Jonty Bloom
15 April 2025
Sorry Brexiteers, the Trump bonus was a joke
The Brexiteers exploded with delight over what they thought was a vindication of our decision to leave the EU. Then it all fell to pieces
Read the full article10 April 2025
Trump’s tactics to stitch up the market won’t work
Who knew about his plans to reverse his tariff policy, and who benefitted?
Read the full article09 April 2025
Musk is right about tariff moron Navarro
Trump’s dangerous adviser believes in an economic theory that was disproved 200 years ago
Read the full article03 April 2025
Here comes the Trump Slump
The only answer for Britain is to build closer ties with our single biggest trading partner – and that is not the US
Read the full article02 April 2025
The border with Europe just got a little harder
A new Brexit rule has just come into force, making it even harder for people from the EU to enter Britain. Right now that’s the last thing we need
Read the full article28 March 2025
Will Trump accidentally trigger a European boom?
Trump doesn’t understand anything about economics – might his aggressive stance on Europe have some unintended consequences?
Read the full article26 March 2025
Rachel Reeves’s bland ambition
The chancellor’s spring statement contained no shocks - but no solutions to big problems either
Read the full article25 March 2025
Rachel Reeves should tax wealth properly. Here’s how…
Rather than cuts, the chancellor’s spring statement could deliver a bold reinvention of what the richest pay
Read the full article24 March 2025
Britain needs to be more like Switzerland
The UK could boost growth with a bespoke EU deal like the one the Swiss have just renegotiated. What’s the hold-up?
Read the full article21 March 2025
A new front in the Brexiteers’ war on reality
A right wing think tank uses very selective evidence to claims Brexit damage has been overstated
Read the full article19 March 2025
Should Canada join the EU?
Stranger ideas have been mooted - but an expanded deal that shuts out Trump is more likely
Read the full article14 March 2025
The buck stops here
Donald Trump has put the dollar in decline. Could the euro now overtake it as the world’s dominant currency?
Read the full article13 March 2025
The Sunday Telegraph Brexiteer rewriting history
Janet Daley has changed her tune about Europe
Read the full article09 March 2025
Family firms are failing Britain
When inefficiency is rewarded with tax breaks, no wonder we are a low-growth nation
Read the full article07 March 2025
The markets have sussed Trump out
Wall Street craves stability - which is why an unstable president is causing stock market drops
Read the full article04 March 2025
Michelle O’Neill is wrong about defence spending
We’d all like more money for public services - but in a world where the US has abandoned Europe, more money for the military is the only way
Read the full article27 February 2025
Carbon trading, the next Brexit disaster
Britain’s troubled manufacturers are facing even more red tape and cost. Can the government do a deal in time?
Read the full article26 February 2025
Bored of being British
It’s no surprise that so many people are looking for ways to get out of the country
Read the full article21 February 2025
Youth mobility is not enough
The UK is finally ready to do a reciprocal deal with the EU - but growth will only come with a return to full freedom of movement
Read the full article18 February 2025
Sadiq Khan and the Brexit brick wall
Another worthwhile intervention on youth mobility from London’s mayor will be ignored by his own party
Read the full article18 February 2025
Rachel Reeves and the price of peace
How can the chancellor afford increased defence spending without tax rises or public service cuts? There is one way out
Read the full article15 February 2025
Farage ruined farming – so why do some farmers want him at their protests?
The industry is split about Reform’s leader appearing at their rallies against inheritance tax
Read the full article12 February 2025
The fisherman who faced down GB News
A Leave-voting fisheries owner from the red wall was invited to praise Brexit – but told the channel it had been a disaster for his business
Read the full article11 February 2025
Starmer is right to duck the US/EU tariff war
Joining in with Europe’s retaliation over steel import taxes would be self-defeating - but there’s a risk involved
Read the full article10 February 2025
When it comes to Brexit, politics still trumps economics
A new report from Best for Britain overlooks a crucial problem that will frustrate Britain’s attempts to build closer ties with the EU
Read the full article09 February 2025
Rachel Reeves’s long-distance plans
The right wing, Tory-supporting media is banging the drum for quick results, but trying to fix an economy as broken as ours will take time and patience
Read the full article04 February 2025
Starmer ducks the inevitable on the EU.. again
At some point soon, the PM is going to have to choose Europe over Trump’s USA
Read the full article03 February 2025
Starmer is penned in by May’s red lines
The PM’s trip to Brussels is almost worthless while he adheres to the Brexit position laid out by his failed predecessor
Read the full article29 January 2025
In defence of Rachel Reeves
The chancellor deserves some of the criticism hurled her way, but she is right to focus on Britain’s long-term future
Read the full article29 January 2025
Trump’s tragic tariffs
The protectionist president’s economic illiteracy and historical ignorance threatens a global trade war that no one can win
Read the full article28 January 2025
The Brexit report that names the guilty parties.. and why it will be so hard to rejoin
These Brexit Files are a damning indictment of Tory PMs and Westminster dysfunction
Read the full article23 January 2025
Why are we so scared to accept the EU’s generous post-Brexit deals?
Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are making a huge mistake in not openly embracing offers to cut red tape
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