"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate."

It comes as no surprise that Trump has put the interests of his fellow autocrat Orban ahead of the needs of the democracy of Ukraine against Russian imperialism, but it is infuriating nonetheless. The democracies of Europe must be more decisive. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... (1/2)

As a matter of justice, the Russian dictatorship must be made to pay for its brutal aggression against Ukraine. European citizens will have to pay more for their security in future, but Russia must pay first! If the Russian invasion of Ukraine is defeated, future EU defence spending can be lower.

Don't let Reform and the Tories take the UK out of the ECHR, a bulwark of freedom and human rights that the UK helped to write 75 years ago!

75 years ago today, the European Convention of Human Rights, ECHR, was created. The UK played a key role in shaping it. We should celebrate the ECHR & the vision of all who brought it to life. We must resist regressive & cynical moves to rip us out of the convention!

The European Commission has adopted stricter rules on visas for Russian nationals. From now on, Russian nationals will no longer be able to receive multiple-entry visas. Instead, they will have to apply for a new single-entry visa each time they plan to travel to the EU, allowing closer scrutiny.

🇪🇺❌ The European Commission has banned the issuance of multiple-entry visas to Russian citizens. Now the Russians will have to apply for a new single-entry visa every time they plan to travel to the EU.

Russia’s top tank maker Uralvagonzavod is slashing around 10% of its workforce and freezing all new hires by February. Insider reports suggest some divisions could lose up to 50% of staff, pointing to a steep drop in military orders or state funding. Even Russia’s war machine is running out of fuel.

The EU is ratcheting up pressure on governments reluctant to agree on funding for war-ravaged Ukraine — telling them if they don’t force Russia to foot the bill, they’ll have to do it themselves.

3 weeks ago, we handed in a petition signed by over fifty-five thousand of you, calling on the Government to keep Britain in the European Convention on Human Rights. Following the 75th anniversary, our message is clear - the ECHR is essential for our rights and freedoms, and we must remain in it.

Just hours after Czech Parliament Speaker Tomio Okamura boasted about removing the Ukrainian flag, three new blue-and-yellow flags appeared on the building. Parties including ODS, STAN, and Piráti raised them from their office windows in defiance.

The UK was instrumental in creating the ECHR. Now the Council of Europe is ready to reform it we should be leading that conversation, not walking away from it. Leaving the ECHR now would be a profound mistake.

Orbán buys one of the best-read newspapers of the country. This is a major deterioration in a media environment that is already heavily politically controlled, as highlighted in my recently adopted report. This cannot go on - there are no fair elections without free information!

This is why the UK and EU must impose stronger sanctions on the Ivanishvili regime in Georgia. Despite determined and often heroic resistance by pro-democracy campaignrrs and thousands of ordinary Georgians, democracy is being crushed by the illegitimate pro-Kremlin government.

We’ve just released our new video asking people across the UK what Europe means to them. Now we want to hear from our online community - what does Europe mean to you?

The EU Council & European Parliament have associated Ukraine to the European Defence Fund, enabling Ukrainian firms to join future collaborative EU defence research and development projects. The decision recognises Ukraine's key place in Europe's defence. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

"Comrade Putin, a terrible mistake has been made!" As Russia's economic situation worsens by the day, and the 3-day war approaches 4 years, it's not surprising that the autocratic Kremlin regime sees any critical or authentic voices as a threat. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

It's been a few days since Trump announced his "deal" with Xi. It's now clear that Trump got fleeced. America gave up lots and got nothing. It's a story you should know bc few things matter more than the U.S.-China relationship. 1/ So here's a🧵

The ECHR ended the criminalisation of gay men in Northern Ireland. It ruled that private life should remain private and that equality before the law applies to everyone. These freedoms only exist because the ECHR holds governments to their own standards.

The ECHR ruled that the UK’s surveillance laws were too broad and open to abuse. It demanded transparency and safeguards to stop the state from spying on its own people. The ECHR remains the line between government power and individual freedom, and it must be kept.

On Thursday 13 November at 12 noon, @camukrainistyka.bsky.social are hosting an extraordinary panel (in English) of Ukraine's thought leaders and cultural activists at Gonville and Caius College on contemporary Ukrainian culture. Free admission. Register at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/contempora...

Zohran Mamdani wins with >50% of the vote. Clean sweeps in statewide races in New Jersey and Virginia. Pennsylvania retains all democratic Supreme Court justices. California passes prop 50. This is the best possible outcome that could've happened tonight.

Persistence isn’t the thing we lack, that’s for sure. #TerrorinGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests 📷 Merab Metreveli

"People telling you that leaving the ECHR wouldn’t have consequences for Northern Ireland either do not understand its importance, or they’re not being entirely truthful." As these are the same people who championed Brexit, we can safely say it's the latter! eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...

👏 Today marks 75 years since the creation of the ECHR. We should celebrate the vision that Winston Churchill showed in recognising everyone’s human rights. But there are now calls for the UK to leave ECHR. As with Brexit, leaving would strip all of us of fundamental rights. The Bear explains

Giles is right, 0.4% of GDP to defeat Russia's aggression against Ukraine and defend democracy and freedom in Europe is an absolute bargain. Next week we'll pause to remember the far higher price, in lives and money, that previous generations paid for the freedom we have today. Let's do our bit.

Join our in-person panel discussion on Erasmus+ & Youth Mobility today! 🗓Tues 4 Nov, 6PM 📍Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Alfred Quantrill @yem1.bsky.social Maria Kurinna, Youth for Inclusive Europe Prof. Ian James, University of Cambridge Free tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/restoring-...

Seventy-five years ago, Britain helped create the European Convention on Human Rights, a promise of life, liberty, and fairness under the law. It has strengthened justice, protected victims, and upheld equality. These rights are ours to defend.

This is good, supporting Ukraine's accession to the EU must also means supporting Ukraine's vibrant civil society and strengthening measures to tackle corruption. Democracy must win the war, and the peace that will follow.

Chancellor Reeves blames a "rushed and ill-conceived Brexit" for contributing to tge economic mess she inherited from the Tories. Is there any form of Brexit that is not "ill-conceived"? Is there any speed at which the impact of Brexit would not be damaging? news.sky.com/story/chance... (1/2)

"The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns" - @bylinetimes.bsky.social

In campaigning for the UK to quit the ECHR, Farage is continuing his collaboration in Putin's war against democracy, human rights and international law The only European countries outside the ECHR are Russia and Belarus. Farage is a traitor, serving a hostile foreign power.

Tomorrow, we will adopt our Enlargement Package, which will commend Ukraine’s remarkable commitment to its European path over the past year. The Commission’s message is clear: Ukraine is ready to move forward.

Good call with President Zelenskyy. Ukraine will not face this winter alone. The EU stands with you, providing emergency energy support to help Ukraine through the coming months. At the same time, we are working on options to ensure the necessary sustained financial assistance to Ukraine.

Opposing NATO expansion is a nonsensical policy. If countries want to join it, they can. Nobody's twisting their arms. Not sure what "non-militarised" security involves

Join us tomorrow evening for a panel discussion on EU-UK Youth Mobility and rejoining the Erasmus+ programme. 6PM, William Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Free registration www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/restoring-... @yem1.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social

Who would have thought that Nigel Farage's prescription to grasp the "opportunities of Brexit" would be to slash protections, wages and welfare support of ordinary people, in order to cut taxes on millionaires? Farage wants a UK safe for oligarchs and despots. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...

"By a whopping two-to-one margin, voters now favor the pre-Brexit immigration system to the one that has taken shape since leaving the EU." Even among Reform UK voters, more wish they could go back to pre-2021 migration rules! ~AA www.politico.eu/article/labo...

Join us tomorrow evening for a panel discussion on EU-UK Youth Mobility and rejoining the Erasmus+ programme. 6PM, William Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Free registration www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/restoring-... @yem1.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social

"Until the end!” - my favourite slogan (sounds “Bolomde” in Georgian). Day 340 of daily #GeorgiaProtests, despite the regime jailing those who stand on the road (or get a face mask, the lack of which results in an EUR 1,700 fine too). 📷 Droa party

I knew Gill and Farage and the rest of the UKIP crew in the European Parliament They were crooks and shysters to a man They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Only 32 signatures missing to hit the target! Friends, fellas, let’s go! The UK sanctions are particularly painful for the regime and they cannot even hide it! www.change.org/p/urge-the-u...

Transferring frozen Russian assets to Ukraine isn't just the most practical funding option, it's also the morally correct one. It both punishes Russia for its war of aggression, and weakens Russia financially. EU citizens will have to pay more for security, but Russia must be made to pay first!

🇺🇸 The US is demonstrating what the future could be for much of the world. ⚖️ Trump’s purges of immigrants, centralisation of power, suppression of dissent, rewarding of loyal oligarchs and contempt for truth and the law are not unique. https://bit.ly/4oHcriR

The human cost of Russia's deliberate attacks on Ukrainian civilians continues to mount. In one attack Russia used an expensive Iskander-M ballistic missile to target civilians at a petrol station, pure terror with no military purpose. united24media.com/latest-news/... #RussiaIsATerroristState

For years, Europeans have treated Vucic with kid gloves, believing that he remains a guarantor of stability in the chronically unstable Balkans. Today, it should be obvious that the opposite is true, write @vtcherneva.bsky.social and Piotr Buras @ecfrpower.bsky.social https://bit.ly/3LhbwaH

An amazing sight in Novi Sad, Serbia - another Putin-allied regime facing huge resistance. And it’s another Gen Z-led movement. 🇷🇸👏

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in the Serbian city of Novi Sad right now. Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia. A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today. (🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)

#Farage took us out of #EU, reminds @yorkshirepost.co.uk letter: “Do we really trust him with another leave campaign?” Now #ReformUK Ltd’s boss wants to drag Britain out of Churchill’s legacy: #ECHR - threatening #HumanRights & #NorthernIreland peace 🕊️ #StopReform 📣 #ProEU 🇪🇺 #RejoinEU #UKPolitics