The world faces economic turmoil caused by Trump.
Climate change threatens the future of the planet.
Putin threatens European security.
The UK has extra problems caused by Brexit
Yet, British media & politics is obsessed about a stupid ambassador appointment 2 years ago…
It’s not just the remarkable 63% who say they’d vote to rejoin the EU. It’s also the fact that this figure continues to rise slowly but steadily.
Brexit has failed and is seen to have failed. And geopolitics brings Britain and its neighbours, with whom it shares interests & values, closer together.
👏 Neil Kinnock: “The special relationship has to ultimately mean rejoining the European Union – or to be more accurate and forward-looking in a changed and changing Europe, it has to mean joining again.”
It’s not just the remarkable 63% who say they’d vote to rejoin the EU. It’s also the fact that this figure continues to rise slowly but steadily.
Brexit has failed and is seen to have failed. And geopolitics brings Britain and its neighbours, with whom it shares interests & values, closer together.
“Customs union is a distraction. Only full membership offers a compelling vision of Britain's future” | Ian Dunt
iandunt.substack.com/p/rejoin-is-...
The government said that the UK national interest requires closer economic co-operation with the EU, including further regulatory alignment. But this is progressing only slowly, and in some areas there is growing divergence, says Joel Reland (@jreland.bsky.social ):
ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/uk-e...
“Customs union is a distraction. Only full membership offers a compelling vision of Britain's future” | Ian Dunt
iandunt.substack.com/p/rejoin-is-...
Good to hear a British trade union leader, Prospect Gen Sec Mike Clancy at the #EUUKForum today, call on Labour to put rejoining the EU in its next manifesto
Irish MEP Barry Andrews says the progress in UK - EU relations needs to go further & faster, and announces that this will be a priority of the Irish presidency of the EU Council later this year.
At #EUUKForum , UK minister Nick Thomas-Symonds welcomes Britain rejoining Erasmus+ , confirms that agreement is close on agriculture, carbon & electricity trading, and announces that this year’s UK-EU summit will open new areas of ambition for alignment and cooperation.
Good to hear a British trade union leader, Prospect Gen Sec Mike Clancy at the #EUUKForum today, call on Labour to put rejoining the EU in its next manifesto
Our future lies with our European partners.
Students, apprentices, educators and young people will soon be able to study, work and experience all Europe has to offer through Erasmus+.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/british...
“The Brexit delusion is dead – so now Keir Starmer doesn’t need to pretend any more” | Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brexit meant Britain had to choose:
- either be outside single market too, at great economic cost
- or, like Norway, align with single market, attenuate the costs, but become a rule taker.
Only EU members get economic benefit AND get to agree the rules
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
🚨🔔NEW!
If a referendum were held today, 65% would vote to rejoin the EU.
New More in Common polling:
🔴66% want improved trading terms with the EU
⚪️ 63% want tighter links on security and defence.
🔵 51% believe another EU referendum should be held within 5 yrs
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
The abysmal judgement of the man who worshipped Orban, Trump, Putin, Brexit …
Brexit meant Britain had to choose:
- either be outside single market too, at great economic cost
- or, like Norway, align with single market, attenuate the costs, but become a rule taker.
Only EU members get economic benefit AND get to agree the rules
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
🤡 The Brexit irony is extraordinary.
Britain helped design a system to manage/control borders across Europe.
Then we chose to leave, turning ourselves from insiders into third-country aliens.
Now 🇬🇧 citizens are subject to very scrutiny Brexiters wanted to impose on others.
Brexit lost control.
We already knew that Farage's Reform is filled with mega chancers & grifters. It is widely known that Richard Tice has aggressively avoided tax legally due. Now we find out his company failed to pay tax legally due. So much for public services & standards. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇
Am I the only one to be shocked by BBC news?
For days, its lead story has been breathless reporting of the US moonshot, repeating something already done nearly 60yrs ago, while the US pounding of Iran, which has huge consequences for all of us, comes 10 minutes later as an afterthought
Zelensky said the EU is 'in a situation where it needs more countries'
The battle against Trump is a battle against genocide iandunt.substack.com/p/the-battle...
The Iran war is a warning: Britain must build resilience – at home and with our allies in Europe | Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“Donald Trump makes a mess. Europe gets called on to clean it up [and] pay a hefty price”
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Alas
