Richard Corbett

🇬🇧🇪🇺 "By the time the next election manifestoes are written, it might be an idea whose time has come." Former leader of Labour's MEPs @RichardGCorbett on why rejoining the EU would unlock growth labourlist.org/2025/07/uk-rej…

Isn’t it about time that the remaining democracies in the world condemned what is happening in Serbia?

As a former MEP for Yorkshire, I am delighted that there will now be a proper inquiry into Orgreave and the police brutality that took place. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

This majority wanting to rejoin the EU continues to grow, slowly but relentlessly…

‘The growth strategy no one will say out loud: rejoin the European Union’ – via @LabourList labourlist.org/2025/07/uk-rej…

This is Nigel Farage. When MEP for South East England, he hardly showed up to do any work for the EU.  No motions. No reports or amendments. One written question. A member of one committee. He was essentially paid for doing f*ck all. He is a con man. #BBCLauraK

UK inflation is 3.6%. Eurozone inflation is 2.0% The Bank of England interest rate is 4.25%. The ECB rate is 2.0% Brexit is costing the government around £50bn a year. We are paying a massive cost for not being in the EU and the Eurozone - higher inflation, interest rates,…

“Britons Embrace the EU: In turn, Britons are shifting back towards the EU, with 62% of Britons believing the UK should move closer to the EU as a result of President Trump’s actions.” [BFPG Annual Survey] bfpg.co.uk/2025/07/2025-a…

The loophole that allows billionaires, foreign governments, and companies to pour millions into influencing British politics, while remaining completely anonymous: open.substack.com/pub/democracyf…

Brexit forces choices on Britain: - stay outside the European single market, and take a costly economic hit - OR align with it, attenuating the economic damage, but becoming a rule taker - OR rejoin EU, reap economic (& other) benefits, co-decide on the rules @FEPS_Europe

"It is crucial that the UK and EU build on the momentum of the UK-EU summit by building a closer relationship, removing barriers to trade and agreeing mutual high standards on workers’ rights. With the UK and EU facing such global economic and political uncertainty, it is…

Poll in 4 largest EU countries show that Britain would be welcomed back into EU if it chose to rejoin… theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

How does the far-right normalise fascistic ideas? It starts with "a joke"... theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Who funds Nigel Farage's Reform UK - and why? opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/in…

Macron to the UK: "Never cede to the temptation of populism which is the denial of science or a travesty of the facts. Populists sold you a response which is through nationalist withdrawal. Budgetary, immigration, growth problems from 9 years ago. Were they solved by Brexit? No"

What no-one is saying on #BBCBreakfast is that when we were in the EU, we could return asylum seekers to the first EU country they had arrived in. With Brexit, Britain lost that right.

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"

Heard the one about how UK services exports were booming after Brexit?? Another myth sadly... My column ft.com/content/3e9dcd…

Trump is working on regime change in Europe - and backing far-right parties across Europe: euobserver.com/eu-and-the-wor…

Or the UK could just rejoin the EU/Single Market, increase tax revenue by £40bn per annum and give everyone a big tax cut.