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Public transport is a public good that benefits all and the environment

@pimlicat.bsky.social breaks down the current negotiations with the EU on @lbc.co.uk.

“Our future, and our economic and defence security, lie much closer to liberal international democracies in Europe than they do with an unreliable partner.”

Push for EU membership to galvanise progressive support, report argues A new report by Best for Britain shows that a push for UK membership of the European Union would galvanise support among progressive voters. The report highlights that a pro-membership position offers...

Push for EU membership to galvanise progressive support, report argues.
#RejoinEU
www.bestforbritain.org/push_for_eu_...

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Write to your paper to show it is time to talk about EU membership Change Minds → Change Politics

Our new report shows that the majority of Brits want to rejoin. And: EU membership delivers the most growth. Write to your local paper to show it is time to talk about EU membership.

www.bestforbritain.org/write_to_paper_eu_member...

It’s not just the remarkable 63% who say they’d vote to rejoin the EU. It’s also the fact that this figure continues to rise slowly but steadily.
Brexit has failed and is seen to have failed. And geopolitics brings Britain and its neighbours, with whom it shares interests & values, closer together.

Bildungsminister Wiederkehr emphasized-critical thinking, creativity, communication, and cooperation plus 13 cross-curricular themes including digitalization will become mandatory across all subjects. A significant step toward building AI literacy from the classroom up

As of school year 2027/28, AI the existing Informatik subject is being expanded into “Informatik und KI” with an additional weekly hour (three total), covering data analysis, software development, cybersecurity, and the societal impact of AI.

Silicon Valley's Anti-Democratic Turn Begins at Work www.socialeurope.eu/silicon-vall...

Deregulation Demands Threaten the EU’s Best Chance to Close the Gender Pay Gap Employer lobbying to weaken the EU Pay Transparency Directive risks condemning European women to decades more of unequal pay.

Deregulation Demands Threaten the EU's Best Chance to Close the Gender Pay Gap www.socialeurope.eu/deregulation...

I want to reform our country because a strong Germany is a precondition for a strong Europe | Lars Klingbeil The war in Iran has exposed our dependencies. Europe, including the UK, must be bold about change, so nobody can blackmail us, says Lars Klingbeil, Germany’s finance minister and vice-chancellor

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...? Lars Klingbeil sums it up. #Labour take note : we need to be in the EU

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EXPOSED: How Viktor Orbán Bankrolled the Network Around Reform UK As Hungary’s Prime Minister suffers a historic electoral defeat, Byline Times maps out how his government’s funding arm channelled hundreds of thousands of pounds into organisations at the heart of Br...

Orban was funding the Reform support network.

🔥 🇭🇺 MAGYAR: “It feels good to be here — this factory of lies will be put to an end.”

Hungary’s prime minister-elect Péter Magyar vows to shut down the country’s state broadcaster M1 (Hungary’s Fox News) after his landslide election victory over Orbán.

UK should #joinEU

pragmatic yes. ruthless ? No.👇 #JoinEU would be good for all.

Reeves vows to cut link between gas and electricity prices in UK Chancellor says she will look at ways of ensuring the wholesale price of electricity is set more often by renewables

Wow. Chancellor Rachel Reeves vows to cut link between gas and electricity prices in the UK

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Welsh Reform leader throws Farage under the bus! - BBC Question Time YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!

BREAKING: Reform UK's Welsh leader just threw Nigel Farage under the bus!

"Your boss wants to privatise the NHS"

Dan Thomas: "But not in Wales!"
#Bbcqt

THE REFORM WARS HAVE BEGUN! (again) 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Aligning with the EU: what are we waiting for? Since Keir Starmer is being assailed from all sides on his plans for EU alignment, might he not just as well risk an even bolder move?

Aligning with the EU: what are we waiting for? yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/con...

See too Lars Klingbell in the Guardian today. of course we must work together: but better still joining the EU makes sense

Nigel Farage has said that he wants to move towards an insurance based healthcare system.

The NHS wasn’t built in Wales just to be a destroyed by Reform UK.

A vote for Plaid Cymru is a vote to protect and strengthen our NHS.

I want to reform our country because a strong Germany is a precondition for a strong Europe | Lars Klingbeil The war in Iran has exposed our dependencies. Europe, including the UK, must be bold about change, so nobody can blackmail us, says Lars Klingbeil, Germany’s finance minister and vice-chancellor

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Our strength secures our freedom. In short: strength is freedom. Sovereignty is not about building walls. It is about having the strength to keep them down.

Lars Klingbeil is finance minister and vice-chancellor of Germany

Best for Britain (@bestforbritain) You already know that Nigel Farage is rarely in Clacton - but do you know he's also frequently missing from Parliament? Where is Nigel?

substack.com/@bestforbrit...

Britain could adopt single market rules without MPs’ vote as part of UK-EU reset Exclusive: Ministers planning new legislation for alignment without full parliamentary scrutiny if in national interest

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... At last, further sensible moves by Labour

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US allies won’t join Trump’s war — but they can’t escape the fallout | CNN Politics It’s not their war. But it’s becoming their political and economic nightmare.

This is quite a good piece on the current relationship between Trump-US and Europe / NATO allies.

www.cnn.com/2026/04/15/p...

Péter's Magyars: His top team that Brussels needs to know | Euractiv These four people will lead Tisza's EU policy

www.euractiv.com/news/peters-...

I really don't care if I never hear from Johnson or Frost ever again.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...

England Has 1.2 Million Buildings at Risk of Flooding With No Defenses A new study has found that 1.2 million buildings at risk of flooding in England currently aren’t included in any of the country’s flood defenses.

Roughly 11% of new homes built between 2022 and 2024 are in areas facing medium to high flood risks.