Simon Wilson

[European Movement UK @euromove]

The UK deserves a say in shaping Europe’s future.

George Monbiot makes the case for full EU membership: a seat at the table, a voice in the decisions and the chance to help build the Europe we want.

[Jamie Daltry @JamieDaltry]

@vivamjm It was always going to be so.
Johnson Gove Cummings Fromage Rees Mogg et al lied directly and knowingly to the British population for personal gain and fealty to Putin and the Oligarchs.
And the masses lapped it up. Every grievance blamed on EU/migrants
Traitors every last one.

[Lord Sugar @Lord_Sugar]

Very interesting to see on SKY news the opinions of EU senior members who welcome us back to the EU if we can rejoin. I do hope our new PM progresses this . The quicker the better for SME's #JOINEU

[Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧/🇨🇾 @vivamjm]

Ten years on and nothing has changed has it? I still see TV programmes & social media with the same Brexit ignorance, lies, deceit, misinformation, stupidity, English nationalism, exceptionalism, denial & immigrant/foreigner hating driven opinions.
The fact is Brexit was always going to remove our greater access rights onto our continent (for our businesses & us as individuals) without equally compensating us elsewhere.. It was & is not in the UK's gift to do what it did (its quite remarkable achievement) with 27 others.. Brexit was always going to shrink the UK economy; make trade, growth & movement across borders more difficult; *level down* trade; remove more rights, opportunities & benefits for more of us plebs; diminish our country's standing in the world .. All just a matter of how much.
Brexiters (fully in control, in BJ's govt purged of Remainers) chose to make sure of this by a substantially greater amount than it needed to be. They got what they wanted: a "Canada Style" FTA ...tariff free & quota free (good luck getting this from their darling, Trump, or any other country) ...but no FTA was ever equally compensate what was rejected by them: i.e. 85% of *our* former *internal* market, by wealthy consumers.
Which now (for goods) is smaller than the UK itself

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

George Monbiot explains why the UK should rejoin the EU,

"There's a reason why Russia tried to intervene in the Brexit vote, they knew that it would harm the UK and the EU if we left"

"They were very clear about that and boy have they been proved right"

"It has damaged our economic life, our social and cultural life"

"Wales alone has lost £1 billion net in regional and social funding which it would have received from the EU"

"And it has greatly weakened the opportunities particularly for young people, to work abroad, live abroad, to have the freedoms we had before"

"We could rejoin the Customs Union, or the Single Market, but if we did that alone we would be rule takers, we have to accept whatever the EU handed down because we would not be at the table negotiating and making decisions alongside other nations"

"As an audience member pointed out, yes the EU is changing. But that's not a reason not to rejoin, but that's a reason to be there in case it changes into a direction we don't like. We can help it be the kind of EU that we want it to be"

"I don't think there's any option but to rejoin fully"

My view: Brexit was sold as a way to take back control. In practice, it has often meant giving up influence over decisions that still affect us. Our businesses have to navigate rules shaped in Brussels, but Britain has no vote in setting them. That is not meaningful sovereignty; it is distance from the table.

Rejoining would give the UK a voice in the institutions where shared rules are debated and agreed. It would also restore a closer, more predictable relationship with our largest nearby market, making it easier for businesses to trade, invest and plan.

Those gains would not erase every problem facing the country, but they would remove barriers we chose to put in our own way.

The case is about more than trade. It is about making it easier for people to study, work and build lives across Europe; cooperating on research, energy, climate and security; and giving communities and regions access to shared opportunities.

These are practical freedoms and partnerships that matter in people’s everyday lives.

A halfway arrangement could reduce some friction, but it would leave Britain following many common rules without full representation in shaping them. If the UK wants influence over the direction of European cooperation, membership is the route that provides it.

Rejoining would not mean surrendering every national choice; it would mean choosing to make some decisions together, with a seat, a vote and the ability to argue for the outcome we want.

The question is not whether the EU is perfect. It is whether Britain is better placed to shape its future from within, alongside its neighbours, or to stand outside while decisions with consequences for us are made without us.

After the experience of Brexit, there is a strong case for choosing influence, cooperation and closer ties again.

And since Britain left, no other EU member state has followed it out. Instead, the Union has grown to 27 members, while 10 aspiring members are currently in the accession process.

That does not prove the EU is perfect or that membership suits every country. But it does show that countries see real value in joining: access to a huge shared market, stronger economic links and greater stability. European Commission

They are not signing up because the EU has no problems; they are choosing to take part in a shared project that can bring investment, opportunity and a stronger voice in decisions affecting their future.

If countries across Europe are working to join, Britain should ask why it chose to walk away, and whether standing outside has made us better placed to shape what comes next.

[Martin Davies 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 @martindvz]

Time to ditch the Brexit lies and rejoin our actual friends, neighbours and most important trading partners.

To retake our place as one of the biggest and most influential members of the richest trading bloc in the world.

[Paul Kohler🔶MP for Wimbledon @PaulKohlerSW19]

Brexit has weakened Britain economically and politically.

Businesses are drowning in red tape, and young people are being denied opportunities across Europe.

The Liberal Democrats have a clear roadmap to rebuild ties with the EU. It is time to repair the damage of Brexit.

[Monica Harding MP @monicabeharding]

Brexit cost an estimated £90 billion in lost tax revenue in 2025 alone. That money could have eased the tax burden on working people and funded our NHS and public services.

I welcome the Prime Minister’s opening to Europe, but he must go further. Rejoining the single market and a customs union would bring growth and prosperity back to Britain.

With war in Europe and an unpredictable White House, our security also depends on standing with our closest neighbours - cross-border problems need cross-border solutions.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

'Get over it': Labour MP Dame Emily Thornberry's message on concerns about reopening 'divisive' Brexit debates.

Thornberry tells @CathyNewman that the UK could re-join the EU without a second referendum if it was included as a manifesto commitment at a general election.

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

🚨 Another Brexit myth collapses.

We are repeatedly told that Europe would never take Britain back.

The evidence says otherwise.

🇪🇺 66.2% of EU voters support the UK rejoining
🇩🇰 Denmark: 75.6%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 75.3%
🇸🇪 Sweden: 72.2%
🇪🇪 Estonia: 71.6%
🇵🇹 Portugal: 70.2%
🇪🇸 Spain: 67.7%
🇩🇪 Germany: 65.1%

Even France 🇫🇷 described as among the most hesitant, backs our return by 58.6% to 19.4%.

Britain is not being kept outside by a hostile Europe. We are being kept outside by our own political class’s fear of admitting that Brexit failed.

Europe is ready. A majority of Britain is ready. The remaining obstacle is political courage at Westminster.

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

🚨 Rejoining the Single Market would not mean repeating Brexit years, it will repeat joining single market years when growth soared.

Brexit erected trade barriers. Rejoining would dismantle them.

When the Single Market began in 1993, life became easier for British businesses: fewer barriers, lower costs and access to customers across Europe.

🤩 Between 1993 and 1997, real GDP grew by approximately 16%, averaging just over 3% annually.

We have already endured the disruption of leaving. Removing that friction is not another act of economic vandalism, it is the repair job.

[Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden]

The danger now is that Britain spends years negotiating a slightly less damaging Brexit.

A Customs Union would be an improvement. But Britain needs far more.

Freedom of Movement of goods, services, people and capital should be the minimum ambition.

[Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden]

A Customs Union would help. But let’s not mistake it for the destination.

Britain needs the Freedom of Movement of goods, services, people and capital.

That’s the minimum needed to get things moving again — our economy, our businesses and our people.

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

The UK needs to rejoin the EU as soon as possible.

This is no longer simply about repairing the economic damage of Brexit. It is about food, energy, defence, supply chains and our democratic security.

Remaining trapped in Brexit leaves Britain poorer, weaker and dangerously exposed. Our national security now depends on rebuilding our place in Europe.

[Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden]

Here’s my checklist for Andy Burnham

[Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden]

For years we were told politicians couldn’t even talk about reversing Brexit.

That taboo is disappearing.

The next taboo to break is Freedom of Movement.

British people lost enormous freedoms and opportunities through Brexit.

There is nothing radical about wanting them back.

[The News Agents @TheNewsAgents]

"We need to actually admit to ourselves that leaving the EU massively hit our growth, our prosperity - and didn’t solve the immigration problem."

In reopening the Brexit debate, is Tony Blair helping or hindering Andy Burnham?

@maitlis | @jonsopel

[Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden]

Freedom of Movement is not a “youth” issue.

It matters when you’re 20, 40, 60 or 80.

Study. Work. Business. Family. Retirement.

The freedom to build a life across Europe should not come with an arbitrary age cut-off.

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

A second Brexit referendum is a stupid idea. Straight to rejoin. Don’t fuck about. There’s no logical argument, economic or otherwise, for not rejoining. People have proven that they don’t have a clue and are easily duped by disinformation campaigns and foreign interference.

[BrexistentialCrisis @BrexistentialC]

Brexit was never about sovereignty.

It was always about their money. The Jacob Rees-Moggs, the Christopher Harbornes, the Crispin Odeys, the Nigel Farages.

An elite kicking the plebs claiming a fantasy elite that goes to different school is actually punching down at you.