This new party is good news as it splits the far right vote.

Senator Mark Kelly, "Rubio said the the old global world order has gone" "And it has because President Donald Trump blew it up" "What I'm hearing here in Europe is PTSD, it is the vibe I'm getting from our former friends"

The main argument against rejoining the EU is that it would "embolden Farage". Bullshit. It would expose Farage. It would force him to oppose the majority of voters, remind them that his last "Great Crusader" left us poor and powerless, and force him to admit he wants us to remain that way.

Agree

Rep. Jason Crow on Rubio's Munich speech: "Not only did he say things I found disturbing, what was also important was what he did not say. He never mentioned Russia once. He never mentioned China once. There was historically revisionism."

Rubio's speech at the MSC was not (and should not be) in the least bit reassuring for Europe, the fundamental substance not different to Vance last year This US Admin and Europe no longer share the same values This will continue to throw up risks in Ukraine, Greenland, big tech etc

In Rubio's worldview and imagination, the transatlantic alliance can only prosper if the Europeans pursue the same illiberal “civilisational” project as the Trump Administration And remember - he is the best they have That's how bad this is

Starmer supporters blame Nick Clegg for Starmer doing fuck all when it comes to rejoining Europe and improving our economy by £140 billion per year.

I’m happy that on his way back, he will be reminded by French values.

Alex Stubb on EU competitiveness - excellent "Economists look at crude GDP... but I look at our Gini coefficients.. & whether it's justice, least corrupt, open, welfare, environment, open media, gender equality.. I don't buy the argument we're doing bad. I'm actually bloody happy" MSC '26

Ukraine is ready to offer Russia a ceasefire if they hold elections Zelensky said.

Five European nations have determined that Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny. This was a cowardly act from a frightened leader. Russia has long acted as a terrorist state, relying on terrorist methods. 
Poisoning political opponents.
Silencing journalists.
Invading peaceful neighbors.

❗️❗️ Alexei Navalny died in prison after being poisoned with epibatidine, a toxin found in Ecuadorian dart frogs, according to the UK and European allies, - Sky News Lab tests confirmed the chemical — 200 times stronger than morphine — and will submit findings to the global chemical weapons watchdog.

So despite Trump tariffs and China dumping and high energy price imports due to Russia and OPEC, the Eurozone is over performing 👍

After more than a week of winter #Olympics , both Britain and Brazil are above China in the medals table 😜

Zelenskyy in Munich: “The Ukrainian Army is the strongest army in Europe, thanks to our heroes. “And I think it is simply not smart to keep this army outside NATO.”

I will worship any God who promises to stop this man becoming my MP.

🇺🇦❗️🇭🇺 Zelensky: Even one “Viktor” can think about how to grow his belly, not how to grow his army to stop Russian tanks from returning to the streets of Budapest.

Judging by recent Daily Mail articles showing Poles and Romanians fleeing Britain, now Farage regrets them leaving?

Keir Starmer has branded Reform UK as 'pro-Putin' at the Munich Security Conference 28% of Britons see Reform UK as pro-Russia, making them the only party the public see as more pro-Russia than anti-Russia yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

By refusing to even consider a customs union, Keir Starmer himself is the biggest block to closer ties with Europe. Unless he changes that stance, this is all just meaningless blather

The only comment I have on the Rubio speech is that I don’t want to spend too much time on the Rubio speech. Nothing is changing with regards to US policy. We don’t need to do a line-by-line analysis.

EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen to Keir Starmer at the the Munich Security Conference: “Ten years on from Brexit, our futures are as bound as ever, dear Keir. "It is in our common interest to be ambitious about our partnership. “We are in this together".

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, "I hope you don't mind about the European Union flag"

“We are not the Britain of the Brexit years anymore” Starmer says - and gets spontaneous applause even he hadn’t planned for. #MSC2026

Fighting age man flees his homeland to seek asylum on overcrowded island.

Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country? Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.

OTD in 2022 George Galloway released one of the absolute, all-time classics. He has yet to delete it, show humility, or confirm/deny if this means he in fact being paid to act like an idiot, or if he just does it free. #JustAskingQuestions

Historic youtu.be/-LJMDioY1jE?...

Starmer still thinks Britain is a great power. He’s deluded.

“You can’t trust the American dog anymore” youtu.be/DMPe_e-WRMk?...

Macron, "The EU was set up for peace and a Single Market" "But now, Europe has to learn to become a geopolitical power"

Merz: "The culture war of the Maga movement is not ours. Freedom of speech ends here with us when that speech goes against human dignity and the constitution. We do not believe in tariffs and protectionism, but in free trade." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It is clear Trump is already delivering for Putin, his master.

These brave Americans are cowards and corrupt. www.ft.com/content/fdd6...

The Labour reset for better relations with Europe is a bad joke. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I was sure the British state institutions will do something like this. What Mandelson? What VIP Tory Lane? Wha Russians money for Farage party members and others? Nope. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

One main message from the Palestine Action judgment is that Cooper and the Home Office really mucked up in how they went about the proscription.

In the discussion on using Enhanced Cooperation for single market deepening seem to forget that the EU treaties put a clear limit on Enhanced Cooperation - that it shall not undermine the single market or the economic cohesion of the EU:

Once Police was called to a London address as someone has spilled red wine on a sofa during an argument with his future wife. Not safe. www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

If these people say they are not feeling safe in London, why do they always come back every single day?

NEW The High Court rules the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful. What did the judgment say and not say, and what has changed and not changed. And what happens next. Quick explainer by me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

A court has ruled that the government's authoritarian ban on Palestine Action was unlawful. Time to stop criminalising the people protesting a genocide - and start ending the UK's complicity.

Conclusion on ground 2 - the decision to seek proscription was contrary to the Human Rights Act 1998 because it amounted to an unjustified interference with the rights protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.

Wow! Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report. This is a *big* legal win. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Labour has lost Wales. I think the Labour leadership in Wales did a big mistake for not siding with Scottish Labour leader earlier in the week.

In the get a goddamn move on department: UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves: “The future of our economy, security, resilience and defence is bound with Europe. Closer alignment isn't about choosing sides - it's about geography. “

This framing of 'the EU has never done multiple speed Europe' seems like a product of way too short institutional memory. Since the 1980s, major EU integration often happened in avantgarde groups, be it the Euro, Schengen, EU Patent, EU Public Prosecutor. The real change is a different one.

As an addendum a fun fact: Alexander Stubb, the current Finnish President, actually wrote his master's thesis on multiple speed Europe and other forms of differentiated integration, still available in the form of a peer reviewed article from 1996:

Hannah Spencer, the Green: I find it funny Matt claims to care so much about women's rights when he wants to tax them more for not having kids