[The Weeping Angel]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/ ... me-with-uk

The EU is prepared to make major concessions in negotiations to allow British and European 18- to 30-year-olds to travel and work freely, potentially paving the way for a long-awaited reset with Brussels.

A scheme that would allow thousands of young Europeans to live and work in the UK has been seen as a key EU demand in reaching a post-Brexit pact incorporating defence, energy and migration.

It is understood that EU member states could now be willing to limit work visas to as little as 12 months, with quotas on numbers and restrictions on the sectors EU citizens could work in.

They are also open to a “one in, one out” style plan being considered by the home secretary.

[The Weeping Angel]

Nah, let's focus on the briefing in the Times instead.

[Tubby Isaacs]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/ ... me-with-uk

The EU is prepared to make major concessions in negotiations to allow British and European 18- to 30-year-olds to travel and work freely, potentially paving the way for a long-awaited reset with Brussels.

A scheme that would allow thousands of young Europeans to live and work in the UK has been seen as a key EU demand in reaching a post-Brexit pact incorporating defence, energy and migration.

It is understood that EU member states could now be willing to limit work visas to as little as 12 months, with quotas on numbers and restrictions on the sectors EU citizens could work in.

They are also open to a “one in, one out” style plan being considered by the home secretary.

Have to see the whole deal. It may or may not be wise to go so hard on this, but visas are definitely one of the UK's better cards. We know from FoM days how attractive the UK is to a big range of people, within and across EU member states. The original EU proposal (4 years for everyone aged 21-30) was never going to be accepted.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Why are so many academics doing this? There've been lots of reports of progress in the talks. Why the "there they go, silly morons like the last lot"? BTL picks up the hint.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Obviously, Tim Bale and co and primarily responsible, but it's all feeding into this sort of nonsense.

LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) - Confidence among people in Britain about the economy over the next 12 months has fallen to the lowest on record, polling firm Ipsos MORI said on Sunday, with only a small number expecting improvement over the period.
Seventy-five percent of Britons expect the economy to get worse over the next 12 months, up 8 percentage points since March, Ipsos said.

Economic figures don't remotely justify this so far. Worse than Covid and the Crash?!

An unholy alliance of Remainers and Kippers, with their own media profile, seemingly won't happy till this comes true.

[Youngian]

Trump's trade war madness and the possibility of a European war is enough to sap Jo Public's confidence.

[The Weeping Angel]

Why are so many academics doing this? There've been lots of reports of progress in the talks. Why the "there they go, silly morons like the last lot"? BTL picks up the hint.

They get clout online. Academics will happily debase themselves over a variety of subjects just to build an online audience.

[Tubby Isaacs]

That's only human, but it's the lack of media literacy that I find surprising. I believe the Bloomberg stuff is happening because I can't see any benefit in either side leaking that and it not happening. But with this latest story, sounds like the sort of thing the EU would leak to a domestic audience, who might reasonably want to know they're being tough with the prodigal son. I've never seen Starmer or anyone else talk Bozo cake-ism because they know it's not on offer and would just look stupid.