Richard Corbett CBE

@richardcorbett.bsky.social

Previously: UK Labour Party Leader in EurParliament, Yorks&Humber MEP, NEC, ShadowCabinet Currently: EM, LME, writing & lecturing Brexit was a costly mistake. .

So, BBC Question Time yet again has Zia Yusuf on But #bbcqt has always favoured Farage’s parties During 10 yrs when Brexit was a key issue, they had UK Members of the European Parliament on 50 times: - ALL pro- Brexit - 47 from Farage’s parties (45 UKIP, 2 BP) - 0 from LAB, LD,Green,SNP, PlaidC

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Note to Badenoch… You plan to leave the ECHR which means renegotiating the Good Friday Agreement and the Brexit deal, as well as the improvements Labour has made to that deal. Not so much “reopening the Brexit debate” as blowing everything up and starting all over again. Now THAT is a terrible idea.

Reopening Brexit debate a
'terrible idea': Conservative leader Badenoch
"Can you imagine having to go through that again? So much time lost arguing with ourselves, arguing with the EU, going round and round in circles... I think that is a terrible idea," Ms.
Badenoch said

Updated - October 17, 2026 03:29 am IST - LONDON

#bbcbreakfast Brexit has not been “reopened because of Andy Burnham”, but because: - it’s turned out to be a costly mistake - geopolitics shows we can’t rely on the US, but need to work with our neighbours with whom we share common interests - the public has turned against it

Why Andy Burnham is making the right call to say that EU freedom of movement is not (or is no longer) the problem portrayed by some, and why Britain would not have to join Schengen or the euro if it rejoined the EU: labourlist.org/2026/10/imag...

'Imaginary and real obstacles to Britain resuming its membership of the EU' - LabourList

Former EPLP leader Richard Corbett looks at the myths and real objects that arise in any conversation about rejoining the EU.

labourlist.org

“Crime is spiralling out of control under Labour” says Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp. It’s a lie. According to the new Crime Survey: -violent crime DOWN -knife crime DOWN -robbery DOWN -overall crime DOWN -shoplifting DOWN Yet Tory/Reform liars say it’s surging…

Why Andy Burnham is making the right call to say that EU freedom of movement is not (or is no longer) the problem portrayed by some, and why Britain would not have to join Schengen or the euro if it rejoined the EU: labourlist.org/2026/10/imag...

'Imaginary and real obstacles to Britain resuming its membership of the EU' - LabourList

Former EPLP leader Richard Corbett looks at the myths and real objects that arise in any conversation about rejoining the EU.

labourlist.org

“Farage campaigned for Trump in the last 3 presidential elections and notably came to his defence at a low moment when Trump fell badly behind in 2016 over his grotesque “grab ’em by the pussy” remarks” Farage will never dump Trump. He owes too much to MAGA money and the far right oligarchy.

Farage must dump
Trump or risk being labelled a coward

Michael Crick: Donald Trump bewitches
Nigel Farage in the same way the Reform UK leader dazzles many of his sycophantic followers
22 October 2026, 1.00pm • 4-minute read

Protesters holding up a picture of Trump and Farage in the gold lift with words THIS YOUR GUY? written over the top 

 
Farage became the first foreign politician to meet Trump after his victory in 2016 (Photo: Oli Scarff/AFP)

The media coverage of the awful Aberfan disaster might also mention the incredible gesture of solidarity of the people of Aberfan, sending parcels of toys & clothes which had belonged to their dead children, to Florence when it suffered devastating floods two weeks later. #bbc

The media coverage of the awful Aberfan disaster might also mention the incredible gesture of solidarity of the people of Aberfan, sending parcels of toys & clothes which had belonged to their dead children, to Florence when it suffered devastating floods two weeks later. #bbc

The IPPR think‑tank says the UK must rejoin the EU to safeguard its prosperity, security and democracy amid heightened Russian aggression and a hostile United States, urging Prime Minister Andy Burnham to stop debating Brexit and start work toward membership. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

UK must rejoin EU to combat growing threat from Russia and Trump, Burnham warned

IPPR urge Labour leader to ‘stop talking about Brexit’

independent.co.uk

“Sovereignty without the ability to act on it is not autonomy.” A major British think tank has argued that Britain must eventually rejoin the European Union if it wants to exert meaningful influence over international affairs.

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