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Lancaster for Europe

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We are a Pro-EU cross-party grass roots campaign group, affiliated to the European Movement. Twinned with @York4EU.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Another political economy tour de force from @nixonsimon.bsky.social. Long read, but well worth taking the time.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 21h
What a mess! The UK is an outlier in choosing not to put import taxes on Chinese vehicles, even as the US has shut them out almost entirely, and the EU imposes duties of up to 45%. There is a difficult trade-off,” said RSM UK, the UK “cannot afford to drift between the two indefinitely”.
theguardian.com
UK car industry faces ‘difficult trade-off’ between Chinese and EU markets
Britain under pressure to put tariffs on cheap Chinese vehicle imports ahead of protectionist trade measures
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19h
The PM said 'all the options' for our future relationship with Europe are on the table. Our research shows that only EU membership makes sense. Newxt week, MPs will debate rejoining the EU. Ask your MP to attend: bestforbritain.org/take-action/tell…
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/10/2026
Germany’s ambassador to the UK, speaking to The Telegraph: "It is, of course, for the British people to decide how close they want that relationship to be. But let me be clear: in Germany you will always find a partner for setting the ambition as high as we can."
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ah yes, those trade deals…to replace the 8% loss in GDP caused by Brexit the U.K. has new trade deals worth about a 0.5% increase in GDP🤦‍♂️ #RejoinEU / #JoinEU #BrexitFail
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Lancaster for Europe @lancasterforeu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The latest Guardian megapoll showing nearly half of voters want to rejoin the EU—and that embracing re-entry boosts electoral support—shatters the myth that Brexit is settled. Timidity on Europe isn't safe politics; it's holding Britain back. Why delay the inevitable? 🤔 #FBPE
theguardian.com
Half of UK wants to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll finds
Exclusive: Findings will bolster those in No 10 who want to negotiate on re-entry but some senior figures remain wary
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 02/10/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/10/2026
🚨 Naomi Smith: The people of Scotland, like the rest of Great Britain, are of one mind when it comes to the UK and the EU: they know it’s been a disaster and they simply want to be back in.
heraldscotland.com
Poll: Scottish Labour would hold onto most of its MPs if PM promises to rejoin EU
Scottish Labour would hold onto most of the 37 Westminster seats it won in the 2024 if the Prime Minister pledges to
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
It does raise this point of two-tiered
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Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good Morning and Happy Friday! Good news from the Telegraph this morning which makes a change… 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 #RejoinEU #germany #europe #JoinEU
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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
PM Burnham admits Brexit did “more harm than good”! 🚨 In @yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk 📰, Chair @leedsblue67.bsky.social says this watershed moment is a "unique window of opportunity." 🚪 Door is open to rethink our EU ties. 🇪🇺 It’s time to step off the sidelines! 🗳️ #RejoinEU #Leeds #Brexit 👇
A scanned clipping of a published letter to the editor in the Yorkshire Evening Post on Friday, October 2, 2026, headlined "It's time to have your say" by Peter Packham, Chair, Leeds for Europe.   The letter describes Prime Minister Andy Burnham's frank admission that Brexit has done the UK "more harm than good" as a watershed moment. With the PM acknowledging lost control over the economy and immigration, it argues the door is finally open to rethink the relationship with the European Union.   Because the future relationship hasn't been dictated yet, the author calls this a "unique window of opportunity" and urges those minded to support rejoining to step off the sidelines and join the European Movement UK. It notes that doing so automatically joins them to their local grassroots branch, like Leeds for Europe.   The letter stresses the importance of younger generations having their say, encouraging older readers to mention the under-35s youth wing, the Young European Movement, to their children and grandchildren.   Finally, it notes a bonus for Yorkshire members: the European Movement is holding its national AGM in person at the Leeds City Museum on Saturday, November 14, giving local members the perfect opportunity to participate.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Opinion | "Things which were once thought impossible now feel entirely plausible," writes Ian Dunt #RejoinEU #JoinEU
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 01/10/2026
Phew this is amazing news as Andy Burnham has said it’s “possible” Labour’s next election manifesto could include an in-out referendum on rejoining the EU in his strongest signal yet of his intentions to repair the damage of Brexit. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Burnham considers second Brexit referendum as France and Spain urge UK to rejoin EU
Britain would be welcomed back into the EU ‘with open arms’, Spain’s prime minister says
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Lancaster for Europe @lancasterforeu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Brexit was a huge loss both for the British people and for the European project as a whole. If the United Kingdom were to make such a decision, Spain would welcome it with open arms and once again embrace our friends in Britain.” - President Sánchez
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026
Burnham: "My judgment is Brexit in its current form has caused more harm than good and I think around 60 per cent of the British public now hold that view." "It's not a good thing if the public are ahead of politicians on this issue."
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Lancaster for Europe @lancasterforeu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026
📈 Only one policy option gets £92bn in growth. 💪 Only one policy option boosts our exports by £43bn every single year. 🇪🇺 Britain needs to rejoin the EU. And the EU needs Britain.
independent.co.uk
Burnham says he could go ‘all the way’ and rejoin European Union in Brexit warning
PM said one option was to back George Osborne’s call, made in an interview with The Independent, to rejoin the EU custom
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026
This is promising. The UK could go "all the way" towards rejoining the EU, Burnham tells the BBC. 🚨 EU membership is the only option that delivers £92 billion of growth. The government needs to take us back to where we belong: at the heart of Europe.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham finally telling it how it is on Brexit is a welcome dose of truth. Admitting leaving the EU ruined our global standing, wrecked the economy, and left us with zero control is long overdue. Why did it take political leaders ten years to state the obvious? (1/2) 🤔 #FBPE
theguardian.com
Burnham vows to seek new ‘long-term’ relationship with EU in emotional Labour conference speech
PM also confirms plan to end pensions triple lock to pay for national care service and pledges to put electoral reform in Labour’s manifesto
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
UK govt to reopen refugee resettlement www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Shabana Mahmood to reopen scheme to resettle refugees in the UK
Around 25% of arrivals under the UK Resettlement Scheme are expected to be Afghan women and girls and Palestinians.
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Repair the damage, #RejoinEU
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Faragists rely on the narrative of "men on boats" creating a de facto Fifth Column in the UK to feed their agenda and to stir up hostility and to win votes and ultimately power. Suckers fall for it. Media boosts it. We've been here so many times before and you'd think we'd all wise up but hey ho
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cheers, Nigel Farage is crying now
Headline: men arrested near RAF airbase are UK citizens from London
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 27/09/2026
Normal polls don’t account for tactical voting. When it comes down to it, a lot of people would be willing to vote tactically to keep out Reform. Under the model’s higher tactical-voting scenario, Reform loses 91 of the seats it was expected to win. 46 would move to the Conservatives & 43 to Labour.
thedailybritain.co.uk
Tactical voting could slash Reform to 62 seats and push Farage into fourth place
New Survation modelling suggests tactical voting could cut Reform from 153 MPs to 62 and leave Labour six seats short of a majority.
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European Movement West London #FBPE #FBPR #RejoinEU @em-westlondon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Home Office faces legal action after 1,473 people living in UK before #Brexit told settled status was granted in error www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
‘We’ve done everything by the book’: EU citizens left in limbo after UK government strips post-Brexit residency status
Home Office faces legal action after 1,473 people living in UK before Brexit told settled status was granted in error
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026
🚨 Ed Miliband: "Europe is not just our geography, but so much more. "And on economics, on defence, on security, I say to this conference: our future lies in a stronger, deeper partnership with the European Union."
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Times this morning. Me in December last year. It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths. samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 27/09/2026
Brexit has failed. No wonder rejoining the EU is the most popular option in 99% of constituencies, according to our latest poll with YouGov.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 26/09/2026
Yes please! @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social "It's looking increasingly likely that we could end up with a coalition gov at the next election. The obvious point of cohesion is that Labour, Lib Dems & Greens could all offer the double promise of rejoining the EU & bringing in proportional representation"
independent.co.uk
Britain would be run by a Rejoin coalition as Brexit pressure mounts, polls suggest
Reform UK slide from first place to third in latest YouGov MRP polling – with the UK headed for a hung parliament dominated by centre left anti-Brexit parties
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/09/2026
🚨Broadcasters are required to present news impartially, without political bias. Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action. ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/09/2026
🚨 "Sir Richard said the vote in 2016 had been an “unprecedented act of economic and political self-harm”, and the British people should be given a “second chance” to decide whether to be in the EU."
edp24.co.uk
Richard Branson joins call from Tony Blair think tank for Britain to rejoin EU
The Virgin Group founder compared Brexit to ‘swapping an F1 car for a hatchback’.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Lethargy in place of strategy. New post on my fortnightly Brexit & Brexitism Blog looking at the urgent lessons from the Reform mega-donations, Piddington, and the growth of the far right; reset inertia; and the real lessons from Canada & Carney: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/leth...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 24/09/2026
💷 EU membership is worth upwards of 92bn for our economy. 🇬🇧 628 out of 632 British constituencies prefer EU membership over any other UK-EU policy option. ❌ Committing to EU membership in the manifesto will stop Farage entering Number 10. It is a no brainer.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/09/2026
📈 Rejoining the EU is the best way for the UK to grow our economy. 1️⃣ If we are serious about tackling low investment and the cost of living - there is only one option.
theguardian.com
Andy Burnham does not rule out Brexit reversal being in next Labour manifesto
PM says immediate focus is on rebuilding bridges with EU as he prepares for first meeting with Ursula von der Leyen
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Monaco tax exile Jim Ratcliffe lecturing Britain on immigration and state benefits while saving billions abroad is pure hypocrisy. A billionaire who dodges UK tax while complaining the nation is 'on the slide' should keep his advice to himself. Why tolerate this greed? (1/2) 🤔 #FBPE
inews.co.uk
Billionaire Jim Ratcliffe should keep Britain's name out of his mouth
James O'Brien: The tax exile knows a thing or two about chemical companies - but that doesn't mean his other opinions are valuable
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Lancaster for Europe @lancasterforeu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Brexit created a shortage of HGV drivers in the UK that has just resulted in a local haulage business going under. The self-inflicted damage of Brexit continues... #GetBrexitUndone #RejoinEU motortransport.co.uk/operator-new...
motortransport.co.uk
Lancashire’s JM Gorry struggled amid driver shortage
Morecambe-based JM Gorry & Son closed down after coming under "immense strain" due to losing drivers in the years following Brexit, according to its administrator.
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 22/09/2026
European Movement UK's new short documentary 'Iceland's Place In Europe' is available now: youtu.be/pL2l2fut-A0?... 🎬 The documentary explores all perspectives of Iceland’s national conversation during the week of the referendum on whether Iceland should resume accession negotiations with the EU.🇮🇸
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Andy Burnham declining to rule out an EU rejoin pledge in the next Labour manifesto while acknowledging a decade of Brexit-driven economic drag marks a vital shift. Clinging to isolationism despite clear public buyer's remorse is senseless. Why fear rejoining? 🤔 #FBPE
theguardian.com
Andy Burnham fails to rule out Brexit reversal being in next Labour manifesto
PM skirts question and says his focus is on rebuilding bridges before first meeting with Ursula von der Leyen
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 22/09/2026
This is what we need. A commitment to start accession talks with the EU in the next manifesto of as many parties as possible.
theguardian.com
Andy Burnham fails to rule out Brexit reversal being in next Labour manifesto
PM skirts question and says his focus is on rebuilding bridges before first meeting with Ursula von der Leyen
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 22/09/2026
Fantastic, let's have more viewing. Sharing and writing to your MPs please
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 21/09/2026
The correct answer to hate ♥️
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Lots of talk of growth ahead of the Budget, as if it were a baroque puzzle. Our problem is basic. It's that we no longer support the things which facilitate growth: Europe, immigration, higher education, tax simplification, policy stability. These are all choices and could stop making them anytime.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔥 This video is approaching 1 million views collectively across social media. Pretty please use this tool to write to your MP - whoever they are - it all counts. And then share this link everywhere to family, friends, groups —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026
Mark Carney has learnt the lesson that neither Canada nor the UK can rely on the US. The EU is Britain's closest partner. EU membership is a no-brainer.
theguardian.com
The Guardian view on EU-Canada relations: strategic ambition with lessons for Britain | Editorial
Editorial: Mark Carney’s response to the challenges posed by an unreliable US president contains a clarity of vision tha
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Good piece
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/09/2026
Leave and Remain voters alike realise that Brexit has been a failure. It's time to talk about EU membership.
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Lancaster for Europe @lancasterforeu.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18/09/2026
The people who sold us Brexit said we'd get closer to the Anglosphere instead, but it turns out those countries want to prioritise Europe. Tell Burnham that we don't want to be left out bestforbritain.org/petition/tell-bu…
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