Best for Britain
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| Formation | 26 April 2017 |
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| Founders | Gina Miller Clive Cowdery Stephen Peel Eloise Todd |
| Type | Civil society group |
Chairperson | Peter Norris (since 1 January 2024) |
Key people | Naomi Smith (CEO)[1] |
| Website | bestforbritain |
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Best for Britain is a civil society campaign formed of researchers, data scientists, strategists, and activists who say that they are working to fix "the problems Britain faces after Brexit".[2] Originally launched on 26 April 2017[3] to stop Brexit and continue the UK's membership of the European Union (EU),[4] the organisation's aim since 2021 has been strengthening UK-EU ties as well as protecting democratic rights within the UK.[5]
Aims
[edit]Prior to the finalisation of Brexit, Best for Britain's goal was a democratic way to stop Brexit.[6] Since 2021, Best for Britain aims to keep the UK open to EU membership in the future,[6] but in the short-term aims at re-engagement with Europe, internationalist policies, and cooperation with business.[5] As part of the organisation's relaunch in April 2021, chief executive Naomi Smith wrote in The Times that the organisation had shifted from a “reactive campaign in response to an emergent threat to Britain’s place in the world” to a “proactive organisation that will stand up against a decline in internationalist values happening again”.[5]
Since 2021, Best for Britain says that it aims to fix the problems Britain faces after Brexit through a combination of evidence gathering, policy creation, public engagement and political campaigning.[7] They aim to secure better outcomes for the UK by seeking improvements to the UK-EU relationship, advocating evidence-based policy recommendations to decision makers.[8]
Best for Britain campaigns to strengthen democratic rights and government accountability within the UK, and opposes restrictions to public right to protest[9] and new barriers to voting.[10] They campaign for reform of the UK's first-past-the-post electoral system[11][better source needed]