Telegraph newspaper editorial on Mandelson's appointment in December 2024 versus editorial today

❌ A package of measures to be agreed at an EU-UK summit in July will, by the government’s own estimate, increase UK GDP by just 0.3 per cent over the next decade and a half.

🇪🇺 It is time for this government to be much bolder on Europe, it is time to talk about EU membership.

Definitely this. While all this goes on, ministers and their teams cannot get on with governing the country properly. The media thrive on salacious headlines and drama. It’s like they want us to be perpetually governed in turmoil. 🙄

After teaching at the College of Europe for more than a decade, my course was summarily cancelled by email, ending my work there, and without a word of thanks

Unlike other underlings in a passive-aggressive environment, I have a voice - my blog, and this blog post […]

Russia faked economic data to mask damage from its war, report says Swedish intelligence said Russia has been covering up a weak, debt-driven economy hit by war costs and sanctions, warning of rising inflation and banking risks.

Russia faked economic data to appear more resilient to its war and sanctions, intel report says

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BULGARIA TURNS TO
THE DARK SIDE

A pro-Russian ex-President has gained 40% of the vote but will have to form a coalition with a pro-western party to take power. In what is Bulgarias 8th election in years.
Massive Russian social media manipulation was noted by every one of the agencies that

The non-EU passport queue at Brussels Airport right now. I’m so sorry for you poor suckas 😂😭

This👇🏼. AOC is the only one stating it clearly and plainly. Do I have any faith that the American people will ever elect a woman president someday? No. I hope I’m proven wrong.

Worth a few minutes of your time to watch these videos of the PM giving the facts and the timeline of events around Mandelson.

Don't listen to cherry picked parts with added opinions from comentators.

Listen to the PM himself.

1/5

Unimprovable headline

From the latest Private Eye, out now.

This war is so damn confusing. It’s why we shouldn’t let drunks and dementia patients run it.

Good piece but, tho' it's true Labour are edging to seeking something like 'Chequers', it's misleading to call that the "Chequers deal" - it was a proposal, most of which was rejected by the EU (e.g. Tusk statement after Salzburg summit 09/18).

I'm always skeptical of BBC-bashing, but BBC News website hasn't reported on the Tice tax scandal since 12 April, when the headline was "Tice £91,000 tax row is 'minor administrative error', party claims".

'This is not rewarding Russia' — US official defends extension of sanctions waiver on Russian oil "This is not rewarding Russia. That's ridiculous," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told NBC's "Meet the Press" with Kristen Welker on April 19.

Sure, Russia hasn’t done anything good, so the oil bonanza billions from the US can’t be a reward. It’s just an expression of Trump’s general policy to make life easier for Putin. It serves no US interest whatsoever.
kyivindependent.com/this-is-not-...

Roberta Metsola is right.

We have a window of opportunity, probably short, to forge a closer and stronger European Union, a Europe that can confront the grave challenges our world faces today.

The UK must be part of that.

It's time to return to Europe!

It's time to rejoin the EU!

Long thread incoming on the Mandelson/ Ollie Robbins’ sacking. Please be patient. I think context and the timetable really matters and is being overlooked

Expect much Civil Service (CS) / Ministerial cross finger pointing

Daily Mail’s Brexit poll spectacularly backfires Not what the Mail expected...

👀🇪🇺 "The Mail may have been expecting its own readers to back Brexit, however early indications of the poll put 73% of respondents as saying Britain should rejoin the EU because it’s better for the economy.

"As time went on, this number grew to 84%."

🎯 "Now, a decade after the referendum, and six years since the UK finally left the EU, the new geopolitical threats provide a compelling case for closer cooperation."

www.brusselstimes.com/2075768/ten-years-on-fro...

@pimlicat.bsky.social speaks to Matthew Wright on @lbc.co.uk about Best for Britain's latest polling.

"So if it's growth that we're after, well, quite clearly there's one option that gets you a lot more than the other."

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.

Use our template: www.bestforbritain.org/write_to_paper_eu_member...

The UK is giving up on America. Now talk of a Brexit U-turn is growing louder Closer ties with Europe are the 'patriotic choice' Britain's Brexit chief said

🚨"A new report by pro-European pressure group Best for Britain, based on polling by independent pollsters YouGov, suggests that one way of restoring his fortunes could be to shift to a more aggressive position on getting closer to the EU."

🚨 Our new report shows: The majority of Brits want to rejoin the EU. And: EU membership delivers the most growth.

Read the Financial Times' coverage here: www.ft.com/content/75b8b734-391e-4a...

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

@iandunt.bsky.social on our brand new report 🇪🇺

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

"Rejoining the EU is the cleanest political argument and the strongest economic argument but it has a weakness."

REJOIN "is the rational and the patriotic approach," Neil Kinnock says at the launch of @bestforbritain.org's new report. "In an era of Trump's tariffs and tantrums, colossal Chinese advance, Russia's war on the West, and turmoil in the Middle East, our 'special relationship' has to be with Europe."

We asked people if the UK should rejoin the EU. Here’s what they said ⬇️

Our brand new report finds that the majority of Brits want to rejoin the UK.

Tell your MP that they should seriously consider a national discussion on EU membership: https://hey-mp.uk/?c=memb

🚨🇪🇺 Our brand new report finds that the majority of voters want to rejoin the European Union. Write to your local paper to show it is time to talk about EU membership.

Use our template: www.bestforbritain.org/write_to_paper_eu_member...

He'll also stop UK support for Ukraine & like Trump do all in his power to assist Russia. UK will become what Hungary was until last week.

We have a voter problem.

The EU now requires all Mobile Phones to be sold with easily replaceable and standardised batteries, as they used to be.

From 2027 they all will be again, in Europe.