Best for Britain

Brexit made touring harder for artists. This has consequences. Baroness MacLeod of Camusdarach: "If the artist cannot tour, cannot earn and cannot reach audiences beyond their immediate locality, the sector will lose future headliners, it will lose future exports and future cultural ambassadors."

Brexit has made touring harder, especially for emerging artists. Baroness Caine of Kentish Town: " 43% of those previously toured the EU stated that it is no longer viable for them to do so." "A hit to our growing economy and our soft power repeated across other art forms."

👏 Migrants make vital contributions to the UK. A skilled worker "pays his taxes, he pays his national insurance, he pays his council tax. "And yet the right-wing parties like Reform and the others are saying that these workers are a financial burden on our country."

🚨 Keir Starmer on Reform UK's candidate in the Makerfield by-election. "Reform UK have got nothing to offer but grievance and division yet again."

Nigel Farage is using a tragedy to score political points. Keir Starmer: "I'm really shocked that he (Farage) pretends to have respect for Henry's family and then acts in this way." Farage's "response has been to appeal for rage. That's his response to a father who's lost his son."

A strong moment during PMQs. Ed Davey: "The victims of knife crime and their families deserve a politics where we come together to solve these problems and not use them as a political football."

🎢 Keir Starmer: "I'm surprised (Ed Davey) hasn't done more to welcome the savings we're delivering for Family Fun days out this summer. "I really thought that he would be delighted."

🏦 BofE Chair Andrew Bailey: "We've had slower growth in the UK now, really, for the last sort of 15/17 years. And if you talk about potential growth now, to start with, the sort of supply side, that really shows up in lower productivity growth rather than lower labour supply growth."

👏 "As I referred to earlier, most analysts had expect UK carbon, prices to go above those in the EU by 2028. At that point you would actually see a benefit, because you would have lower prices by being part of a bigger market."

🚨 Economist Mariana Mazzucato on Brexit: "What both Farage and Johnson did... was to lie and lie again, and still have not been held accountable for such a problematic policy."

📊 "For the steel industry specifically we are very trade intensive. 60% of our production is exported. Of that production, between 70% to 80% is historically going to the EU." 🚨 "So it is our biggest export market and key to our sector."

Absolutely shocking. No clue. No idea. No respect for workers rights - doesn't affect him so he doesn't seem to care...

"No one should be rewarded for Brexit." Nigel Farage received a £5m gift from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harbone. He first said the money was for his personal security, but he recently said it was a reward for campaigning for Brexit. We asked people what they make of this explanation. 🤔

👏 Marina Purkiss: "Don't you dare. Don't you dare suggest that working class people hold beliefs like Robert Kenyon" "It's an insult to them."

From the News Agents USA. We cannot let Farage anywhere near the levers of power, each and every democracy is only as strong as those wishing to commit themselves to its defence.

Former Permanent Secretary to the Department for Exiting the EU, Philip Rycroft: "I went to an event by Best for Britain where they launched the outcome of the polling that they'd done" "You have a majority of people now saying they would like to rejoin, but a relatively small proportion saying no"

"It's a ridiculous-sized donation." Before becoming an MP, Nigel Farage received a £5m gift from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. We asked people what they make of it. Here's what they had to say ⬇️

On point ⬇️ "Lots of our issues, lots of the things we're talking about tonight and the economic problems we're facing are as a result of Brexit."

Ross Greer MSP: "The good news is the way we tackle the climate emergency is also the way that we cut people's bills."

🚨👀 It’s been only two weeks since the local elections, and already nine Reform UK councillors have either been suspended, expelled, or decided to step down.

❓ Peston: "If you know a billionaire came up to you and offered you £5 million, would you pocket it? Tice: "No one's done that." Peston: "He did!" Tice: "Come on, calm down." Reform UK really cannot deal with any kind of scrutiny...

🚨 Chris Bryant MP: "We are helping SMEs do more trade with European countries by taking down tariff and other trade barriers in our EU-UK summit" "Enabling easier business travel, and the, Mutual, Recognition of Professional Qualifications both across the EU and bilaterally."

Reform UK really do not like scrutiny, do they? I wonder why...

🇬🇧🇪🇺 James MacCleary MP: "This isn't about choosing between Britain and Europe. It's about recognising the obvious truth that Britain is safer when Europe is stronger and Europe is stronger when Britain leads."

🇺🇦 James Cartlidge MP: "When newly elected councils make their first priority, pulling down the, Ukraine flag, we are entitled to ask if the party in question cares about the fate of its people and understands the implications for our own national security if Russia were to triumph."

Jake Berry: "You have Robert Jenkins, a brilliant candidate for Reform." "That's not his name by the way." Jake Berry: "Sorry."

🚨BREAKING PMQs🚨 Sarah Olney MP: "The First Past the Post system that produced this result doesn't give our communities the representation that they voted for" "This failure to respond to voters preferences is fuelling disengagement with our democracy"

🚨BREAKING PMQs🚨 "Mr. Speaker, before I answer that, I've been handed a note saying that I inadvertently said we did a trade deal with North Korea rather than South Korea." "That would be breaking news and not very good. So before I referred to the privileged committee. Can I correct the record?"

🚨BREAKING PMQs🚨 Starmer: "But the £5 million question is, why did the Reform leader keep this donation secret? I see. He is not here to answer." "And what did the billionaire lining his pockets ask for in return? Those questions need to be answered. That's why he's not here."

🚨BREAKING PMQs🚨 Davey: "In 2025, Donald Trump and Elon Musk abolished America's international aid programme. The government made huge cuts in the UK's programme. We now see a dangerous outbreak of Ebola in Central Africa and many people fear it's going to spread and get much worse."

🇨🇳 "China isn't importing. It's actually the lost opportunity for that high end UK manufacturing sector. If you look at our car exports to China, they're falling" 🇪🇺 The Chinese are importing less. The UK must re-enter the EU and knock down the trade barriers with our largest trading partner.

⚠️ Hanno Fenech (Centre for Countering Digital Hate): "Comparing the six months prior to Meta's policy change announcement in January 2025 with the six months after Meta's policy announcement change in January 2025, we saw a trebling of abusive comments directed at politicians"

Disinformation Journalist Marianna Spring:"I traced the origins of this content and quite a lot of it was being made by people who are based in Sri Lanka, Vietnam, the Maldives, miles away from the UK" "(They) seem to be just looking to get engagement and clicks and to exploit political outrage."

🇪🇺👏 @pimlicat.bsky.social explains the benefits of EU membership on LBC - and why Reform UK is being disingenuous about the real cost of Brexit. "I don't take it from a party that takes gifts from billionaires to line its own pockets as speaking for the ordinary person."

@pimlicat.bsky.social, CEO of Best for Britain: "The last big project Farage tried to sell us turned out to be a complete farce. "He rarely talks about Brexit anymore."

👀 @pimlicat.bsky.social CEO of Best for Britain, discusses on LBC how Nigel Farage was the key architect of Brexit - and how the promises of the Leave campaign failed to materialise.

🚨 "First question, have things got worse? The answer by most economists consensus is yes." 📉 "Since the Brexit vote there have been various independent assessments, all of them showing a negative impact on GDP."

"Danny mentioned two parties, one for Capital, one for Labour." 👏 "Your party is a party of billionaires. And that's all you're interested in, the rich people, not the working man. And that's it."

👏 "I don't know how anybody can vote for Reform considering how much of a disaster Brexit has been." "And Farage is the architect of Brexit, that's been a disaster and if he was to be in the government it would be a disaster as well."

📈 "We will get an SPS agreement because it's in our economic interests to do so. And it actually is in the economic interests of our European partners too." 🇬🇧🇪🇺 In a volatile and uncertain word, the UK and the EU need to work together to face down the social and economic challenges we face.

Kruger: "And I agree that Brexit has not been delivered successfully." It has never, will never, and can never be a success.

🚨 Farage says he was rewarded for Brexit, but what about the public? We asked people if they’ve benefitted from Brexit, here’s what they said...

Katya Adler and Nick Robinson discuss how incremental progress on UK-EU relations will only have a limited effect on the UK economy. Best for Britain’s report explains how EU Membership would bring the greatest growth to the UK economy, and is what British voters want.

Should the UK rejoin the EU? We asked people in Glasgow - here's what they said 👀

👏 @libdemdaisy.bsky.social: "The Tories' botched Brexit deal has made this country poorer and if you want to tackle the cost of living crisis you need a closer relationship with Europe."

"Dangerous, unpredictable, a clown..." We asked people in Cardiff what they think about Donald Trump - here's what they had to say👀

🇪🇺🇬🇧 Minster for the EU, Nick Thomas-Symonds on the UK and EU relationship: "The challenges we all face, those shared challenges, are better off tackled together."

We asked people in Glasgow how much Brexit has cost Scotland in trade. Here's their reaction to the true figure 🤯

Nigel Farage described Welsh people as “foreign speakers” in a Cameo video. We asked people in Cardiff for their thoughts - here's what they had to say.

ICE has spread fear and chaos on American streets. Yet, Reform UK says they want to introduce ICE-style in the UK. We spoke to people in Cardiff about Reform UK's dangerous plan. We don't want Trump-style policies here.

Reform UK Councillor: "Our message is UKIP is working hard..." 🫠🫠🫠

How much has Brexit cost the Welsh economy?🤔 We asked people in Cardiff, and they were shocked to learn the real figure. 💰💰💰

Brexit damaged our economy and left us isolated. We asked people in Cardiff if they've benefitted from Brexit. Here are their answers ⬇️

I don't know about you, but when WE click on the Zia Yusuf's new website promoting the 'punishment' of green voters with detention centres, it automatically redirects to the Refugee Council 😅

❌ Not one of Trump's judicial nominees are brave enough to confirm that Trump is not eligible to seek a third term as President. Dangerous and frightening.

👏Best for Britain's Director of Policy Tom Brufatto: "People understand is that moving out of the EU damaged our economy and our ability to do business with what is the largest trading bloc." 🇪🇺"We are very clear that we think that it is best for Britain for the UK to be in the European Union."

🚨 Best for Britain's Director of Policy Tom Brufatto: "But they see it in terms of who can we trust, who can we rely on?" "We asked that very question. We found is that there was a 25% drop in trust in the United States as a consequence of just the first year of Donald Trump's second presidency."

Best for Britain's Director of Policy Tom Brufatto: 🇪🇺"We found that (EU) membership is actually supported by a majority" 💷"We know from our own research that, concerns with how Brexit has damaged our economy, how it's shaping the cost of living, has got widespread understanding in the public."

Brexit damaged our economy and left us isolated. We asked people in Glasgow if they've benefitted from Brexit. Here are their answers ⬇️

"I don't think Reform have any place in Scotland." We asked people in Glasgow what they think of Reform UK. Here's what they said 👀

"Appalled, disappointed, shocked"... Danny Kruger defected from the Tories to Reform UK in recent months. We asked his constituents what they made of his change in allegiance.

🛣️ Yusuf: "The majority of that money in most councils never makes it to fixing the roads." 📉 Bruce: "Since you mentioned potholes, pothole spending in North Warwickshire under Reform has dropped by more than 50%. Is that right?" 👏 "With respect, I'm asking you that question."

Cllr Rachel Millward: "What that means is that there's then a tendency To find someone to blame." "Zia's party is definitely one of the people propagating these narratives that will point a finger at certain communities to blame them when it is not the fault of those communities."

Cllr Rachel Millward: "There is racial hatred across our societies like I haven't known in my lifetime. I'm so deeply worried about that." "Your party (Reform UK) needs to take responsibility for some of the narratives around immigration which are feeding that, it is wrong."

All Reform UK has to offer is grievance. No plan. No idea. Just anger and division. Farage is becoming increasingly irate under scrutiny.

A u-turn live on camera.... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Not a good look for Reform UK.

Robert Peston explains why the UK's trade deal with India delivers only minimal growth - and how it stacks up against closer relations with the EU...👀 Full The Rest is Money episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yn3AQaNVDg

We can't rely on America, we need closer ties with the EU🚨 Stanford Professor Nick Bloom on The Rest is Money: "Trump is doing his own kind of maxi-Brexit in the US." "He's making it harder to trade, he's being anti-immigrant and he's creating a lot of uncertainty."

Robert Peston talks to Stanford Professor Nick Bloom about the cost of Brexit on The Rest is Money: 🚨 "We could have doubled the money on the NHS if we'd not left the European Union." Brexit cost "£2,000 a year per person in Britain." Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yn3AQaNVDg

🚨 Following Best for Britain's report on "Is it time to talk about EU membership?", Robert Peston suggests that the only hope of Labour to unite the left at the next General Election is to offer EU membership within their manifesto.... 🇪🇺 The time to talk about EU membership is now.

Danny Kruger MP - who defected from the Tories to Reform UK - has made some controversial comments about what he calls the "normative family.” We wanted to hear from his constituents what they think.

🚨BREAKING PMQs🚨 Starmer: "We've restored the UK's position as a global leader on climate action." "Investing £7 billion in nature recovery and driving ahead with renewables. They're the right steps to protect supply chains, protect our economy, and, to protect working people."

🚨BREAKING PMQs🚨 Starmer: "I expect frivolous accusations from the leader of the opposition. Clearly, I was wrong to expect anything better from the man in the wet suit." Davey: "Mr. Speaker, I've got my dry suit on today." 🫣

🚨BREAKING PMQs🚨 Starmer: "Because when I became leader of my party, their party was three times the size it is now. She's changed it." "It's now even smaller than when she started as leader. Half of them are up there (with Reform UK)."

Malcolm Offord, the leader of Reform UK in Scotland, has recently criticised the minimum wage rise. We asked people in Glasgow for their thoughts.

Emily Thornberry: "Really, you stopped thinking about what was best for the country, and you just thought, I want to give this job, this great job, to one of my heroes." Morgan McSweeney: "I don't think that's true."