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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
September 6, 2022 at 12:13 PM

The best things in life are free

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John They say the best things in life are free, like…free trade. The UK Trade and Business Commission is testing that hypothesis with its next session exploring potential new free trade agreements between the UK and Canada and …
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
September 5, 2022 at 12:42 PM

What now with Truss

*|MC:SUBJECT|*         Dear John, All change, but no change at all New PM still plans to trash the UK’s reputation over Northern Ireland Protocol Conservative Party members have decided for the rest of us. Liz Truss will become the next …
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
September 2, 2022 at 2:48 PM

Weekend Wire #26

*|MC:SUBJECT|* BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John The weekend is here! Make sure you get well rested as not only does Parliament return on Monday, but we will also find out who will be the next Prime Minister. Anticipation is high, even t…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
August 26, 2022 at 3:09 PM

Weekend Wire #25

*|MC:SUBJECT|* BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John Welcome to the long weekend! Because you’ve got longer to read it before the week starts all over again, I’ve crammed in a little bit more to keep you busy.  We’re just over a week away fr…
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  Cary Mitchell - Best for Britain · [email protected]
August 24, 2022 at 7:08 AM

Final call

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John, In just a few weeks the UK will have a new Prime Minister taking responsibility for the deepening crisis facing households across the country. We know defeating this Government and turning around Britain’s economic, socia…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
August 19, 2022 at 4:38 PM

Weekend Wire #24

*|MC:SUBJECT|*   BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John It’s the weekend! Each time it rolls around we at Best for Britain are always surprised at how fast it has arrived and at just how much has happened since our last updates. As the Tory l…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
August 17, 2022 at 7:01 AM

Rock bottom

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John Neither Truss nor Sunak offers much hope on cost of living Johnson is AWOL and both contenders for the top job are part of this government’s failure to act. This Government is sleep-walking the country into a nightmare. Wi…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
August 12, 2022 at 3:32 PM

Weekend Wire #23

*|MC:SUBJECT|*   BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John As the extreme heat takes its toll, new drought warnings threaten to push food prices up still further as the water shortage begins to impact livestock and crops. The worst news of cours…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
August 9, 2022 at 11:04 AM

This fight is important

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John Did you see Naomi’s email last week? Our democracy is precious but is by no means assured. Just because Johnson is going, it doesn’t mean his authoritarian agenda will be stopped in its tracks. His potential successors loo…
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  Niall McGourty · [email protected]
August 5, 2022 at 4:15 PM

Weekend Wire #22

*|MC:SUBJECT|* BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Hi John,   Niall here with your weekly summary of the news just gone, and a glance ahead at what’s coming down the track. Maheen will be back with you next weekend so until then strap yourself in, w…
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
August 4, 2022 at 7:05 AM

Take a stand

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John The next Government is still going to threaten our democracy At Best for Britain, we were concerned by the Johnson Government’s increasing authoritarianism - and we’re now concerned that his successor won’t be any better. …
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
August 1, 2022 at 7:06 AM

Same old tricks?

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John We might be facing up to the prospect of a new Government in September, but the old authoritarian agenda is here to stay.  You will know that Best for Britain has long been campaigning for a better democracy, and we’re con…
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  Grace Prithard · [email protected]
July 29, 2022 at 12:37 PM

Weekend Wire #21

*|MC:SUBJECT|* BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John Welcome to Weekend wire, Grace here in for Maheen (while she enjoys a well earned break) to take you through the highs and lows of the last seven or so days as we dare to look ahead to ano…
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
July 25, 2022 at 7:03 AM

Facing the music

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John The latest session of the UK Trade and Business Commission laid bare the lost opportunity Britons have been dealt in the wake of Brexit.  Witnesses across the travel and music industries told us how changes to visas and pa…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
July 22, 2022 at 3:18 PM

Weekend Wire #20

*|MC:SUBJECT|* BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John Well that was hot.  In the week where the UK’s temperature soared to record highs and surpassed 40 degrees, we also saw the world of politics reach a fervour.  The Conservative party leade…
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
July 20, 2022 at 3:10 PM

A rock and a hard place

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John We’re down to the last two. And it’s awful.  Either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss is set to become the next PM. They will be elected by a base of around 160,000 Tory members - around 0.3% of the UK’s total electorate. Unless yo…
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  Joanna Outhwaite - Best for Britain · [email protected]
July 15, 2022 at 4:13 PM

Weekend Wire #19

*|MC:SUBJECT|* BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John Things are heating up in more ways than one. As we’ve sweltered in boiling temperatures, Tory leadership candidates have also been feeling the heat. With all the in-fighting and bickering …
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
July 12, 2022 at 7:04 AM

International law still matters

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John They’re still at it.  The race to succeed Boris Johnson is in full swing, but his legacy lives on. Conservative leadership hopefuls are still promising to rip up the Northern Ireland Protocol and break international law. D…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
July 8, 2022 at 3:23 PM

Weekend Wire #18

*|MC:SUBJECT|* BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John Well, well what a week it has been. It started off a little slow but by Tuesday evening we were all in the grip of the most insane parliamentary showdown of the year.  Going, going, gone? …
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
July 7, 2022 at 9:16 AM

GONE?

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John Boris Johnson resigns Time for Conservatives to elect a leader who will repair his damage During his tenure, Johnson has degraded every standard, undermined every institution and discredited the UK at every opportunity and…
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
July 6, 2022 at 9:01 AM

Preparations

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John Now what happens? The Prime Minister's job is on the line like never before The Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Vice-Chair of the Conservative Party Bim Afolami and several other ministers resigned la…
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
July 5, 2022 at 7:05 AM

International law matters

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John Tell them not to turn their backs on international law.  By pledging to rip up the Protocol through the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, the Government has shown it no longer cares about our international obligations.  They…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
July 1, 2022 at 1:56 PM

Weekend Wire #17

*|MC:SUBJECT|*   BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John Another week draws to a close. The Government has been busy being disastrous. No change there.  But as ever, we bring you your essential weekend update. Enough has happened to keep us on…
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  Cary Mitchell - Best for Britain · [email protected]
June 25, 2022 at 7:14 AM

Weekend Wire #16

*|MC:SUBJECT|* BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John A very mixed bag of emotions this week.  YES! Johnson’s government suffered important defeats in TWO by-elections, bringing Johnson’s continued leadership into question.  BUT NO! The gover…
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
June 24, 2022 at 9:03 AM

NEWSFLASH - By-Election Losses

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John Boris Johnson loses two by-elections Tactical voting crucial in gaining a seat for Labour and a seat for the Lib Dems Labour's leader Keir Starmer and the Lib Dem's leader Ed Davey listened to our calls for them to work to…
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
June 18, 2022 at 8:04 AM

Immigration matters

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John The UK Trade and Business Commission had a big win this week. Last month, the Commission visited Dover to see the effects of Brexit on the ground. They went to Winterwood farms in Maidstone, where they saw how post-Brexit…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
June 17, 2022 at 3:40 PM

Weekend Wire #15

*|MC:SUBJECT|* BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John With apologies if you’re currently in Scotland or Northern Ireland where it looks a bit wet on the weather map, it is absolutely sweltering for the rest of us - which is lovely when you’re…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
June 13, 2022 at 7:32 AM

Time for a deep dive

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John Last week, The UK Trade and Business Commission held two live evidence sessions back to back exploring the UK’s free trade agreement with Japan and the prospect of a UK-India trade deal.    Watch the session here …
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
June 10, 2022 at 3:13 PM

Weekend Wire #14

*|MC:SUBJECT|*   BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John At last, the weekend Our last four-day extravaganza hardly prepared us for the onslaught of events this week. Boris Johnson is still Prime Minister (for now), Brexit is still costing us …
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  Cary Mitchell - Best for Britain · [email protected]
June 8, 2022 at 1:07 PM

The devil in the detail

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John, Brexit was all about opportunities for Britain in world trade.  We’re putting that promise to the test and getting into the detail.  On Thursday 9th June at 10am, the UK Trade and Business Commission will be holding not o…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
June 6, 2022 at 8:12 PM

NEWSFLASH #2 - Vote Results

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John Johnson wins vote of confidence They won’t do the right thing, so we have to do it at the ballot box. Conservative MPs voted today on whether to keep Boris Johnson as leader and Prime Minister. He won the vote with 211 vot…
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  Cary Mitchell - Best for Britain · [email protected]
June 6, 2022 at 7:37 AM

NEWSFLASH - No Confidence vote called

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John, PM Boris Johnson to face vote of no confidence Whether he wins or loses, we must be prepared for the next election It finally happened. Enough Tory MPs have grown backbones to challenge Johnson’s leadership. We expect t…
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  Cary Mitchell - Best for Britain · [email protected]
June 3, 2022 at 11:01 AM

Weekend Wire #13

*|MC:SUBJECT|* BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John We hope you’re enjoying your long bank holiday weekend!  You might be celebrating at a street party, or taking the opportunity to have a good long rest, but whatever this weekend has in st…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
May 27, 2022 at 2:02 PM

Weekend Wire #12

*|MC:SUBJECT|*   BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John We’re (predictably) back again on this Friday like every other. But while our updates may be a reassuring constant, it’s impossible to be certain what each week in politics will bring. T…
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
May 26, 2022 at 4:13 PM

Dover the hills and far away...

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John What’s really been going on at Britain’s borders? Best for Britain and the UK Trade & Business Commission visited Dover to find out. Members of the UK Trade & Business Commission, Labour MP Hilary Benn and Peter No…
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  Cary Mitchell - Best for Britain · [email protected]
May 25, 2022 at 1:43 PM

Sue Gray out...will this Government go?

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John, Sue Gray’s report into lockdown parties in Downing Street has now been released. In the face of damning findings, the Prime Minister won’t resign and his MPs look unlikely to remove him. It’s up to YOU to take action to g…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
May 20, 2022 at 11:24 AM

Weekend Wire #11

*|MC:SUBJECT|*   BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John It’s been a beautiful sunny week but we can’t honestly say the world of politics has been quite that tranquil.  As ever, we’ve been cataloguing the good, the bad and the ugly things that…
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
May 19, 2022 at 4:09 PM

A whirlwind week

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John UK Trade and Business Commission keeping track of the effects of Brexit. From a fact-finding trip to Dover to prompt responses to the Government’s antics on the Northern Ireland Protocol, the Commission has been scoping ou…
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  Cary Mitchell - Best for Britain · [email protected]
May 18, 2022 at 7:58 AM

Oops, fixed the link in my last email

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John, I just spotted that the link to the petition in my email this morning, below, didn't work. Sorry about that!  I was so keen to get our new polling data to you that I missed the error.    Sign the petition   The…
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  Cary Mitchell - Best for Britain · [email protected]
May 18, 2022 at 7:34 AM

Time to collaborate

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John Best for Britain’s latest MRP poll shows opposition parties must work together to achieve a majority at the next election.  Our representative 10,000-sample poll and data analysis shows that in the likeliest scenario, wh…
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
May 16, 2022 at 7:36 AM

Watch the UK Trade and Business Commission emergency session

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John Hilary Benn MP, former Conservative Government Minister David Gauke, and Fine Gael TD for Dublin Rathdown Neale Richmond discuss the UK Government’s moves to abandon the Northern Ireland Protocol and break an international…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
May 13, 2022 at 4:25 PM

Weekend Wire #10

*|MC:SUBJECT|*   BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John The Queen’s Speech this week set the tone for the Government's plans for new laws this year and - spoiler alert - we’re not very happy. And it’s not just us the Government has upset this…
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
May 12, 2022 at 3:18 PM

Rights under threat

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John The Government has published its plan in the Queen’s Speech And they think you have too many rights This week’s Queen’s Speech showed us the Government is planning to use this Parliament to push through even more terrifyin…
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  Cary Mitchell - Best for Britain · [email protected]
May 6, 2022 at 4:08 PM

Weekend Wire #9

*|MC:SUBJECT|* BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Another week down and we’ve lots to share as usual. Parliament might not have been sitting, but political news has managed to remain at a constant frenzy. I want to take a moment to congratulate all…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
April 29, 2022 at 3:13 PM

Weekend Wire #8

*|MC:SUBJECT|*   BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John Wow. It’s been busy. Parliament was prorogued in advance of the Queen’s Speech on Thursday, but before that happened, lots of legislation was rushed through at lightning speed. We barely…
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
April 28, 2022 at 12:54 PM

Democracy damaged

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John Today is a sorry day for our democracy. The Elections Bill will receive royal assent, and the independent regulator of elections will be independent no more.  We fought this Bill all the way - you and I - but it came to an…
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
April 25, 2022 at 4:45 PM

UPDATE: Government defeat today

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John Good Lords! Government defeated on Elections Bill Our democracy now in MP's hands. Support Best for Britain's campaign to protect democracy now. The Lords today amended the Elections Bill to protect free and fair elections…
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  Cary Mitchell - Best for Britain · [email protected]
April 22, 2022 at 3:06 PM

Weekend Wire #7

*|MC:SUBJECT|*   BEST FOR BRITAIN'S WEEKEND WIRE Dear John, Well. A week is a long time in politics they say. Just 4 days since many of us were enjoying bank holiday sun and the PM’s support has seemingly melted away like the remaining Easter eg…
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  Maheen Behrana - Best for Britain · [email protected]
April 20, 2022 at 7:00 AM

We have another ask!

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John Thank you so much for getting in touch with your MP regarding the Elections Bill. Thanks to you, MPs know that their constituents care about this issue and that they have to do something. It cannot be swept under the carpe…
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  Naomi Smith, CEO - Best for Britain · [email protected]
April 19, 2022 at 7:03 AM

Authoritarian creep

*|MC:SUBJECT|* Dear John Partygate isn’t this Government’s only outrageous act. Progress on the Elections Bill is reaching a crucial tipping point. Can we count on your support? Next week the Lords have the opportunity to remove troubling parts of…
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