Chief Minister to meet Spanish Foreign Minister bilaterally in Madrid

Quite something www.gbc.gi/news/chief-m...

Unprecedented ruling finds Hungary's anti-LGBTQ laws in breach of EU values The EU's top court finds that the reforms breached EU values on a number of levels and broke the founding values of the EU treaty.

A big day for citizens of the EU (and EU-proximate territories…) 🇪🇺 bbc.com/news/article...

🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈⚖️🇭🇺 A legal earthquake - CJEU finds Hungary to have violated EU law on multiple counts with its anti-LGBT+ legislation (as expected) but also for the first time in history, in an EU law-reshaping precedent, finds Hungary to violate Art 2 TEU in a self-standing manner.

New poll shows 55% support EU membership. Link below.

Polling released today by YouGov has found that 55% of people support EU membership, while just 33% oppose it. Read our response through the link below.

These would definitely be bone-dry

Sunday School: JOIN VENTURE - The path back to EU membership by Quiet Riot + Is the BBC worth saving? + Has cinema run out of stories?

Seminal epidode on growing support for full rejoin megaphone.link/NSR7360415309

Treaty is a 'vaccine' to problems caused by far Right, CM tells Barcelona conference

EU-UK treaty on Gibraltar is a ‘vaccine’ www.gbc.gi/news/treaty-...

Four Spanish whites to try as production moves away from reds Some very good whites are now being made in traditionally red Spanish regions, even in the home of sherry

The innovation is certainly among Spanish whites. No mention here, though, of the stunning, creamy blancs de noirs, including from Bobal and Monastrell
www.irishtimes.com/food/drink/2...

Working week done. Walking on hot sand for the first time this year #Xeraco

Rejoin is coming Customs union is a distraction. Only full membership offers a compelling vision of Britain's future.

Rejoin is coming: Talk of the customs union and single market is a distraction. Only full membership offers a compelling vision of Britain's future

iandunt.substack.com/p/rejoin-is-...

BBC Audio | The Interview | The Epstein survivors speak Victoria Derbyshire speaks to survivors of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Incredibly powerful radio. Not an easy listen bbc.com/audio/play/w...

Irish MEP Barry Andrews says the progress in UK - EU relations needs to go further & faster, and announces that this will be a priority of the Irish presidency of the EU Council later this year.

A year under attack – and a year fighting back Jess O’Thomson and Jolyon Maugham reflect on what has happened in the year since the Supreme Court’s judgment, and how the trans community has courageously fought back

@jessothomson.co.uk and @jolyon.goodlawproject.org reflect on what has happened in the year since the Supreme Court’s judgment – and how the trans community has courageously fought back:
https://goodlaw.social/7xzy

Church in Wales approves bill on blessings of same-sex marriages Temporary measures already allowed same-sex couples to get their marriage or civil partnership blessed.

Da iawn! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Agree – I picked up a copy in Brighton the other day. Excellent writing.

BBC Radio Ulster - Red Lines, Anglo-Irish Editions Mark Carruthers talks to two British writers who have written books about Ireland.

Iain Dale and James Hawes on their writing on Ireland www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

A screen with the words: "Libraries Alliance. Libraries Through Life".

A photograph of the entrance to the British Academy

A photograph from a presentation at the Libraries Alliance event. The text on the screen reads: "Libraries Alliance. Libraries Through Life."

Today, we took part in the launch of the Libraries Alliance at The British Academy in London.

Celebrating ‘Libraries Through Life’, the Alliance brings together the library organisations that touch every aspect of people’s lives.

🔎Find out more: https://loom.ly/NkgReFY

Yes you do!!

Midweek afternoon off in Valencia means arròs negre, amb socarrat, alloli…

Whatever ordure comes down the chute in May, let’s recall that it won’t apply in Northern Ireland, as under the Windsor Framework there can be no diminution in rights that existed under EU law pre-Brexit. Which kind of says it all.
www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...

Image shows a group of people at the Parliamentary event posing for a photo. Nadia Whittome MP is in the crowd wearing all black and silver trainers.

Image shows Nadia Whittome MP speaking at a podium at the event in Parliament.

It was an honour to host the Trans Day of Visibility event organised by @labour4transrights.bsky.social and supported by @aslefunion.bsky.social, @cwunews.bsky.social, @unison.org.uk, @transactualuk.bsky.social and @translucent.org.uk in Parliament this week.

The Brexit delusion is dead – so now Keir Starmer doesn’t need to pretend any more | Rafael Behr To rebuild relations with Europe in a dangerous world, the prime minister needs to win big arguments, not hide behind outdated red lines, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

This is right, but I'd go further: winning the domestic argument on the free movement of people is what's needed to unlock anything further than the reset. That means Starmer has to repudiate many of his own arguments on migration.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Canada PM Destroys Trump in Historic Speech MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the powerful speech by Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney given at the Liberal Party convention in Montreal. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember…

Carney like you never heard him 🇨🇦 pca.st/episode/f63d...

The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Rob Jetten arrives in Downing Street for a meeting with Keir Starmer

Good knowledge - go raibh maith agat!

What I don’t get is that he is consistently off message in a way that lower house backbenchers rarely dare to be. Is he a solo act or does he have supporters in the Labour Party?

Listening to PM on BBC Radio 4 and struggling to understand how Maurice Glasman is still a member of the Labour Party www.bbc.com/audio/play/l...

‘A systemic failure’: EES brings travel chaos to EU border control Airlines group calls on the European Commission to allow for the ‘full and partial suspension’ of EES until the end of summer ‘where necessary’.

Airlines group calls on the European Commission to allow for the ‘full and partial suspension’ of EES until the end of summer ‘where necessary’.

BBC Audio | Business Daily | The Dutch village at risk from an energy project Moerdijk lies in the path of a mega-energy hub and could be destroyed to make way for it

Moerdijk - the Dutch village set to be obliterated by energy infrastructure bbc.com/audio/play/w...

Gibraltar is resigned to a closer embrace with Spain A new deal on the British enclave trades short-term pain for long-term gain

Gibraltar has long maintained a balance between its British identity and its economic ties to Spain. But a new treaty will test this