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Von der Leyen hints at professional qualifications recognition for Canada. Even the UK doesn't have that... and has been a very sore point since 2020
There is now serious talk about the end of the DUP
irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
EU has asked member states to delay any laws on social media bans for kids until its own EU Kids Act is implemented (poss 2028). Says it cannot have "fragmentation of internal market" with different rules applying in different states. Austria was asked to delay yesterday.
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I have just informed my colleagues that I will step down as @ECB President on 7 February 2027.
It has been a source of great pride to serve this institution.
I thank all of those who have supported me on this journey over the past seven years.
Just catching up on Newsnight discussion on Burnham/Brexit. Think pre Brexit binary arguments don’t work any more …. I don’t think he will be announcing any red lines being blurred on 20 Nov but will do something like citizens assemblies and give control of narrative to public
BBC Newsnight . @gilliantett right to say UK behind others in advice to set aside cash food and comms
I did this piece few weeks ago - cash stocks rises in EU - says ECB, but society also in danger of over digitising and thinking cash cd be phased out
theguardian.com/world/2026/a…
John and Grace Boyega and Caleb, among the last to see him alive, speak movingly of the fear in Peckham after the death of their friend Damilola Taylor and of the lasting impact his killing has had on their lives.
Unflinching BBC doc to bookmark and watch
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
Gosh this is a good read - will resonate with everyone in London.
OXFORD ST ACTUALLY BEING PEDESTRIANISED after decades of unrealised plans
Q is will anybody love it?
theguardian.com/news/2026/oc…
BBC Spotlight has been investigating Jeffrey Donaldson background on and off for two years …
BREAKING @bbcnewsni Jailed ex DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson is being investigated by London police about an alleged rape of a woman inside the Houses of Parliament.
The former MP has been accused of raping the woman in Westminster in 2016, at the very heart of the political establishment.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c94g…
Read all about Bernd Lange's suggestion that UK could have a Swiss Plus relationship with the EU here - interview in London last week with MEP
theguardian.com/politics/202…
Irish country singer Philomena Begley,83, reprises her hits on Ryanair to Malaga!
Country legend Philomena Begley entertains passengers on a Marbella flight with the help of cabin crew. Video via insta, @mariamcguinnesss
Shabana Mahmood to meet EU internal affairs commissioner Magnus Brunner tomorrow to discuss migration, borders and counter terrorism. Comes just days after Burnham said he wants to get access to EU security databases after Brexit locked UK out
theguardian.com/politics/202…
NAZA by the way is the phrase used for collateral damage - children, brothers, sisters, wives in innocents. That is level one of what one Israeli intelligence whistleblower told journalists was like a video game.
My piece for the Guardian on NAZA and why Israel’s defenders are so afraid of its revelations: theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Just went to see NAZA. If you feel you can’t bear to see more horror right now this may persuade you
This is not another news film showing atrocities in Gaza
It is interviews with whistleblowers in intelligence elite in Tel Aviv
Everyone in power should go see it.And reflect.
“He has been told he can’t drive, he can’t fly – what do they expect him to do? Get up and walk to England? Come on, Sweden, we need to step back from all of this and be better.”
Another Briton facing deportation from Sweden after Brexit
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
NEW; UK could do Switzerland Plus deal with the EU - Bernd Lange in London last night
theguardian.com/politics/202…
France drops opposition to U.K. in Made in Europe agrees to opt in for countries that were jn the aingle market on 01-01-2020. That’s the uk theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
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Politician, Predator & Paedophile. Watch now @bbciplayer . Our investigations continue.
