My street now

This is now my ambition

This kind of EU bullshit is always around. Bardella's message here sounds like that from his friends at the FPÖ:

By luck I’m in Paris on 4 June so will go to whatever we’re supposed to call a Bluesky meetup. Tweetup was a good name. Anyway whatever it is I’ll be at this for at least part of it 🙂

FFS

Chinese newspaper cartoon (Today... 😂 )

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Far from a shoo-in for Burnham

A reminder that this *wildly unmissable event* is happening soon - if you fancy it and you haven't already said so, do please DM me or @columnist.bsky.social or @stevenhseggie.bsky.social or @donnad.eurosky.social !

To be absolutely clear: there is no excuse for you to continue posting on X. None. You are doing it out of convenience, maybe habit, because you don‘t want to give up your followers. “If we all leave, it’s going to be worse” stopped making sense a long time ago.

Stop feeding the troll! This account knows very well they're spouting total bollox and keeps doing it purely because it amuses them to wind us all up.

“It featured Ms Badenoch speaking directly to camera, overlaid in part with archive footage - including a clip from Bloody Sunday. Thirteen unarmed civilians were shot dead by paratroopers in Derry’s Bogside on January 30 1972” www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politic...

An opportunity to meet the people in your phone In Real Life . . .🥁

Re-upping this. Come one, come all!

Much like Iran is defeated, I guess

If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty down about my small business. I’m working so hard but it’s been very quiet. It’s bloody difficult at the moment. Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

People of BlueSky in Paris (or nearby/passing through)! There will be a *gathering* on Thursday June 4 at an address to be announced It will be *fun*! DM me or @columnist.bsky.social or @stevenhseggie.bsky.social or @donnad.eurosky.social and details will be forthcoming (when we uh have them)

Bluesky Paris Meet Up (Drinks): By the power invested in me by the Bluesky Paris Entertainments Cttee (ie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social @jonhenley.bsky.social @donnad.eurosky.social ) I am delighted to announce that there will be drinks on the evening of June 4 venue TBC — pls DM me if interested.

Paris now

Spring is sprung and how cheering is that! Jardin de Bagatelle, Paris, just now

So much this

So neither Downing Street nor the Foreign secretary was told about the decision to given Mandleson clearance. The FCDO just busked it? I find that very hard to believe

Hey ho

Well that's Mr Vance told www.usccb.org/news/2026/us...

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‪TLDR: There were many reasons Viktor Orbán lost but none of them mean the tide's turned against Europe's far-right populists With wise words from @sldelange.bsky.social @gabrielagreilinger.com @stijntvankessel.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Ahem

And he's supposed to be one of the intelligent ones

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Many things to say about the demise of Orbanism but the scale of his defeat is impressive. This is surely also a rejection of Trump & Vance. The threatened new era of official US interference in European domestic politics has got off to a satisfyingly calamitous start

Kind of forgotten what good news feels like tbh and well it does feel good doesn't it www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

They can't even be arsed to get the French right

Interesting things starting to happen in Hungary in the run-up to this vote

Depressing but hugely informative thread detailing how Orbán built his "illiberal democracy" in Hungary (and how hard it will be to dismantle it)

Ffs

Hall of fame FT correction

Ahem

Yes it's come to this

He must be feeling the heat

Perfect

No idea why (I do actually; friends have lost partners recently) but I may have shed a tear at the end there. What a brilliant writer she is.

He's doing a pretty good job all by himself to be fair

Guy has a point

Sooooooo true!🤷‍♀️

Fine work

The other way of looking at it Pete is you don't have much of an alliance if some of its members actively threaten to invade others

This is pretty extraordinary. A lot can happen between now and April 12 (and after, for that matter), but fingers crossed.

Goodwin crashes and burns. Hugely enjoyable

Want to strengthen EUropean democracy? (1) Do not accept anti-democratic behavior within the EU (2) Become less dependent upon NATO/US (3) Convince EUropeans of importance and costs of democracy (4) Develop a humane immigration discourse and policy

You bet we're seeing the results