Time perhaps to remember what the Delphic Oracle said to Croesus: attack the Persians, and you will destroy a great empire.

There’s a living example of this in a white house just across the pond

This lady is a quiet hero who represents the true values of England, where flags have always been for high days and holidays and occasional moments of collective celebration. Not cheap symbols. Let’s take them down, including in 10 Downing Street.

The UK is rejoining Erasmus Plus and Europeans are looking forward to our return. Listen here to find out why from Abraham in Belgium

2026 is a pivotal year for UK–EU relations, and a stronger membership gives us the clout to push for real progress. Join now, back the campaign, and we’ll send you a tote bag as a thank you.

The UK is rejoining Erasmus Plus and Europeans are looking forward to our return. Listen here to find out why from Tamara in Armenia #erasmusplus

#internationaldayofeducation #educationforall #globaleducation

Erasmus Plus will bring so many benefits - not least strengthening positive, practical relationships between organisations

Attending launch of report on Transformative Learning for a Sustainable Future - valuable thinking from oursharedworld.net @ioe.bsky.social and other key partners

The new leader of the free world?

There goes her credibility and the credibility of that prestigious award. Obama should send his back to the Nobel committee staring he no longer wants to be associated with it as long as those two fucking clowns (Trump and Machado) have tarnished the meaning.

Yesterday evening we were delighted to be joined by Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Paymaster General and Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations, at our Parliamentary reception. He spoke on the importance of programmes such as Erasmus+, and joined us in celebrating our return in 2027.

Delighted to have worked with @europeanmovement.co.uk to celebrate #Erasmus+ at Parliament last night. Special thanks to @pippaheylings.bsky.social for hosting, @sirnickharvey.bsky.social for leading and minister Nick Thomas-Symonds for speaking and all who attended https://:cill-uk.com/campaign

Erasmus+ has supported projects such as study abroad programmes, teaching exchanges, and job shadowing It is open to people of all ages and backgrounds, not only university students.

Lessons from 1940 which feel all too relevant today. Happy New Year! bit.ly/AHblog2601

Great - at last! - to hear from a minister’s lips first “Erasmus Plus” and second “of course… it isn’t just a university exchange programme”.

This is what persistence looks like. Rejoining Erasmus+ shows that change is possible when people keep pushing for it, and it strengthens the case for going further in rebuilding our relationship with Europe.

Absolutely fantastic news that the UK will join Erasmus Plus. This will bring great opportunities for young people and educators in schools, youth groups, sports, vocational and adult education and more. Read the full announcement www.gov.uk/government/n...

Erasmus Plus creates amazing opportunities for young people. Sometimes it even creates young people! Join the national campaign to get the UK back in this as soon as possible www.cill-uk.com/campaign

We need the PM to address the nation: explain the security, climate and economic emergencies we face, announce the end of the special relationship, scrap ridiculous red lines, and apply to rejoin the EU at the earliest possible opportunity.

“Nor is the history of fanatics half so striking in respect to the measureless self-deception of the fanatic himself, as is his measureless power of deceiving and bedevilling so many others”. (Melville, Moby-Dick)

I was pleased to meet @zoejardiniere.bsky.social this morning - a hero of the struggle for reason and humanity in these dark and dangerous times.

Congratulations to @uktradebusiness.bsky.social and @bestforbritain.org for the excellent and comprehensive report on the youth mobility / youth experience scheme proposal. This makes it real.

London 26 - our educational visit programmes for secondary/high school students or over 18's - is now open for registration! If you/your school is interested in sending a group please get in touch. All details on our website at www.cill-uk.com/london25 #lifeskills #internationalexchange #schoolvisit

Find out more and write to your MP at fundedbyerasmus.co.uk

“Democracy does not endure on political structures alone. It is nurtured in our libraries, museums, cinemas, archives, and theatres – spaces where people learn to think critically, to empathise, and to belong.” More of our politicians need to talk like @engelschmidt.bsky.social

Following on from our very successful London 25 programmes we are pleased to announce our London 26 educational visit programmes for secondary/high school students or young people who have just left school. Read more here:- www.cill-uk.com/london26 #educationalvisitprogramme #lifeskills #visitlondon

It’s so reassuring to know that we can abuse and discriminate against other humans in a harmless and polite way. Obviously when I call Mr F a loathsome venomous grifting snake, I am doing so with the greatest respect and consideration for his feelings.

I’m pleased to have been elected to the national council of the European Movement @europeanmovement.co.uk . Hoping that in my own small way I can contribute to the dialogue and partnerships we all need for a safer and saner future.

This is good news. @anilseth.bsky.social is an outstanding thinker. His recent Humanists UK lecture on consciousness and AI was thought-provoking on many levels.

A system that diminishes the rights of people fleeing persecution isn't just impractical, it's a failure of our common humanity. Vital that once asylum seekers are granted refugee status, they are able to build their lives with certainty about their future & a sense of welcome.

Hark! Do I hear voices from the far right singing the praises of this person with a non-English-sounding name. No. Just the continuing squeak of rats and the slush of sewage.

Excited to be at the #voltairelecture of @humanists.uk by Prof Anil Seth on “What is consciousness and could AI have it”!

Join us at 16:30 GMT today for a Stakeholders update on the UK National Campaign for #ErasmusPlus us02web.zoom.us/j/84743227149

Attending the annual meeting of the #platformnetwork of European youth organisations, in beautiful #Liechtenstein. What a pleasure to be back with this international group of professionals, anticipating the UK’s return to #ErasmusPlus

Thank you @tamsinshasha.bsky.social

He uses the old trope about immigration destroying “our culture”. What can he possibly mean? Surely nothing to do with the colour of peoples faces? (But will any journalist put him on the spot?) The only impact of immigration on our culture throughout history, i.m.o, has been to enrich it.

Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns. They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings. That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.

One odd thing that is left out of the small boats discourse is how much the problem was directly caused by Conservative policy – specifically Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal. 2018: 299 small boat arrivals 2019: 1,843 arrivals Truss’s 49-day premiership: 10,523 small boat arrivals

I went past the rally in Parliament Square today. A couple of thousand peaceful protesters. Surrounded on all sides by a cordon of police, and literally dozens of police vans. This is absolute intimidation. What is happening to this country???

I am not a Green Party member but this video is great. We need more like this from all progressive voices, to call out the extreme right (ie all rw parties, currently, and their media supporters) for what they are.

I’ve just been at a meeting on UK-EU policy. It brought home to me the real divide we face. On one side, policy makers who have no idea what matters to ordinary people or how to communicate with them. On the other, ordinary people who neither know nor care about abstruse policy discussions.

Gov. Pritzker: “It's wrong to deploy the National Guard and active duty Marines into an American city over the objection of local law enforcement, just to inflame a situation and create a crisis.”

This is leadership

This petty, vindictive man (and the many like him) can only ever think about small-minded solutions to second-level problems. We need politicians to be a force for good, and to speak of what they would do to make us economically, socially, culturally and morally better off.

Absolutely blown away by the incredible state of the art new media centre at @chaosgroupuk.bsky.social which I visited today. A world class facility on the Roseland, #Cornwall. Congratulations to Babs Rounsevell and her amazing team. I’m proud to call them my friends.

The Brexiters simply have to be defeated now. There is no way of accommodating their emotional outbursts with the national interest. There's no way to improve our economy while respecting their demands. So they have to vanquished.

An appropriate occasion to get out my old EU Presidency tie - designed, like so many European things, in the UK.

I am looking forward to joining this gathering today. No great expectations of the summit, but perhaps it will be a small first step in the right direction. Sadly we can already guess which voices, and whose odious face, will get the most airtime in the next 24 hours. #ChooseEurope

We have a chance to improve our relationship + trading terms with the EU, give musicians + young people more freedom and make travel easier… And Brexiters are howling about betrayal, fish, ‘holding all the cards’ and immigration. Same lies. Same prejudice. And same failure if we don’t ignore them.