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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 13h

Love it!

Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 15h

Telling poll showing majority of Brits preferring the pre-Brexit immigration system, incl. 37% of (confused) Reform voters.

Not necessarily a wish to go back to free movement, but certainly an acknowledgement that Brexit did not only not solve the issue but created new problems.

Brits are pining for the pre-Brexit migration system

The idea was that leaving the bloc would give the U.K. back “control” of its borders and create a fairer system. But the widespread perception is it didn’t turn out that way.

www.politico.eu

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 13h

Can you imagine the boost it would give to the UK economy if Reeves announced during the Budget that we were applying to rejoin the Single Market !!!!
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a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a mountain with the word boom written in white letters

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a mountain with the word boom written in white letters

media.tenor.com

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 1d

Wow! What a shift!

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting” says Chancellor Rachel Reeves

It’s about time!

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent mini-thread. We completely concur

Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 1d

Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 3d

In case you missed it ...
We never had a ref to leave the Single Market. So we wouldn't need one to rejoin it. You can be in the Single Market without being in the EU. Leaving the Single Market was therefore a POLITICAL decision made by a previous government. Later governments are not bound by it.

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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 2d

Best for Britain: Efforts to cut Brexit red tape urgent as IMF increase inflation forecast
www.bestforbritain.org/efforts_to_c...

Efforts to cut Brexit red tape urgent as IMF increase inflation forecast

The urgency of delivering on UK-EU cooperation in areas linked to food and hospitality prices has been highlighted by campaigners, after UK inflation was forecast to surge to the highest in the G7.

www.bestforbritain.org

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Mr Pecksniff's Diary @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social · 2d

Change of attitude…

European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 2d

For the first time in years, senior Labour figures are saying it plainly.

Wes Streeting: “I’m glad that Brexit is a problem whose name we now dare speak.”
Keir Starmer: “They lied to this country, unleashed chaos, and walked away after Brexit.”

The silence is breaking. The damage is undeniable.

Starmer and Streeting break silence on Brexit’s damage

We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.

www.europeanmovement.co.uk

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Nathan Gill will be sentenced on 21st November for 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.

It’s essential that the European Parliament carries out an investigation in to UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK and their connection to Russia.

Investigation now!

#InvestigateReformUK #ReformRussianBribes

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent article. The FT doesn't allow copying and pasting, but there are some tremendous comparisons within this piece.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2d

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool on.ft.com/4qarx21 | opinion

How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

on.ft.com

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 3d

Encouraging stuff from Streeting, finally acknowledging the pachyderm in the chamber

The Independent @the-independent.com · 3d

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

www.independent.co.uk

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 3d

Very interesting statement from Rupert Lowe.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 3d

Rupert Lowe on Nathan Gill, former Reform leader in Wales, who has pleaded guilty to taking bribes from pro-Russian proxies:

"I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close."

Shots fired. ~AA

Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10
I have received A LOT of questions about Nathan Gill, having sat as a Brexit Party MEP alongside him in Brussels and Strasbourg. He was also the Reform leader in Wales. For those who don’t know, he has pleaded guilty to taking pro-Russian bribes over a number of months.

Obviously, I had absolutely no idea. I was new to the European Parliament, Nathan had been there for years alongside Farage - they were very close. He was the head of the delegation of our MEPs, so with the whip ran the day-to-day affairs of our grouping and organised activity in Brussels/Strasbourg. He was one of just two MEPs from the previous term Farage allowed to stand again.

He seemed particularly interested in Russian/Ukrainian developments which I found peculiar. There was one event, right at the beginning of our term, which he asked me and other MEPs to attend. Due to his position in the grouping, I agreed. It had a very pro-Russian slant, with individuals who claimed to be close to Putin there. For obvious reasons, I did not attend another such event.

I thought his obsession with that part of the world was strange, but given his years in the Parliament and position in the party, I didn’t think there was more to it. Other MEPs also found it unusual, but we just got on with job.

So to journalists asking, there is my response.

It is disgraceful behaviour, treasonous behaviour.

I am ashamed to have ever sat alongside him.
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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 3d

Now on 86:14

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 3d

That would be great

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 7d

👏👏👏 Greenland to join the EU alongside Iceland & Canada please. 🙏

🇬🇱 🇮🇸 🇨🇦 🇪🇺

European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu · 8d

"Greenland needs the European Union, and the European Union needs Greenland." 🇬🇱🤝🇪🇺

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen spoke at the European Parliament today, emphasising the potential of broader and stronger cooperation with the EU.

Read more: link.europa.eu/wwffTf

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 3d

A very positive post. Thank you Sue

Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 3d

Don't believe the doubters who say the EU wouldn't want us back.
Not that the process would be easy or quick, but rejoining is a very real option that both sides would welcome & hugely benefit from.

Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 4d

In case you missed it ...
Barnier has said many times over the years that the door is always open for us to rejoin the EU. We'd lose the rebate we used to have, of course. But anything would be better than continuing our isolation and decline with Brexit.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 4d

Even the ones who fought hardest for Brexit now admit it's shit.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 4d

2016: Michael Gove, "We can have a green Brexit to ensure that Britain is an environmental leader"

2025: Michael Gove speaking to the Conservative Environment Network, "We negotiated poorly with Australia, and New Zealand, but particularly with Australia in defence of our farmers"

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SMR 🎧 Rejoin Radio @smrrejoinradio.bsky.social · 6d

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 6d

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d

BREAKING: For her work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela, María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key figure in unifying Venezuela's political opposition.

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 6d

There were many seats with a 3 or 4 way split last time.
Next time it will be far more important. Getting rid of the Tories was always likely to happen last time around. Next time, far more is at stake - if Farage wins it will be a disaster on a scale far worse than the previous 14 years.

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 6d

Surely that's where voters need to put a peg on their noses and parties need to target where they do and don't campaign. Can all be done within party rules.

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 6d

Hezza has had a superb Tory Party Conference, and thankfully he has had a lot of media attention.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 7d

Lord Heseltine, "Brexit is now having a debilitating effect on the UK.. It will be reversed, not it, when..The deception of Brexit has exposed Britain"

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 6d

Interesting thoughts. Zack P has said his "red line" is to block a potential Reform government. Should any pact be on the table to stop this?

Sandy Martin @sandyofipswich.bsky.social · 7d

I don’t believe that Farage would ever get more than 1/3 of the votes- but on this performance under First Past the Post he would sweep the board with seats. It is now imperative that the government should set up a National Commission to design a system so every vote counts and Farage can’t win

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 7d

Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?

By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 7d

Wow! We are turning the tide...

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 7d

New polling by YouGov, commissioned by Best for Britain, shows: Potential Conservative voters are now more than twice as likely to consider Brexit a failure for the UK (46%) compared to a success (22%).

Here’s what else we found: https://bit.ly/46LZq1G

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 7d

👏👏👏 Greenland to join the EU alongside Iceland & Canada please. 🙏

🇬🇱 🇮🇸 🇨🇦 🇪🇺

European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu · 8d

"Greenland needs the European Union, and the European Union needs Greenland." 🇬🇱🤝🇪🇺

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen spoke at the European Parliament today, emphasising the potential of broader and stronger cooperation with the EU.

Read more: link.europa.eu/wwffTf

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UK Trade & Business Commission @uktradebusiness.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 Charley Robinson, Head of Global Mobility Policy, Universities UK: "We're really supportive of the UK rejoining Erasmus is going to provide that kind of critical, long term, sustainable funding for students, staff mobility and exchanges."

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Rejoin Campaign @rejoincampaign.bsky.social · 7d

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Sheffield For Europe @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social · 8d

Very worrying. But at least the hauliers will be able to drink Sovereign Tea whilst queueing in an orderly British fashion...

eurovanman.bsky.social @eurovanman.bsky.social · 9d

A big Brexit benefit coming in 5 days time …..

EES could push British hauliers to breaking point

trans.info

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