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The Democracy Movement

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Founded 1998. Working together on campaigns to defend & improve democracy. #Elections | #Parliament | #Democracy Tweets: @StuartCoster

United Kingdom Katılım Temmuz 2012
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The Democracy Movement
The Democracy Movement@DemocracyMovemt·
Brexit restored one of the biggest freedoms of all; the freedom to hold our lawmakers to account. The power of our votes. The ability, peacefully through the ballot box, to remove those who make our laws and induce change. In essence, democracy. #Brexit #democracy
The Democracy Movement@DemocracyMovemt

The EU Commission is unelected but has the sole power to propose EU laws; its Council of Ministers can over-rule member govts now in almost all policy areas; its parliament isn't underpinned by a demos (half the actual word "democracy"); yet, together, these institutions hold legal supremacy over elected govts. The EU is dangerously undemocratic & the inevitable political effects are worsening. #EuropeanUnion #democracy

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Britain Unbound@BritainUnbound·
QMUL SOVEREIGNTY POLLING THREAD In August '25 YouGov polled over 4,500 GB adults on the topic of national sovereignty. It found that, in 20 areas either fully or partially in the remit of the EU before Brexit, British voters wanted the UK Government *alone* to be in control.
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POLITICOEurope@POLITICOEurope·
Christophe Fouquet is the head of Europe’s most valuable tech firm, ASML. And he has a message for Brussels: Europe is doing a bad job on AI and risks losing companies to other regions. politico.eu/article/top-te…
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Alex Wickham
Alex Wickham@alexwickham·
Exclusive with @EllenAMilligan @europressos The UK-EU summit pencilled in for next month may be postponed until July because of the UK leadership crisis Starmer had held high hopes for the summit, framing it as a big moment to push for closer ties But the Burnham/Streeting move to defenestrate him has hampered officials’ work to prepare Planning has proved difficult to negotiate because Brussels doesn’t believe Starmer’s government will be in place in the coming months, sources said In any case, French and German officials say Britain has to change its red lines on the single market and customs union if it wants a meaningful reset bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Brian Monteith
Brian Monteith@TheBluetrot·
Why Labour faces an existential wipeout over its opposition to Brexit "Starmer, Streeting and Burnham all talk about the damage Brexit has done to the economy, yet the UK’s real trade growth is 11.4%, more than double the EU’s at 5%." My latest column for @TheScotsman
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Julian Jessop
Julian Jessop@julianHjessop·
"EU’s big six push to centralise financial oversight"... Good example of the increasing centralisation of power within the EU at the expense of once independent nation states, like Ireland... 🤔 #brexitbenefits irishtimes.com/business/econo…
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Ellen Milligan
Ellen Milligan@EllenAMilligan·
New: Slow progress in talks + Starmer’s eroded authority has disrupted planning for the next UK-EU summit UK+EU officials are worried there will be few deliverables + say Starmer may be seen by Brussels as too weak to offer the concessions they want bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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LibDemWatch
LibDemWatch@Lib_Dem_Watch·
It's true that claimed "Liberal Democrats" have never respected the majority decision of the EU referendum. Here, the party admits their customs union policy is just a ploy to reverse in steps what 17.4 million people voted for. Not liberal or democratic at all.
Liberal Democrats@LibDems

Liberal Democrats have always been clear that Britain’s future lies back in the EU, and we have a credible plan to get there - starting with a UK-EU customs union.

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Colin Brazier
Colin Brazier@ColinBrazierTV·
Today Starmer is “hailing” a huge deal between Britain and the Gulf states worth £3.7bn. This was made possible by Brexit freedoms (we can now negotiate our own trade deals). But Starmer isn’t “hailing” that. Because his party plans to reverse Brexit. politico.eu/article/keir-s…
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Julian Jessop
Julian Jessop@julianHjessop·
"Reeves cuts food tariffs" Given how often this has already been announced you would think that HMG would have found the time to explain 1⃣ that this is only possible because we have left the EU's customs union, and 2⃣ why the UK is not doing this on a far wider range of goods!
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Brian Monteith
Brian Monteith@TheBluetrot·
For avoidance of doubt: UK food prices have been lower than the EU's every year since 2015. EVERY YEAR since the Brexit vote. Every year since we actually escaped in 2020.
Julian Jessop@julianHjessop

Chart of the Day 🤓 This chart shows what has actually happened to food prices in the UK and in the EU, each indexed to their respective levels in 2015. The big picture is that food prices have surged across Europe, but by a little less at least in the UK than in the EU.

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The Democracy Movement@DemocracyMovemt·
Let's track the disturbing activities of the neo-authoritarians, active today at the heart of UK politics; ➡️ Refused to respect the outcome of a national referendum; ➡️ Tried to block the majority decision of that public vote being delivered; ➡️ Demanded a repeat vote, because 17.4 million people gave the 'wrong' answer; ➡️ Immediately pushed for Britain to rejoin the EU and continue to do so today; ➡️ Often now seen calling the restoration of lawmaking to elected UK institutions a "calamity", "catastrophic mistake" or "deep damage"; ➡️ Now casually urging Keir Starmer to 'rip up' Brexit election promises made to voters before the 2024 general election; ➡️ Currently floating the idea that an election win for a rejoin-backing party is a sufficient mandate to over-ride the far bigger, cross-party Brexit vote in the EU referendum; ➡️ Naturally, they want a return to lawmaking and governance that can only originate from the unelected EU Commission, regardless of any elections anywhere. Who fits this description? These people are working against UK democracy and to undermine all our votes. Their backward-looking ideology must be rejected. #Brexit
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GB News@GBNEWS·
‘A stagnant organisation.’ Lord Glasman says Wes Streeting is ‘bonkers’ and has ‘blown it’ by wanting to rejoin the EU. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604
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Julia Hartley-Brewer
Julia Hartley-Brewer@JuliaHB1·
No, Dan, you're wrong on this. No one promised Brexit voters that leaving the EU would solve all their problems. They promised to Take Back Control. We did that and then our political class betrayed that promise. Leave voters aren't angry that Brexit didn't deliver, they're even MORE angry than they were in 2016 that politicians STILL aren't listening to them.
(((Dan Hodges)))@DPJHodges

If Reform do that Andy Burnham will simply point to Nige Farage and say “he told you if you voted for Brexit all your problems here in Makerfield would be solved. How did that work out for you”.

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Britain Unbound
Britain Unbound@BritainUnbound·
A worthwhile read in the Daily Telegraph today, from their Deputy Economics Editor Tim Wallace. "It is hard to imagine any sensible observer from 2016 seeing the economy today and declaring Brexit to have been a calamity". Well said Tim. We agree 100%. telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…
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Gully Foyle #UKTrade
Gully Foyle #UKTrade@TerraOrBust·
Good morning @EdwardJDavey As a member of the EU Customs Union, 29% of goods import types from outside the EU had a zero applied tariff. From outside the EU, 53% of our goods import types have a zero tariff. So you want to make our imports more expensive. Right?
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Ed Davey@EdwardJDavey

I’ve written to the Prime Minister urging him to give Labour MPs a free vote on our amendment to the King’s Speech. A UK-EU Customs Union is a vital first step in rebuilding our relationship with Europe. MPs must be free to vote for what is best for our economy and our country.

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Labour Future
Labour Future@LabourfutureUK·
The EU has said there will be no special deal for the UK should it seek to rejoin. This means we will have to accept the Euro and drop the Pound, accept free movement, and pay billions in membership. Do Labour candidates really want this? theguardian.com/world/2026/may…
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Stuart Coster
Stuart Coster@StuartCoster·
@TimesRadio It's not the media's fault. There was an election. Politicians should stop abjectly contradicting the expressed and strongly-held views of voters, like Starmer has been doing with his 'EU reset'. Dynamic alignment, €billions to the EU. Of course that was going to upset voters!
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