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Why is the government so hostile to realist assessments of the costs of rejoining the EU?
One of their flagship policies is not to rejoin the EU, & to respect the referendum result.
Has that changed? If so who voted for it?
Very good coverage by @GBNEWS of our Brexit Facts4EU report which Downing St didn't like one bit...
Very strange response to @BowGroup's recent cost of rejoining the EU projection from @10DowningStreet
Firstly the figures are entirely realistic-secondly unless the government are planning to rejoin the EU why would they respond so negatively to a realist assessment of doing so?
Britain could be forced to make radically greater payments into the EU if the country reverses Brexit.
Calculations by the Bow Group think tank suggest the UK's gross contribution could hit between £28billion and £41billion if the country signs back up.
That figure would dwarf the £14.4billion paid in 2019, working on the assumption that Brussels would never agree to restore Margaret Thatcher's permanent rebate.
Thatcher's former aide Lord Redwood warned that the country cannot afford the move, saying: "The UK would need to impose a large new tax; we cannot afford to go in."
Former UKIP deputy leader David Campbell Bannerman went even further, insisting: “We would be mad to rejoin and anyone trying to rejoin should be prosecuted for misconduct in public office.”
Bow Group chairman Ben Harris-Quinney claimed Labour is quietly setting Britain on a path back into the bloc, bringing with it the euro, heavy regulations, and uncontrolled borders.
And Eurosceptics pointed directly to Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, who openly backed Britain returning by declaring: “Yes of course. We need more money.”
Conservative shadow foreign minister Wendy Morton questioned the priorities, arguing that Andy Burnham cannot find cash for defence yet seems comfortable handing billions to Brussels.
Reform UK also warned that re-entering would betray 17.4 million voters and threaten £164billion worth of post-Brexit trade agreements.
Yet pro-EU group Best for Britain dismissed the calculations as completely inaccurate, arguing the claims ignore £92billion in potential GDP growth and compare to filing a tax return without listing business expenses.
A Government spokesperson insisted the figures are completely speculative and stated that ministers are focused on building an ambitious relationship with the EU to strengthen the economy.
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Ben Harris-Quinney retweeted
The EU gives Westminster a way of deferring responsibility whilst costing us even more money with less accountability. And just look at what’s happening in Europe!
Ben Harris-Quinney retweeted
🛟BREAKING: ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL DEFEATED!🏆
In a victory for hope, compassion & life, MPs have voted against assisted suicide by 286 votes to 270, choosing to protect vulnerable people & stop our country going down a dark path that would have changed society forever.🧵1/
The latest FIFA own goal is one of many in football governance-but also classic of the wider tone deaf elite phenomenon
Its remarkable how few genuine football fans there are in UK politics-theres huge opportunity to make very popular low cost policy interventions that fans want
UK Prime Minister, Andy Burnham urges Gianni Infantino to resign as opposition to FIFA’s World Cup equity plan intensifies. ow.ly/NqKJ106BINc
It's accepted as common knowledge Burnham is hugely popular-but it was only a few weeks ago he was described as being "coronated"
His only test has been being gifted a safe Labour seat
He received less electoral & media scrutiny than Starmer-whose popularity crumbled in weeks
"For Reform the bar is now set at a level they're expected to win every by-election-but this is a safe Labour seat where a Labour MP stepped down to coronate their new leader. It was always Burnham's to lose, it's entirely unremarkable."
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#Makerfield
Despite the very many tributes-the glee at her death evident on social media underlines the horror we are facing
Ann was perhaps the strongest voice for free speech in Britain, but freedom of speech goes in hand with freedom from harm
Britain has fallen to a place with neither.
We are deeply saddened at the passing of Ann Widdecombe, our Senior Patron
Ann last addressed the Bow Group in 2022, speaking passionately in defence of free speech, an issue she saw as more important than any other
Her lifelong steadfast principles serve as an eternal example to conservatives, patriots & Christians
May she rest in peace
If City beat Arsenal by 2 goals or more, and then beat Burnley -they're top
Could happen in 10 days time...
Should never have been allowed to go on for months with a game in hand-huge advantage
#CHEMCI
Beyond domestic politics, international conflict offers infinitely greater potential for miscalculation & disaster on a grand scale
Whatever you think of Trump, it's undeniable that the globalist establishment viscerally oppose the narratives he employs & their conclusions
There is considerable historical evidence of significant resources being used neuter him & anyone else who has deviated from globalism's bible
If Trump makes, or is pushed into a major error in war, it's very realistic he can be turned into a killbox for any current or future dissenters by the establishment
It will be used to justify making opposition to globalism effectively illegal. It's really one of the few things globalists could do to cling to power in their current form
America wanted an anti-war President for many, many reasons. They wanted to move on from an era of decline & injustice. Error in war may condemn us all to that indefinitely.
Desecrating Easter was the first step toward nuclear war. Christians need to understand where Trump is taking us.
0:00 Monologue
43:23 Paula White’s Strange Easter Sunday Service
51:17 Who Really Is Paula White?
57:24 How Did Paula Become Trump’s Spiritual Advisor?
1:00:03 The Exposed Megachurch Documents
1:09:52 Why Is Corruption So Prevalent in American Protestant Churches?
1:13:10 The Scam That’s Taken Over the Nonprofit Industry
1:27:14 The Mormon Church’s Investments in Weapons Manufacturing
1:28:52 How Much Money Does Franklin Graham’s Nonprofit Have?
1:33:11 How Do Megachurch Pastors Justify Owning Private Jets?
1:39:30 Graham's Bizarre Alaskan Hideout
1:52:42 The Love of Money Is the Root of All Evil
1:54:27 What Is Dispensationalism?
2:07:15 The Attempts to Usher in the Antichrist
2:13:00 Finding Contentment and Fulfillment in Christ
2:16:36 The Spiritual War Happening in the White House
Just over 10 years ago I predicted another right wing party would overtake Conservative membership within a decade, if they didn't return to conservatism
It was dismissed as nonsense by party loyalists
Now two have
Conservatives today sit dangerously close to terminal status.
Just ten days since @RestoreBritain_ was officially registered, and already, it is the fourth largest political party in Britain.
This is truly remarkable.
I have no doubt in my mind that we will win the next general election.
Well, as I say, the sitting PM has referred to parties now collectively polling at 49% as "far right".
Outsiders perhaps, but fringe not so much - & I suspect never were.
I've always believed in a theory beyond the silent majority
The majority of Britain if everyone had to vote wouldn't be centre right-but would fall into the establishment definition of "far right"
Currently parties referred to as far right by the PM amount to 49% of UK voters..
🚨 NEW: A new poll shows Restore Britain would get 8% of the vote
➡ Reform UK: 25%
🟢 Green Party: 19%
🔵 Conservatives: 16%
🌹 Labour: 16%
🔶 Lib Dems: 10%
🇬🇧 Restore Britain: 8%
🟣 Your Party: 1%
Via @FindoutnowUK, 2948 sample, 25th March
Ben Harris-Quinney retweeted
🏆🏴BREAKING: VICTORY IN SCOTLAND!
In a triumph for hope over despair, life over death & support over suicide, the Scottish Parliament has voted AGAINST assisted suicide. MSPs have settled the issue for a generation & dealt a mortal blow to assisted suicide in Westminster.🧵1/


























