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Today in The Times and The Sunday Times Scotland I share my views on bi- and multilingualism and why learning another language is so important for our young people.

As an Italian-Scot who grew up in the Netherlands I've switched between languages my whole life.

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thetimes.co.uk/article/d0f730…

Sounds like charter for greed….

To make Britain 🇬🇧 great again we must accept that we need to end Brexit and begin the journey back to Europe.

Polling continues to show that #Brexit is becoming increasingly unpopular and Labour’s position of trying to make it work is ludicrous and undemocratic.

Just imagine how much tax revenues have been lost if the economy is down £100bn every single year!

Now consider the public services cuts, to health, education, social services, salary stagnation/salary deflation of public sector workers
#Brexit HasFailed
#Brexit must be reversed

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‘Why has the Dan Wootton scandal been published by a small, independent, reader-funded newspaper – at our own considerable risk – when major media outlets have the resources and reach at their disposal for exactly this sort of work? 
These are questions we all need to ask’

UK craft beer industry in trouble: Over 100 microbreweries closed in 18 months. Brexit made it harder & pricier to export beers.
whiskeyraiders.com/world/united-k…

Scottish firms enter more than 300 new markets in 2022/ 2023 despite ‘the ongoing challenges of Brexit, which is widely considered to have made exporting from the UK to the EU a lot more time-consuming and expensive’ European Movement in Scotland James Withers JenSki Scotland Europe 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐭 Rejoin
heraldscotland.com/news/23737658.…

When do I need to renew my passport for travel to Europe? independent.co.uk/travel/europe/…

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“Brexit wasn’t a plan. It was a mistake.”
thetimes.co.uk/article/c5c9df…

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Thank you, please share you amazing pro Europeans! 🇬🇧😍🇪🇺
#RejoinEU

Fantastic to hear news that polling suggests less than a quarter of the public think Britain should leave the ECHR.

And that pledging to leave the ECHR at the election would lose twice as many votes for the Tories as they would gain from the promise.

thetimes.co.uk/article/5571da…

Scottish groups to follow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺
EMiS European Movement in Scotland

Aberdeen EuropeanMvt Aberdeen
Edinburgh Edinburgh4Europe #WeWillBeBack #LeaveALightOn
Fife Fife4Europe 🇪🇺 #FBPE #RejoinEU #FollowBackFriday
Glasgow GlasgowlovesEU #FBPE #ProgressiveAlliance🇺🇦
Highlands Highlands4EU🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺
Perth @Perth4Europe
Stirling Stirling4Europe #FBPE
SW Scotland @swScotland4Europe

‘New ‘rules of origin’ requirements kick in next year and will mean that car makers on both sides of the Channel will only avoid tariffs if at least 45% of the value of a BEV’s components and 60% of its battery come from the UK or EU’Prof David Bailey Peter Foster European Movement in Scotland JenSki Scotland Europe 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐭 Rejoin

Since Brexit, Britain’s union has grown increasingly European.

63% now want to #Rejoin .

Politicians across the country need to show some leadership.
economist.com/britain/2023/0…

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