Save Freedom of Movement 🇪🇺 🇬🇧
@SaveFOM
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As first step to #RejoinEU advocating for restoring 4 Freedoms of Movement after Brexit in UK/EU/EEA/Switzerland (people, goods, services, capital). #SaveFOM
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If you could pay just £45 a year (typical cost of EU membership for British citizens) to get your EU citizenship back, would you?
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If you only have a British passport and you’ve already had 90 days in Greece, did you know, you’re now not allowed to go to Spain? Not even for a weekend.
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If you believe Freedom of Movement should be restored for everyone in UK, EU, EEA and Switzerland in each other’s countries please follow us and RT along occasionally. We want to demonstrate people did not want to end Freedom of Movement.
#Brexit
#BrexitMess
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Watch Lord Frost admit the EU offered British people a “permanent visa waiver” arrangement but they declined it
#Brexit
#SaveMyFOM
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If you’re frustrated by Brexit and want to remind all of your friends across Europe that only 26% of the UK population voted for Brexit and maybe as few as just 8% wanted to end Freedom of Movement then please RT. Let’s tell politicians we want a different future for UK+Europe.
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Good grief. Please don’t ever agree to go on one of this channel’s shows ever again. This is shockingly rude. Can’t believe they treated you like this
@LizWebsterSBF
@ofcom
@spj_tweets
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We’d like Sir Keir Starmer to call for the UK to rejoin the Single Market and restore Freedom of Movement urgently and before the year’s end
#BrexitReality
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After 47 years of EU membership Brits have been left with worse travel rights in Europe than NZs or Canadians. Even people with homes in Europe are barred from access if they’ve used up 90 days elsewhere already.
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Anyone else?
@SaveFOM
It's not just about young people. I want my FoM back. I might be in a 61 year old body, but my brain thinks it's 25.
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British man: “As an engineer I used to work easily in Europe, Germany three times, Belgium twice, these opportunities are no longer available to me as companies would prefer to take somebody with EU working rights… (continued)
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British woman: “I’m 26 years old, my plan after graduating was to do a masters in an EU country. Now, fees are ‘000s of pounds. Before Brexit would have been £0. It feels like my generation have been robbed of opportunities and our European identity.”
#VoicesofLostFOM
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Who agrees with Professor Grayling?
I not only want FoM for young people I want it for all of us.
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Retweet if you valued Freedom of Movement in the UK, EU, EEA and Switzerland.
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One of the main blockers to UK rejoining the single market is the belief of politicians that the people will not accept Freedom of Movement of people.
But in reality this is one of the biggest reasons why people want to rejoin the EU.
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Things are picking up pace. The BBC is now talking about the negative impacts of Brexit. The government is sounding us out on Switzerland style Brexit and people are starting to explore the idea of restoring Freedom of Movement. The future is looking brighter. ⭐️ 🇬🇧
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Would it surprise you to learn that the EU proposed a mobility chapter for the TCA in 2020 that could have seen mutual travel, work and settlement arrangements agreed between UK and EU countries after
#Brexit
?
Would it surprise you to learn that UK gov rejected the offer?
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People like this did not understand that freedom of movement of people made their dreams possible.
Why did the British government end it?
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Can you imagine if this rail map had become reality and the UK had also joined Schengen? (Maybe we will one day.)
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If you think leaving the ECHR and giving up your own human rights is a good idea to make it easier to deport a handful of asylum seekers to Rwanda, then you have no idea what you’re doing and you need help.
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The government decided to end YOUR Freedom of Movement just because it was too much hassle to ask arriving Europeans for proof of income, healthcare or to fill in a form. Does this make you feel angry? It does us.
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Brexit.
No one will hear of it 🙉
No one will speak of it 🙊
🇬🇧 UK on its knees as a result of politicians who are too proud to say they made a mistake
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*the British government declined it. (Not the British people)
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British people are absolutely right to be complaining about post Brexit arrangements. No doubt fellow Europeans too. It’s no fun for any traveller.
Perhaps soon UK gov will listen to them and make changes accordingly.
Of course, as britons whinge & whine about this, it needs repeating, as SImon Calder expains brilliantly, britons "Voted for this!"
(Note: It has nothing to do with UK not being in schengen. It was because, pre-Brexit, britons were EU Nationals. Now they are not)
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No one was talking about leaving the Single Market. So why did we?
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31 countries that, at one time, British people had the right to live/work/study/retire in.
Do you remember?
🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🇪🇪 🇫🇮 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇭🇺 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇱🇺 🇲🇹 🇳🇱 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇸🇰 🇸🇮 🇪🇸 🇸🇪 🇮🇸 🇱🇮 🇳🇴 🇨🇭
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Did you give up your Freedom of Movement willingly? Or was it taken from you without consent?
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Wow. This is incredible. So why did
@theresa_may
and
@BorisJohnson
do what they did in view of section 6?
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…I work now in the UK with eu citizens who now have to go through costly visa processes in order to work in the uk. It all makes no sense”
#VoicesofLostFOM
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“Ruth, who voted for the UK’s exit from the European Union, believes she was lied to and regrets her decision.”
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Well said Tobias Ellwood (Conservative MP for Bournemouth East).
“This is the generation coming forward to say: we’re not accepting this model of Brexit”
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It’s time for UK government to admit that hard Brexit doesn’t work and that the international mobility of British people matters.
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Dear Prime Minister,
To achieve your growth ambitions for our country you know you’ll need to align to and rejoin the Single Market 🇪🇺.
You might worry British people will not accept Freedom of Movement of people, but on this we are sure you would be wrong.
♥️
#SaveFOM
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If you don’t support bringing back Freedom of Movement please unfollow us. If you do, please RT! 😊
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Sovereignty. “For me it is about being able to seamlessly do work, travel, study and do business in 27 countries”
@vonderleyen
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Has anyone realised yet that leaving a scheme of reciprocal mobility between 32 countries, has done nothing whatsoever to halt immigration to the UK and has nothing at all to do with refugees or small boats?
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Nice work
@ByDonkeys
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Of course he also led British people living partly in EU countries to believe their rights would be protected.
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Segment by segment, age group by age group we must restore mutual Freedom of Movement.
Now, an EU committee recommends restoring it for young people.
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Alan Sugar: Those responsible for Brexit turmoil should be in prison
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One of the biggest challenges of restoring mutual Freedom of Movement after Brexit is simply that many British people didn’t really understand the mobility rights they had as EU citizens before Brexit.
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Did you know that EU offered UK citizens better mobility in Europe after Brexit but UK gov said NO?
Bilateral deals are out there & countries want to do them. But it’s not currently UK gov policy to negotiate reciprocal visa arrangements for own citizens to match immigration.
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We’re campaigning to restore FOM for Europeans and to scrap the cruel, divisive and pointless EU Settled Status application processes. No one should have to apply to stay somewhere that is already their home.
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Who agrees with this?
Brexit wants scrapping in its entirety . It’s a disaster for trade , for hauliers and for both customers and companies . Nothing positive has come from it and nothing ever will
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Sad we’re into the last 24 hours of the transition period. In the UK we will be making the most of our last day of Freedom of Movement before it is lost for a while. But stick with us, follow and RT. Eventually politicians will realise that we want our FOM back.
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Just sharing this beauty again
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How many days until the UK joins the Single Market and your Freedom of Movement in Europe is restored?
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Would you like to live/work/study/retire in any of these countries visa free?
🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🇪🇪 🇫🇮 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇭🇺 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇱🇺 🇲🇹 🇳🇱 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🇸🇰 🇸🇮 🇪🇸 🇸🇪 🇮🇸 🇱🇮 🇳🇴 🇨🇭
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Millions of British people had their EU citizenship taken away from them against their will.
Perhaps we can have it back soon.
#eu
#rejoinEU
#Brexit
@EU_Commission
🇪🇺 🇬🇧
74% of Europeans feel they are citizens of the EU – the highest level in more than two decades.
In the lead-up to the
#EUelections2024
, our latest
#Eurobarometer
shows that 6 in 10 EU citizens are optimistic about the future of the EU and overwhelmingly
#StandWithUkraine
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When PP smirked and took away your Freedom of Movement
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The more you complain about Brexit and the consequences of Brexit, the faster it can be “undone” and consigned to history.
British people are absolutely right to be complaining about post Brexit arrangements. No doubt fellow Europeans too. It’s no fun for any traveller.
Perhaps soon UK gov will listen to them and make changes accordingly.
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@JolyonMaugham
Brexit has cost millions of people in the UK their mental health and their livelihoods.
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Dear Prime Minister,
To achieve your growth ambitions for our country you know you’ll need to align to and rejoin the Single Market 🇪🇺.
You might worry British people will not accept Freedom of Movement of people, but on this we are sure you would be wrong.
♥️
#SaveFOM
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“Sod pompous conversations about ‘trade’ and ‘economics’. They took away my freedom to choose where I live and how long I spend in other countries in Europe without tonnes of costly paperwork. I’m angry. Very angry. Don’t know why no one else is.”
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When you encourage generations of young people to grow up and be internationally mobile in Europe, you can’t be surprised if in their 30s, 40s and 50s they’re angry they’ve lost access to careers, homes and sometimes even friends and family in Europe.
#BrexitDisaster
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Oh. So we’re agreed then that there *are* benefits of membership.
"If you have a Labour government, they would take you back in. They will tie you on defence, on migration, regulation... without any of the benefits of membership."
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How much would you pay for a pass that gave you unlimited Freedom of Movement of people across Europe? (PS: EU membership cost approx £45 per person year year)
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This is unacceptable
@ukhomeoffice
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You are affecting people’s lives and undoubtedly impacting the future treatment of Brits in Europe too.
It’s time that all EUinUK and UKinEU had their rights guaranteed for life. Absence should never matter.
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Today, only Irish Citizens have full residency and work access to 31 EEA countries **AND** the UK.
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Brilliant and passionate speech from
@burtonlisa
of
@BremainInSpain
about Freedom of Movement of People
#RejoinMarch
#MarchforRejoin
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This kind of border regime is no good for travel between UK and the rest of our continent.
@UKLabour
@Keir_Starmer
@DavidLammy
please look at what you can do to alleviate this kind of thing. Mobility matters and people miss their EU citizenship.
Berlin passport control this morning. My flight landed 1 hr 35 mins ago and still in the queue. Brits with Chinese, Brazilians, East Africans, Americans and Argentinians. Lots of angry Brits. No sign of any EU citizens - they breezed through the eGates 90mins ago. Thanks, Brexit.
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EU27 citizens shouldn’t even need visas to live/work/study/retire in the UK.
Time to bin 🗑️ Brexit and restore mutual Freedom of Movement of people.
The minimum income requirement separates families. It is a cruel policy, putting a price tag on love. It's time for the new government to build a humane migration system.
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Bookmark this for when someone tells you the UK should leave the ECHR.
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It’s more of a national tragedy that the con trick lives on.
It is a national tragedy that today the UK will leave the EU.
I oppose it today for the same reasons I have always opposed it.
Brexit is a con. A trick. A swindle. A fraud.
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People who owned or rented homes in another EU country before Brexit moved back and forwards between their homes several times a year. Some worked in two countries too, while others cared for family members.
EU citizenship meant they had the right to reside, not only to visit.
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Don’t let Brexit survivalists tell you that your Freedom of Movement doesn’t matter because not many people used it. That’s untrue but also immaterial. If you used it, then it matters.
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Brits want mutual free movement restored. 79% of us in a recent Omnisis poll believe we should have freedom to travel and work across Europe (88% after removing ‘don’t know’), and 73% believe, there should be ‘mutual free movement’ (84% after removing dk)
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There’s nothing good about Brexit for the UK either.
Brexit “is bad, bad, bad."
The outgoing French consul for Jersey says there has been "no good element" of Brexit for the island.
"There is no good thing about Brexit for Jersey at all, it is only bad.
"Whether it's to do with the export of our fish products or our tourism
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The new “project fear” from Brexit supporters is that rejoining the EU would require UK to join Schengen and the Euro.
Neither is a certainty.
This piece of propaganda is especially difficult to rebut because many remainers would like to have both of these things anyway.
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Ending Freedom of Movement in the UK has made no sense at all. It hasn’t stopped or even slowed immigration and hasn’t changed access for European visitors at all.
It only causes problems for Brits who travel a lot.
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Here is the moment when Michael Gove said that any resident or person with a home abroad (even those with future plans) would be protected by the Withdrawal Agreement. We are holding the UK government to account until this is fixed.
@BestForBritain
@BremainInSpain
@desdelamoncloa
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We agree
@acgrayling
. … we are ravenous for it
@lisanandy
. And not just under 35s
Lisa Nandy: I want my Freedom of Movement back.
You claim there's 'no appetite' for it? I'm ravenous for it. I want my EU citizenship rights back. I want to return to civilised partnership with our friends & kin in our shared Europe.
Your objection to that is -?
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Imagine if what we thought of as “home-grown” crossed Arctic Circle in the North, reached Russia & Turkey in the East and Iberian Atlantic coast in the West and Mediterranean in the South.
The Single Market enabled us to consider all of that to be “home”.
That’s resilience.
The difference between the continent and the U.K. - we are now a 3rd country . This is France today . The freedom of movement of food with no barriers and customs formalities
@LBC
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Hurray. Now for Erasmus, single market, Freedom of Movement, customs union, VAT union.
The UK is back in the Horizon family. A win-win for global scientific progress.
Starting from 1 January 2024, UK researchers will be able to participate in
@HorizonEU
, the EU’s research and innovation programme.
More info ↓
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Perhaps controlling immigration was just a lie to persuade people to vote for Brexit. Right now immigration to UK continues but Brits have lost the reciprocal mobility elsewhere.
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People of Europe need to remember that the Right to Freedom of Movement is not the right to holiday. It's the right to *live* (and work and study and retire). Even people using what you think are just holiday homes, were exercising their treaty rights to **live**. Not holiday.
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A number of Brits in UK+abroad stupidly voted to leave the EU, not understanding that British people’s rights to reside depended on UK being an EU member. Nevertheless their foolishness has cost lots of other Brits right to live, work, study, retire + use 2nd homes.
#BrexitChaos
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It’s time to find a way to restore mutual Freedom of Movement between UK and EU/EEA countries and Switzerland.
(It’s past time.)
Let’s get it done.
And then let’s begin to find our place once again in Europe.
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“What irritates me most about Brexit is that for European visitors, UK gov has barely changed access at all. Six months per visit! And yet for some reason I can’t go to Greece if I’ve spent too long in Italy. Brexit is ridiculous and British negotiators clearly incompetent.”
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And… Isn’t it time the government simply realised that 84% of Brits support restored mutual Freedom of Movement?
I am perplexed as to why the government should be so fearful of a time limited youth mobility scheme.
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There’s no good reason at all why the UK government could not agree to restore completely visa free mobility between UK and EU, EEA and Switzerland. They just don’t want to yet.
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We’ve still no idea why the government did this when Freedom of Movement could easily have been retained.
I really don’t understand why we are so keen to lose our freedom of movement across 27 countries? Can anyone help me?
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Next year the EU starts to charge €7 for permission to enter the Schengen zone and the UK will charge Europeans a similar amount to enter the UK. …If this were a new Ryanair charge people would probably be up on arms about it, but no…
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The whole country is a “seething mass of remainers”. Is the penny dropping?
The Last Night of the Proms appears to be a seething mass of Remainers. Can’t wait for Rule Britannia 😬 🇬🇧 🇬🇧
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The few leave voters opposing Freedom of Movement, often tell us they just wanted permanently settling EU citizens to have to register, prove funds/job & evidence healthcare cover, or be actively seeking work.
—just like Brits in other EU states.
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UK got £135bn per year of benefit from being in the EU plus other immeasurable benefits.
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Politicians and the general public seem to be coming round to the idea that young people should have Freedom of Movement again in Europe/UK.
But what should the cut off age be?
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Imagine how you will feel when they announce you will get your Freedom of Movement in Europe back.
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Brexit Britain: Half of Brits Would Choose to Leave UK – Byline Times
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We remember a petition to Revoke Article 50 that got well over 6 million signatures
🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage says he “genuinely” believes Reform can get over 6 million votes
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We have no time to lose
The first step towards reversing Brexit is to ask the EU to rejoin the EU or Single Market. Once that application is accepted, an official process is set in motion. Waiting for the "right moment" to ask the question is nonsense, because the process itself will take years.
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If you see people online falsely claiming British people wanted to end freedom of movement of people, please challenge them and point them to articles such as this.
#SaveFoM
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Has your freedom been taken away from you?
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First they convinced us to give up our Freedom of Movement.
Now they want us to give up our Human Rights too.
But it’s fine, because we trust them. Don’t we?
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