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Why the United Kingdom government cannot leave the ECHR without either breaching or re-negotiating the Good Friday Agreement 1st July 2023 * The overlooked obstacle to the United Kingdom withdrawing from the ECHR * From time to time the demand comes from a government minister, or from one of their political and media sup…

Apparently “leading” lawyers and “experts” say that the Good Friday Agreement is no obstacle to UK leaving ECHR.

Me, being neither, merely sets out what the Good Friday Agreement expressly says.

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Politically acceptable UK racism is rising, even under La... As I wrote these words last autumn: “We have made progress... even though that progress remains fragile and insufficient”, little did I realise just how ...

This is outstanding. God knows what Labour is doing: legitimising the racism that'll be its undoing, losing the coalition which put it in office, trying to secure voters who will never support it, digging its own moral grave.

observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Israel’s right to defend itself Allies backing Israel should stress the uniqueness of the threat posed by Iran to Israel

derrickwyatt.substack.com/p/irans-nucl...
Israel has an appalling record in Gaza, but its attacks - and now those by US - on Iran’s nuke sites raise more complex issues
Iran was not planning a literally imminent attack on Israel - but was an attack sufficiently imminent to justify self-defence?

Our latest report: 900,000 UK companies haven't a single UK director.

That's currently lawful - but our analysis shows they're *17 times* more likely to show signs of fraud than companies with a UK director.

It's a serious problem. But there's a simple fix. 🧵:

Europe Day is our day and our shared future.

Let’s take pride in what we have achieved.

Building a closer Europe from the ground up Pro-European group ‘Leeds for Europe’ visited Leeds’ twin city Dortmund to spread friendship between Leeds and Dortmund, Germany, and Europe

Today is the Dortbunt Festival is being held in Leeds twin city Dortmund. Last year we took part in the festival as part of a weekend visit to the city. This is our account in @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/build...

@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social

Al Gore ripped the Trump administration to shreds in a speech Monday at a climate week event in San Francisco.

This was me yesterday. Without the glass of wine. Dans le nord. Mobile phone and YouTube in hand. Won through in the end!

Imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court is a crime—an offence against the administration of justice under Art 70(1)(d)-(e) ICC Statute, that counts 125 States among its parties.

A convicted felon who signed this executive order may be prosecuted for this, as well.

Yup. It’s extremely painful and has done lasting damage to families.

Great to see the launch of the APPG on Europe and that @europeanmovement.co.uk are involved. @leedseurope.bsky.social were also represented by our Chair and EMUK Vice Chair @richardwilsoneu.bsky.social Well done to everybody involved in setting up this important group, why not ask your MP to join?

'In as much as you did it to the least of these, you did it to me.' Matthew chp 25 v40

“When we left the European Union people were promised more money into the NHS, your living standards will be better and the opposite has happened”

Deputy PM Angela Rayner

It’s a crime I had to trim this video down

Romania’s constitutional court has annulled the first round of the presidential election after declassified intelligence showed Russia ran a secret campaign on TikTok and Telegram to promote the Far Right first round winner Calin Georgescu, a complete outsider.

This is how you do it.

1 in 3 women worldwide has experienced physical and/or sexual violence mostly at the hands of an intimate partner.

It’s the International Day to End Violence against Women and Girls!

1 in 3 girls and women around the world experience physical and/or sexual violence by:

A husband
A boyfriend
An intimate partner
A lover
A parent
A relative
A colleague
A boss
A stranger

bit.ly/3gy8pfq
#NoExcuse

We're very excited about @bangor_university University's last undergraduate #OpenDay of 2024 tomorrow (Sat 23 Nov 2024)! There's still time to register, learn more about our fantastic courses, and meet our friendly staff and students!
To register: shorturl.at/cDfR7

I am quite prepared to believe it’s complex and am waiting to see HMRC draft up some of their excellent scenarios to show how it will work.

Agricultural Relief for Inheritance Tax Work out whether assets in an estate qualify for Agricultural Relief and the rate at which it is due.

But not all of these things qualify for full APR even today www.gov.uk/guidance/agr... there will be no change for some assets. There is a lot of confusion around this matter and some of the passion would disappear if people knew more.

Excellent ! This place gets better and better !

Far right groups are coming to Leeds on 23rd November to whip up racism and try our divide our communities. Come out and show them they’re not welcome.

I’ll report back. Lovely to find you here and hope all’s well with you and yours.

Noooo. My geraniums are still out there !

Illustration showing two stacks of euro coins representing the gender pay gap. The stack labelled 'Hers' is shorter, with some coins faded, symbolising the lower average earnings for women. The stack labelled 'His' is taller with one additional coin on top, representing higher average earnings for men. In the bottom right corner, there is an EU flag with stars arranged in a circle.

For every €1 a man earns, a woman makes only €0.87.

Today, on #EqualPayDay, we symbolically mark the date when women stop earning compared to their male colleagues.

Learn how we are working to close the gap 👉 europa.eu/!TBqJj8

Y, non? Mais en gallois il y a tout un paquet de voyelles qui sont considérées comme consonnes en anglais

"In the Bleak" (Official Music Video) - by The Marsh Family YouTube video by Marsh Family

Hello peeps. We're not here yet, but thinking about it. The 60s video rule is gonna be tough cf. Twitter/X, but maybe there will be fewer reach limits on sharing embeds from YouTube which always felt repressed. Here's a test - song from UK in 2022 that feels relevant post Trump: youtu.be/4uaXL4Eq6mk

I post a lot of good news about dogs on Twitter but A lot of people asking to also post here now.

Struggle to find the time but if I get over 20k followers here I'll find a way to post daily.

🎤 Mic check. Is this thing on?

Private Eye article about Dyson’s hypocrisy in criticising Labour’s farmland inheritance tax changes

Private Eye suggesting Dyson could teach a thing or two about spite having sued various papers/broadcasters who criticised his Brexit, tax exile & appalling conditions in his Malaysian factories

It’s what freeports are eventually aiming for…

Dyson can [insert critiques of your choice ]

#PrivateEye

(PE hasn’t joined up here yet, has it?)