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1. Restoring Freedom of Movement of people isnโ€™t just an itch that a few frequent travellers and seasonal workers want scratched.

For sure, it doesnโ€™t bother everyoneโ€ฆ (and some lucky people have Irish โ˜˜๏ธ passports already)
2. Donโ€™t be anxious that itโ€™s an itch that, if scratched, will stop people wanting to #rejoinEU.

(Because EU membership is so much more.)
3. Restoring Freedom of Movement of people is not just an itch to scratch because itโ€™s a fundamental foundation stone that we need to embrace to ever have a hope of #rejoinEU.

Itโ€™s not an issue to be ignored and dodged.

Why?
4. Well we canโ€™t rejoin the EU if people are not willing to join the Single Market.

And we canโ€™t join the Single Market if people wonโ€™t accept reciprocal Freedom of Movement of people.
5. So ensuring minimal resistance from the public to Freedom of Movement of people is **fundamental** as a first step before any of the rest ever becomes possible.
6. But getting people to **want, use and value** Freedom of Movement of people means **getting people mobile again**; working abroad, travelling, investing, and doing business in the EU27. If they stop travelling or doing business in Europe, they wonโ€™t see the value of FOM.
7. So improving visa waivers in Europe is a fundamental (and very easy first step).

UK gov must negotiate exemption from ETIAS and ask to scrap the 90/180 limitations & have 6 months visits per country.

Why is it easy?

โ€ฆ.Because UK gov doesnโ€™t need to do much at all.
8. Why?

Because the UK already welcomes all EU, EEA and Swiss visitors for up to 6 months per visit.

๐Ÿ˜ฎ Surprised?

Yes, most people are.

โ€ฆGobsmacked ๐Ÿ˜ณ usually.
9. Brexit didnโ€™t actually change very much in terms of the rights of EU citizens to visit the UK. They need a passport now, not an ID card & the government binned the school group passport scheme but other than that, nothing much changed. Admittedly they canโ€™t work or settle now.
10. So rather than restored MOBILITY being the **last** thing to happen in the rejoining process, Iโ€™ve explained above why I think itโ€™s **the very first** public conversation we need to be having.

#rejoinEU #SaveFoM #BrexitInquiry

Thank you for reading ๐Ÿ™‚

If you like pls RT.
Fortunately thereโ€™s polling that shows fully reciprocal Freedom of Movement is welcomed and embraced by 84% of people. Incredible? No, not really.
And the EU has already offered to include a Mobility Chapter in the TCA. But UK gov refuses it.

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1. Iโ€™d like to correct a few myths about the European Union in relation to bureaucracy and red tape.
2. The purpose of the EU is not to create more bureaucracy. The purpose is to cut holes in the bureaucracy of member states to make it easier for members to do business with each other and be mobile.
3. Because it does that, they donโ€™t want one member cheating and dropping production standards to gain an unfair advantage. Thatโ€™s why there is some regulation of standards. (This is what they mean by a level playing field)
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1. I put a lot of effort into raising awareness of Freedom of Movement and the benefit of it and I help people make the case for better mobility arrangements after Brexit.

Mobility and immigration for non EU citizens is a country matter not an EU-wide matter.
2. If you donโ€™t agree that change happen, thatโ€™s fair enough. But **please unfollow me**.
3. If we genuinely want change for the better we have to be willing to ask for it. (Itโ€™s neither exceptionalist nor cakeist to want your rights back or for general improvements)
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1. Here are my ideas on how the you can use Twitter to change the course of Brexitโ€ฆ

(Expect trolls from doing this so be prepared to ignore and block them)
2. This works because political parties use social media sentiment monitoring tools to analyse the public mood.
3. The aim of paid troll disinformation farms is

(a) to demoralise you,
(b) to ensure they get more tweets out than you that are negative about what you are calling for,
and (c) ultimately to destabilise society and make you think your fellow countrymen are idiots.
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May 1
1. A thread on taking back control of borders.

(Or not).

Unpacking the confusion.
2. The UK government claims to want to take back control of borders.

But did they mean control of settlement immigration? Or actual control of border crossings?

Do they even know what they want to control?
3. In reality, as a non-Schengen country, and as an island, the UK has always had full control of its border crossing points. UK is surrounded by water which helps. The only exception perhaps is the open Irish border but thatโ€™s down to the Good Friday Agreement not EU membership.
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May 1
1. Freedom of Movement of People isnโ€™t โ€œuncontrolled immigrationโ€ despite what some politicians want you to believe.

This thread explains some of the benefits of it.
2. Itโ€™s superior to visas because:
- itโ€™s quick (shorter queues)
- on demand (not months of waiting)
- reciprocal (not one-way immigration to the UK)
- not tied to a particular job
- cheap (no wasteful fees)
- conditions in event you want to stay more than 90 days
3. Itโ€™s superior to visa-waivers because you get:
- treated as national
- more certainty at borders (no reliance on whim of border guard so long as you have valid ID thatโ€™s valid and donโ€™t present a threat.
- no day counting (although UK has no outbound checks)
- faster borders
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Apr 29
1. The reason I champion the rights of per year dwellers, itinerant workers, seasonal workers and even general travellers is that Freedom of Movement was so much more than IMMIGRATION. Mobility is about staying where you are and temporarily being somewhere else.
2. I think the idea of MOBILITY has been lost and misunderstood. Thrown away in haste in a futile and misguided attempt to limit or control permanent immigration.
3. The biggest champions of FOM in the UK tended to be people who had used it once to emigrate permanently. For them it avoided a one-time visa.
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