Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner

More convinced than ever that nationalism and extremism should be the past, not the future.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

This voter, like a huge number of voters, is talking about rejoining the EU and removing barriers to prosperity, trade and our freedom in Europe. UK Political leaders (most but not all) need to wake up and smell the coffee. #RejoinEU

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@DavidHenigUK Defence planning and acquisition requires money, training and a lot of time to bring into effect, all of which the UK has found politically difficult for the reasons you set out.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@LizWebsterSBF But the support for change has to be cross party & work within the electoral calculus of FPTP. We are nowhere near having all of these different conditions looking favourable at the moment & most of the press remains rabidly pro-Brexit or unwilling to challenge it.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@LizWebsterSBF @AndyBurnhamGM @labourlewis @mainstreamlbr Any evidence that Burnham will return to a pro-Rejoin position rather than his new Blue Labour friendly one? Let’s see…

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@LizWebsterSBF You deliberately misrepresented where Labour was at on the EU during the General Election and you are now being economical with the truth on who supports rejoin.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@LizWebsterSBF It isn’t confined to Labour politicians. The Liberal Democrats, Greens, Plaid Cymru, SNP all support
this, it is a question of timing. Labour is the party of red lines over the EU & flip floppers like Burnham who change position to against rejoin overnight.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@LizWebsterSBF You won’t get this through the Labour Party. Look how a need to win a by-election and a word from Lisa Nandy and other Red Wall constituencies dragged Burnham back to the idiotic red lines on Europe.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@afneil So new trade barriers with our biggest and nearest export market helped promote growth?

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@PeterStefanovi2 Andy Burnham announces that Labour should continue heading towards the iceberg. It is 2026 not 2016.

[Brendan May @bmay]

Andy Burnham can apparently change Britain without reversing Brexit.

I’m afraid it’s yet another fantasy, and one that ironically hurts the people who hate Europe the most.

Politicians must stop pretending Brexit is compatible with a dynamic prosperous future.

It’s horseshit.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@bmay @MFIJake Burnham has literally accepted the same red lines and fiscal rules that helped wreck Starmer’s premiership and which will do the same if he becomes Labour leader. They really want to hit that iceberg.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@DavidHenigUK She supports Blue Labour, Farage and Glasman agree on Brexit.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@LizWebsterSBF @AndyBurnhamGM A mixture of the Brexit voters of Makerfield and Blue Labour nonsense have already ensured that Burnham will not have the latitude to do what is necessary with Europe to revive growth and public services. What a mess.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@edwinhayward Also the change in leader and policies would need to happen in a way that brings tangible, positive change, not just more handwringing and failing to build a broad electoral coalition.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@thatginamiller @LizWebsterSBF @PippaCrerar @GringoPeruano @PaulLewis @Direthoughts Because Starmer’s Government ran on a platform that committed it to not going anywhere near far enough to revive the economy and public services. On immigration they have tacked ever farther to the right. It is a crying shame for all of us and has only aided the populists.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@edwinhayward He will keep referring to red lines in the manifesto right up until the point he is replaced as Labour leader.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@LizWebsterSBF @TheSun I wonder if he or his successor will change policy after the US has actually abandoned NATO and left the Straights of Hormuz closed?

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@RoryStewartUK Because a large number of people don’t really do
Politics and like to be presented with easy simplistic solutions and lots of red herrings. Grown up representative politics used to protect Western democracies from obvious con men and charlatans.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@edwinhayward Everyone knows that it is just a matter of time
before he goes later in the year. An intelligent leader who cares about the future knows when their time is up.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@LizWebsterSBF Rachel Reeves’ time as chancellor will come
to an end pretty soon after a new leader replaces
Starmer. Let’s hope that the new leader is prepared to challenge the Blue Labour view
on Europe.

[Freedom of Movement #FBPE #Rejoiner @FreedomofMovem1]

@edwinhayward @bmay It is interesting to compare the no alternative to Starmer people to the no alternative to Boris Johnson advocates of the past. I suspect that there will be people who won’t countenance Starmer going right up until the moment it happens any time in the next few months.