Lancaster for Europe

Surprise! Seems those "legitimate concerns" were about melanin content after all

Reform are holding a rally in Leeds later this month…we don’t want them in our city.

How Nigel Farage Will Lose the Next General Election Reform's extended tantrum over losing the Gorton and Denton by-election reveals exactly why they are on course for an even bigger defeat at the next general election

How Reform's extended tantrum over losing the Gorton and Denton by-election reveals exactly why they are on course for an even bigger defeat at the next general election

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-nigel-...

Fine, but Labour have no plans to substantially "break down trade barriers" with the EU. Perhaps because they judge that to be politically impossible but, if so, that needs to be said. Otherwise, we just continue the endless dishonesty which has characterized Brexit.

Starmer’s position on Iran pleases no one, but that is because there are no good options | Rafael Behr None of the prime minister’s critics engages with the hard strategic dilemmas arising from Britain’s perilous dependency on US power, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

For #Brexit enthusiasts on the right, it is inconceivable that a seat at the top table of a European bloc amplified British power.

Reform UK and the Tories are stuck with a policy of total submission to Washington – vassals in trade, mercenaries in war.
#Rejoin

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nigel Farage's Long History of Crying ‘Fraud’ Whenever His Party Loses Elections The Reform UK leader has a long record of blaming his own party's election defeats on "cheating" by ethnic minorities, yet no evidence of it can ever be found

Every time Nigel Farage's parties have lost an election he has blamed it on "cheating" by ethnic minorities and every time he receives huge amounts of media attention for doing so.

The only problem? No evidence of cheating is ever found
bylinetimes.com/2026/03/02/n...

❌ Brexit has damaged the UK's car industry, driving down investment and crippling our competitiveness on the world stage.

🚗 The EU takes over half of our car exports, we must lower trade barriers.

https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/03/01/outside-the-eu-britains-car-industry-is-struggling

Snowy Alpine landscape with pine trees and mountains under a clear blue sky, with the EU and Swiss flags side by side at the top and the text “EU–SWITZERLAND – Renewed Partnership Agreement” in white across the bottom.

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We’ve signed new agreements to upgrade our partnership with Switzerland.

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That’s a £30 billion black hole in our economy, according to the IFS. And a ‘car crash’ for our care industry & the NHS. Just for starters. On the plus side, Bromsgrove currently has hundreds of union flags flying from lampposts.

#LeedsforEurope Vice Chair's latest Yorkshire Post letter.

Farage / far right anger over by-election result entirely understandable. Because having wanted to emphasise the commonwealth and the white working classes, the two got together to defeat him. Which is complete humiliation.

Please be there if you can and bring a friend

In fact, the extract from the Home Secretary's comments suggests that her rationale is wholly dishonest - the settlement changes concern people who are here legally, not illegally

A "Labour" government, determined to treat working class immigrant kids worse than their better off counterparts

The real threat to democracy doesn't come from 'family voting'. It comes from the losing side refusing go accept they've lost

Labour needs to change drastically.

And get us closer ties with the EU or rejoin
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Further disappointment awaits Goodwin when his pitch to be the next Poet Laureate is rejected

Bremainers Ask – David Knopfler - Bremain in Spain Bremain in Spain is campaigning for a strong & close relationship with the EU and to protect the rights of British migrants living in Spain.

Huge thanks to David Knopfler, founder & former guitarist of the legendary rock band Dire Straits, for taking part in our monthly feature of 'Bremainers Ask'

@davidknopfler.bsky.social is a highly knowledgeable pro-EU and anti-Brexit commentator, writer

Read his answers to all our questions below

#FridayFeelings #DentonAndGorton

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Congratulations to the newest MP in parliament, Green's Hannah Spencer who sent Reform's racist back down south with his tail between his legs.

#HopeNotHate

Home Office visa decision sparks shearer shortage fears - Farmers Weekly Farm leaders have warned a Home Office decision blocking visa-free entry for overseas sheep shearers risks worsening labour shortages in the sector. Since

Labour's post-Brexit panic over being portrayed as soft on immigration has led to unfortunate consequences for Cumbrian and other farmers...

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Home Office visa decision sparks shearer shortage fears - Farmers Weekly www.fwi.co.uk/business/bus...

In the local debate on the impact of the 2016 referendum on the UK, Pippa Heylings MP quoted the Chair of Cambridge for Europe, Dr Paul Browne: “the world of 2026 is not the world of 2016… Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine shows us that democracy, defence and economic security are one”.

Indeed. Refusing these claims means a) they can't work legally b) one way or another they will be dependent on state support.

This is just deliberately wasting taxpayers' money for the sake of (politically counterproductive) performative cruelty.

This letter headed "Still suffering" appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 26 February 2026. The writer argues that, contrary to what an earlier correspondent maintained, the UK is not perfect on the issue on animal welfare in farming. Membership of the European Union meant UK activists could campaign for better standards across the continent, but post-Brexit trade deals means have to accept cheap imports from much further afield.

Membership of the #EuropeanUnion meant British animal welfare campaigners could fight for higher farming standards across the continent, says a @yorkshirepost.co.uk letter.

Now #Brexit means trade deals exposing UK farmers to cheap imports.

#RejoinEU #UKfarming #AnimalWelfare

Now that us peasants are allowed to see this treaty, here's some thoughts as I read through it.

The summary states that there is no effect on sovereignty and 'no direct application of EU law to Gibraltar through the Agreement or enforcement role for the [CJEU] in Gibraltar'

Brexit: the £240bn mistake we can't afford to keep making - West Country Voices Nearly ten years after the referendum, the numbers are in. And they’re devastating. The economic carnage Multiple independent studies published in 2025 have reached the same brutal conclusion: By 2025...

An excellent breakdown of all areas of Brexit damage

By 2025, Brexit has reduced UK GDP by 6 to 8 per cent.

That’s £240bn per year that our economy has lost.

Not “might lose.” HAS LOST

European Union and United Kingdom flags side by side with the text “EU-UK Agreement on competition matters” and the European Commission logo in the bottom right corner.

Today, we have singed the EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement.

It aims to ensure smooth interactions between the EU and UK on competition matters, and maintain fair and competitive markets to the benefit of consumers, businesses and innovation.

link.europa.eu/Hv7Xpb

Why should Brexit architect Nigel Farage be rewarded with votes? “DO you know where I could get a copy of the Reform manifesto?” I asked the busy shop assistant, who the day before had

⚠️ Farage's greatest legacy is so far a massive failure built on lies, alienation, and division.

We must not let him reap further damage to our great country.

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Very useful report on UK-EU (non)divergence, which will frame much of the coming years of the relationship