1/ FREEDOM TO CARRY ON TOURING MUST BE ON THE UKEU RESET TABLE The Carry on Touring campaign’s founder, Tim Brennan said today, “There is now a coalition of the willing to get us back to work. The Government must deliver on its manifesto promise to address the challenges faced by touring artists

Great report from Louise Brown on musicians. Software engineers echo this: we too would like a mobility framework in place which works, not the restrictive TCA. Still waiting to hear back from my MP on points I raised. @nicktrench.bsky.social @timmoworldwide.bsky.social

Sounds like a plan

Here’s a summary of our recent EU/UK summit in Parliament last week. northeastbylines.co.uk/news/europe-...

Today, Carry on Touring will be holding an EU/UK summit in Parliament. We will be hearing about the issues facing the creative touring industry, including visa and work permits, 90/180 day restrictions on accessing the Schengen area, trucking, equipment and crew supplies, &

‘A Simple Ban on Political Lying Could Radically Transform Our Politics’ Just one small step would trigger a whole series of positive changes to democratic life in the UK, argues Neal Lawson bylinetimes.com/2025/01/22/a...

If you’re wondering what issues creative touring professionals face when looking at touring the EU, @UK_Music has summed it up here. www.ukmusic.org/wp-content/u...

5 years on from Brexit, there is still no workable solution to the creative touring crisis facing artists and crew wanting to tour the EU and conversely the UK. We’re seen a 74% reduction in UK artists touring the EU, and with increasing difficulty obtaining US visas, the opportunities for UK

10 days to go before Carry on Touring host our 2nd UK/EU summit in Parliament. 5 years after Brexit, there has been little progress in trying to sort out the issues facing creative touring both to and from the EU. Labour say they are the party of growth, yet the creative sector is on its knees.

Join our summit, buytickets.at/carryontouri...

It’s not just Musk - we need to stop British billionaires bankrolling our politics Keir Starmer needs to introduce new laws to cap individual donations and bar corporate political funding before it’s too late democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-not-ju...

As we approach the 5th anniversary of Brexit, #CarryOnTouring will be holding a UK-EU Summit in Parliament on 28th January 2025. Creative touring in the UK/EU is simply not working and there isn't much sign of any improvement coming soon, unless we see real change soon,

#RejoinEU 60,000 ✨️🎈🎉🎊 Keep going everyone! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Five years ago today, the Conservatives were handed another five years in power and a majority of 80 seats. And this man, who now bleats about every one of their catastrophic failures, giftwrapped that term for them. Never let Farage forget, he was their king-maker. ~AA

4 in 5 UK musicians have lost work because of Brexit: Unwrapping the legacy of Britain's EU exit on musicians. Shocking insight into how British musicians have suffered in the wake of the country's 2016 referendum to leave the European Union https://buff.ly/3ZyrZdV #brexit #music

Campaign to end discrimination against European touring acts - Artists, facing dramatically rising costs will overpay tax they owe https://buff.ly/3ZuRYmF #music #brexit #musicians

Come on Labour, you really need to start listening to the people. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Watch the video, how can we stop this flipping nut jobs from getting into power and destroying people’s lives???

Sounds like a plan www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/aus...

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says “We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants” Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY

Just when you thought it couldn’t possibly get any worse… ‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is considering plans to close a loophole that allows foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll British political parties, one of his ministers has signalled👏 bylinetimes.com/2024/12/06/k...

How much longer until they start to do something about it? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

BREAKING: “Policies were reformed deliberately to liberalise immigration. Brexit was used for that purpose, to turn Britain into a one nation experiment in open borders” Keir Starmer

The WASPI Campaign Petition calling on the government to “Introduce a compensation scheme for WASPI women” now has 79,438 signatures Let’s help them get it to the 100,000 they need #WASPI petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Is it even possible to hold a free and fair election anymore? With the talk of efforts to sway the recent US election in trumps favour and the efforts musk went to to ensure the win for trump. Is it time to think of another way to choose our leaders that can’t be subjected to biased influence?

“We are investing in growth” says Government this morning whilst still ignoring OBR report its quoting from says Brexit is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15% - a huge reduction in the country’s potential economic performance when every penny counts. How long can this be ignored?

Thread 🧵 on mobility arrangements after Brexit. 1. Brits generally seem to be aware of the 90-in-180 day problem they face since Brexit. But they are often gobsmacked to learn that the UK still welcomes Europeans and lets them visit the UK for a whopping 6 months per visit.

With threats from Putin that he intends to attack military targets in countries that allowed Ukraine to use missiles inside Russia, is it now time to arrest those traitors that enabled him by peddling Brexit and destabilising Europe?

Parliament today passed the Government Bill to bring the British railways back in to public ownership This is a fantastic move to bring a once thriving network back in to public ownership after years of decreasing standards under private ownership Now... Do water.... 👍

John Prescott, former British deputy prime minister under Tony Blair, has died aged 86, his family announce. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Narrator voice: “Little did he know…”

I am currently sat in a hotel in the Czech Republic. A country south of both Germany & Poland. In my lifetime, the Czech Republic was under the control of Russia. As was Poland. You have to be my age to remember 1989 clearly. Ukraine is east of me as I sit. 1/

We have real issues as ap species. We are apes, all of us. We focus on nonsense as our world changes physically from our actions. And our actions affect ALL species. All life. All future. Rich people LOVE crisis. It is an opportunity to make money. For them. 5/

"I didn't get where I am today without sheltering my wealth in an estate and buying a barbour jacket."

In this article in the independent, it say s the following: “The report said: “Superstar artists such as Harry Styles, Elton John and Coldplay command attractive offers to play in the EU, and have the resources to manage the obstacles presented by Brexit.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Just look at that map and marvel that we ran scared of an advisory referendum manipulated by dark far right money and the Kremlin. The self imposed sanctions of the turd that can’t be flushed or polished persists and doesn’t it look ridiculous.

Those people like Musk don’t want us to see things like this! Why the fuck isn’t this a thing everywhere? www.instagram.com/reel/DCeUahu...

absolute masterclass in calm, facts-based interviewing by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social

Man who told The Times in 2021 that he’d only bought his £4.25m farm to avoid paying inheritance tax to lead protest against inheritance tax 😂🤣😂 www.thesun.co.uk/news/3179317...

Why inheritance tax charges are really good for real farmers – but not f... youtu.be/s9J0GpnXNhY?... An inheritance tax charge helps farming to reclaim farming for farmers and for the benefit of the people of this country. Labour is, for once, on their side and even doing the right thing.

It might be a small family farm, but its also a small family farm worth quite a lot of money. Whether its small or 'family' is irrelevant. If a family owns a shop or a factory worth more than £1m then IHT is applied at 50%. All this change does is bring farms in line with other business assets

Left: Laura Trott, "The heart of the problem today is the lack of high quality places for looked after children.. I hope Labour will do more" Right: Bridget Phillipson, "We are doing more in 4 months than they did in 14 years" Trott blaming Labour for Conservative policies of 14 years

One day you’re driving along quite happily, but you suddenly have this mad idea to take one of your wheels off & lots of idiots encourage you. You then get in the car and start driving, but this time it’s awkward, you can’t quite control it, you’re veering all over the place, you can’t get through

Elon Musk’s AI turns on him, labels him ‘one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X’ fortune.com/2024/11/14/g...

Please sign! Petition the government to launch a public information campaign about climate change. Let’s not leave it to the media petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

£8.6 billion of unusable PPE has now been burned Why has no one gone to jail?

Thank you so much everyone for joining me here. It definitely has the feel of Twitter a decade ago. At the moment we can only upload 60 seconds of video (I’m sure that will improve) so for now I’ll post my films as YouTube videos. I do feel we must continue to call out the boll**** in other place..

How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump (Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam) www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...

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