dear English people: as the realisation sets in that brexit was likely a gift from Russia via Epstein, be wary of those who tell you "you're not ready to be European". there's no such thing. You are already European.

A petition calling for a public inquiry into pro-Israeli influence in Britain has reached over 50,000 signatures. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

In england this week for the mid terms. slapped on BBC 6 Music about 3 hours ago. Can't turn it off. A brilliant music channel. Craig Charles til 4 and now Huw Stephens. I don't think it's geolocked.

brexit benefits latest update 👇

Wow, now that's a picture. If only women aged 18-59 could vote in the UK parliament.

Really fascinating conversation with @shashj.bsky.social from The Economist on Russia’s weaknesses as well as strengths

how can labour keep ignoring the value of the EU single market?

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CNN editor at this mornings desk meet: "oh fellas..I need a headline that avoids saying theft, illegal occupation, ethnic cleansing, annexation or land grab".

@dphinnemore.bsky.social might be of interest 👇

HMRC just published payroll data for the UK...and it turns out, Northern Ireland is the *only* region in the UK with positive growth in the labour market. NI is actually outperforming London in the labour market! Which is unheard of in the 103 years history of NI as a UK region. 1/3

Euro speculation for Sweden fits the vibe of President Stubbs „join the European Union, it gives you protection“. For the EU it’d be better to have Sweden in the euro than the UK rejoin the Union, since the latter remains consumed by domestic politics. 1/ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

@joenoonan.bsky.social you catch this? 👇

Monarchies across Europe are teetering as more Epstein revelations highlight "the outrageous lifestyles they so readily led". Most hold token positions in modern democracies, apart from the UK, where the British Royals & Monarchy Inc. are the backbone to the class system and very powerful.

When the right wing are fact checked they are pretty much always shown to be lying....

the Czech deputy PM went on quite a journey there. "The EU is not democratic" to "I'm not saying the EU is undemocratic" quicker than it takes farage to light a cigarette.

A man who looked like he hadn't slept for a week and could turn violent:

Ah here! Using tiny text on a sign like that is just plain mean.

"I don't think young people are inspired by political unionism. They want the best prospects, and are interested in social and ethical issues." Almost 30 years since the GFA, it's refreshing to see how NI has changed. Young people in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 also want #ScottishIndependence & reject Unionism & Far Right.

this really is quite something: "After complaints from a pro-Israel group, the British Museum appears to have removed the word ‘Palestine’ from ancient exhibits". It's one thing to steal someone's history but to erase it too. Wow. metro.co.uk/2026/02/15/b...

The Dublin Agreement was a huge deterrent. People knew if they arrived in UK & had claimed elsewhere, approved or denied, they would immediately be returned. Now that data sharing is no longer an automatic right. The UK lost access to several shared mechanisms when it left the EU

this former UUP councillor echoes the sentiment amongst a lot of unionists in NI today. I imagine there's similar sentiment in Scotland & Wales. Put simply: Brexit has changed the conversation in NI and selling "the union" to voters has become an impossible task. 1/2

It just always astonishes me how people like them can be so incredibly, publicly bigoted and still consider themselves, not just progressives, but victimised. Imagine the exquisite martyrdom if someone belittled their ethnic identity in this way. @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com

Oli, Tony's son set this up. Give it a click and a share. www.tonywilsonarchive.com

Oli, Tony Wilsons' son, set this up. Give it a click if you know who Wilson was....and if you don't - you should listen to more music. www.tonywilsonarchive.com

Zelenskyy received a standing ovation after his speech at the Munich Security Conference.

This weeks Munich conference will go down in history as a very significant milestone in EU history. I like Sylvian Kahns' use of baroque imagery to describe how novel & unique an entity it is turning into. New ideas for a New age. 👇

we're still arguing about "a proper brexit" as if it's 2016. Labours red lines of no to SM, no to CU and no to EU are 10 years old now.

I agree. It's really interesting. And new. The conversation in Britain really needs to change about the EU....it's evolving into, as Macron puts it, “ a radically original political construction of free sovereign states….not an old-fashioned construction”. GB seems stuck in 2016 .

Sylvian Kahns «L'Europe : un État qui s'ignore» argues the EU has accidentally built the "new state": mutualising sovereignty while promoting the freedom of member states. A quick 🧵on the crossroads the EU faces as it expands east and Canada says hi. TL;DR: "Atlanticism is dead. Long live the EU".

this thread illustrates well how the EU is evolving into a new form of "state cooperation" everyone is struggling to put a label on. the problem for brits is they still see the EU through a 2016 lens...it's not *just* a CU, SM or Currency anymore. It's much more.

As the EU evolves into a new idea of "state cooperation", the problem with the British is they still think & talk about the EU as if it is 2016. The EU has changed a lot since then. It's not *just* the SM, CU or EU anymore. It's evolved into a new idea that we have not yet found a label for yet. 👇

trump: "tariffs are working" farage: "I can't be bought". in plain sight.

UK's @channel4news.bsky.social has a report that the total Epstein files amount to potentially 15 Terabytes of data, which means that less than 2% has been released.

@thatproviso.bsky.social I think your account has been hacked Peter. Just saw some crypto spam reposted from your account.

Having lived and gone to school in USA I'm sure this is right. Brexit was the trial-run for the use of social media to win the minds of people who ignore politics. It worked!

I have written to Wes Streeting, following his private admission that Israel has been committing war crimes. History will shame those who could have spoken out against the genocide in Gaza, but chose to serve in governments that aided and abetted it instead.

Wife: Why didn’t you do the dishes yesterday? Me: the dow is over $50,000!

🚨🚨The revelation of the #epstein files is an invaluable source of taking down corrupt powerful public figures linked to the convicted paedophile. Latest head to roll seems to be former SG og @coe.int Thorbjørn Jagland whose immunity has been lifted. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/coun...

“Are you firmly in favour of rejoining the European Union?" - Robert Peston “Firmly very much in favour. Brexit has been a disaster under any criteria, under any measure" - Zack Polanski

what's left unsaid here is where do we Brits want to be in this new EU. A rule taker on the fringes, clinging onto the side or at the heart of Europe, helping steer the ship?

we have an opportunity to jump on board a new EU...a choice of being a rule taker on the fringes, clinging onto the side, playing friends with Trump or at the heart of Europe, helping to steer the ship.

Horrific. #Trump #Bondi #Epstein

Dr Raied Al-Wazzan, originally from Iraq and living in Belfast for over 30 years, shares his professional & personal experiences and his thoughts on how minority ethnic communities need to be part of the all-island conversation👇

the big question for Scottish & Welsh people as May elections approach, for Parliament & Senedd elections, is do you want to be tied to London, governed by pro brexit parties seemingly riddled with russian rubles & pals of epstein?

@vivamjm.bsky.social ¦ @anandmenon.bsky.social @quietriotpod.bsky.social ¦ @lizwebster.bsky.social Quick thread on how the EU single market gets a major upgrade with the 28th Regime, expands east into Ukraine & Moldova quickly with new DCFTA deals and asks were britain fits in👇

"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm" www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw... #R4Today

interesting thread on the potential options open to the EU now. And, dare I say it, an opportunity for us brits to re-engage with a "baroque" EU?

Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, after more than 100,000 people signed petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...