Labour should “push for EU membership to galvanise progressive support”, report argues : www.bestforbritain.org/push_for_eu_...

The world faces economic turmoil caused by Trump. Climate change threatens the future of the planet. Putin threatens European security. The UK has extra problems caused by Brexit Yet, British media & politics is obsessed about a stupid ambassador appointment 2 years ago…

It’s not just the remarkable 63% who say they’d vote to rejoin the EU. It’s also the fact that this figure continues to rise slowly but steadily. Brexit has failed and is seen to have failed. And geopolitics brings Britain and its neighbours, with whom it shares interests & values, closer together.

👏 Neil Kinnock: “The special relationship has to ultimately mean rejoining the European Union – or to be more accurate and forward-looking in a changed and changing Europe, it has to mean joining again.”

It’s not just the remarkable 63% who say they’d vote to rejoin the EU. It’s also the fact that this figure continues to rise slowly but steadily. Brexit has failed and is seen to have failed. And geopolitics brings Britain and its neighbours, with whom it shares interests & values, closer together.

“Customs union is a distraction. Only full membership offers a compelling vision of Britain's future” | Ian Dunt iandunt.substack.com/p/rejoin-is-...

The government said that the UK national interest requires closer economic co-operation with the EU, including further regulatory alignment. But this is progressing only slowly, and in some areas there is growing divergence, says Joel Reland (@jreland.bsky.social ): ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/uk-e...

“Customs union is a distraction. Only full membership offers a compelling vision of Britain's future” | Ian Dunt iandunt.substack.com/p/rejoin-is-...

Good to hear a British trade union leader, Prospect Gen Sec Mike Clancy at the #EUUKForum today, call on Labour to put rejoining the EU in its next manifesto

Irish MEP Barry Andrews says the progress in UK - EU relations needs to go further & faster, and announces that this will be a priority of the Irish presidency of the EU Council later this year.

At #EUUKForum , UK minister Nick Thomas-Symonds welcomes Britain rejoining Erasmus+ , confirms that agreement is close on agriculture, carbon & electricity trading, and announces that this year’s UK-EU summit will open new areas of ambition for alignment and cooperation.

Good to hear a British trade union leader, Prospect Gen Sec Mike Clancy at the #EUUKForum today, call on Labour to put rejoining the EU in its next manifesto

Our future lies with our European partners. Students, apprentices, educators and young people will soon be able to study, work and experience all Europe has to offer through Erasmus+. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/british...

“The Brexit delusion is dead – so now Keir Starmer doesn’t need to pretend any more” | Rafael Behr www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Brexit meant Britain had to choose: - either be outside single market too, at great economic cost - or, like Norway, align with single market, attenuate the costs, but become a rule taker. Only EU members get economic benefit AND get to agree the rules www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🚨🔔NEW! If a referendum were held today, 65% would vote to rejoin the EU. New More in Common polling: 🔴66% want improved trading terms with the EU ⚪️ 63% want tighter links on security and defence. 🔵 51% believe another EU referendum should be held within 5 yrs inews.co.uk/news/politic...

The abysmal judgement of the man who worshipped Orban, Trump, Putin, Brexit …

Brexit meant Britain had to choose: - either be outside single market too, at great economic cost - or, like Norway, align with single market, attenuate the costs, but become a rule taker. Only EU members get economic benefit AND get to agree the rules www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

👍👍👍✅✅✅🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🎈🎈🎈🎶🎶🍾🍾🍾🥂🥂🥂 www.bbc.com/news/live/c2...

🤡 The Brexit irony is extraordinary. Britain helped design a system to manage/control borders across Europe. Then we chose to leave, turning ourselves from insiders into third-country aliens. Now 🇬🇧 citizens are subject to very scrutiny Brexiters wanted to impose on others. Brexit lost control.

We already knew that Farage's Reform is filled with mega chancers & grifters. It is widely known that Richard Tice has aggressively avoided tax legally due. Now we find out his company failed to pay tax legally due. So much for public services & standards. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇

Am I the only one to be shocked by BBC news? For days, its lead story has been breathless reporting of the US moonshot, repeating something already done nearly 60yrs ago, while the US pounding of Iran, which has huge consequences for all of us, comes 10 minutes later as an afterthought

Zelensky said the EU is 'in a situation where it needs more countries'

The battle against Trump is a battle against genocide iandunt.substack.com/p/the-battle...

The Iran war is a warning: Britain must build resilience – at home and with our allies in Europe | Keir Starmer www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Donald Trump makes a mess. Europe gets called on to clean it up [and] pay a hefty price” www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Alas

Joint EU - UK - Canada statement on Iran - USA ceasefire:

Reminder to the USA you impeached Richard Nixon for trying to spy on his opponents. Donald Trump is a suspected pedophile, War Criminal with dementia trying to start WW3 by using nuclear weapons. Don't you think, MAYBE, you should get rid of him?

A reminder that this is the same "unhinged" war and President the Daily Mail has spent weeks berating Keir Starmer for not joining and following

Another call for more ambition on rejoining the EU: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Am I the only one to be shocked by BBC news? For days, its lead story has been breathless reporting of the US moonshot, repeating something already done nearly 60yrs ago, while the US pounding of Iran, which has huge consequences for all of us, comes 10 minutes later as an afterthought

The richest 0.1 percent of the global population are hiding nearly $3 trillion in offshore accounts to evade taxes — more than the wealth held by the entire bottom half of humanity. It would take about $93 billion per year to eradicate extreme hunger by 2030. Taxing the rich is a global necessity.

This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee. What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18

There should be no surprise that there are more and more calls for Britain to rejoin the European Union: encompass-europe.com/comment/is-b...

Given that other countries make marmalade from figs & other fruit, it’s actually quite helpful to take the simple step of specifying that ours is citrus (orange or lemon). Most labels already say “orange” Hardly newsworthy, but of course the usual suspects want to stir things up

Also Macron, speaking for many, has this explanation: "When you want to be serious, you don’t go around saying the opposite every day of what you just said the day before. And perhaps you shouldn’t talk every day.”

There should be no surprise that there are more and more calls for Britain to rejoin the European Union: encompass-europe.com/comment/is-b...

“We are poorer, we're weaker, and we're more isolated as a country after Brexit. We're not a nation renewed, we're a nation diminished. And that's why more people are thinking about the future of our relationship with Europe as we approach the 10th anniversary of the referendum."

EU - UK reset deal "can be done by summer" www.politico.eu/article/nick...

Trump’s rage at NATO allies is binding them together — against him www.politico.eu/article/dona...

Here I am with Hungary's authoritarian leader Viktor Orban. Just two guys brought together by their shared love of Vladimir Putin.

Time to go further and faster in renewing our relationship with the European Union…

Central banks usually raise interest rates to counter inflation on the ground that this dampens demand and lessens pressure on prices. But now, externally driven higher energy prices are already dampening demand. Raising interest rate rates would help create a recession. bbc.com/news/article...

Today, the Council greenlit talks with the UK on agreements on: - participation in the EU’s internal electricity market - financial contribution to the EU’s cohesion policy It also agreed to allow the 🇬🇧 participation in the Erasmus+ programme for 2027. → link.europa.eu/M9GGFx

EU - UK reset: half measures won't deliver... www.politico.eu/article/uk-k...