Richard Corbett
@richardcorbett.bsky.social
CBE.
Previously: UK Labour Party Leader in EurParliament, Yorks&Humber MEP, NEC, ShadowCabinet.
Currently: EM, LME, writing & lecturing
Previously: UK Labour Party Leader in EurParliament, Yorks&Humber MEP, NEC, ShadowCabinet.
Currently: EM, LME, writing & lecturing
BBC
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
BBC
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
Years of right wing bias in BBC news & current affairs and nothing happens, but upset Trump and the Tory director general resigns…
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Years of right wing bias in BBC news & current affairs and nothing happens, but upset Trump and the Tory director general resigns…
Court convicts two donors for illegally diverting £100k to Eurosceptic think tank run by Nigel Farage's girlfriend.
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Court convicts two donors for illegally diverting £100k to Eurosceptic think tank run by Nigel Farage's girlfriend.
The striking fact about this is that TOTAL support for:
- left & centre (LAB,LD,Greens, SNP,Plaid) has remained the same (totalling 51% a year ago and 51 now)
- right & far-right (CON, REFUK) ditto (45% a year ago, 46 now)
Shifts are WITHIN each block…
- left & centre (LAB,LD,Greens, SNP,Plaid) has remained the same (totalling 51% a year ago and 51 now)
- right & far-right (CON, REFUK) ditto (45% a year ago, 46 now)
Shifts are WITHIN each block…
October 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The striking fact about this is that TOTAL support for:
- left & centre (LAB,LD,Greens, SNP,Plaid) has remained the same (totalling 51% a year ago and 51 now)
- right & far-right (CON, REFUK) ditto (45% a year ago, 46 now)
Shifts are WITHIN each block…
- left & centre (LAB,LD,Greens, SNP,Plaid) has remained the same (totalling 51% a year ago and 51 now)
- right & far-right (CON, REFUK) ditto (45% a year ago, 46 now)
Shifts are WITHIN each block…
Good to see Jo Cox honoured at #PESCongress25 in Amsterdam:
October 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Good to see Jo Cox honoured at #PESCongress25 in Amsterdam:
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, whose government has achieved:
- highest growth rate in Europe
- while reducing inequality, and
- with 60% renewable energy
tells #PESCongress25 :
“Yes, it IS possible to do all that simultaneously!”
- highest growth rate in Europe
- while reducing inequality, and
- with 60% renewable energy
tells #PESCongress25 :
“Yes, it IS possible to do all that simultaneously!”
October 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, whose government has achieved:
- highest growth rate in Europe
- while reducing inequality, and
- with 60% renewable energy
tells #PESCongress25 :
“Yes, it IS possible to do all that simultaneously!”
- highest growth rate in Europe
- while reducing inequality, and
- with 60% renewable energy
tells #PESCongress25 :
“Yes, it IS possible to do all that simultaneously!”
I’m at the congress of the Party of European Socialists in Amsterdam - no Brexit here as the UK Labour Party is still an active member - with delegates and leaders from across Europe.
Warm welcome given to David Lammy.
Warm welcome given to David Lammy.
October 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I’m at the congress of the Party of European Socialists in Amsterdam - no Brexit here as the UK Labour Party is still an active member - with delegates and leaders from across Europe.
Warm welcome given to David Lammy.
Warm welcome given to David Lammy.
The House of Lords Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee has published its report on strengthening Northern Ireland's voice on EU legislation that applies to it under the Windsor Framework.
It includes the written & oral evidence I gave to the Committee:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
It includes the written & oral evidence I gave to the Committee:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
October 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The House of Lords Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee has published its report on strengthening Northern Ireland's voice on EU legislation that applies to it under the Windsor Framework.
It includes the written & oral evidence I gave to the Committee:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
It includes the written & oral evidence I gave to the Committee:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld...
Farage and his allies have a long history of being associated with Russian funding and trying to avoid scrutiny and investigation of it. This from 2015:
October 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Farage and his allies have a long history of being associated with Russian funding and trying to avoid scrutiny and investigation of it. This from 2015:
Andy Burnham’s call for Britain to rejoin the EU sets Labour
“on an irreversible course towards adopting rejoin as an official position”
says @Independent ‘s @ArchieMitch_
“on an irreversible course towards adopting rejoin as an official position”
says @Independent ‘s @ArchieMitch_
October 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Andy Burnham’s call for Britain to rejoin the EU sets Labour
“on an irreversible course towards adopting rejoin as an official position”
says @Independent ‘s @ArchieMitch_
“on an irreversible course towards adopting rejoin as an official position”
says @Independent ‘s @ArchieMitch_
Good to hear Keir Starmer taking the battle to Farage’s ReformUK (REFUK) and its racist leadership and denounce the Brexit lies on the side of the bus
September 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Good to hear Keir Starmer taking the battle to Farage’s ReformUK (REFUK) and its racist leadership and denounce the Brexit lies on the side of the bus
Another call for Britain to rejoin the EU, albeit slowly…
September 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Another call for Britain to rejoin the EU, albeit slowly…
The #LabourPartyConference voted unanimously, ten years ago today, that Britain is better off being inside the European Union and should campaign to remain in the EU.
Even more reasons for that now…
Even more reasons for that now…
September 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The #LabourPartyConference voted unanimously, ten years ago today, that Britain is better off being inside the European Union and should campaign to remain in the EU.
Even more reasons for that now…
Even more reasons for that now…
Stella Creasy MP, Chair of the Labour Movement for Euro Europe, makes the case for a much more ambitious reset of Britain’s relationship with the EU to a packed meeting at
#LabourPartyConference
#LabourPartyConference
September 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Stella Creasy MP, Chair of the Labour Movement for Euro Europe, makes the case for a much more ambitious reset of Britain’s relationship with the EU to a packed meeting at
#LabourPartyConference
#LabourPartyConference
“I was a Remainer, I’m still a Remainer, and I’ll be a Remainer until my dying day”
- Minister Chris Bryant at the Labour Movement for Europe
rally at #Labour Conference
- Minister Chris Bryant at the Labour Movement for Europe
rally at #Labour Conference
September 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“I was a Remainer, I’m still a Remainer, and I’ll be a Remainer until my dying day”
- Minister Chris Bryant at the Labour Movement for Europe
rally at #Labour Conference
- Minister Chris Bryant at the Labour Movement for Europe
rally at #Labour Conference
Labour Party Conference will see several meetings (The Fabians, UK in a Changing Europe, Labour Movement for Europe & others) on how far and how fast Britain should strengthen its bonds with the rest of Europe:
youth mobility?
single market?
customs union?
security pact?
Erasmus?
Rejoin EU?
youth mobility?
single market?
customs union?
security pact?
Erasmus?
Rejoin EU?
September 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Labour Party Conference will see several meetings (The Fabians, UK in a Changing Europe, Labour Movement for Europe & others) on how far and how fast Britain should strengthen its bonds with the rest of Europe:
youth mobility?
single market?
customs union?
security pact?
Erasmus?
Rejoin EU?
youth mobility?
single market?
customs union?
security pact?
Erasmus?
Rejoin EU?
Neil Kinnock points out that Brexit:
- cost UK economy £100bn a year
- reduced tax revenues by £40bn a year
- exited UK from system where asylum seekers are processed by first EU country entered & can be returned there
Says time to put #RejoinEU on the agenda…
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
- cost UK economy £100bn a year
- reduced tax revenues by £40bn a year
- exited UK from system where asylum seekers are processed by first EU country entered & can be returned there
Says time to put #RejoinEU on the agenda…
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
September 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Neil Kinnock points out that Brexit:
- cost UK economy £100bn a year
- reduced tax revenues by £40bn a year
- exited UK from system where asylum seekers are processed by first EU country entered & can be returned there
Says time to put #RejoinEU on the agenda…
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
- cost UK economy £100bn a year
- reduced tax revenues by £40bn a year
- exited UK from system where asylum seekers are processed by first EU country entered & can be returned there
Says time to put #RejoinEU on the agenda…
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
At the @ukandeu.bsky.social
conference in Brussels today, Nick Thomas-Symonds made a good case for the UK-EU reset process. But many of the academics/diplomats/MPs/civilservants/trade associations/journalists present felt it was insufficient to change the dial economically. Much more needed!
conference in Brussels today, Nick Thomas-Symonds made a good case for the UK-EU reset process. But many of the academics/diplomats/MPs/civilservants/trade associations/journalists present felt it was insufficient to change the dial economically. Much more needed!
September 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
At the @ukandeu.bsky.social
conference in Brussels today, Nick Thomas-Symonds made a good case for the UK-EU reset process. But many of the academics/diplomats/MPs/civilservants/trade associations/journalists present felt it was insufficient to change the dial economically. Much more needed!
conference in Brussels today, Nick Thomas-Symonds made a good case for the UK-EU reset process. But many of the academics/diplomats/MPs/civilservants/trade associations/journalists present felt it was insufficient to change the dial economically. Much more needed!
Where did Britain’s current problems originate?
Brexit seen as the prime culprit by more people than any other reason
Brexit seen as the prime culprit by more people than any other reason
August 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Where did Britain’s current problems originate?
Brexit seen as the prime culprit by more people than any other reason
Brexit seen as the prime culprit by more people than any other reason
Almost all countries in Western Europe have higher rates of top band income tax than Britain does
August 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Almost all countries in Western Europe have higher rates of top band income tax than Britain does
These figures are the proportion of the whole electorate, including don't-knows/don't-care/don't-vote.
So, if you compare like with like:
2016: 37% of the electorate voted to leave, 34% to remain
2025: 34% (down 3%) want to stay out, 52% (up 18%) rejoin
=> Voters: 64.2% Rejoin, 35.8% stay out.
So, if you compare like with like:
2016: 37% of the electorate voted to leave, 34% to remain
2025: 34% (down 3%) want to stay out, 52% (up 18%) rejoin
=> Voters: 64.2% Rejoin, 35.8% stay out.
August 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
These figures are the proportion of the whole electorate, including don't-knows/don't-care/don't-vote.
So, if you compare like with like:
2016: 37% of the electorate voted to leave, 34% to remain
2025: 34% (down 3%) want to stay out, 52% (up 18%) rejoin
=> Voters: 64.2% Rejoin, 35.8% stay out.
So, if you compare like with like:
2016: 37% of the electorate voted to leave, 34% to remain
2025: 34% (down 3%) want to stay out, 52% (up 18%) rejoin
=> Voters: 64.2% Rejoin, 35.8% stay out.
That lead climbs and climbs, slowly but relentlessly…
August 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
That lead climbs and climbs, slowly but relentlessly…
Isn’t it about time that the remaining democracies in the world condemned what is happening in Serbia?
July 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Isn’t it about time that the remaining democracies in the world condemned what is happening in Serbia?