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Survey finds two-thirds of EU citizens back UK rejoining bloc

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A Europe-wide survey finds about 66 percent of EU citizens support the United Kingdom rejoining the European Union, including substantial backing from voters for far-right and Eurosceptic parties. The poll shows 63 percent of respondents would accept freedom of movement in exchange for closer trading ties, and 57 percent of those who voted Leave in 2016 now back that trade-off, while only 18 percent reject it. London Mayor Sadiq Khan and organisers held a large Rejoin march in London this weekend pressing for a negotiated pathway back into the single market. Advocates say formally opening talks to rejoin the single market would quickly lower Britain’s borrowing costs and help repair the economic damage from Brexit, making rejoining a tangible fiscal and political issue.

Peter Stefanovic
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social

Sadiq Khan: ‘Brexit has cost Britain billions. It’s imperative we rejoin the EU’ Polls show that the number of people in favour of rejoining the European Union is growing. The mayor of London sees no sense in delaying the inevitable observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

94344d ago
Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪19

As Khan says, we can rejoin the Single Market as the next step towards rejoining the whole EU. No one with any common sense should have a problem with that.

Dawny B15

Get that man in office.

John Martin🇪🇺🔶 #FBPPR 👩‍❤️‍👨+👫🐶 Rtd🚒 #GetPRDone9

We have already waited for too long. Ten years of lost opportunities for young people who were born Europeans. Citizens being stripped of their citizenship is rarely taken so casually. Stripping convicted terrorists of their citizenship caused more of an uproar.

Looking out to sea.6

U.S interfering is having an effect on the uneducated. We must resist being Americanised, which is where Blair led us and arguably Starmer. Ultimately it was Brexit that made us weak, with Cameron being the useful idiot that instigated it. Trump is taking advantage.

Rob Evans5

Just fucking rejoin the EU and abolish Reform UK Nigel Farage deserves to be executed for his treasonous behaviour

Kathy Love5

Threads like this always knock me sideways. Imperative? Inevitable? Don't people realise the UK has no right to join? That the final decision will be for the EU? And that it's a real decision, not a foregone conclusion? The sense of entitlement and arrogant disrespect for the EU is breathtaking.

Dr Barbara Eichner5

Labour will continue to ignore the sensible majority in order to appease a minority of racist, wife-beating thugs who get their "opinions" from Russian Telegram channels.

@fred.wuest4

Starmer behaves like the cat in Shakespeare‘s Macbeth which wants to catch the fish but not wet its paws. Which means, he wants a closer relationship with the EU but not accept the entry into the CU or the SM! An wavering PM!

One Three One Two3

I know for a fact it's cost me over £5000 in Animal Health Certificates to take two dogs to france a few times every year and still no sign of the promised reinstatement of the UK pet passport.

lindabrooke6.bsky.social3

57% of Britons believe the UK was wrong to vote to leave the EU, and 55% want to rejoin... unless the UK can’t keep it’s previous opt-outs yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

It's A Scam3

If we seriously tried to rejoin the EU right now the right wing propaganda machine would go into overdrive.

The Bishop 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🏴‍☠️💙2

Well, I'm fairly sure the Mayor of London has a better grasp of European economics, cross-Channel business and international cooperation than the circus in No. 10, still banging on about red lines, reindustrialisation and nationalisation as if they're unveiling some grand new idea. 😏

Gordon2

Well make sure Burnham knows that

Mr. Scruff Monkey2

The EU cannot ever trust the British though.

imissnormal.bsky.social2

When you needed Khan but got Burnham

Alex Andreou
@sturdyalex.bsky.social

I guess we can take some satisfaction in the fact that his Brexit gambit may have destroyed the country, but at least it destroyed him too. From PM to middle-influence X account, with no prospects, trawling for engagement.

Boris Johnson
@BorisJohnson
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A decade after Britain's momentous Brexit vote, any politician would have to be out of their tiny mind to campaign for Britain to rejoin the EU
We send the EU £350 million a week
let's fund our NHS instead
Vote Leave
Let's take back control
JOHNSON: Any politician would be out of their mind to rejoin the EU
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89745d ago
midlander22

Johnson was responsible for 10s of thousands of deaths. He missed 6 (I think) Cobra meetings to sort out his divorce & we all know what he did in lockdown. Starmer is as dutiful as Johnson was idle & both hit the rocks. Is there some parallel or lesson in mythology for these 2, Alex?

MrMirth19

He just wants to keep his £1 million a year job as a Daily Mail hack. So he gives them what the bosses want, ie anti EU, pro Brexit nonsense.

Dawny B15

You’d think he’d have gone to Trumpland.

Tarquin14

Shame he made himself so much money, but as far as politics & credibility go, he's finished.

Gruff Billy 312

If not for this Russian-backed act of treachery, the Shag Yeti should be in prison for his negligent mishandling of COVID-19.

elmilligano8

Ultimately it destroyed him to a certain extent but it also gave him what he always wanted which was to be PM which he was entirely unsuited for. He also seems to have done very well financially out of it all. There was a lot of upside for him.

Katharine Kite 8

Still waiting for his imprisonment for criminal negligence and malfeasance in public office So important to have something to look forward to

Denise7

He is an idiot who should have been anywhere near government. Unfortunately some idiots now expect all PMs to have what they think is “charisma” but in reality is an over inflated sense of self importance/superiority. He has a lot to answer for🤬

DJBurges7

Why isn’t he in jail though

isosolies.bsky.social6

This useless tosser didnt even believe in Brexit, he thought he'd never win the referendum and he only used it to try and gain favour with the Tories Eurosceptic wing. Him and and that snake Gove.

Grumpy6

He should be in prison.

MillyMia 🇨🇦🇪🇺💙🌻6

Starmer should vote to release the full interference report and end FPTP as a parting gift

msonemenone.bsky.social6

Boris Johnson was/is the biggest indictment against this country. We knowing elected a known liar and fraud.

Barry5

I would pay good money for that bus to reverse over the fat oaf

Grumpy5

Well I scrolled down and down and down over on X and couldn’t see 1 voice of agreement 🤷‍♂️

spursj69.bsky.social4

BoZo comes out of a fridge to say, what! Back in the freezer Bodger 👋🏻

Vera Fang4

The man will grift millions from gullible rich twats until the day he dies. As long as he's making money, he won't give a fuck what he's doing for it.

Innocent🕷Abroad4

But he's also enriched himself considerably & still has his punditry, & I think he's content to go back to being mostly comic relief under those circumstances.

Utter Flannel4

Not enough destruction for the binbag of racist blancmange. We can do better.

Cheshire Dog Lady - Shadow Minister for Dog Wrangling4

What really irritates me is that he's made a shed load of money since he was ignominiosly booted out.

Ferrick Brick3

Johnson epitomises the loser. A mediocre man in every way.

Iain3

It is the only real Brexit benefit, shame it hasn't yet destroyed the Tory Party too.

donnybhoy.bsky.social3

FUCK OFF YOU FAT CUNT

Pete Howe3

Burnham’s speech when he won the by-election said he wanted Makerfield to become synonymous with a change in UK politics… Perhaps Makerfield / 10th anniversary of Brexit will mark the moment when leading UK politicians are finally honest with voters and admit that Brexit is a disaster for the UK?

Mojumi2

Don’t forget, he played a pivotal role in destroying the Tory party, too.

peteferg2

He still thinks he's going to make a triumphant return for his finest hour when England's need is greatest 😐

ed-never-forget.bsky.social2

Pushed Putin sponsored disinformation to fool the working class while the $billionaires continued their theft.

Cassandra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌐2

middle-influence X account = 99.9% bots

Repair Shop2

He took money from JCB to sign off HS2 and a deferred payment scheme through the Telegraph to push Brexit. No different to the corrupt Farage but both have a much easier time of it than Starmer.

Ludlow Mortimer2

Cough, cough ... well actually it was Chris Pincher, and partygate and generally being a sleazeball that ended Johnson's tenure in Downing St. Interestingly nobody (other than us hardcore Europhiles) was calling for him to resign because Brexit was a failure.

Alan Read2

So many tombstones to drag Big Dog down. He is trying to cleanse but... Cold War Steve helps us with his artwork based on this photo...

Lynn Bird2

He chose what he thought was best for Boris and he got that wrong too.

David Walker2

Even the photo of him doesn’t provide proper context - that’s from the 2019 General Election.

Sarah Murphy
@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social

Why would they have to be “out of their tiny minds to campaign to rejoin the EU”, Johnson? Because it would mean holding you to account for all the lies you told and the damage you’ve done? Yes. I think that’s it, isn’t it, you absolute piece of shit.

67945d ago
European Briton 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺 #RejoinEU #FBPE
@europeanbriton.bsky.social

As every day passes we’re all poorer outside the EU. Most Britons are now pro EU. Burnham’s top priority should be to map out with the EU, a democratic pathway giving Britain the option to rejoin. No more dithering! It’s crucial to our prosperity and security. #RejoinEU Today’s Observer:

38845d ago
Dee Lomas
@deelomas.bsky.social

In other news I’ve met 4 people this weekend who were ardent Brexit voters & all 60s & early 70s. All 4 now feel enormous regret & want us to go back in. But most of all they feel embarrassed that they fell for all the lies & the con. It’s only 4 but I bet this is going on all over the UK. #Rejoin

24646d ago
Alison Denham8

I am speaking for all those in their 60s & 70s who did not vote for Brexit & wouldn’t even have considered voting for Brexit. Also not a monarchist or a Tory. Some of us are capable of independent thought & resent being lumped with a group of uninformed voters.

eyefull65.bsky.social8

I'm not sure I can forgive them. I haven't forgiven my own brother yet.

Betblu6

I hope so - just heard Ali Miraj on @lbc saying it will never happen as Makerfield constituents wd feel betrayed! He’s such a RW gaslighting stooge!

Fine Leg🏏3

Amongst friends/work colleagues, mostly in their 40s, there were 6 who'd happily voted brexit. One of them had spent 3yrs travelling/living in France with her children ten yrs earlier, had a great time. I was shocked when she told me she'd voted brexit. One nursing colleague had a house in France.

Rich3

I’ve seen a similar trend in my Brexit-voting relatives. A gradual migration from gloating, to silence, to tacit acceptance that it was an error, and quite recently, acknowledging they were conned and feeling embarrassed.

Gillian Rodgers2

I’m sure you are right. Even those who swallowed all the hype now know they are worse off and we are vulnerable.

death2extremists.bsky.social2

I was angry with these people for believing the lies, never felt that way about anyone else who was scammed? I’m not sure that anger serves any purpose now, and it might even act as a barrier to those who might otherwise tell their story. Their change of heart can be more persuasive than a rejoiner.

Gareth Thomas2

I hope you told them they should own it

Bridget PJ Cousins2

I’m nearly 70 and I voted remain as did many of my friends. And my then 90 year old Dad phoned us all up and asked which way the family wanted him to vote as it would affect the grand and great grandchildren most. We all said Remain. It’s not the age group , it’s the mindset that votes.

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