Tony Blair recently urged the UK to stay close to the US for security reasons. But as Trump backs away from NATO, “business as usual” is not an option, argues Derrick Wyatt on @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

Speaking in Madrid yesterday, Pope Leo XIV stated: "I encourage you to nurture the process of the European Union, which is not merely a counterweight to other powers, but a gift to humanity."

With the Chișinău Declaration, member states purported to co-define the substantive meaning of the ECHR’s guarantees. LINA SOPHIE MÖLLER argues this crosses a line that no diplomatic moderation can neutralise. verfassungsblog.de/crossing-a-l...

Good to attack Putin in Petersburg. But please don’t hit the Aurora.

Tony Blair has history on the EU. And it's not all good. encompass-europe.com/comment/blai...

Tony Blair has history on the EU. And it's not all good. encompass-europe.com/comment/blai...

Liberal England: Michael Meadowcroft (1942-2026) Sad news this morning. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/06/mich...

Now's the moment for Labour to deal properly with Europe. @labour4europe.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk @europeanmovement.co.uk encompass-europe.com/comment/blai...

Well put! Blair’s article confirms that the disastrously confused thinking debilitating #Labour today has its roots in earlier decades.

Now's the moment for Labour to deal properly with Europe. @labour4europe.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk @europeanmovement.co.uk encompass-europe.com/comment/blai...

encompass-europe.com/comment/blai... @andrewduffeu.bsky.social

England is never going to join the EU as long as supposed pro-Europeans try to pull the wool over people’s eyes. You cannot join the EU without committing to adopting the Euro €. It is all clearly explained in the Copenhagen Criteria. “Rejoiners” really ought to read the document. It is important.

Good piece. So that is why a more viable alternative is to draft a new intergovernmental treaty on security and defence whose signatories include Iceland, Norway, Ukraine and the UK. Its main purpose will be to prepare the newly enlarged EU to operationalise Article 42(7).

German Chancellor Merz proposed an 'Associate Membership' for #Ukraine. Whereas the political inspiration of the proposal is clear, its translation into practice raises significant questions... @romanpetroveulaw.bsky.social @verfassungsblog.de #EU #enlargement verfassungsblog.de/towards-an-a...

A new national conversation, or just the same old one? New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog discussing the different strands of the now intensifying revival of discussion about Brexit, including the latest developments in the 'reset': chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-ne...

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Whatever the precise institutional mechanism, it's surely the least that Starmer's successor (or, for that matter, Starmer himself) should commit to. On any account, Brexit was a major strategic decision. As such, it's axiomatic that it should be formally reviewed. 3/3

David Miliband says the security and prosperity of the UK depends on an “institutionalised, deep and strong relationship with the rest of Europe” and the UK needs a reset of its relations with the EU at “a much higher dosage” than the govt is planning. #JoinEU www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Climate whiplash seems good for hostas.

Perhaps the “top official” should read what I and several others have been saying for at least 20 years. Just a thought.

Perhaps the “top official” should read what I and several others have been saying for at least 20 years. Just a thought.

Foreign Minister Sikorski on support for Ukraine and NATO security: "We hope that Vladimir Putin recalculates now that Ukraine has been granted additional resources by the European Union and that weapons are flowing from the United States."

I suggested the need for it last June (chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/afte...) and, more importantly, @andrewduffeu.bsky.social proposed a Royal Commission last August: verfassungsblog.de/the-case-for.... 2/3

@alpinkerton.bsky.social You may be interested in this, which is about how the UK could join the European Union. www.epc.eu/publication/...

I’m wondering whether to write another book. What do you think ?

Labour govt seems to have lost its wits. Price controls at Tesco’s ? Who are they kidding ? More cheerfully, Streeting’s attack on nationalism hits the target. @labour4europe.bsky.social

Belgian MP asking US Ambassador a question, while pointing out the international rules violated in the past year.

There is so much rubbish said by Leavers and Remainers alike, and by Starmer and Burnham, that it may be worth re-upping this recent post. Good luck everyone. www.epc.eu/publication/...

What delusion !

Is it too soon to be bored of Labour's leadership contest?

The way to do it www.epc.eu/publication/...

But god save us from yet another Special Relationship. Much better to prepare to join, as I say here. www.epc.eu/publication/...

WOW! "Britain's future lies with Europe - and one day, back in the European Union." Former health secretary Wes Streeting says the UK needs a new special relationship with Europe, as he calls Brexit a 'catastrophic mistake'👏

Burnham and Streeting should tell us what they intend to do about Europe. Here are some options. www.epc.eu/publication/...

Burnham and Streeting should tell us what they intend to do about Europe. Here are some options. www.epc.eu/publication/...

Burnham another for my theory that looking like you enjoy/even relish public life is a pre-requisite for connecting with public. Starmer, May, Sunak, Reeves, Brown always look slightly pained. Johnson, Burnham, Farage, Polanski -even back to Blair/Cameron look like they relish it

The Labour leadership contest will in part be about Europe. Burnham sounds purposeful, where Starmer is just vague. www.epc.eu/publication/...

I’m also hoping the local Lib Dems will think twice before standing in this by-election. @libdems.org.uk

I hope this isn’t true. There are times when it’s more important to put country before party. This is one of them. Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy & counter the dire threat of a Reform UK government elected on a minority of the vote

One of Niall's best threads. It's good that people like Andrew Duff are looking at the process of joining, but joining is not a tick-box exercise and the EU has serious reservations that must be met. The decision will hang on the EU's assessment of the UK's long-term commitment and trustworthiness.

The headline is pure Daily Telegraph. The article is intelligent. www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/232f74f... @colinfreeman99.bsky.social

The Labour leadership contest will in part be about Europe. Burnham sounds purposeful, where Starmer is just vague. www.epc.eu/publication/...

Britain’s post-Brexit ungovernability. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog discussing last week’s elections, the Labour leadership crisis which has followed, and what both tell us about post-Brexit politics: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/brit...

brexit / english politics is a source of great amusement to Europeans Andrew. Opening of parliament was the funny bit at the end of the news, right across the continent, this week. "And finally...on brexit Island....." A Swiss colleague put it beautifully 👇

This closing paragraph by @andrewduffeu.bsky.social is superb. It should be double underlined. This is a civilisational issue. The UK needs to embrace Europe - liberal, democratic - as it's home. And that needs to be it's permanent abode. That debate needs to start today. 11

Andrew Duff is one of the sharpest commentators on Euro-UK matters, but I fully expected to be annoyed by his latest paper. It's in fact a very solid contribution to the debate, albeit Panglossian. The idea that I found annoying was that Europe needs enlargement for security. A 🧵

We used to call the Tories the stupid party.

The EU Commission's Opinion on British membership cannot be uncritical about the UK. But it will be sympathetic. I suggest new EU-UK confidence building measures: a new security and defence treaty, capital markets and banking union, deregulation, and asylum & immigration measures. 2/2

Labour needs a new leader who understands the EU better than Starmer. Here I describe how Brexit can be reversed step by step. The UK must understand the wider context of EU enlargement, focussed on Ukraine, and the importance of backing EU constitutional reform. 1/2 www.epc.eu/publication/...

Labour needs a new leader who understands the EU better than Starmer. Here I describe how Brexit can be reversed step by step. The UK must understand the wider context of EU enlargement, focussed on Ukraine, and the importance of backing EU constitutional reform. 1/2 www.epc.eu/publication/...