Daniel Hodson

Chr Exec Cttee Britain Unbound; Emeritus Gresham Professor of Commerce; Dir Vote Leave; CEO LIFFE; Dep CEO Nationwide; Chr Winchester Uni, DACS, BPL Holdings

[Jack Elsom @JackElsom]

EXCL: Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper scolds Labour colleagues agitating to re-join the EU.

Accusing them of seeking to "turn back the clock", she says: "I don’t think that is the right approach. We had those debates, it was done. We had a referendum. We had a whole long debate for several years afterwards."

https://t.co/brN4L9bzFU

[Britain Unbound @BritainUnbound]

Beware of government press releases and ministerial statements stating that immigration has been massively reduced and citing net migration figures as evidence.

As all that means, is that government policy is driving Brits out of the UK at an alarming pace.

[Britain Unbound @BritainUnbound]

🇬🇧 BRITS CHOOSE TO STAY OUT 🇬🇧

In case you missed this over the weekend.

Polling for The Observer, conducted routinely over the past year, has consistently shown that when given the correct and full set of options, the British public will choose to stay out of the EU. Every time.

[Great British PAC 🇬🇧 @GreatBritishPAC]

The Chagos Islands are not for sale.
They are the homeland of a people who have waited generations to return, and there is no price tag on self-determination.
The overwhelming majority of Chagossians want to remain British.
Read more here⬇️
https://t.co/nOU6YOtyeL

[David C Bannerman @DCBMEP]

A serious US commentator predicts the end of the EU: https://t.co/TsgFk3gN36

[David C Bannerman @DCBMEP]

Not reassuring.

[Daniel Hannan @DanielJHannan]

We don’t stop muggers, rapists or terrorists entering the country. But, by heaven, don’t try to come to Britain if you have said something stupid online. https://t.co/pxF1ENRSS2

[GB News @GBNEWS]

'The Americans are looking at how to protect their long-term interests because they don't trust the British Government.'

Attorney General of the Chagos Government, James Tunbridge responds as the U.S. looks to table a deal on purchasing the Chagos Islands.

[Annunziata Rees-Mogg @zatzi]

If this 👇happens, Keir will find he has to cut benefits regardless of what his backbenchers think. Burnham will find his VAT cut for pubs is verboten.

Instead we will face “austerity” cuts on a scale that makes Osborne’s attempts pale into insignificance AND painful tax rises.

Just to appease the International Monetary Fund in order to reassure lenders - who, with nearly 100% debt to GDP ratio, we need.

Labour’s economic illiteracy got us here.

Now Labour needs to face reality and cut government spending, before it’s all decided by foreign money over whom we have no democratic control.

[Danny Kruger @danny__kruger]

This. The case for Brexit was always that it would give us the agility to innovate with technologies and opportunities we didn't even know about yet, while the EU stagnated... and in less than 10 years the proof is here.

[Britain Unbound @BritainUnbound]

Just for the record.

The cost of membership of the EU now exceeds 1% of GDP.

So if David Miliband thinks that that is the hit to UK GDP, then not only is he saying that the 4% and 8% figures are garbage (which they are), but also that we are *saving* money by not being in.

[The English Remnant @Englishremnant]

An American Soldier in WWII:

"Those Brits are a strange old race. They show affection by abusing each other, will think nothing of casually stopping in the middle of a firefight for a 'brewup' and eat food that I wouldn't give to a dying dog. But fuck me, I would rather have one British squaddie on side than an entire battalion of Spetznaz! Why? Because the British are the only people in this world who when the chips are down and it seems like there is no hope left, instead of getting sentimental or hysterical, will strap on their pack, charge their rifle, light up a smoke, and calmly and wryly grin, 'Well, are we going then you wanker?" 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧

[David C Bannerman @DCBMEP]

Project Mislead has replaced the failed Project Fear - with @Independent now backing it. Shame.

[Gatestone Institute @GatestoneInst]

Even if a new deal were reached, with temporary halts on uranium enrichment for sanctions relief, what happens after? Iran's regime can buy time. It plays the long game. Just wait out US administrations. A future US leadership could be weaker. In addition to Iran's $25 billion nuclear deal with Russia, it could receive additional help from its other allies, China, North Korea and Pakistan. https://t.co/gMkcdllOQO

[GB Politics @GBPolitcs]

🚨NEW: Latest Brexit/EU polling:

Stay out: 55%
Rejoin: 33%
Don't know: 12%

[@OpiniumResearch]

[Ben Riley-Smith @benrileysmith]

Matthew Elliott, the man who created Vote Leave, has written a book opening his archives 10 years on from the Brexit vote.

It includes the defeat speeches Boris + Dom Cummings were preparing to give after referendum night and the battles behind the scenes that could have undercut the campaign.

We spoke this week about reliving 2016, the prospect of a 2nd Brexit referendum, the friendships strained by Leave, why he doesn’t regret appointing Cummings and whether secretly listening to a Remain campaign call days before the vote (as revealed in the book) was justified.

The 2,500-word write-up of the chat with ‘the hidden man of Brexit’ over here👇

https://t.co/tzrqFaHGk5

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

If Andy Burnham wants to become Prime Minister, he must stand up for free speech.

The UK is becoming increasingly authoritarian. Police forces across the country are spending increasingly more time policing tweets than policing streets.

The Free Speech Union has been at the forefront of challenging this growing intrusion into matters that should not concern the police.

Despite recent arrests for “offensive” online comments, the workplace remains the most dangerous place to speak your mind. Since the Free Speech Union was founded six years ago, we have handled more than 6,000 cases defending the rights of British citizens to speak freely at work, at university and online.

In Manchester — where Burnham is the all-powerful Mayor — senior figures at Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service have reportedly cautioned firefighters who support Reform UK because of their political views.

In an email from fire service bosses, staff were informed that firefighters seeking to represent Reform UK had been cautioned. The message also appeared to encourage staff to report colleagues who support Reform.

This is truly shocking.

The Free Speech Union’s General Secretary, Lord Young, has written to Andy Burnham asking him to explain this extraordinary treatment of Manchester firefighters exercising their democratic right to stand for @reformparty_uk.

As Mayor of Greater Manchester, Mr Burnham is ultimately responsible for the governance of its fire and rescue service.

If he wishes to lead a free country, @AndyBurnhamGM must condemn this kind of thought policing.

Read this excellent piece in the Daily Mail 👇

[Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK]

🚨 Astonishingly, the heads of the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service’s (GMFRS) ‘race and faith’ network have sent an email to firefighters, targeting staff members standing as candidates for Reform UK.

The email stated these individuals were "spoken to" and that management is seeking "legal guidance" to protect their "inclusive culture."

Sending an anti-Reform UK political broadcast on public systems during a regulated election period is a shocking breach of electoral neutrality and is unlawful.

Firefighters have every legal right to stand for election.

Hounding staff for lawful political views is unacceptable and is proof of the exact perception that anyone questioning an aggressive DEI agenda will be chased out of their job.

I have written to Chief Fire Officer Dave Russel demanding answers.

Petch and Ahmed - the network heads responsible - appear to have committed gross misconduct and should be dismissed.

GMFRS must apologize to Reform UK and the affected staff.

We have given GMFRS until Wednesday to answer 8 specific demands, including providing transcripts of what was said to our candidates and explaining why these network heads are permitted to weaponize IT systems.

I am also calling on HMICFRS (@HMICFRS) and the Electoral Commission (@ElectoralCommUK) to urgently investigate this unlawful breach.

Full letter below. 👇

[David Frost @DavidGHFrost]

The government has not got a single thing worth having out of the EU in this "reset" negotiation. It's one concession after another.

It's an absolute shocker.

The reason is, of course, they aren't trying. They just want to tie us to the EU & they don't care what it costs.

[Britain Unbound @BritainUnbound]

Your Unbound Daily Briefing is up!

Covered today:

⚫️ Our exclusive polling that shows Brits reject dynamic alignment and the EU Reset terms
⚫️ Polls for The Observer show Brexit majorities
⚫️ Starmer to capitulate yet again, UK loses

https://t.co/0Wdp3yJjJc