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[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@LizWebsterSBF @katie_martin_fx Rejoining would likely send the pound back to ~$1.50. Because we import most of our goods, it would slash the cost of living. It would reassure the debt markets, giving the govt. more headroom to fix the country. That's why rejoining has to come first before anything else.

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@atkins_diane @LizWebsterSBF @AndyBurnhamGM Leaving the EU = putting up trading barriers with our largest trading partner = economic pain. If we rejoin, the economy will grow to give us a chance to fix our problems. Money doesn't grow on trees. We need a plan for growth. The EU is a plan.

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@atkins_diane @LizWebsterSBF @AndyBurnhamGM I live in those areas. It's true we've existed before EU. But those days aren't coming back. The EU brought us lower-cost groceries. Brexit made the cost of living unbearable. It's silly chasing after an era that is gone forever, when the EU can bring down living costs today!

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@LizWebsterSBF @AndyBurnhamGM Rejoin will also boost the pound and reassure bond markets. Without this, there's no money to fund all of Andy's new ideas. This is what MPs should be selling Brexit areas on. Taking the easier way out is why this country is in a mess and is unlikely to ever be fixed. 2/2

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@LizWebsterSBF @AndyBurnhamGM I have huge sympathy for Andy's situation. At the same time, rejoin is the direct solution to the problems that Brexit-voting deprived areas are facing. Rejoin will cut tariffs and boost the pound, lowering the cost of living: That's the change that voters want. 1/2

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@ChillaxBcn @AngelaRayner This is why people don’t trust politicians anymore: They keep putting short-term popularity over duty, even though in this case, rejoining the single market would fix the country and so make politicians popular. 2/2

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@ChillaxBcn @AngelaRayner It's the duty of politicians to win the public over on what's best for the country. Being in the single market is best for the country. Yet politicians shirk their duty, even though in the aftermath of Brexit winning people over should be easy. 1/2

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@PP_Politico The government also said it was advisory. So if they said it was advisory, and they also said that they were going to implement your decision, then these mixed statements are hardly democratic.

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@roadone189 @JuliaHB1 @wesstreeting Leaving the EU = putting up trading barriers with our largest trading market = economic damage. How do we offset damage? There was no clear manifesto, just a mix of different wishes.

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@LizWebsterSBF Going back in the EU would strengthen the pound and lower government debt, reducing the need for more austerity. The solution is right there to address the challenges of the era, but our politicians lack the skills to win people over. 2/2

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@LizWebsterSBF EU is the remedy to austerity & mass migration. We had less migration when in the EU. EU migrants were often single people looking for experience. They'd help our public services, but go back to the EU to start families, limiting their use of state services. 1/2

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@LizWebsterSBF Why didn’t the bond markets stop the madness of Brexit? Surely they lose out by the UK putting up barriers with its largest trading partner? An advisory referendum with a 2% majority that had no manifesto hardly mandates the Brexit we got. Why didn’t the markets stop that?!

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@LizWebsterSBF It's typical Starmer: Trying to please all the different factions, but he just ends up annoying everyone. Rejoining the single market will improve living standards. Anything else just fans the anger that drives people to Reform.

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@EdwardJDavey This will quickly make life better and remove the anger that’s driving people to reform. We don’t have time for small steps like a bespoke customs. Politicians need to be bold 3/3

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@EdwardJDavey Rejoining the single market will lower tariffs and so cut the cost of living; it will boost the pound and so increase government spending power; it will reduce immigration back to 2016 levels. 2/3

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@AngelaRayner The only way to fix this is to join the single market. It will slash tariffs and boost the pound, lowering the weekly supermarket shop. Immigration was lower when in the EU. Brexit only won with a 2% majority in an advisory referendum from 10 years ago. Why kill the UK for this?

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@LizWebsterSBF It's the only way to quickly address cost-of-living pressures. Labour going through another leadership contest to decide who continues Blue Labor will do nothing.

[K woods @Craigdoodz]

@LizWebsterSBF This is really frightening. Rejoining the single market would lower food prices, stop the boats, curb immigration, and boost the pound. How can a 2% majority from a decade-old advisory referendum have so much power in stopping what's best for the country?