A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.

“There is little chance of Brussels allowing the UK to ‘cherry pick’ further access to the single market sector-by-sector, in the manner Starmer laid out. His proposal sounds like yet another case of Brexit wishful thinking from a UK PM” @ukandeu.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/new-year-sam...

Basically "Sell it to us or we’ll take it by violence", pure gangsterism.

We've had cost of living crises before which did not lead to today's loss of faith in democracy among so many. We also know this by looking at other countries. There is a far wider story of discontent --->

Sidepoint: I am finding the idea of Ukraine – which has the most effective army in Europe – learning that Britain and France are going to send in a few thousand to observe peace once the war is over, darkly funny. "Phew, thank god the big guns are here to save us!!!"

So, if Trump’s line that “it’s our hemisphere” means he objects to Greenland being Danish, is he also going to object to the Falklands being British, Guyane being French and Curacao being Dutch?

The public thinks that Brexit “has made everything worse”, new poll reveals www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Finland’s battle against fake news starts in preschool classrooms.

The European Commission is consulting on making EU free movement rules fairer, including with the launch of a European Social Security Pass and a skills portability initiative. ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

Starmer prepares for parliamentary battles over imminent EU ‘reset’ bill. Planned legislation could hand ministers significant powers to forge closer regulatory ties with Brussels. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... @theguardian.com

Joint European statement (FR, DE, IT, PL, ES, UK, DK) on Greenland: "Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland." stm.dk/statsministe...

It’s good to see (some) European solidarity today. My solitary Substack was about why Britain should look to Europe, not just California for tech answers. Beyond Silicon Valley: substack.com/@danhowl/not...

BREAKING: “What is becoming increasingly apparent is the falsehoods that were peddled by Nigel Farage and others at the time of the Brexit referendum…all you had to do was leave the EU & you would have £350m a week for your NHS, well it hasn’t materialised” PM Keir Starmer

Hesitations about Britain fully participating in Europe’s single market appear to be because of fears about freedom of movement causing a surge in immigration. But, as I wrote years ago, that fear is unfounded: labourlist.org/2018/06/rich...

Brexit migration shifts: Benchmarking the UK to Germany. Analysis shows that Brexit was not a tightening of borders but a reallocation of mobility regimes, from an EU-centred labour mobility framework to a global, skills-selective migration system. cepr.org/voxeu/column...

Why part of Central Europe does not want the euro. Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary repeatedly postponed the adoption of the single currency for reasons that are political than economic. www.lesechos.fr/monde/europe... @lesechosfr.bsky.social

Danish PM urges US to stop 'threatening' to take control of Greenland following US President Trump's claim that the US "absolutely" needs the territory for national security. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

Starmer signals new plan to unpick Brexit harm a decade on from EU referendum. Prime minister says closer alignment to the single market could be in the national interest, but rejects customs union idea. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Eva Schloss, a Holocaust survivor and the stepsister of Anne Frank, has died at 96.

‼️Date for your diaries friends‼️ Saturday 20th June 2026! Let’s make this BIG!! 🇬🇧🇪🇺💪

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

"Estimates of the.. loss to British gdp [from BREXIT] range from an irksome 4% to a dismal 8% Some voices in Britain’s governing Labour Party are floating the once-taboo idea of rejoining the customs union." 1/

Date for your diary It has been 10 long years since the #EUReferendum Time to rejoin #EnoughisEnough

Britain and the EU should be bolder in getting closer How post-Brexit Britain should approach relations with its nearest and biggest market www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani is officially mayor of New York City

Trump is wrong: ‘woke’ policies aren’t the real threat to Europe | Nouriel Roubini www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Very true, when it comes to endless bilateral cherry picking. The EU is, however, interested in major steps like rejoining the Single Market or the whole EU and Customs Union. At this stage, anything smaller is just wasting people's time. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

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‘We live with war over our heads’: the Romanian villagers threatened by Russian drones www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

“The harsh truth is that the eu’s interest in softening the impact of Brexit is limited. It has many higher priorities, including Russia, internal economic reform and its own expansion” Via @TheEconomist www.economist.com/britain/2025...

Zelenskyy accuses Russia of trying to sabotage peace talks with ‘typical Russian lies’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

What will James Dyson, who supported the euro to "save" UK manufacturing, Brexit to end EU vacuum cleaner regulations, and the replacement of EU farm subsidies to maintain his farm income, propose?

Ditch Brexit divisions and forge closer EU ties as Trump 'unreliable", says TUC leader - The ridiculous Starmer red lines are well past their sell by date!

I have absolutely no sympathy for Dyson. He campaigned for Brexit and then moved his business away. I believe the correct description is "traitor".

Brexiters rage at the consequences of Brexit

Brexit: an endless FFS. Particularly the dull-arsed, stubborn refusal to face up honestly to the extent of the idiocy and the cost we’ve inflicted on ourselves.

2025: Liz Truss criticising Keir Starmer over the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah 2022: Liz Truss as Foreign Secretary trying to secure the release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah

I honestly don’t know how we survive in Georgia. Groceries are as expensive, or sometimes more expensive as in Western Europe; okay, rent is somewhat cheaper, but median national monthly salary is about EUR 400. How do people have children, not to mention all else?..

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How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It’s the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote next year. Time, I think, to stop asking if leaving was a mistake and to start asking whether now trying* to join the EU is in the best interests of the country. *This is to ward off people telling me accession is up to the current member states; I know.

Bulgaria prepares to join eurozone amid fears of Russian-backed disinformation Balkan country will become 21st country to adopt EU currency, with policymakers hoping move will boost economy www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

From CBC News #NovaScotia #Canada President Zelenskyy meets with Prime Minister Carney in Halifax

It has been 395 days of continuous demonstrations in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi. Our citizens demand the resignation of Georgia's mostly illegitimate and pro-Russian government, the release of political prisoners, and the return to a pro-European course.

“British steel still can’t escape Brexit taxes” for now but Labour’s reset “negotiations will take time, and until they are complete British steelmakers will face higher costs selling into the EU — by far their biggest overseas market.” Lying fascist tapeworm👇 www.politico.eu/article/brit...

Mutual free movement’ for UK and EU citizens supported by 84% of Brits, in stunning new poll Omnisis poll suggests opposition to free movement was based on lack of awareness and the UK government failing to enforce the rules yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...