WE LOVED THE SINGLE MARKET

→ The Tories loved the #EU Single Market then too
𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟴: 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗧 - 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝟯-𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼
Back in 1988, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservatives government was ultra-keen to get British businesses fully prepared for Europe's new Single Market, due to be launched four years later in 1992.
Prime Minister Thatcher enthusiastically launched her government’s ‘𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀’ campaign in a keynote speech on 18 April 1988.
Mrs Thatcher, who championed the concept of the Single Market and was one of its architects, saw it as the key to Britain’s future success. She said:
“𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆-𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆.”
Mrs Thatcher continued:
“It's your job, the job of business, to gear yourselves up to take the opportunities which a single market of nearly 320 million people will offer.
“Just think for a moment what a prospect that is.
"𝗔 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 - 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 - 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟬𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲.
“Bigger than Japan. Bigger than the United States. On your doorstep. And with the Channel Tunnel to give you direct access to it."
Lord David Young, then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, was tasked with leading the ‘Europe Open for Business’ campaign, which dramatically increased the public’s appreciation of the EU and its new Single Market.
Business leaders such as Lord Sugar, Sir Richard Branson, and Sir John Egan appeared in a series of high-profile TV commercials, promoting the opportunities that the new Single Market offered. (Watch and share the video.)
At the time, the UK government commissioned me to be Creative Director for a series of breakfast shows across the UK, explaining to British businesses what the Single Market was all about.
𝗜𝗳 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨’𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁.
Back then, the Conservative government lauded that Europe was fully open for business, offering huge opportunities for Britain.
▪ But now, the Tories have closed Britain’s doors to Europe.
▪ As has Keir Starmer, who says that there will be no return to the Single Market if the Labour Party wins power.
𝗬𝗲𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲. 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀?
© Report and video by Jon Danzig
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[@JonDanzig]

→ The Tories loved the #EU Single Market then too 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟴: 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗧 - 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝟯-𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 Back in 1988, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservatives government was ultra-keen to get British businesses fully prepared for Europe's new Single Market, due to be launched four years later in 1992. Prime Minister Thatcher enthusiastically launched her government’s ‘𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀’ campaign in a keynote speech on 18 April 1988. Mrs Thatcher, who championed the concept of the Single Market and was one of its architects, saw it as the key to Britain’s future success. She said: “𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆-𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆.” Mrs Thatcher continued: “It's your job, the job of business, to gear yourselves up to take the opportunities which a single market of nearly 320 million people will offer. “Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. "𝗔 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 - 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 - 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟬𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲. “Bigger than Japan. Bigger than the United States. On your doorstep. And with the Channel Tunnel to give you direct access to it." Lord David Young, then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, was tasked with leading the ‘Europe Open for Business’ campaign, which dramatically increased the public’s appreciation of the EU and its new Single Market. Business leaders such as Lord Sugar, Sir Richard Branson, and Sir John Egan appeared in a series of high-profile TV commercials, promoting the opportunities that the new Single Market offered. (Watch and share the video.) At the time, the UK government commissioned me to be Creative Director for a series of breakfast shows across the UK, explaining to British businesses what the Single Market was all about. 𝗜𝗳 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨’𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁. Back then, the Conservative government lauded that Europe was fully open for business, offering huge opportunities for Britain. ▪ But now, the Tories have closed Britain’s doors to Europe. ▪ As has Keir Starmer, who says that there will be no return to the Single Market if the Labour Party wins power. 𝗬𝗲𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲. 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀?

[@louis-philippearnhem6959]

By the rivers of Brexit, there we sat down Yeah, we wept, when we remembered the Single Market By the rivers of Brexit, there we sat down Yeah, we wept, when we remembered the Single Market😢

[@juanantoniocaldero1511]

I always watch your videos, they are based in facts. I totally agree with your suggestions and points of view. Please, keep uploading them because they show that trade, economics, social well-being and quality of life, not only for the UK, but for Europe itself is better with the UK inside the EU rather than outside. Thanks for not giving up and keep fighting.

[@JonDanzig]

Thanks for your words of support, Juan.

[@JonDanzig]

This is pertinent: Seven in ten Britons support a closer relationship with the EU than we have now, according to research by YouGov. Their data shows that, “Labour committing to a return to the single market might not prove as alienating as Starmer may fear. “Of Leavers who would back Labour in an election tomorrow, 53% would support the UK joining the single market, even if this meant allowing the free movement of people, with three in ten opposed (31%)” Source: yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/47997-britons-support-rejoining-the-single-market-even-if-it-means-free-movement

[@joaomarreiros4906]

You lot should had hired the computer guy.

[@JonDanzig]

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[@davidbaxter4910]

BREXSHIT???????

[@davidbaxter4910]

ABSOLUTEMENT.

[@davidbaxter4910]

YESS

[@davidbaxter4910]

REJOIN ASAP.

[@pedrovasconcelos8260]

Single market opportunities😅

[@marcustiberious5887]

All everybody really wanted was the single market not a united states of Europe.

[@JonDanzig]

Well, we didn't get what Churchill dreamt of - a United States of Europe. We got instead the Single Market. But for the Single Market to function with its four freedoms - the free movement of people, goods, services and capital - it required cross-country agreement on rules, otherwise the Single Market simply could not and would not work. This is something so many seem not to understand.

[@ab-ym3bf]

No, that is not what "all everybody" wanted. You speak for 558m Europeans?

[@mlgd7709]

The benefit is that the uncontrollable and inequitable free movement of people from EU countries has ended.

[@JonDanzig]

We never, ever had "uncontrollable and inequitiable free movement of people" from the EU. Free movement was never entirely free - there were restrictions. And EU migrants here came to work - and if there was no work, they either mostly didn't come or didn't stay. What's more, they made a massive NET contribution to our Treasury and economy. Britain needs millions of migrants because we have millions more jobs than Britons to do them. And since Brexit, the government has been quietly importing hundreds of thousands MORE migrants to do jobs here than when we were in the EU. Read my article for the evidence at migrants.eu-rope.com

[@dondoodat]

Free movement of people was never uncontrollable. Member countries have always had the ability to deport EU Citizens out of their countries if they didn't meet the criteria to stay. If you're going to haunt this channel you could at least try to get your facts right.

[@verystripeyzebra]

Inequitable? Really? In what way. Or do you love all the red tape, the inflexibility, and ability to respond dynamically to our labour supply needs, that our new cumbersome, expensive, and ineffective system we now have.

[@verystripeyzebra]

Uncontrollable....why. we could deport any eu citizen that had been in UK more than 3 months if they failed to meet our residency requirements. And for their 1st 3 months they had no recourse to public funds.

[@dondoodat]

Another comment deleted. I give up.