Chairman Independent Business Network of family businesses. entrepreneur and businessman and former MEP.

Yorkshire and London
Joined June 2026
Mr J Longworth retweeted
The terrible truth for the SNP: Scotland would go bankrupt if it separated. Exposed: The 7 killer blows for Scottish nationalists. New report lays bare the harsh realities of separation which no Scot could risk. facts4eu.org/news/2026_oct_s… Pls re-post!
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"It would throw up a huge dust cloud of uncertainty." Former chief economist at the Bank of England Andy Haldane says reopening a debate about Brexit ‘would be a damaging thing'.
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She is correct. Silly to claim Brexit caused the migrants to come over in small boats from France
Shabana Mahmood strongly disputes (to a rather smug Lib Dem MP) the notion Brexit caused the small boats crisis. Feb 2026
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FLASHBACK: Rayner Insists Labour Would 'Never' Rejoin the EU order-order.com/2026/10/27/f…
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Burnham is a duplicitous liar as is most of his party...
🤨 WATCH as Richard Madeley EXPOSES Andy Burnham’s real Brexit plans live on @GMB Andy Burnham completely gave the game away on Labour’s quiet scheme to drag Britain back into the EU while being grilled by Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid. Susanna hit him with the betrayal of his own voters. Sixty-five per cent of his constituents voted Leave and he had promised he would not reopen the entire Brexit argument. His answer was slippery: “I said we wouldn’t rerun the referendum and that’s not what I’m doing.” The wording is deliberate. He only ruled out rerunning the referendum. He left the door wide open on rejoining. Then Madeley confronted him head-on and Burnham could barely keep a straight face. Madeley: “You’re flying kites, aren’t you, Prime Minister? Watching and listening to what you were saying over the weekend, it was a classic case of somebody testing the water. You’re testing the public mood. You’re checking to see, and I’m sure you’re looking very closely at, the reaction that you’ve had from the public and from the media this morning and over the weekend.” Watch Burnham’s face as Madeley presses further. In that exact moment. The smile almost breaks through. He knows Madeley has nailed him: “You’re looking to see if actually this is on. If actually it’s on, to suggest maybe in the next manifesto that we should rejoin the EU?” Burnham ducked and weaved, going round the houses to avoid a straight answer. “I was asked a question Richard so I didn’t fly that kite. I was asked and I try to give honest answers.” Try? He tries to give honest answers? That is a very odd way to put it. Why not just say he gives honest answers? The grin told the whole story. He would be a terrible poker player. Labour’s plan is now obvious. Rejoining the EU goes into the next manifesto. No referendum. Over 17 million people cast their votes in an historic decision to leave. Whether you agreed or disagreed, that vote happened and it cannot be casually overturned without another referendum. Anything less is a disgrace.
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Higher inflation isn’t just driving up prices, it’s increasing the benefits bill. Either way, it’s working households who end up picking up the tab. Conservatives will cut the benefits bill, protect those who need help and get Britain working again.
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A dangerous man who can't help shooting his mouth off. Lied to the voters of Makerfield to get into parliament. No clear policy on Brexit. Burnham is just doing more damage every day.
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Tragically deluded
🇬🇧🇪🇺 Burnham will make history. He has politically stabilised the UK, securing 32% support He will secure a hybrid agreement with the EU while full membership is negotiated. His foreign policy is strongly pro-Ukraine, pro-Europe and in favour of European unity. The EU is becoming a joint economic and military bloc, and the UK must be part of it. Burnham could become the UK’s best prime minister of the past half-century. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/a…
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Let’s tell them again Brexit 2 won’t even be close The Rejoiners and their useful idiots in power are lying to you
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No, Brexit didn’t cause the ‘small boats’ crisis Blaming Brexit for the ‘small boats’ crisis has become fashionable. Even the Prime Minister has now joined in, although his own Home Secretary appears to disagree (👇). Some argue that the problem began when the UK left the Dublin III agreement, which allowed asylum seekers to be returned to the first safe EU country they had entered. But there are much better explanations for the rise in small boat crossings, which began in 2018 (when the UK was still in the EU). The most important is the tightening of security at lorry parks, on trains and ferries, and additional restrictions at airports. This closed off alternative routes and forced people smugglers to change their business model. Illegal migrants who now arrive by boat are also more likely to be intercepted and therefore counted in official figures, whereas previously they just disappeared. Moreover, the UK rarely used Dublin III anyway, which further undermines claims that its mere existence was an effective deterrent. And it would be naïve to believe that EU countries would now be willing to take back large numbers of illegal migrants, especially in the current political climate. Indeed, France's own efforts to prevent small boats leaving its shores for Britain seem ineffective, despite a bilateral agreement and UK taxpayer funding... gbnews.com/politics/andy-bur…
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This says it all. Parliament has cancelled the debate planned for this evening on AI - because the debate beforehand on the Post Office is (like the post itself) taking too long. On the day Anthropic files for its IPO Britain is debating Victorian communications infrastructure
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Climate policies have consequences EU pays 1.9x US prices and 3x China and India UK has the costliest electricity in the world iea.org/data-and-statistics/…
The cheap green lie You are told that solar and wind are cheap But you need near-100% backup when no sun or wind, paying for two systems Data for 2025 shows that cramming in more solar and wind makes electricity overall more and more costly Sources: Electricity prices, households and industry, 2025 iea.org/data-and-statistics/… Solar and wind generation, electricity use and consumption weights iea.org/data-and-statistics/… Solar and wind for countries without IEA 2025 data ember-energy.org/data Electricity trade partners, plus industry prices for Norway, Albania, Iceland and Kosovo ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/en… US industry price eia.gov/electricity/annual Australia, IEA 2021 prices updated with official price indices abs.gov.au/statistics/econom… South Africa industry price eskom.co.za/wp-content/uploa… Taiwan industry tariff taipower.com.tw Egypt industry tariff egyptera.org/en/TarrifAug202… Tunisia tariffs (archived copy, the STEG site is unreachable) web.archive.org/web/20250614… Azerbaijan industry tariff regulator.gov.az/en/istehlak… 2025 tariff changes applied to IEA 2024 prices Pakistan: nepra.org.pk Thailand: erc.or.th Ghana: purc.com.gh Paraguay: ande.gov.py Kazakhstan: stat.gov.kz/en/industries/ec… GlobalPetrolPrices 2025 averages for 18 countries, read from archived 2025 pages globalpetrolprices.com/elect… web.archive.org Sri Lanka 2025 tariff changes pucsl.gov.lk/end-user-tariff… Indonesia solar and wind estimated from official 2025 capacity esdm.go.id/id/media-center/a… Statista 2025 averages for China, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, Singapore, Peru, Argentina and South Africa (data from GlobalPetrolPrices) statista.com/statistics/1369… (business prices worldwide) statista.com/statistics/1461… (household prices worldwide) statista.com/statistics/1173… (Latin America business) statista.com/statistics/1123… (Latin America households) statista.com/statistics/1373… (China business) statista.com/statistics/1372… (Mexico business) statista.com/statistics/1372… (Mexico households) statista.com/statistics/1617… (South Africa households)
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The EU has "acute problems" that are facing its carmakers? Did France and Germany leave the EU?
A France-Germany car deal has helped break a stalemate in the European Parliament over two major industry measures. But the agreement will do little to address the acute problems facing Europe’s struggling automakers. vist.ly/5q5hh
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Mr J Longworth retweeted
Another car crash interview from Labour. “That’s £190,000 per person…we could buy them all a house.” This Labour govt are out of their depth. This is scarily incompetent. It’s no wonder Labour are bankrupting us and taxes are going up to pay for it.
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Reform will raise the VAT threshold to £150,000 a year and scrap tax on overtime. Small businesses and grafters are the backbone of our economy. Labour are failing them. We will back them.
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Mr J Longworth retweeted
Second referendum campaign is going to be like shooting fish
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Britain never voted for Burnham, yet he is betraying the very people he claims to represent. He has absolutely no mandate to open our borders to millions of migrants.
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🚨"We’re going in with an attitude of penitence and atonement! That is no way to go to a negotiation" Lord Hannan slams Labour for its EU negotiations saying it is grovelling instead of negotiating like a grown up country with real demands. @JuliaHB1 | @DanielJHannan
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