Britain Unbound

BREAKING: Even Lib Dems Do Not Support Lib Dem Customs Union Plan Exclusive polling conducted on behalf of Britain Unbound, shows that Brits are unwilling to accept the loss of freedom over trade deals, that rejoining an EU Customs Union would bring. britain-unbound.org/articles/poll-…

3⃣ "Brexit has dramatically raised the cost of UK food" Obvious nonsense. Any Brexit effects on food prices - both up and down, such as lower UK tariffs on food imported from the rest of the world - have been swamped by global factors. The chart below shows what has actually happened to food prices in both the UK and the EU, each indexed to their respective levels in 2015. The big picture is the same regardless of the base year: food prices have risen by similar amounts over every time horizon since the vote to leave. Ps. this chart shows what has happened to food prices over time, not that food prices are lower in absolute terms in the UK than the EU. But as it happens, various studies (such as 👇) have found that UK food is cheaper than the EU average. Intense competition in the supermarket sector is a key factor (ignore the charlatans and shills claiming that the UK has been "flooded" with cheap, sub-standard food since Brexit, which is of course another lie). igd.com/articles/are-u…

2⃣ "Brexit has permanently damaged business investment in the UK" Nope. UK business investment did underperform the rest of the G7 in the first few years after the vote to leave, partly due to Brexit uncertainty, but it began to recover as soon as this uncertainty eased. As my chart shows, UK investment is tracking France and Canada again. The laggards are now Germany and Japan, the leaders are Italy (fiscal incentives and EU subsidies) and the US. In the meantime, "Brexit Britain" continues to score relatively highly in surveys of investment attractiveness (notably the one by EY). Indeed, UK business investment would probably be doing much better had it not been for non-Brexit headwinds, including relatively high energy costs and Labour's ongoing assault on business and wealth creation. (One caveat: the initial hit means that the UK's *stock* of capital may still be lower than it would have otherwise have been, but the *flow* of investment is recovering and, over time, this should close the gap.)

Ten years on and they’re still fantasising that they lost because of Russian gold. They’ve not produced a shard of evidence.

Iceland to hold its own Brexit vote as critics fear joining European bloc is 'worst business idea' country could have trib.al/8aOuMw0

10 years ago today, the BBC held their EU referendum debate at Webley arena. Boris Johnson, Andrea Leadsom and Gisela Stuart - the same trio that had represented Leave in the previous TV debate - took to stage once more for the final big set piece event before the vote. By then, after months of campaigning, it was time to lay down the final arguments, with Boris bringing the debate to a memorable close: "If we vote Leave and take back control, I believe that this Thursday can be our country's Independence Day."

Ten years ago the people of this country voted to leave the EU in the biggest expression of popular will in our history. We need to stop fearing the freedom and make use of it and move on together. 🇬🇧

Police on the ground estimated that only ~1,500 people attended the National Rejoin March today. The lowest recorded turn-out (if you ignore last years cancelled march) ever and this the 10th Anniversary! Folk have lost interest only the hard core cult members remain!

"He was 65 years old and so, it seemed, was everyone else at the National Rejoin March, the latest iteration of the People’s Vote campaign. I saw only four people who were plausibly younger than 20" unherd.com/newsroom/rejoi…

The Rejoin movement is enamoured with a version of Europe which no longer exists — if it ever did. @cosiadair meets the anti-Brexit diehards 👇 buff.ly/KWIoidk

In other news, a man with a bin on his head pretending to be an alien overlord, got nearly three times more votes in Makerfield than the candidate for Rejoining the EU.

Rejoin EU rally mocked after just hundreds march on London to demand Brexit reversal gbnews.com/politics/rejoi…

For those enjoying mocking how poor the turnout was for the Rejoin march yesterday. Grok counted all the people marching in this video of the whole procession, and says it is roughly 700 people at most. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@andrewhesselden God look how few people there are! Hahahahahaha

Look 👀

Hundreds. Hundreds took to the street. As ten years on, after a year of planning and cancelling last year's for fear of lack of attendance, the Rejoin movement is dead on arrival. More people turn up to a car boot.

@SMRRejoinRadio Hundreds. Read this number out loud. 1500. FIFTEEN HUNDRED.

SMR Rejoin Radio is here with National Rejoin March IV in #London along with THOUSANDS of you to say it loud, say it clear! Brexit has failed. It's been a catastrophe and we need to #RejoinEU ASAP. Join us on Tuesday for a behind the scenes epic! #RejoinMarch

@Bazgrant1 @MarchForRejoin @UKLabour Sorry Barry.

Well that was cathartic…and hopefully the last time I have to do this. @MarchForRejoin Let’s just get on with it @UKLabour

@bhf_de Only 1500 people were bothered enough to turn up. Tells you a lot. The majority of Brits want to stay out. Sorry.

Back in London to join today’s #RejoinEU march. My view remains simple: drop the red lines, rejoin the Single Market and Customs Union, and rebuild a closer UK–EU relationship from there.

@DavidDjward @EastKent_EM @MarchForRejoin @mikegalsworthy @sojanuk @vincemaple @Emma_MacLennan @kenteurotrains @gavineslerbbc @RichardGCorbett @steverichards14 @stellacreasy @CER_EU Sorry David but if you can only get 1,500 people to turn up after a year or planning, then your movement is dead on arrival.

Ten years after the extreme folly of Brexit good to know that a majority of the public now regret the UK leaving the European Union. Good to join with friends @EastKent_EM on today’s @MarchForRejoin in London today. Next step single market & customs union.

@andrewhesselden Except not Andrew. Sorry.

Two-thirds of people across the EU would support the UK rejoining, according to a new survey, with backing stretching even into some far-right and Eurosceptic voter groups. The idea that Europe doesn't want Britain back is becoming harder and harder to sustain. The Guardian reports: theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #RejoinEU #SaveFOM

@Suewilson91 If you can only get 1,500 people to turn up, then the only thing that is certain is that you've lost.

Still here, still fighting, still sure we will rejoin. standard.co.uk/news/uk/brexit…