Andy Burnham was right to say on #BBCLauraK that EU free movement was not a problem. It was conditional on finding a job or proving self-sufficiency. Most EU citizens in Britain returned home after a few years. It was a reciprocal right with many Brits staying in other EU countries. - ThreadSky

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richardcorbett.bsky.social • 71 days ago

Andy Burnham was right to say on #BBCLauraK that EU free movement was not a problem.
It was conditional on finding a job or proving self-sufficiency.
Most EU citizens in Britain returned home after a few years.
It was a reciprocal right with many Brits staying in other EU countries.

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ianstev91.bsky.social•71 days ago

It really only became a problem when Nigel Farage managed to convince a significant part of the electorate that it was the same thing as unrestricted immigration and open borders.

cjmck.bsky.social•71 days ago

It was far more than that. It was citizenship of Europe which was stripped from us by leaving the EU. That is something I cherished and will never forgive Farage Johnson and anyone who voted for Brexit for depriving me from it.

ians.chat•68 days ago

Andy Burnham's March 2016 speech, before the referendum, referred to Brexiters as "peddling a fraudulent form of British patriotism". He wasn't wrong.

The best leader Labour has never had.

https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2016/3/17/andy-burnham-roscoe-lecture

arj2024.bsky.social•71 days ago

What’s often forgotten are the 200,000 Brits who used to move to the EU each year - that helped keep the net immigration numbers much lower.

I don’t know why the media never mention the Brits who can no longer do this.

jonty24.bsky.social•70 days ago

Exactly this.

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