Jonty Bloom
02 April 2024
The Telegraph’s apology for Brexit is not really an apology at all
Columnist Sherelle Jacobs says leaving the EU has “spectacularly failed” - but only because we have not tried hard enough
Read the full article31 March 2024
The Tories’ mindless vandalism of higher education
Britain’s universities and colleges are on the brink because of government policies
Read the full article26 March 2024
No wonder the farmers who voted for Brexit are furious
The eye-catching tractor protests are justified from a stitched-up sector that mostly voted Leave
Read the full article26 March 2024
These crazy housing affordability numbers show Nimbys are killing Britain
The only answer to our property problems is unlocking the ability to build more homes
Read the full article23 March 2024
Leo Varadkar stood up for the whole island of Ireland against Brexit madness
The outgoing Taoiseach ran rings around Boris Johnson as he made peace a priority
Read the full article20 March 2024
Inflation falls, but it’s nothing to do with Sunak
If anyone’s “plan” is working, it’s the Bank of England’s
Read the full article20 March 2024
The state we’re in: Brexit has left the UK unfit for purpose
Civil service numbers have soared as the government undermines its own response to Brexit
Read the full article14 March 2024
The new report that spells out the waste and muddle of the UK’s response to Brexit
An extra 100,000 civil servants have been hired, but are being undermined by a rudderless government
Read the full article13 March 2024
Kemi Badenoch is hoping no-one notices Britain’s manufacturing slump
The UK has slipped three places to 11th on the list of the world’s top makers
Read the full article13 March 2024
Economy of truth: Debunking Hunt’s migrant myths
The data shows that more foreign workers are good for the UK. So why is the chancellor so keen to pretend otherwise?
Read the full article09 March 2024
Jeremy Hunt has shown he doesn’t care about councils or defence – just tripping up Labour
His Budget looks worse - and more cynical - by the day
Read the full article06 March 2024
Jeremy Hunt is wrong. Britain is still on a road to higher taxes
A 2p cut in national insurance won’t make up for stealth rises in income tax
Read the full article06 March 2024
Regardless of what gloating Brexiteers say, Germany will be back
Brexit supporters claim Germany’s crisis proves we were right to leave the EU. That’s puerile, illogical stuff
Read the full article02 March 2024
Whatever the budget brings, let’s hope it’s not a tribute to Nigel Lawson
Jeremy Hunt is an admirer of the chancellor whose policies caused a massive recession
Read the full article28 February 2024
Here’s the budget Hunt won’t dare deliver
Instead of a pitiful tax cut and more shuffling of deckchairs on the Tory Titanic, this programme would revitalise Britain
Read the full article27 February 2024
Britain can’t afford tax cuts in this budget, and Jeremy Hunt knows it
A new report makes clear that the Tories’ economic planning is based on fantasy
Read the full article25 February 2024
Kemi Badenoch, not Lindsay Hoyle, is the one MPs should be worrying about
The business secretary’s conflict with Canada is serious - and it has diminished Britain
Read the full article21 February 2024
Damning Brexit verdict completes Sunak’s triple whammy
The Tories can change the manager but not the facts: their flagship policy is a huge economic drag
Read the full article20 February 2024
Rishi Sunak has got the farming industry’s back -and he’s stabbed them in it
The PM’s performance at the NFU conference was pathetic even by his standards
Read the full article15 February 2024
The UK is in recession – and that makes a dodgy Sunak budget even more likely
Reckless tax cuts financed by slashing public spending will be the PM’'s answer to more bad economic news
Read the full article14 February 2024
Goldman Sachs says Brexit is costing us 5% of GDP. How long can this disaster go on?
While Kemi Badenoch celebrates meaningless memorandums, the damage of leaving the EU is becoming clearer
Read the full article14 February 2024
‘Pompous prick’ Rees-Mogg wanders into the farmers’ fields of ire
Agriculture is in a crisis created by Brexit, and farmers are furious.. as Jacob Rees-Mogg found out
Read the full article10 February 2024
How the Tories have squeezed law and order
Chronic underfunding has crushed both the courts and the police
Read the full article09 February 2024
Why the housing industry is voting for Labour
The Tory party has been captured by the Nimbys
Read the full article07 February 2024
Brexit: a ‘total disaster’ of our own making
Brexit has caused a crisis for British manufacturers who export into Europe – and things could be about to get even worse...
Read the full article01 February 2024
The Brexit fog begins to clear for Andrea Leadsom – eight years too late
One Europhobe is finally waking up to the costs of leaving the EU
Read the full article31 January 2024
The data that shows how areas that voted Leave have been worst hit by Brexit
An ONS study exposes the myth of levelling up and shows London soaring away from the rest of the country
Read the full article31 January 2024
The bitter taste of Brexit: New red tape will mean higher food prices
Just as food inflation finally slows, new border checks will make EU produce more expensive in our shops
Read the full article28 January 2024
How to fix Britain’s gathering EU border crisis
According to Rishi Sunak, it’s really very simple
Read the full article27 January 2024
The madness of Tory Tax cuts
Everyone knows we can’t afford it. It looks as if Jeremy Hunt is going to do it anyway
Read the full article24 January 2024
Happy fourth birthday Brexit!
Have Boris Johnson’s hopes and promises come true in the four years since we left the EU?
Read the full article21 January 2024
Grant Shapps is wrong again – the Tories no longer have a claim to being “the patriotic party”
This government has run down the armed forces like no other
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