“Brexit is the best thing to happen for Russia” - Nigel Farage #RejoinEU ❤️🇪🇺 #FBPE 🇺🇦 Слава Україні
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Day 2037 of #Brexit: ‘The goalposts always move. [] Nigel Farage [got] everything he has said he ever wanted, the country heaving itself out of the EU and ending free movement, only for another boil to fester around the issue of immigration [].’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Day 2037 of #Brexit: ‘A shock new poll has revealed that even a majority of Reform UK supporters now want to unpick parts of Brexit and move the UK closer to the EU.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Day 2036 of #Brexit: ‘The pharmacy sector has been plagued by drug shortages in the years following Brexit. […] it left the pharmaceutical industry with greater trade barriers and bumped-up costs, and limited opportunities to collaborate with other countries.’ www.thepharmacist.co.uk/in-practice/...
Day 2035 of #Brexit: ‘Conceived as the sort of momentous cultural offer that might help sustain British ties to the continent even as it was preparing to quit the EU, the plan foundered as[] relations soured during the bitter Brexit negotiations & their aftermath’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Day 2035 of #Brexit: ‘[] no longer a part of the Dublin system, we have become a destination of last resort for asylum seekers [] refused in another European country [who therefore] cannot apply in any other [but] still can in the UK []’ www.bremaininspain.com/bremainers-a...
Day 2035 of #Brexit: ‘Of course, not everyone had voted Reform. “Are you fucking kidding me,” said Peter Wood when asked. “I blame the BBC for bringing Farage into the limelight.”’ www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
What BS
Done.✔️
Day 2034 of #Brexit: ‘The UK and European Union have summoned their Russian envoys after overnight missile strikes on Kyiv killed at least 18 people and damaged the city’s British Council and EU offices.’ www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Day 2033 of #Brexit: ‘Keir Starmer’s lead negotiator on Europe has enthused about how excited he is by the prospect of an EU youth mobility scheme, as he signalled a broader government shift towards embracing closer ties with the bloc.’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Day 2033 of #Brexit: ‘The Irish Sea border for food and agricultural products will not be dismantled until 2027, a UK government minister has confirmed.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Day 2033 of #Brexit: ‘A DUP MP has backed Nigel Farage's suggestion that Reform UK would look to renegotiate the Good Friday Agreement as part of its plan to stop small boat crossings to England.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Day 2033 of #Brexit: ‘Brexit was never debated properly, the minister for Europe has said, arguing that the previous Conservative government left Britain with the first ever free trade agreement that made it harder to trade.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Day 2033 of #Brexit: ‘A new survey, commissioned by Abta with YouGov, found that 76% of Brits support a deal with the EU to enable young people to work, live, and study overseas for temporary periods.’ travelweekly.co.uk/news/abta-st...
Day 2033 of #Brexit: ‘Thomas-Symonds’s speech was the most assertively pro-European he has given since entering government last year as Keir Starmer’s chief European negotiator.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Disgusting
Perhaps because it’s owned by the Japanese
It’s certainly a tragedy. In Soviet times dissidents often saw their cause as “hopeless.” But in the 1990s many people began to believe there could be a real democratic constitution. More recently Navalny, critical of the 1990s, still believed in the ‘beautiful Russia of the future.’ And died for it
Russia is a bad example, though, because with constitution-as -window-dressing a constitution could be adopted and then die with no real constitutional crisis. Power was never really limited by the rule of law, hence no real constitution.
This is an invaluable reminder of a parlous state of affairs. So what could be done??
BBC
Day 2032 of #Brexit: ‘The deportation plans have already drawn a warning from ex-Tory attorney general Dominic Grieve that they would mean the end of the post-Brexit deal with the EU bringing an end to free trade, data sharing and security arrangements.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Day 2032 of #Brexit: ‘UK companies spent up to £65m last year on licences to export food and agricultural products to the EU – costs that the government is promising to eliminate as part of a new deal to be agreed by 2027.’ www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Day 2031 of #Brexit: ‘The irony is that some of the right-wing politicians now exploiting these issues [], including Farage, are the same crew who, at the 2016 EU referendum, told us that Brexit would enable the government to “take back control” of immigration.’ www.independent.co.uk/voices/starm...
Day 2030 of #Brexit: ‘A rise in the number of people defined as long-term sick and a big drop in young people in work – factors that he suggested might be intertwined – added to the squeeze created by an ageing population.’ www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Day 2029 of #Brexit: ‘Since Brexit, the campaign points to a lack of UK and Scottish government funding to replace lost European money, including the European Regional Development Fund [ERDF] and the European Social Fund [ESF].’ national.thelead.uk/p/the-fight-...
Day 2028 of #Brexit: ‘Clegg had little to say on David Cameron [] but said he would have disagreed with him on a referendum to leave the EU in 2016 []. Clegg is convinced Britain will rejoin the EU within his lifetime [].’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Day 2027 of #Brexit: ‘Brexit has been terrible for environmental legislation in this country, since we left the EU in 2021. While the EU has strengthened its environmental protections, the UK has drifted away from those regulations […].’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I have legitimate concerns about our public service broadcaster.
Day 2026 of #Brexit: ‘[] since Brexit the EU has brought forward 28 new, revised or upgraded pieces of environmental legislation that the UK has not adopted, and the UK has actively chosen to regress by changing four different pieces of legislation [].’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Day 2025 of #Brexit: ‘The UK is using Brexit to weaken crucial environmental protections and is falling behind the EU despite Labour’s manifesto pledge not to dilute standards, analysis has found.’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Day 2024 of #Brexit: ‘Zarah Sultana, co-leader of Jeremy Corbyn's new political party, has […] stated that Labour under Corbyn "triangulated" on Brexit, alienated voters, and was "frightened and far too conciliatory" when facing external attacks.’ www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Day 2023 of #Brexit: ‘From 12 October, British travellers to and from the Schengen area […] may be asked to provide fingerprints and facial biometrics. But no other red tape will be added.’ www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Day 2022 of Brexit: ‘European leaders including Keir Starmer will join Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a [] meeting with Donald Trump on Monday in an extraordinary joint effort to push back on a US-backed plan that would allow Russia to take further Ukrainian territory.’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Day 2022 of #Brexit: ‘European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen […] French President Emmanuel Macron, German chancellor Friedrich Merz and Finnish President Alexander Stubb will [] go to Washington DC with Zelesnkyy tomorrow.’ www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Day 2021 of #Brexit: ‘An adviser used by Nigel Farage and others in Reform UK [] suggested Britain would be better off had it stayed neutral in World War II []. Jack Anderton [] also said the UK should not support Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Day 2021 of #Brexit: ‘The European Council have released a joint statement by [] Emmanuel Macron, [] Giorgia Meloni, [] Friedrich Merz, [] Keir Starmer, [] Alexander Stubb, [] Donald Tusk, the European Council president [] and the European Commission president []’ www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
One would have hoped K Starmer would have known better.
Murdoch
Day 2020 of #Brexit: ‘[] Reform UK voters differ significantly in their views on the conflict to other voters []. [] while 78-86% of Labour, Lib Dem, Green and Conservative voters say they want Ukraine to win [] this figure falls to just 52% of Reform UK voters.’ yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Me too
Day 2019 of #Brexit: ‘Europe is currently the fastest-warming continent. Since the 1980s, Europe’s warming has outpaced the global average by a factor of two.’ climate.copernicus.eu/why-are-euro...
Day 2019 of #Brexit: “Fighting global heating is a worldwide challenge, but protecting populations against the consequences – with an awareness that Europe is heating faster than other continents – must also be a national and a local priority.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Day 2019 of #Brexit: ‘Prof Friederike Otto, a climatologist at Imperial College London […] said: “Even relatively cold Scandinavian countries are facing dangerous heatwaves today with 1.3C of warming – no country is safe from climate change.’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Day 2018 of #Brexit: ‘EU citizens waiting for the government to decide their pre-Brexit residency status have been wrongly refused entry to the UK, forcing them to give up their lives here.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Day 2018 of #Brexit: ‘Dairy farmers have warned that a long-running shortage of workers, exacerbated by Brexit and the pandemic, has put the UK’s food security under pressure.’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Day 2017 of #Brexit: ‘The UK is quickly recovering a prime position in the EU’s £80bn science research programme 18 months after becoming a participating member following the resolution of Brexit problems, data shows.’ www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Day 2017 of #Brexit: ‘A group of Scouts travelling to a camp in a Gwent town suffered racist abuse after being mistaken for asylum seekers.’ www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2537805...
Day 2016 of #Brexit: ‘Brexit remains the elephant in the room […]. If we want Britain to be more prosperous and stronger on the global stage then we need a plan to be back in the EU. At the moment, they’re not even making the argument.’ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Day 2016 of #Brexit: ‘Final EU plans to take fingerprints and facial biometrics from British travellers to Europe have been revealed. The long-awaited “entry-exit system” (EES) will be rolled out over the course of 180 days from 12 October 2025 to 9 April 2026.’ www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Day 2016 of #Brexit: ‘Russell T Davies has said gay rights are “rapidly and urgently getting worse” thanks to the rise of Reform UK and the influence of the Trump presidency on British politics.’ www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
The Gold House?
Day 2015 of #Brexit: ‘We are united as Europeans and determined to jointly promote our interests. And we will continue to cooperate closely with President Trump and with the United States of America, and with President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine […].’ www.gov.uk/government/n...
Day 2014 of #Brexit: ‘English swimming waters are five times more likely to be polluted than those in the EU, new research has revealed. Experts have said that the country is in danger of becoming the “dirty man of Europe” again […].’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Day 2013 of #Brexit: ‘Britain has not seen poverty this bad for more than half a century, Gordon Brown has warned […].’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Day 2013 of #Brexit: ‘Nearly a decade on from the Brexit referendum & almost five from when Brexit was supposedly ‘done’, voters who are genuinely happy with the Brexit we have are few & far between, & no political party is seriously suggesting [] it’s a success’ centralbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Day 2012 of #Brexit: ‘Yvette Cooper says first migrants have been detained under 'one in, one out' deal, prior to being sent back to France.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Day 2012 of #Brexit: ‘With a more ambitious approach to Europe, we could get rid of that ridiculous red tape, and so much more like it. We could free British businesses to get on with their work, create jobs and grow our economy.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Day 2012 of #Brexit: ‘[…] analysts warn that the building trade is struggling with crippling labour shortages and other mounting economic headwinds that could stifle investment in housebuilding […].’ www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Day 2011 of #Brexit: ‘In a sign of how far misinformation has spread, polling from YouGov found the British public “dramatically overestimate” the number of illegal migrants to the UK.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Day 2011 of #Brexit: ‘At least 10 people have died while attempting the journey this year, according to reports by French and UK authorities, but there is no official record of fatalities in the Channel.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Day 2010 of #Brexit: ‘The treaty between France and the UK will allow the Home Office to return some asylum seekers back across the Channel for the first time in exchange for accepting others directly from France via a safe route.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Day 2009 of #Brexit: ‘Nearly half of voters want another EU referendum in the next five years, while less than a third would back Brexit in a new vote.’ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Day 2008 of #Brexit: ‘Less than a third of Britons would vote to leave the European Union if the Brexit referendum were repeated, according to a poll.’ www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Day 2007 of #Brexit: ‘What is noticeable however is that, by a long way, “the 2016 Brexit referendum” is the most damned cause of the apocalypse, identified by 28% of all those asked. (Covid is second, with 18%.)’ eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe...
Day 2006 of #Brexit: ‘Research by the UK’s Office of National Statistics highlight how the number of visitors from the EU barely moved from 2015 and 2019 from 24 million each year. By 2023, though, it had fallen to around 22 million.’ www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
Wonder why…
Day 2005 of #Brexit: ‘A report […] found that only 22 countries, most within the EU, have increased their renewable energy ambitions since more than 130 signed up to the renewables pact at the UN’s Cop28 climate talks in Dubai almost two years ago.’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Day 2004 of #Brexit: ‘The EU has announced it will launch the rollout of its new entry system involving fingerprinting and facial recognition instead of passport wet stamping on 12 October.’ www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
He’s almost inarticulate. Make America Articulate Again!
The very language he uses means he is unfit for office.
Day 2003 of #Brexit: ‘Some of Europe’s top music festivals will feature half as many British acts as they did before Brexit this summer, as red tape continues to hammer the music industry.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Day 2002 of #Brexit: ‘Donald Trump has announced a tariff deal with the EU to end four months of difficult negotiations between Washington and Brussels and averting a damaging transatlantic trade war.’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Day 2002 of #Brexit: ‘Donald Trump spent the night at his family-owned golf resort in Scotland but took time to criticise European leaders over wind turbines and immigration, claiming there won’t be a Europe unless they “get their act together”.’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Day 2001 of #Brexit: ‘Nearly two in every five phones stolen in Europe are taken in the UK, according to data collated an insurance firm.’ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Day 2000 of #Brexit: ‘Trump plans to meet with the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, to talk trade, amid his continuous threats of imposing steep tariffs on US trading partners.’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Day 2000 of #Brexit: ‘Britain’s PM Keir Starmer announced he would hold a call with counterparts in Germany and France on efforts to stop the fighting on Friday, adding that a ceasefire would “put us on a path to the recognition of a Palestinian state”.’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Day 1999 of #Brexit: ‘Keir Starmer said the UK-India agreement was “the biggest and most economically significant” trade deal Britain has made since Brexit.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Day 1999 of #Brexit: ‘London’s status as a global financial hub has been left “fragile” by Brexit, the boss of Goldman Sachs has warned.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Day 1998 of #Brexit: ‘Services exporters are now facing higher trade costs, more red tape, and fewer opportunities [because of Brexit]. The UK remains a services powerhouse but services exports have been underperforming due to Brexit barriers.’ ukandeu.ac.uk/deglobalisat...
Day 1997 of #Brexit: ‘An attempt by three former MPs to force the UK government to hold an inquiry into the impact of Russian disinformation on the Brexit vote and other recent elections has failed at the European court of human rights.’ www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jul...
Day 1997 of #Brexit: ‘[Under the deal] Gibraltar must be treated the same as the Schengen area […]. Consequently, the “third-country” rules that the Boris Johnson government negotiated for UK citizens will apply to the territory.’ www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Day 1997 of #Brexit: “On Brexit, everyone across the UK right now feels that Britain is broken. And the guy who orchestrated Brexit, Nigel Farage, doesn’t have to face the consequences of the economic damage that Brexit has done to the UK.” - Stephen Flynn www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/nig...
Day 1996 of #Brexit: ‘Final EU plans to take fingerprints and facial biometrics from British travellers to Europe have been revealed. The long-awaited “entry-exit system” (EES) will be rolled out over the course of 180 days from 12 October 2025 to 9 April 2026.’ www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Day 1995 of #Brexit: ‘With 12m low-value parcels each day coming into the EU from online retailers outside the bloc, Michael McGrath has vowed to crack down on the sale of goods that blatantly break the law.’ www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Day 1995 of #Brexit: ‘The situation now is that Britain is fully committed to the defence of Europe but has none of the economic advantages of belonging to the EU.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Day 1995 of #Brexit: ‘Plans for possible direct trains from London to Berlin will be drawn up by a joint UK-German taskforce, reigniting hopes for better rail connections across Europe.’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Day 1994 of #Brexit: ‘Of those [948,000] who came to live in the UK in the 12 months to Dec. 2024: [] 122,000 (13%) were EU nationals, or from Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland (EU+). [] 96,000 more EU nationals left the UK than arrived [].’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Day 1994 of #Brexit: ‘But with the UK no longer part of the European Union, clubs now have to navigate a more complex transfer and work permit system to ensure players - especially those who are yet to establish themselves at the top level - are able to move to England’ www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Day 1993 of #Brexit: ‘The German chancellor has called for a strategic axis between London, Paris and Berlin to tackle illegal migration and deepen defence cooperation, despite declaring that he “deeply deplores” Brexit.’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Day 1993 of #Brexit: ‘In his opening remarks during the press conference with Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz said that he deplored Brexit. He said: “The United Kingdom, and I personally deplore this deeply, decided to leave the European Union.”’ www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Day 1992 of #Brexit: ‘Guernsey could benefit from a youth mobility scheme under a new UK government deal with the EU. [] Lindsay de Sausmarez said []: "This could give young people more opportunities to experience living and working in Europe for a time”.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Day 1992 of #Brexit: ‘UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer & German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are set to sign a treaty on Thursday pledging to tighten defense ties and step up law-enforcement cooperation against gangs that smuggle migrants across the English Channel.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/keir-st...
With his trotters up
Day 1991 of #Brexit: ‘Former Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith has accused ex-PM David Cameron of treating the 2016 Brexit referendum as "some sort of Eton game". […] The Tory MP was highly critical of Lord Cameron [] saying he had been "extremely cavalier". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Day 1991 of #Brexit: ‘Four years on from the post-Brexit passport rules coming into effect, many travel firms are causing needless upset and expense to people who are fully documented to travel.’ www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Day 1991 of #Brexit: ‘The Typhoon, also known as the Eurofighter, was developed as a joint project between the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain, and has been a mainstay of the Royal Air Force for two decades […].’ www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Day 1990 of #Brexit: ‘Donald Trump said Britain’s implementation of Brexit has been “sloppy” ahead of his second state visit to the UK in September. But the US president said it is “getting straightened out” and heaped praise on Sir Keir Starmer.’ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Day 1990 of #Brexit: ‘Ports across Europe have been tested by Brexit, the coronavirus pandemic, […] said Justin Atkin, […] representative of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges. Compared with Brexit, the tariff impact has been “more of an instant shock” he said.’ www.theguardian.com/business/202...