts) .. You'd have thought the Brexiters would be livid at this? 🤔 But then if they demanded "taking back (border) control" it'd expose Brexit for the alt. "self harm"

Whole UK NFEU labelling was a Tory sop to the DUP as they knew NFEU for produce sold in - legal needed - NI only would mean some GB suppliers not bothering (extra costs). Meaning NI buyers more likely to look S rather than E; further ensuring quicker IE unification www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-...

Brexit was, and continues to be, an enormous, costly, time wasting shitshow.

Again worth pointing out these facilities *were NEEDED* for the Brexit that UK wanted, negotiated & got. Some of us been warning since 2016 UK would not have ops ("red tape"personnel) capacity it needed for this. Brexit choices were always as follows...1/5 www.politico.eu/article/brex...

Quick Quiz: ID all accurately to Number the Odd One Out. Judge's decision final 😎

Only so many ways I (we) can say told you so.. It's only not worse as Brexit (TCA borders) not fully done & prob now never will be, unless Reform win GE, as Labour now openly celebrating permanently unilaterally advantaging EU (their exporters)...& smuggling www.thepharmacist.co.uk/in-practice/...

"Destination X" I just watched the final episode. Good stuff...but "Km's travelled so far" clue. WTF?? There is no hope is there. The use (or not, in the case of plurals) of apostrophes is so fucking easy, but apparently not...even on the BBC

I still can't get over how stupid UK was to vote to leave the EU .. To actually choose to make yourselves poorer, with fewer rights & freedoms, less choice for more cost, to see UK breaking apart, descending into ugly English nationalism behind a (still descending) Gammon Curtain

Again, as long ago tweeted, Trump might achieve "victories" over US long trusted *interdependent* allies in the short term, but he has in many ways accelerated America's demise in the medium term. "Europe Finally Saying No to the F-35 - National Security Journal" share.google/u0d58v8MA33p...

quick thread on the latest brexity "Jam Tomorrow" announcement from UKGOV. 👆 TL;DR: There is no SPS deal yet. Negotiations haven't even started. @profjacob.bsky.social @vivamjm.bsky.social @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social @quietriotpod.bsky.social

If only there was a way of telling how it was leaving the EU single market that is the biggest reason for the lack of economic growth. NI has been impacted by Covid, Ukraine, high energy prices and global downturns too, like the rest of UK, but, is still in the EU SM for goods. Oh! 4/4

for those interested, here's more detail about the vital SPS deal brexit britain needs from the EU to finally, "get brexit done". yep. it's still not done.

quick thread on how brexit excluded the UK from EUratom and notably EUROfusion, which had a breakthrough recently with Wendelstein 7.x in Germany, edging us closer to limitless, clean & green energy. TL;DR: Brexit Had Nuclear Consequences for britain 1/7

Quick Quiz: ID all accurately to Number the Odd One Out. Judge's decision final 😎😎

Quick Quiz: ID all accurately to Number the Odd One Out. Judge's decision final 😎

Quick Quiz: ID all accurately to Number the Odd One Out. Judge's decision final 😎

Quick Quiz: ID all accurately to name the (non Merlin engined) Odd One Out. Judge's decision is final 😎

After 9 yrs of trying & now feeling (celebration of being shat on by Trump a little less than on the other guy) UK going backwards on understanding trade, I think might be time to leave UK to wallow in its self inflicted shit & me to fully enjoy my retirement in Cyprus. Sorry @nick1webb.bsky.social

Posting this weeks ago on X Trump has fucked it all But of course he must still be worshipped by Brexit Taliban. So now tariffs way outside those on max reciprocal tariffs permitted on schedules agreed by all 166 members(inc USA) to avoid repeat of escalating trade wars, are perfectly fine of course

The British establishment have a long history of love for fascists. It seems that love is still strong.

All the Brexit "free traders" getting excited because Trump has shat on UK exporters a bit less than on the EU's.. Would they also advocate Wales leaving its union/single market, thus causing trade barriers with rest of UK, in favour of a hope of say a 5% US tariff on their produce?? Fucking nuts.

Why is there so much disinformation allowed to persist over tariffs when it is so fucking easy to understand? Tariff is just a word for *import tax* paid for by the importer to its Govt & passed onto the importing country consumers. . 1/3

Quick Quiz: ID all accurately to Name the Odd One Out. Judge's decision final 😎

(As a smaller, weaker more desperate market) "We can make our own trade deals" . Of course it is always easy to drop your pants more (on imports) *to the others' exports* over your own counterparts. "Twin wins for Indian auto sector in free-trade pact with UK | Mint" share.google/SWLYk4VyozNk...

I did also for many years since 2026 warn "Brexit will get worse before it gets worse" .. 1/3 UK vehicle making hits lowest level since 1953, excluding Covid www.bbc.com/news/article...