Jonty Bloom
23 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
Read the full article22 January 2025
Starmer’s small goals
The prime minister’s limited Brexit reset means the best UK FC can hope for is avoiding relegation, not shooting for glory
Read the full article21 January 2025
Trump and the end of phoney caring capitalism
American corporations are rushing to dump diversity and climate programmes as a far right regime takes power. Would the same happen here?
Read the full article17 January 2025
At last, there are some green shoots for Rachel Reeves
A little more money in employees’ pockets and the potential for falling interest rates may help ease fears for the economy
Read the full article15 January 2025
Can Europe find its way through the woods in 2025?
The outlook for Europe appears dangerous. Expanding the single market would change things. But can it be done?
Read the full article14 January 2025
The Spanish holiday villa dream is over, thanks to Brexit
Spain’s PM is ready to slap a 100% tax on property bought by buyers from non-EU countries
Read the full article12 January 2025
Brexiteers should be ashamed of their attacks on Olly Robbins
The new senior civil servant at the Foreign Office is a force for good
Read the full article10 January 2025
Farage and Badenoch must decide: Are they British patriots, or do they support Elon Musk?
The billionaire cares nothing for our sovereignty or democracy and must be cut loose
Read the full article02 January 2025
The Telegraph is wrong (again) about Brexit damage
A right wing economist says leaving the EU has been less traumatic than Remainer say - but still concedes we’re losing out
Read the full article19 December 2024
The right wing papers’ new Brexit hysteria
From the Sun to the Times, the papers and Boris Johnson are losing their marbles over Keir Starmer trying to get Britain a better deal
Read the full article18 December 2024
2024: a year of magical thinking
Looking back on 12 months in Brexit, our only hope is that the government comes to its senses – because Trump is on his way
Read the full article10 December 2024
Rachel Reeves’s pointless mission
The chancellor headed for Brussels with nothing to offer and asked what Britain could get in return
Read the full article08 December 2024
How to fix Britain’s house price nightmare
It’s almost impossible to find any data about the UK’s housing market which is not dreadful in comparison with our European neighbours. There is one place to start
Read the full article07 December 2024
This poll shows Starmer is wrong about Europe and the USA
Voters believe our economic future lies with the EU rather than with president Trump
Read the full article05 December 2024
The stats that show Brexit has failed our farms
Agri-food imports and exports have plummeted, and farmers are increasingly concerned
Read the full article03 December 2024
Starmer is kidding himself about the special relationship
Donald Trump will abandon us as soon as it suits him and pretending otherwise is nonsense
Read the full article03 December 2024
France, state of delusion
Ridiculous borrowing, impossible promises and an unwillingness to face reality have led to budget deadlock and talk of a Greek-style financial crisis
Read the full article30 November 2024
Can the European car industry survive?
It’s being outdone by China and has failed to transition to electric vehicles. Can the big manufacturers on the continent go into overdrive? Or are they heading for a crash?
Read the full article27 November 2024
Is being our EU negotiator the worst job in Britain?
While Keir Starmer continues to pretend that a worthwhile deal can be done without concessions or going back to the single market, this role is a non-starter
Read the full article26 November 2024
The new Brexit nightmare is GPSR
The EU’s new General Product Safety Regulation system launches on December 13, and will make it even harder for UK firms exporting to Europe
Read the full article20 November 2024
Britain’s baby doomers
Falling fertility rates mean more immigration is needed to grow the economy. Yet lots of boomers hate the idea
Read the full article17 November 2024
Water load of idiots
Thames Water is on the verge of going bust, is borrowing money from hedge funds and has taken out an emergency loan to see it through to Christmas. How on earth did it come to this?
Read the full article15 November 2024
The Guardian’s chief Brexiteer is stepping down. Good.
Lexiter Larry Elliott has held back his paper’s ability to attack the decision to leave the EU
Read the full article14 November 2024
Money alone will not fix the NHS
It’s not only what you spend but how you spend it that matters
Read the full article13 November 2024
MAGA’s useful idiots
Reform and the Tories say a US/UK trade deal would ‘vindicate Brexit’. It would also put Britain last
Read the full article07 November 2024
The end of more for less
Farmers are a short-term risk, but Labour’s biggest task is getting impatient Britain to buy into the power of long-term investment
Read the full article07 November 2024
How badly will Trump’s tariffs hurt Britain?
The president-elect wants to drag the world back to the 1930s with his trade wars
Read the full article06 November 2024
Blame Brexit for the small boats crisis
The EU’s migrant return policy worked for years, and access to a fingerprint database is a very distant second-best
Read the full article02 November 2024
Clarkson and Kirstie are wrong about farmers
There is no economic justification for all farmers passing their estates on to their children tax-free
Read the full article31 October 2024
Two final acts of stupidity from Robert Jenrick
Stirring things up over this summer’s riots is bad, demanding that former colonies doff the cap is arguably even worse
Read the full article30 October 2024
This Budget won’t fix the growth black hole
Rachel Reeves made a start on fixing the Conservatives’ years of waste - but it is nowhere near enough
Read the full article29 October 2024
Welcome to the ‘new Brexit’ wars
Pressure to leave the European Convention on Human Rights won’t stop even if Robert Jenrick loses the Tory leadership election
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