I think you're quite right, many will join before the UK. But some of them are simply more cooperative and see the value of integration today.

Well done to Montenegro. Had an interesting discussion recently with someone tangentially involved in accession, and there's a possibility only they will make it.

I remember several yrs ago (+more recently) when I predicted to Brexiters+ex-Remainers ex-Yugoslavia states wld join🇪🇺before🇬🇧 "No way",they said,"we are already aligned". Well done Montenegro,can't wait for you actually to join our Union,welcome!👏 🇬🇧is so far from being ready. bsky.app/profile/euco...

Congratulations to Montenegro - today we took a big step towards your accession to the European Union. The decision to establish the Working Party to draft the new Accession Treaty is a key milestone.

Hello lovely people of Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency When you are pondering whether to vote Lib Dem just remember that the candidate is actually a long standing Tory who switched because he has no chance as a Tory just like his boss MacDonald #VoteSNP #VoteSNP

It's false balance, frankly, and he is not a good actor, as you point out

...Some people have a track record of being serially wrong, and Singham is one of them. Having him in on any platform signals unseriousness. (2/2)

Oi, oi, oi, Why did the UK peers listen to a known charlatan as Singham? There is no way that the EU will be open to mutual recognition, and that is well-know for years, even in UK. Why have a guy which is part from the Tufton street cabal that supported the Truss budget??? (1/2)

My latest blog piece looking at the turmoil in the Labour party, Starmer and Sarwar are both on borrowed time, and deservedly so. Labour's problems were created by its own deceit and hypocrisy. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/04/22/s...

We've got an excellent way to devalue UK currency: Brexit.

Still expecting special treatment because "we're UK, we're SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT!". It hasn't worked since 2016 and it won't now or whatever happens in the world. EU process is what it is. It is designed through compromises to work for 27 countries. If anything, I expect it will take UK even longer.

It's much harder to rebuild than it was to tear down our EU position. Are the UK people, ready to accept, as I am, The Euro, Schengen, an EU Army and majority voting with limited veto? I fear we need to punish ourselves into destitution and beggar status first and this may take another decade.

"If you don't support us doing mean things to foreigners, then the people with genuine concerns will vote for Farage, and then REALLY bad things will happen to foreigners." It is as cowardly as it is insulting from Labour. And that is why. 13/13

And if in power, they will cheer these very bad people on doing very bad things to foreign people. Or at the very least do nothing stopping them from doing very bad things. And Labour knows that. They KNOW how dangerous these people are and are actually blackmailing us with it. 12

These people are NOT normal people who have genuine concerns about immigration. These are very dangerous people. Because they are brainwashed and have become radicalised. They will vote for very dangerous people to get in power. 11

We know have reached the stage where the people with "genuine concerns about immigration" now know more about immigration in other countries than the people who are from said countries. And let's make one thing very clear. 10

After all, I only lived there for 4 decades, still have family and friends living in Amsterdam, and actually was in Amsterdam for over 2 weeks spread over 3 trips last year. And my daughter spend 4 days in Amsterdam visiting her gran during her interrail holiday too last year. What do we know? 9

Oh well, that changes EVERYTHING. I am sure you know better what is happening in Amsterdam by watching some videos from far rights scum like Tommy Robinson and Radio Genoa than me. 8

No, no it really isn't. You shouldn't believe everything you read online. And I can know. I still have family and friends there, I was in Amsterdam 3 times last year, it is fine. "Oh yeah, I have seen VIDEOS of it. I didn't get it from the news. Videos, showing how bad it is." 7

"Oh, that place has gone to shit, eh?" Pardon me excuse me WHAT??? "Shit. With all those immigrants, terrible. Just like Germany, awful, REALLY gone to shit." 6

And immigrants, they are breeding. JUST BREEDING AND BREEDING. Last weekend was the cherry on the cake so far. The shop owner we were talking to asked me where my accent was from. Netherlands. Oh, where in Netherlands? Amsterdam. 5

Claiming Devon AND Cornwall have both been completely overrun and taken over by illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants are not just raping and stealing everything, but being rewarded for that with free luxurious accommodation, free mobiles and free private healthcare on top. 4

And not just the usual suspect, taxi drivers. People cleverly disguised as friendly grandparents sharing a waiting room at the garage. People working at a reception. Just normal looking people in normal every day situations. 3

Over the last year and a half or so, I have noticed complete strangers coming out with the most horrible stuff about immigration / immigrants like it is the most normal thing in the world to say, something that NEVER happened before, at least not to me. 2

I am sorry, but these people have lost their minds, and I hope they get absolutely annihilated at the coming local elections. Let me tell you why. Over the last 26 years, I have lived in the UK for 11 years, including the last 10. All the other years I spent weeks, each year, visiting family etc 1

Is it just a coincidence we’ve had three women “of colour” promulgating these extreme policies? It just shows if you have indefensible policies, choose carefully who want to present them so you can swat away criticism. And there will always be someone unscrupulous or ambitious enough to step up.

Yep, it's not her colour. Or her sex It's her hideous fascist policies. Oh, wait, does that make me a "white liberal?" I suppose I'll have to fuck right off then. OK, wilco.

So they shook off the fleas and got rid of the socialists and the human rights supporters. They've screwed over the immigrants, the disabled and trans people. Now they're telling the white liberals to fuck off. Who's left? The genocidal right wingers, the transphobes and the self deluding. Genius!

As a white liberal who recently did fuck right off - to the Green Party - I concur

Labour’s share of the vote in today’s YouGov: England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 17% Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 14% Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 12% On 8 May we’ll see how well Labour’s ”fuck off” strategy has worked.

"We want you white liberals to fuck off. Vote for us!" - Labour, 2026

This grubby, morally bankrupt clique must be driven from British politics.

Well let's see how this strategy of telling "white liberals" to "fuck right off" works out in the local elections

Folk in England are rightly concerned about the level of promotion the BBC gives Farage's Reform, and the probability that this will sway voters. It's nonstop anti-SNP coverage from the BBC in Scotland - and has been for years. Yet despite this it is still by far the most popular party.

The Daily 'Talking Up Scotland'... Our very own Lord Haw Haw broadcaster, doing what it does best... The Politicisation of BBC Reporting in the 100 days before the Scottish Election 2026 talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/04/20/n... 👍 MAY 7TH 2026 👍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿SNP1 Green2🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Fiona Stalker, a BBC Radio Scotland presenter, is married to Leah Stalker. They married in 2022 and have publicly discussed their shared experiences with endometriosis and women's health issues. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐭. 👇 uk.news.yahoo.com/broadcasters...

Starmer's man in Scotland - Anas Sarwar - apparently cosied-up to Farage's Reform UK MSP, Graham Simpson, on three separate occasions in Holyrood in a bid to “work together”, as well as the time Offord has mentioned. 🥀 Vote Labour, Get Reform

Starmer is hanging everyone out to dry in a bid to save his neck, and nobody has the guts to challenge him before the evisceration of Labour in next month's local elections (when they will all start lining up).

'never knowingly mislead the public' keir starmer lies. that's what he does. this was posted by @saulstaniforth.bsky.social on his twitter feed back in 2023. starmer has only lied more, and more, and more since then. he even promies self-id for trans ppl in here and we all know what he says now.

Not much political judgement going on here if Isabel Oakeshott does not realise that Farage & Tice are senior members of the British establishment. Relevant here is that Oakeshott is the partner of Richard Tice jumping to the defence of Tice & his tax evasion.

www.thenational.scot/news/2603630... does she mean by " election was not about Westminster or the Prime Minister." They are the same party and Starmer is her boss. What a joke Labour are. They are not a Scottish party.

As there is no such party as Scottish Labour as it's just a branch office of the UK Labour party then of course a vote for it is an endorsement of Keir Starmer who is the leader of Sarwar's party so once again Sarwar trying to gaslight the people of Scotland. #LabourLiars

"Lack of a Central Bank in the EU is a weakness of the euro". Ever heard of the *checks notes* European Central Bank or ECB?

The single market would obviously work even better and be even more efficient if all the members were also part of the eurozone If the UK joins and retains GBP it would be like Texas (the 2nd largest state by GDP) not using the USD The 🇺🇸 single market would still function, but less efficiently

And STOP with the “yes but Denmark” bollocks Denmark has an absolute opt out, just as we once had, but we gave that away The only economies size wise we should compare ourselves ($3.4t) to are Germany ($4.5t) and France ($3.2t) and guess what? They’ve been in the eurozone for 25 years

Did I mention, the euro is bloody brilliant?

Some facts, UK: - The euro is great for users - Adherence to monetary union is part of the initial criteria for membership applicants - It is a central part of European unity - The far right will make unity about the euro - Europe needs commitment for trust So, don't wait. Make the case today. €

Supermarkets need to be held to account. They make massive profits, yet seem to escape the scrutiny of banks and fuel producers. SNP want to cap prices on food essentials. The press have been anti. France have done it and want to do more. Making life affordable for people is surely a good thing,no?