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I'd like to ask Brexity types to explain what exactly EU freedom of movement is, and maybe they could also detail the numbers involved these days. Who it is moving around, and how, exactly, this would be really bad for the UK? And why are other EU countries OK with it? Questions, questions.

I'd like to ask Brexity types to explain what exactly EU freedom of movement is, and maybe they could also detail the numbers involved these days. Who it is moving around, and how, exactly, this would be really bad for the UK? And why are other EU countries OK with it? Questions, questions.

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Farage only has to open his mouth and the BBC reports his claims as 'justified concerns'. Even when they aren't.

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It doesn't matter if a rejoin conversation crowds out all the other pressing conversations, one only needs one nationally popular conversation to win power. Burnham should stick with the possibility of "going all the way".

The EU is not a separate issue competing with Britain's economic debate; it is integral to it. The deeper question here is whether Britain is capable of discussing its future relationship with Europe without treating European consent, interests and institutional obligations as afterthoughts.

'We were provoked.' The classic 'see what you made me do' defence.

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Lest we forget. Totalitarianism never goes away.

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Get in there and VOTE. No complacency.

And Mr Christ made a lot of extremely 'unhelpful comments'.

Ditto those anti-immigrant thugs in the UK.

ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web... Freedom of movement now involves relatively small numbers so in reality we in the UK would hardly notice it were it to come back, but 'we mustn't reopen old wounds'. The people of Bassetlaw (where there are very few forriners) have decided FoM is BAD.

Why indeed? I still vividly remember the Leave leaflet with a big red arrow from Turkey and Syria to the UK, Dad's Army style, as well as the colleague saying his dad in Yorkshire voted Leave to stop the Syrians coming. It was a deliberate conflation that still haunts (hence 'small boats' etc)

Though it's 'unhelpful' to say so, Leave deliberately targeted the most gullible.

ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web... Freedom of movement now involves relatively small numbers so in reality we in the UK would hardly notice it were it to come back, but 'we mustn't reopen old wounds'. The people of Bassetlaw (where there are very few forriners) have decided FoM is BAD.

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Would be good if we had a PM prepared to talk honestly about what responsible sovereignty should mean, rather than sticking with the brexity version that’s all about rejecting teamwork, bowing to Trump, erecting monumental trade barriers and waving big ‘you’re not welcome’ signs at foreigners.

The only 4 constituencies where rejoining the EU wasn’t the preferred option were those of Lee Anderson, Farage, Tice and Lowe. In those 4, the top answer was ‘don’t know’. Confirming that Brexit has no real support at all. Not surprising for a total shitshow. And makes red lines seem very silly.

'Not at any cost mean' means without freedom of movement. Which would benefit us, but the consensus of those with 'justified concerns mass immigration' is that hordes of E.Europeans would flood in. Well, they have the rest of Europe to flood into and they aren't flooding in there.

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Trumpian.

"... Britain is a political tinderbox, with a culture war conflagration an ever-present danger, continues. It is for that reason that the Brexit stasis also continues. It remains too a hot a topic to address in any serious way..." Chris Grey chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com

Bringing back FoM would more likely than not give Labour a chance at fixing the Brexit disaster. Unfortunately, they're too shite at governing to realise.

Indeed. I rather think Farage has to be discredited first. But until we get a decent trading (and political) relationship with the EU, and this requires FoM there is no moving forward.

💯 agree on that. We actually need FOM. But as you say, Leave very successfully and disingenuously conflated the two. A lot of work would need to be done and massive amount of political capital would be spent. Danger of reviving Reforms fortunes just as they’re starting to fall.

Freedom of movement isn't an issue in the EU. It's immigration from outside the EU. In the UK Leave dishonestly conflated the two, and Labour continues to do so. That is appalling.

"... Britain is a political tinderbox, with a culture war conflagration an ever-present danger, continues. It is for that reason that the Brexit stasis also continues. It remains too a hot a topic to address in any serious way..." Chris Grey chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com

chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/brex... This should be discussed on the BBC and indeed throughout our media. The obsession with immigration means there will be no reset with the EU.

Some chap has been claiming today that freedom of movement was bad for many people in the UK. It wasn't. There were issues in a very few areas which were unused to immigration, though the issues were largely invented.. However, those areas which attract the most immigrants had no problem with FoM.

Cornwall voted leave having received the meaningless promise that the EU subsidies would be replaced by the UK government. 'It's our money anyway!' The money never came.