Richard Corbett CBE
@richardcorbett
Previously: UK Labour Party Leader in EurParliament, Yorks&Humber MEP, NEC, ShadowCabinet Currently: EM, LME, writing & lecturing Brexit was a costly mistake. .
Since water services were sold off by Thatcher to be run for private profit, the water companies have: - amassed debts of over £50bn - paid £78bn to shareholders - raised their CEO pay to £1-3 million a year - lose 2.87bn litres of water a day through leaky pipes - polluted EVERY river
Amid war, climate change, wildfires, poverty, etc. - all is well with the profits of the big oil companies
FIFA boss Infantino says he is grateful for the feedback about his plans. Does he know the difference between feedback and backlash?
Yesterday in Shipley, I tried a Birra Murano, thinking it was an Italian beer. Knowing that Murano is near Venice, I was puzzled by the design on the glass depicting Tuscan style hills. So I googled it: “Birra Murano is made in England, despite its branding and packaging” Misleading or wot?
Wildfires across Europe on an unprecedented scale, yet Badenoch says she’ll throws out of her party anyone who supports the net zero target (that was introduced by a previous Conservative govt). She’d rather the planet burns than reduce the profits of the fossil fuel companies.
EU and UEFA both condemn FIFA capitulation to Trump, and its threat to fair play, integrity, and the independence of sporting authorities from political interference. The transatlantic rift between Europe and the US grows.
Taking away the “don’t knows”, that’s a 62-38 majority among those who do have a view
Which part of UK has outperformed the rest since Brexit? Northern Ireland of course, as it has effectively stayed in the EU’s single market!
An early message for Andy Burnham : join our local union, the European Union 🇪🇺
Andy Burnham urged by businesses and economists to consider reversing Brexit. Study by @bestforbritain.org shows that rejoining could unlock £92billion: a minimum 3.6% GDP boost. Far more than Starmer’s partial reset can.
Bit of a shock! Turn on the TV news to hear the latest on Starmer and find them using a film of him & me campaigning to remain in the EU through a second referendum
Rousing speech from Neil Kinnock at the #RejoinEU rally in London today #RejoinMarch
TODAY: I’m honoured to have been asked to speak at the rally on Parliament Square (from 2:30 pm) at the end of tomorrow’s National Rejoin EU march (assembling from 12:00)
My letter to the Financial Times: Reversing Brexit — why the conditions look right:
Ten years ago next week, the Labour MP Jo Cox was stabbed and killed by a white supremacist born in Scotland who hated her support for remaining in the European Union.
Curious thing about John Healey’s resignation letter to Keir Starmer is that it actually points out the significant achievements of the Labour government on security and defence:
It was a pleasure to speak at the arrival in Brussels today of the Rejoin Ramblers, who hiked there all the way from London
“Respecting” the result of a referendum held 10 years ago, when it’s increasingly clear that it was won on the basis of a pack of lies and that Brexit is doing massive damage to Britain’s economy, status & influence in the world, is a total abdication of responsibility.
On reversing Brexit: Starmer: We will be “putting Britain at the heart of Europe” & “incremental change won’t cut it” Streeting: “Leaving the EU was a catastrophic mistake” & “Britain’s future lies…back in the EU” Burnham: ”I want to rejoin the EU in my lifetime”
Meanwhile, the Tories suspend their Leader in Worcestershire for opposing RefUK…
The Labour government must go further and faster, including rebuilding our relationship with our European neighbours, with whom we share interests and values, also vital for our economy
Knocking on doors on polling day does have some amusing sides…
Little reminder for those Conservative Party and Reform plc politicians who think Britain should follow the US economic model :
The Observer front page today: yet another call for Britain to rejoin the EU:
It’s not just the remarkable 63% who say they’d vote to rejoin the EU. It’s also the fact that this figure continues to rise slowly but steadily. Brexit has failed and is seen to have failed. And geopolitics brings Britain and its neighbours, with whom it shares interests & values, closer together.