Why is Labour determined to repeat the Tories' #Brexit mistakes? ft.com/content/56f9a2…

When Johnson was PM, he changed the law to postpone the general election and handed power to Liz Truss.

In the 2016 referendum, a central argument for #Brexit was the claim that the EU is undemocratic and governed by unelected bureaucrats. Guess which one, the EU or the UK, has changed the law since Brexit to postpone their elections, and which one will have theirs as scheduled?

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It’s almost as if he didn’t understand what he was voting for …..

Massive thanks to everyone who came yesterday to our launch at Imperial College London, to our speakers, and to the sponsors of the event Santander Fundación and EU Delegation UK! 🇪🇺🇬🇧

We hope you enjoyed the evening and we look forward to welcoming you in future events!

📸Gabriela Gergova

Arttu Rajantie 🇪🇺 🇫🇮 #FBPE, CONNECTS-UK member and Chair of Finnish Science Society in the UK, is closing the Launch Event giving summary and event's most important take-home messages!

🚀 CONNECTS-UK Launch Event is right around the corner! 🚀
Join us this Wednesday, April 10th, at Imperial College London . Alongside inspiring speakers, we’re thrilled to have contributions from CONNECTS-UK Team Member.

John Curtice on Brexit and Labour:
1. Labour vote is as anti-Brexit as it was four years ago, despite being much larger.
2. This is because the public is much more anti-Brexit now (57-58% rejoin).
3. Young voters are overwhelmingly anti-Brexit.

1. 🧵 THREAD on Visas in Europe (inc UK) and what they mean for people in the years post-Brexit…

Arttu Rajantie 🇪🇺 🇫🇮 #FBPE Yeah, 'we hold all the cards'... alas, we're increasingly playing solitaire. 🤦‍♂️

#Brexit has made the UK a lower-status nation, says David Miliband theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

If you find yourself with some free time this weekend, the Financial Times's recent video “we need to talk about Brexit” is well worth a watch 👀
ft.com/video/5120d2fe…

Pretty circular argument that:
“UK quit Erasmus because of Brits’ poor language skills” politico.eu/article/brits-…

Please join us for the launch event of CONNecting EU Communities Through Science in UK next Wednesday at Imperial College London or online. Registration form and full details: connects-uk.org/events/

Venki Ramakrishnan: ‘unfriendly’ visas would’ve nixed my UK move timeshighereducation.com/news/venki-ram… Times Higher Education

💥Millions of EU citizens living in the UK have the right to vote in the #EUelections2024 .
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#UseYourVote - register now and check how and where you will be able to cast your vote in June.
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elections.europa.eu/en/

Look what turned up in the Telegraph this evening!

(Flawed logic and unable to admit Brexit was bound to fail, but conclusion points to full Rejoin: 'What we categorically should not do is go on pretending that the country can afford to live with a halfway Brexit.')

Introducing NERDS

On the occasion of CERN’s 70th anniversary, the Organization will change its name to ‘Network of Experiments for Research and Development in Society (NERDS). The name change comes as a result of reflecting our new role in society and encapsulates the nature of…

Cold, damp, unsafe: record number of UK schools refused funding for repairs theguardian.com/education/2024…