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A branch of the European Movement. We are Europeans and we’re proud that the great city of Leeds voted to Remain! We won't stop campaigning until we are back where we belong- in the EU. #RejoinEU

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · Nov 13

We are, and we will always be, proud Europeans.

We know that Britain’s home is in Europe, alongside our great friends & neighbours.

Leeds for Europe will never stop campaigning to restore the UK’s place in the heart of Europe.

Join our movement today: leedsforeurope.org/get-involved

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 5h

Victoria Derbyshire asks Michael Heseltine why he “chose to describe Reform Ltd as the right wing equivalents of the fascists of the 1930s”?

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 6h

Welcome recognition of #BrexitReality from Chancellor & local MP Rachel Reeves, says Vice Chair @jazz072.bsky.social in @yorkshirepost.co.uk She rightly defends immigration as good for the economy. But it’s not enough - ministers must still tackle the #BrexitShambles. #RejoinEU #Labour #UKPolitics

This letter appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 8 October 2025. Jas Olak, Vice Chair of Leeds for Europe, welcomes a statement from Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves acknowledging Brexit is bad for Britain. But more must be done by the Labour Government to undo that damage.

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 8h

Real world consequences come crashing into Brexit…remember Farage said that remaining in the EU would mean the death of the steel industry.

EU plan to match Trump steel tariffs spurs ‘existential threat’ to UK steel industry

Starmer says UK in discussions with EU over Brussels plan to double import tariff to 50%, which unions warn could kill UK steel industry

www.theguardian.com

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 1d

Now Starmer and local MP & Chancellor Rachel Reeves admit #BrexitReality 👏, will they now go further & undo the #BrexitShambles? This #Labour loyalist in @yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk hopes so. Wants #Labour to "challenge toxic #Farage & #Reform agenda - including #Brexit". #RejoinEU Time #Labour led?

This letter appeared in the Yorkshire Evening Post on 7 October 2025. A supporter of the Labour Party is hoping it will do more to undo damage caused by Brexit, now its senior leadership is more willing to acknowledge the damage it is causing.

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 1d

We are just six…yes just SIX followers away from 6,000. Please give us a follow and/or share and help us grow our community. 🙏

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 1d

“This is most definitely not a fringe political scandal. It is a direct admission that Russian-aligned money penetrated Farage’s immediate orbit during a pivotal chapter in Brexit.”

Reform's Russian 'asset' - the Kremlin shadow over Nigel Farage | Searchlight

Nathan Gill - Russian asset On 26 September, former Welsh Brexit Party MEP and Reform UK official Nathan Gill pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight coun ...

searchlightmagazine.com

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 1d

Leeds for Europe is proud to support the Leeds Stand Up To Racism march and rally.
Saturday 12:30 outside Leeds Art Gallery.

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 2d

He is just a particularly nasty troll who gets very aggressive when you debunk one of his “benefits” and then organises a pile on.

Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 4d

#EU membership was a great investment for the UK, says this Hull Daily Mail letter. We were influential in making it the success it is today - including the #SingleMarket. We'll be influential again when we 💙 #RejoinEU 💛. What do you miss most?

This letter appeared in the Hull Daily Mail on 4 October 2025. The writer argues the costs to Britain of being in the European Union were far outweighed by the economic benefits.

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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 4d

Sign and share the @europeanmovement.co.uk open letter to the Northern Ireland Secretary calling on the UK to stay in the ECHR.

www.europeanmovement.co.uk/keep_uk_in_e...

@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social @leedseurope.bsky.social @glasgowforeurope.bsky.social @emwandsworthmerton.bsky.social

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 4d

#Yorkshire firm shifting trade to #EU post- #Brexit flagged by Vice Chair @jazz072.bsky.social in @yorkshirepost.co.uk 📉

Maybe be avoided if #Labour backed #SingleMarket access - @europeanmovement.co.uk found most employers want this 📈

#Labour 👂to #BrexitReality ⏰ to #RejoinEU ✊ #EuropeanUnion

This letter appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 4 October 2025. Jas Olak, Vice Chair of Leeds for Europe, highlights an example of a firm from Yorkshire setting up a warehouse in the Netherlands. Many companies have moved production or warehousing to EU countries as a consequence of Brexit trade barriers.

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 5d

Did #Labour leader #Starmer cheer up his party's #pro-EU wing with this week's conference speech? This @bradfordtanda.bsky.social letter says ✅- despite past disappointments.
Don't copy #Farage:
"Better for Labour & Britain if challenge #ReformUK's toxic agenda - including #Brexit."

#RejoinEU 👇

This letter appeared in the Telegraph & Argus (Bradford) on 3 October 2025. The writer argues that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer did deliver a conference speech this week that would be welcomed by his party's pro-Europeans. But it must continue to confront, not copy, Nigel Farage and Reform UK.

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 5d

Above letter describes recent far-right London ‘Tommy Robinson’ protest as “worst in a decade”. “We all have right to freedom of speech - #Brexit’s only brought division & hatred”. Please join us at this #StandUpToRacism demo in Leeds on Saturday 11 October. #StopRacism #StopTheHate (Please share.)

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 5d

Blaming ‘Remainers’ for disrupting politics ignores #Brexit division, Covid chaos & far-right threats, says @yorkshirepost.co.uk letter. We need to defend democracy, justice & peace “…& build new relationship with #EU”.

#RejoinEU #UKPolitics #StopTheHate

(Please join us at demo detailed below.)

This letter appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 3 October 2025. The writer pushes about against the suggestion that supporters of rejoining the European Union are to blame for disruption in British politics.

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 5d

Nothing to do with the working time directive. That governed the hours a week employers could insist employees worked. Employees could work as long as they wanted.

Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 7d

Farage loses the express…

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 7d

Rejoining the EEA is a good start, but there is no substitute for joining the EU as full members.

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 7d

Mustn’t upset Nige eh?

Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 7d

Why “gently”? He should be shouting it from the rooftops.

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 8d

And what experience is that?

Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 8d

“We need to stop looking at votes cast nearly a decade ago and face #BrexitReality,” says second Hull Daily Mail letter.

Even former Leave voters back #UKTrade access to the #EU. Single market = less 'stifling' #Brexit red tape

@europeanmovement.co.uk findings align with CBI, IoD, NFU, TUC, etc.

This letter appeared in the Hull Daily Mail on 30 September 2025. The writer argues that both business and the vast majority of the public - including Leave voters - want access to the European Single Market.

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 8d

“Internationalism is an important feature of #TheProms — never about promoting a nationalistic, populist UK identity”
— Hull Daily Mail letter, replying to reader triggered by #EU flags at #LastNightOfTheProms.

🎵 #thankEUforthemusic 🎵 @euflagmafia.bsky.social 🎵 #RejoinEU 🎵

This letter appeared in the Hull Daily Mail on 30 September 2025. The author argues that the waving of European flags at The Last Night Of The Proms was appropriate, given that it is a joyous celebration of music - not nationalism.

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 9d

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...

A bad Brexit is a good reason to resume the debate to rejoin the EU - Yorkshire Post Letters

From: Peter Brown, Cleckheaton.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 10d

They told us that we had to leave the EU to take back control of our borders…that was a lie
Now they tell us that we must leave the ECHR to take back control of our borders…that is a lie

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Leeds for Europe @leedseurope.bsky.social · 11d

📣A retired French & Spanish teacher writes in @yorkshirepost.co.uk 📰: " #Brexit removed the option to work freely in #EU - students lost a key reason to study languages."

🎓 Language is opportunity. Let’s reopen doors. 🗝️🌍✈️

#RejoinEU #BrexitReality #Erasmus #StudyAbroad #ErasmusPlus

This letter appeared in The Yorkshire Post on 27 September 2025. A retired languages teacher says Brexit and Britain's departure from the European Union is discouraging young people from learning foreign languages.

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