The argument for freedom of movement really needs to be made daily/hourly – long before we even get onto Rejoin. Because the entirety of British politics is still tiptoeing around it (see the Libdems proposing a customs union).

You can't be at the heart of something from outside its body. We need to be in the EU, at the heart of its single market, and at the table when the big calls are made.

UK tax is going to be the highest since 1945. But public spending won't increase; in fact most of us will experience a decline in public services. Here's why - in a thread that I'd love to be completely wrong.

People been talking about Rejoin again and whether joining the euro would be a good thing or not, presuming that we might either have to, or a campaign would have to presume that we would, even if some kind of Swedish waiting room reality was possible, or even less likely, another opt out.

The interesting thing to watch will be if the UK's pro-EU camp does develop a compelling vision or prefers to focus on the minutiae such as rebates. Recalling the shambolic messaging that was the pro-EU campaign in 2016. bsky.app/profile/iand...

My Cambridge lecture on the impact of Brexit has now been published and is available online. The major lesson I draw from it is that things that kind of work when you're saying them don't necessarily work in print www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

So, about those Eid prayers in London... "What's the highest thing in Trafalgar Square?" "Nelson's column, innit?" "And the highest thing on the column?" "Nelson." "And on Nelson?" "His hat." "And the highest thing on his hat?" "That bit that sticks up." 1/8

83 years ago, Hans and Sophie Scholl were executed by the Nazis for their acts of resistance against Hitler, together with their friend Christoph Probst. Sophie was 22 years old.

Staggering that 24% of voters in this advanced country continue to believe in a bunch of entitled bigots with unworkable policies, whose very ideas put us in the abject chaos we are in. Truly God awful idiots, and I make no apology for saying that.

It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious

A recent poll by Opinium, commissioned by European Movement UK, found that 75% of Britons favour joining the Single Market to lower taxes. Rejoining would be a practical step towards economic renewal and a more confident role in the world - we must act soon to prevent any more damage to the country.

In a speech at KU Leuven today, former Italian prime minister and European Central Bank president Mario Draghi argues that the old economic world order is dead, and that Europe must "move from confederation to federation" to avoid decline and subservience. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

In the face of growing global threats, it is now more important than ever to work closely with our European neighbours to strengthen our shared security. Cooperation with Europe is essential to upholding stability in an increasingly uncertain world.

As National Security Adviser, I was often at the UK’s HQ in Helmand, Camp Bastion. Too often, the tannoy would announce medevac helicopters inbound. The huge base w’d fall silent, out of respect for the young men or women who were fighting for their lives. No, they had not stayed a little back.

Our CEO, Sir Nick Harvey, talking with Nigel Farage on GB News about UK and European intervention in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict.

The penny has dropped: Wes Streeting hails ‘enormous benefits’ of EU membership www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...

Erasmus+ is back, and it opens doors far beyond universities, from schools and colleges to apprentices, teachers, youth workers and adult learners. This is about skills, confidence and connections that flow back into communities across the UK.

Rejoining Erasmus+ does not mean losing the Turing Scheme. Together, they can expand opportunities, widen access and give young people more ways to learn and train abroad.

It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US This view is wrong A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵

Only 37 per cent of the electorate voted for Brexit after a campaign shaped by misinformation. The real way that Britain can strengthen its national interest is by rebuilding trust with Europe and restoring the protection of jobs, trade and stability.

Excellent thread. There is a real honesty gap in British discourse. It destroys representative democracy and fuels populism. And it does not resolve any problems.

If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.

This was not, of course, the case made by the Leave side - who dismissed any arguments about the potential negative impact of Brexit as "Project Fear".

Here is my best guidance, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons nearly nine years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

I’m only 2 chapters in but no hesitation in saying this is a must read for anyone invested one way or the other with UKs tortured relationship with Europe since the end of WWII and its ongoing cherry picking. Terrifically detailed stuff @nialloconghaile.bsky.social @markpurch.bsky.social

This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely

'A very sorry saga of wasted time, effort and money.' Politico on the hundreds of thousands invested into near-redundant border inspection facilities because of Brexit. www.politico.eu/article/brex...

Starmer ravages Farage: "The honourable member for Clacton is not here... he's flown to America to badmouth and talkdown our country. And worse than that... he's gone there to lobby the Americans to impose sanctions. You cannot get more unpatriotic than that. It's a disgrace."

"Brexit remains the elephant in the room, deliberately ignored by the Prime Minister and others."

Brexit isn’t working, and the British people know it. They're fed up with the damage caused by the deal forced on us by Conservative party. Keir Starmer must show some courage and set Britain on a clear path to a new customs union with the EU by 2030.

Their glee was unrestrained when the great US global bully gave Britain a less hard beating with a 10% tariff on its goods, compared with the EU’s 15% Yes Britain secured better terms with the US than most other countries. But compared with the huge loss of European trade, it’s a drop in the ocean

So I've been engaging a lot with exceptionalists in the last few days on the LDs and others attempts to blame Europe for Britons being subject to 90/180 controls at our borders as third-country citizens The responses are around "consenting" to the changes It's all very "Freemen of the Land" 1

To talk about trade in Britain without mentioning the EU is a bit like trying to explain the solar system without mentioning the sun. (A chart from the forthcoming piece of work...)

Black Sabbath released 19 studio albums, which sold more than 75m copies. After he was sacked from the band, Ozzy Osbourne reinvented himself as a solo star. Listen to five of his best tracks

"This is the problem when we talk about what we voted for in 2016. We voted to leave and that was unspecified and there are loads of ways to leave. It's getting a bit tiring when people say 'this isn't what we voted for', because we don't know what we voted for." @anandmenon.bsky.social on Brexit

Stephen Flynn: Brexit "has made us smaller, it has made us poorer." "The best way to grow the economy is to get our public finances in a fit state, by realigning our relationship with the EU." Spot on. 🎯 💯

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Excellent - just as you'd expect from @patrick-pme.bsky.social, of course! ‬

Good piece this. Ultimately what Labour needs is not a “narrative” - it is a policy strategy. Too preoccupied with not doing things which are unpopular, not enough with “what will make us popular by 2029?”

My take for @chathamhouse.org on yesterday's 'Kensington Treaty' signed between Germany and the UK. In my view, it is an important milestone both for the bilateral 🇩🇪-🇬🇧 relationship and for European security, as it is closely linked to a revival of the E3:

🇩🇪🤝🇬🇧 For security and prosperity in Europe: Germany and the United Kingdom With our Treaty on Friendship and Bilateral Cooperation, Germany and the United Kingdom are making a key contribution to Europe’s security and defence.

Thank you to @libdemdaisy.bsky.social, Deputy Leader, @libdems.org.uk for speaking at our discussion on 'The Liberal Democrat approach to the UK-EU reset' in London yesterday. Watch the recording of the event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1lB...

There’s no barrier to going back into the team… …just our own vision and wherewithal.

He rubs nearly everyone up the wrong way - including, rather importantly, the French - but I think he's simply marvellous.

President Macron speaking at Guildhall, "The European Union was stronger with the UK, and the UK was stronger with the European Union" "We want to write our future and not be the story written by another continent.. The only way to chose our future is to do it together"

Important new LSE study on Brexit and services by Shania Bhalota, Swati Dhingra, Danyal Arnold. They find that services with more Brexit barriers have had weaker export growth than services with fewer. 1/n cep.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/publica...

Time the MSM scrutinised Farage a lot more

Blair stating an obvious fact here. Labour need to stop sticking their fingers in their ears when it comes to Brexit It has failed and cannot function in any form that benefits the UK & its people

Brexit has hammered our economy, cost us £100 billion in lost growth, and stripped £40 billion from our tax base. The worst-hit? Businesses drowning in red tape. It’s time to face facts and fix the damage.