moderatecentrist

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[–] moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 1 points 28 minutes ago

I remember the crisis in Sudan a number of years ago, the Brits were still stuck there while the Irish had already been evacuated by the Germans on account of the EU. I believe every EU diplomatic mission is actually supposed to support EU citizens regardless of nationality, although possibly in cases where their home country’s mission is inaccessible.

That's cool. I guess Brits will have to go without such benefits for the time being. And if Reform are the next government then the UK's ties to Europe will probably be reduced. I suppose there is time for the public to change their voting intentions before the next election though.

[–] moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 7 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Another advantage of the Irish passport over the British passport is that the Irish passport allows you to live and work in 26 other European countries. But hey ho.

 

This Hamas official has said a couple of interesting things:

  1. He doesn't want Sir Tony Blair (former UK prime minister) involved in the governance of Gaza, despite Trump's plan for the region proposing this.
  2. Hamas doesn't plan to disarm, unless they are giving their weapons to a future Palestinian army.

Quote about the first point:

"When it comes to Tony Blair, unfortunately, we Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims and maybe others around the world have bad memories of him... We can still remember his role in killing, causing thousands or millions of deaths to innocent civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq... We can still remember him very well after destroying Iraq and Afghanistan."

Quote about the second point:

Dr Naim said Hamas would not completely disarm and that weapons would only be handed over to the Palestinian state, with fighters integrated into the Palestinian National Army... "No one has the right to deny us the right to resist the occupation of armies," he said.

Thoughts on this?

[–] moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 1 points 6 hours ago

Brit here. I'm surprised the map says "fall" for the UK because I don't think I've ever heard a Brit say "fall" for autumn. I think "fall" is just an American thing, not a British thing. Cool map anyway.

 

Zarah sounds similar to Zack Polanski, the Greens leader, with her messaging:

“The truth is, Reform is just another wing of the political establishment,” she said. “Funded by billionaires and aristocrats, fronted by a millionaire stockbroker, an ex-public school boy, Nigel Farage. He is peddling racism to distract us from the real agenda: more privatisation, more deregulation, more handouts for the rich, more cuts for everyone else.”

[–] moderatecentrist@feddit.uk -1 points 1 day ago

I've been thinking similar things. Maybe online platforms, including Lemmy, can be a bit unhealthy.

In the real world, if you say something a bit embarrassing in front of one person, they'll probably forget it after a while. Years later, nobody knows you said it. But on Lemmy, if I tell one person my opinion on a topic, that opinion exists on my profile for the rest of time, unless I delete the comment or my profile.

[–] moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 40 points 1 day ago

I already use profiles in Firefox but this looks a much better interface for managing them.

Yes that's a fair point about trying to rejoin with a slim majority in favour. The majority could flip after some time, potentially.

Realistically I don't think the UK is going to rejoin the EU for the next few years, but I think it could well become a more popular political idea over time, as the effects of Brexit become more apparent. People might start to feel it in their pockets more. So maybe the UK will end up rejoining in the next 20, 30, 40 years. Who knows though.

 

In a post on X, the committee says it has awarded Maria Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy".

I expect Donald Trump will write an angry social media post about this, claiming that he should have won.

 

Is this guy right? Should Brexit be reversed?

The article links to some interesting YouGov statistics about current British opinion on Brexit. For example, a majority of Brits support rejoining the EU:

A chart showing some statistics regarding British opinion towards the EU. For example, 36% of Brits apparently "strongly support" rejoining the EU, 20% somewhat support rejoining the EU, 10% don't know if they support rejoining the EU, 10% somewhat oppose rejoining the EU, and 24% strongly oppose rejoining the EU. The rest of the stats in this image can be seen on YouGov's website, in an article posted on June 19th, 2025.