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European Movement Staffordshire is committed to making the positive case for EU membership.

Promoted by European Movement Staffordshire, Cliff Mitchell I000928, Unit 4 Tunstall Trade Park, Brownhills Road, Stoke on Trent, ST6 4SE, enquiries@emstaffs.uk
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Watch the video. See what cooperation between the UK and EU could achieve: cheaper bills, healthier communities, and a thriving natural world.
#OneEarthOneTeam @europeanmovement.co.uk

Sign the petition:

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One Earth. One Team. | Caroline Lucas | European Movement UK
YouTube video by European Movement UK
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November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
John Major labels Brexit an ‘act of collective folly’

'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
John Major labels Brexit an 'act of collective folly'
John Major has launched a devastating attack on Brexit, branding it an "act of collective folly."
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Learn more about our One Earth, One Team campaign and sign our petition here:
Tell The Government: Strengthen UK-EU Environmental Cooperation
Climate change and environmental problems don't respect borders. The UK and EU must work together to protect our shared environment, tackle the climate crisis, and preserve biodiversity for future…
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November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Individuals and families across the country are struggling with rising energy bills, food prices, and the cost of living. Rejoining the EU's Internal Electricity Market would save families £370 million a year.
£370 million. Since leaving the EU's energy market, the UK pays up to £370 million more each year for electricity. Rejoining the EU Internal Electricity Market would bring prices down.
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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A clear message from Sir John ...
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implausibleblog.bsky.social Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3d
John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"

"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"

"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"

"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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In the run up to the Budget, the economic impact of Brexit is becoming clearer everyday.
'GDP reduced by 8%' - Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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And these are just the economic impacts. The social, cultural, political and reputational damage is just as real and that also has a huge impact on our quality of life.
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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femi-oluwole.bsky.social
Nigel Farage: "Small businesses shouldn't trust politicians who get freebies from big corporations."

*3 MINUTES LATER*

Nigel Farage: Lord Bamford and JCB, the Tories' old donors, are giving Reform UK £200,000!
Farage admits Big Business funding during Small Business launch!
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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The UK played a pivotal role in creating the ECHR. Leaving it now would betray that legacy, and destroy the very principles we helped to create.
The European Convention on Human Rights was written by British lawyers after the Second World War to protect people from torture, persecution, and abuse of power. It is the backbone of the Good Friday Agreement, guaranteeing equality and peace in Northern Ireland. To abandon it now, as is now being demanded, would be to tear up those protections and betray Britain's promise to uphold human rights at home and abroad.
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Rejoining the EU won’t happen overnight, but we can start by rebuilding cooperation with the EU. This should include realigning the UK as an associate member of European agencies, rejoining key European programmes such as Erasmus+, and seeking deeper agreements with the EU across the board.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Rejoin Ramble - Walking 250miles from London to Brussels! More info... www.marchforrejoin.co.uk/ramble
RAMBLE | National Rejoin March
www.marchforrejoin.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Fires & Fascism showing at:
Stoke, B-arts
Tue 25 Nov, 7pm
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FIRES AND FASCISM - Film screening + director Q&A
Hosted by North Staffs Campaign Against Racism & Fascism with Stoke Extinction Rebellion and North Staffs Friends of the Earth
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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brexitbin.bsky.social
Mamdani, Greens and others shouldn't really be seen as radical. Rather, they should be seen as a return to the tradition of Roosevelt and Attlee. A return to the common sense social policies that were sidelined by 40 years of a trickle-down experiment that led nowhere.
#NewDealers
brexitbin.bsky.social Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 17d
Two ideas defined the 1930s. Fascism on the right and Roosevelt's New Deal on the left. The only one to survive was Roosevelt's – until "trickle-downers" started dismantling it in the 1980s. Roosevelt's New Deal is worth cheching out, as it seems to be what folk are looking for again.
#NeoRoosevelts
New Deal Programs
The New Deal was an amalgam of dozens of programs and agencies createdby the Roosevelt Administration and the Congress. Some came into beingby law, some by executive order; some arewell known, some ar...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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For people across the UK, Europe means many different things - from culture, adventure and diversity, to opportunities for work, collaboration and friendship.
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What Does Europe Mean to You?
For people across the UK, Europe means many different things - from culture, adventure and diversity, to opportunities for work, collaboration and friendship.
www.emstaffs.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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zoejardiniere.bsky.social
This afternoon an incredibly important principle is being debated in the House of Lords

We know people die at our border & in our asylum system at a horrifying rate, but shockingly the govt does not record how many, who, or how.

@asylummatters.bsky.social are campaigning to #KnowTheirNames
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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bremaininspain.com
"The chancellor has finally got the Brexit message, but only part of it"!
".... somewhat disingenuous of Reeves to claim the damage caused by Brexit is suddenly apparent. Some of us have known this for some time. Indeed, we have gone on about it."
#brexitcarnage
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
The chancellor has finally got the Brexit message, but on...
Reeves has shared the dramatic news that the damage of Brexit imposes a serious constraint on her budgetary freedom
observer.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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And another one ...

The Brexit elephant was busy trampling everything under its feet while it knew everyone was pretending not to see it.

Now its presence has been acknowledged is anyone going to do anything to stop it?
‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache
Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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ursusclan.bsky.social
Every time I visit Italy ( I am in Sicily) I feel the loss. Europe was our natural home — law, culture, trade, defence, shared purpose. We walked away on the promises of Johnson and Farage. They sold pride and delivered poverty. #faragetaxes
October 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Good question, pity he didn't get a relevant answer. Keep pushing.
bestforbritain.org Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23d
🫠"Because of differing rules between the GB, EU and NI markets, the business is now spending more than £100,000/year completing paperwork."

📈 Regulatory alignment with the EU is the fastest way to boost growth, reduce trade barriers and put money back into our pockets.
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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And another one ...
implausibleblog.bsky.social Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23d
Manfredi Lefebvre , "Brexit is one of the main factors in our decision to potentially move our headquarters beyond the UK. The benefits of a European head office include lower operational costs, EU single market access and recruitment flexibility of a multilingual talent pool"
October 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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glasgowforeurope.bsky.social
“In its s first formal review of UK trade policy since Brexit, the WTO found that UK trade performance had weakened since the 2008 financial crisis, with Brexit named among the chief causes of a marked slump in goods trade since 2018 reports @pmdfoster.bsky.social @cluthaman.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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davidheniguk.bsky.social
Very slowly there is starting to be discussion of free movement of people between EU and UK, and I long suspected that this will be central to any major change, in truth regulatory sovereignty and independent trade policy are too abstract for most people... www.politico.eu/article/end-...
Ending EU free movement a ‘disaster’ for Britain, says Green Party’s Zack Polanski
The party’s new leader calls for the migration pact to be reinstated as he sets out his stall on Brexit.
www.politico.eu
October 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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johnnymaybe.bsky.social
Can we all agree that food is pretty important?
emstaffs.uk European Movement Staffordshire @emstaffs.uk · Apr 17
Trump wants us to accept hormone treated beef and chlorinated chicken as part of any trade deal. He despises our food standards. We should rebuild our relationships with Europe to secure our trade AND our standards.
Join us: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership/?...
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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brexitbin.bsky.social
In case you missed it ...
During Covid, the EU Parliament celebrated Beethoven's 250th birthday with an instrumental performance of his Ode to Joy. The Parliament President, David Sassoli, spoke a few words of introduction about Beethoven and the EU that perfectly summed up the whole European Idea 🇪🇺
October 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM