{"id":800842,"date":"2026-03-03T08:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/800842\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:51:15","slug":"gorton-and-denton-showed-westminsters-still-afraid-to-face-up-to-brexit-london-business-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/800842\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorton and Denton showed Westminster&#8217;s still afraid to face up to Brexit &#8211; London Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gorton &amp; Denton by-election showed people in Britain want change to boost the economy and improve public services, but it won\u2019t happen by ignoring the elephant in the room \u2013 Brexit, the Rejoin EU Party says.<\/p>\n<p>Voters in the Greater Manchester constituency told our campaigners they wanted action on issues such as the cost of living, wealth inequality, housing and anti-social behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>But those voters and millions like them look set to be disappointed unless Westminster parties summon up the political will to address\u00a0the one thing that could really make a difference \u2013 rejoining the EU.\u00a0At one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=937387229105696\" data-penci-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external noopener\">campaign hustings<\/a> in Gorton &amp; Denton, Rejoin EU Party candidate Joseph O\u2019Meachair said he was the only one who mentioned it.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Meachair said: \u201cOther parties are afraid to mention Brexit. We need to end that fear. Our primary aim in this by-election was to highlight the disastrous effect of Brexit on our country, both financially and through our diminished role in world affairs. Isolationism isn\u2019t patriotism. It\u2019s past time that we reassessed Brexit and its consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rejoin EU Party deputy leader and former MEP John Stevens said the interest rates Britain now pays to borrow on international markets are much higher than those faced by all its major European trading partners due to Brexit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a massive drag on our growth, a burden on everyone with a mortgage or who aspires to get on the housing ladder,\u201d Stevens said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means rents are higher, wages lower and we\u2019re using tax revenue to pay interest to lenders rather than funding schools, hospitals and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretending this reality can be avoided by slogans, such as those deployed by Reform and the Greens, or avoided and ignored like the current government, won\u2019t solve it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a policy to resolve the problems facing our country, but Gorton &amp; Denton showed no-one else does. We need to rejoin the EU as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Gorton &amp; Denton by-election showed people in Britain want change to boost the economy and improve public&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,748,1700,2000,299,5187,1699,474,4884,285,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-800842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-european","14":"tag-european-union","15":"tag-finance","16":"tag-great-britain","17":"tag-politics","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116164393940851078","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}