Nick Trench

Artist, writer and parliamentarian

[Nick Trench @NickClancarty]

Sensible arguments against introducing charging to national museums: https://t.co/t7IWtpGoL7

[The Rejoin EU Party @RejoinP]

Once again Brexit chaos.
Whilst you queue Farage gets £5 million and a private helicopter, after promising you 🫵 everything will get better…
Vote Rejoin 🇬🇧💙🇪🇺

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

We are just Germany in the 1930s instead of blaming Jews we are blaming migrants.

But they aren't responsible for Austerity, Brexit or the profiteering crisis.

#bbcqt

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

The only realistic way to get meaningful single market access is to drop the red lines and move toward full re-engagement.

We must be honest about freedom of movement: it’s not just “immigration bad”.

It’s two-way. British people get the freedom to go and work/travel/retire anywhere in Europe without endless costly red tape. That safety valve is incredibly valuable when unemployment rises here as happened in the 80’s after Thatcher’s decimation of industry, Brits escaped recession using FoM in 80’s - Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

[Nick Trench @NickClancarty]

@CraigEnglishman @supertanskiii Shame there isn’t a dislike or thumbs down button

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

🚨 @gilliantett (FT) on Newsnight:

“The Treasury quite likes immigration because in their terms, it’s good for economic growth… one of the fastest ways to boost an economy is to get more people in.”

And she warns: weak UK productivity + falling net migration + losing high-skilled talent & academics is a serious problem.

Many Brexit voters thought cutting it would improve public services. The opposite is true: more working-age immigrants = stronger economy = better-funded services.

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

I am so looking forward to proving him wrong. 🇬🇧🇪🇺

[Nick Trench @NickClancarty]

@LizWebsterSBF This is an interesting take.

[Nick Trench @NickClancarty]

Lisa Nandy dismisses Streeting’s remarks about the EU as ‘odd’, but what is surely odder is that we have a Culture Secretary who isn’t screaming from the rooftops for us to rejoin, seeing how catastrophic the loss of free movement has been for our arts and creative industries.

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

NEW: Wes Streeting says the UK should rejoin the EU: “Leaving the EU was a catastrophic mistake.”

[ISM @ISM_music]

This week, the King's Speech featured very little to support music and musicians, but did include a commitment to ‘strengthen ties with the European Union'

Read more here ⬇️
https://t.co/mGtpM9qbft

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

I hope this isn’t true. There are times when it’s more important to put country before party. This is one of them. Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy & counter dire threat of a Reform UK government https://t.co/PNfl5GnB0X

[Sustainable Energy Forum @Eddystone506]

Brexit will kill every prime minister who doesn't kill Brexit

[Socialist Opera Singer @OperaSocialist]

The irony is that if Starmer pledged to actually rejoin the EU he'd immediately be more popular.

Brexit will destroy every PM until a PM destroys Brexit.

[Socialist Opera Singer @OperaSocialist]

As Culture Secretary @lisanandy must surely understand that Brexit has had a devastating effect on the arts in the UK and its artists.

Joining the Single Market and reinstating Freedom of Movement would go a huge way to rectifying the damage.

[Nick Trench @NickClancarty]

@edwinhayward The arts and culture have, arguably, been most affected by Brexit. We not only need to get back into the single market, we need a Secretary of State who is going to argue for the place of artists in Europe, not in effect the opposite.

[Nick Trench @NickClancarty]

@mikegalsworthy Oh yes we do!

[ISM @ISM_music]

Tomorrow ISM Chief Exec @DeborahAnnetts speaks at Westminster Insight's UK Arts and Creative Industries Conference

The driving force behind Brave New World?, Deborah will discuss its shocking findings and why government must act now to protect creators ⬇️
https://t.co/zDh7eCndJ8

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

🔴 87% of Labour members support a manifesto pledge to rejoin the EU.

🔴 Strong backing across the party for a clear commitment.

The membership and voters are way ahead of the leadership on Europe, and ignoring it risks internal trouble - leadership challenges, Green defections, demoralisation.

The rejoin sentiment is a major fault line inside Labour.

https://t.co/ngS0Mhrzqv