Best for Britain

🇪🇺 The freedom to live, work, travel, study, retire across 27 countries. Give us back that freedom.

🚨 Cal Roscow, B4B Director of Campaigns: “After 7 years, a generation of young Brits have been robbed of the chance to study or get work experience in the European Union Opportunities that even Reform UK’s own education spokesperson benefitted from, so we would expect to see cross-party support”

Economist Vicky Pryce on what's coming in tomorrow's Budget: “It is entirely possible that the promise to look at all options for the UK’s future relationship with the EU, including rejoining, could lift the nation’s mood, making the Chancellor’s job that much easier.”

🚨"Steps towards reintegrating with the single market would add up to a more convincing growth strategy than the fairly spartan offerings we’ve heard of to date." - FT Economics Editor 👇 https://www.ft.com/content/01aa72f2-6ae6-4777-8273-e81e4188d1a8?syn-25a6b1a6=1

🇷🇸♥️ A huge victory for democracy and for the people of Serbia!

All those scandals are starting to stick.

This is just the maddest argument. These people would trap us in poverty to keep a decade old commitment, which no one ever actually made, to an electorate which no longer exists.

More to come on this, but those Labour MPs opposing talking about freedom of movement need to be aware that they are also condemning UK manufacturing to more barriers and probably further decline. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🚨Brexit is slowing production of life-saving medical tech at local business Elekta, says the leader of Brighton & Hove City Council: "In the fight against cancer, we need our life saving enterprises to be working at maximum capacity."

Good. The government is finally catching up with where voters have long been on freedom of movement. Our polling repeatedly shows clear support for the advantages it would bring. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-uk-eu-free-movement-andy-burnham-b3073929.html

Cal Roscow, B4B Director of Campaigns: "We've factored in what we might get at the upcoming summit, single market, customs union, and then EU membership. "You do not get much of an increase in GDP from any of those options other than full membership" 📈 Only membership delivers the growth we need.

🚨 Cal Roscow, B4B Director of Campaigns: "We relied on from people from other parts of Europe to fill some of those vacancies, particularly hospitality and retail." 🇪🇺 "That works in both directions. Our young people have been robbed of the opportunity to gain skills another EU country"

🚨 Cary Mitchell, Director of Strategy at Best for Britain: 👏 “Our polling shows clear support for the advantages it would bring. That’s only logical when the reciprocal benefits include opening 27 doors onto priceless opportunities for young British people"

Cal Roscow, B4B Director of Campaigns: "Across the country, in 628 seats, EU membership was the preferred option. It was the most popular option" "Only four constituencies didn't choose EU membership as their their preferred option. So it's probably the case that Burnham is listening to the public"

Every argument you need to hear about why the UK must pursue EU membership, in 90 seconds. @pimlicat.bsky.social on Politics Live 👏

Our polling shows 63% of people support freedom of movement with the EU. Andy Burnham's catching up with the country on this. Watch @pimlicat.bsky.social on Politics Live 👇

📊 Research estimates that Brexit has led to shortfall on annual tax receipts of about £40bn. 🤔 Imagine what that money could do for our schools, our new generation of council housing, or for our armed forces...

YES. (But let's hope it doesn't take quite that long.)

Freedom of movement = no more queuing at the airport. 'Nuff said.

Yes 👏 Finally, a Prime Minister being honest about the damage Brexit has done - and the only real option on the table. EU membership. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8e36kyk1qx5o

The rules are clear - broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias. Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action ⬇️ https://bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-on-gb-news-demand-that-ofcom-takes-immediate-action/

"Trump’s return to power has made the US pivot away from Europe more explicit, while Russia’s war against Ukraine has made the costs of acting alone hard to ignore. "Britain may have left the EU, but it cannot escape this geography."

Trump’s latest attack on the free press ⬇️ 👏 Good to see journalists standing up to the administration and refusing to be intimidated.

The best response to Russian aggression and an America we can't rely on? EU membership. Rejoining the EU is the best way to keep us safe. Ellie Chowns MP: We must "cooperate with our allies and especially our closest European neighbours".

Many now feel that the social contract is breaking: that work itself, society and politics are no longer able - or even intended - to deliver for them. To begin to fix it, it’s vital that we understand this phenomenon that tells the real story. That’s why the Attainability Index was created.

From Ukraine to Brazil, catch up on everything that happened this week. Read the Weekend Wire for free 📰

"Legal migrant numbers are at a historic low and small boat crossings have halved, yet that didn’t stop anger at asylum seekers spilling on to the streets. "There is no level of migration low enough to satisfy some people. There is, however, a level of migration low enough to make us all poorer."

"Without shared ideals, there is nothing pushing back against this despicable president and regime – no countervailing moral force against the ongoing squalor. "Part of the project of ridding ourselves of Trump, therefore, must be to rekindle our understanding of the common good."

Last week, Hungary’s parliament voted to strip the anti-LGBTQ provisions out of Viktor Orbán’s 2021 child protection law, removing measures targeting gay and transgender people. https://bestforbritain.substack.com/s/weekend-wire

As trust in institutions falls, trust in each other matters even more. Each one of us sits inside networks no politician, party or campaign group can reach directly. Julia Meadon on why this matters more than ever ⬇️

Excellent work @bjennings90.bsky.social. 🎯 Zelenskyy rightly said that he feels "betrayed" by Donald Trump. Together, with our European partners, we must always stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦

We’re calling on Ofcom to: 🔍Open a formal investigation into Nigel Farage presenting GB News shows 📃Clarify its rules around TV news channels 👀Open an inquiry into whether sitting MPs or political party leaders should be allowed to present news programmes Add your name ⬇️

⬇️ A heartbreaking story. Brexit is continuing to tear families apart. EU membership would return our freedom to live wherever we wish in Europe. It is about regaining all the opportunities we have lost as a country.

It won’t be a silver bullet, or a magic wand. Unpicking the chronic and complex web of the (un)affordability crisis will take a combined, cross-societal effort. Rather, we hope it fires the starting gun on a new journey to understanding, questioning, and addressing those problems.

Both audience members got it completely right 👏 We can't rely on Trump's America, and for the sake of our own security, we must rejoin the EU 🚨

Just the news to kick off the weekend

Well said 👏 Caroline Voaden MP: "In today’s interconnected world, isolationism simply does not work. It is time to move beyond the politics of grievance and focus on the art of the possible. For me, that means the possibility of rejoining the EU as a full and active member."

🇺🇸 "Who among the democratic governments of western Europe, in the Elysée, in the German and Polish chancelleries, in Brussels or in Downing Street, can now trust a word that comes out of Washington? Its bond is broken, its honour in shreds."

The UK could join the EU within a single parliament. Yep, we said it. Here's the evidence.👇 https://bestforbritain.org/publication/how-the-uk-joins-the-eu-and-how-long-it-would-take/

Brexit was the greatest act of economic self-harm in our country’s history, leaving Londoners nearly £3,400 worse off on average.

Where is Ofcom? Sign the petition now 👇 https://bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-on-gb-news-demand-that-ofcom-takes-immediate-action/

The strongest call yet 👏

Good.

The same guy that almost dropped a kid at a Trump rally recently https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ramaswamy-amy-acton-mother-ad-betting-odds-b3070990.html

💪 "Lord Sadiq Khan today made his latest push for Britain to rejoin the EU, warning that Brexit has been “catastrophic” for the capital."

🇧🇷 "If he wins the second round this week, the gleeful rampage of his supporters, catalysed by government policy, threatens not only the Amazon but the Atlantic forest in the south. This is politics as an orgy of destruction."

⬆️ EU membership provides huge economic benefits to the UK and the EU, protecting both parties from the impact of American tariffs and protectionism. 👏 For a stronger and more prosperous Europe, the UK must rejoin the EU.

💥Former European Council president Charles Michel: “Until a few months ago, it was difficult to imagine that there would be such a growing debate, maybe a growing temptation within the UK to consider a certain rapprochement with the EU."

After the disaster of Trussonomics, Liz Truss finally achieves low interest rates 😆

"Why do the racists insist on joining our party?" weeps Reform UK, as Reform UK hosts a noted racist