Jonty Bloom
10 June 2023
New poll: the government has lost touch over Brexit
The overwhelming majority of Brits think a close relationship with the EU is important. Why does the government seem to disagree?
Read the full article08 June 2023
The EU falls into recession and the Brexiters are gloating
Some Europhobes seem to think Europe’s economic problems vindicate Brexit. They’re wrong – again
Read the full article07 June 2023
The poor old Bank of England
Independence for the Bank is not great, but it is better than the alternative
Read the full article07 June 2023
The Celtic Tiger roars for real
Ireland’s is the fastest-growing economy in Europe. How has it managed this, and what can the UK learn?
Read the full article03 June 2023
The Tories should heed warnings from two major figures. Instead, they’re prattling about inheritance tax cuts
Chris Patten and Larry Summers are right to say Brexit’s failure has wrecked the UK economy
Read the full article31 May 2023
When Poland overtakes the UK
By 2030 its economy will be bigger than Britain’s. Why are we being left behind?
Read the full article30 May 2023
Some sense at last: What Labour have got right about housing
A plan for councils to build on farmland bought at sensible rates is a good first step
Read the full article25 May 2023
The immigration figures are good news
Our economy needs young, energetic workers from abroad. The government’s inability to accept this fact is poisoning our politics
Read the full article24 May 2023
Bregrets? Tim Martin might have a few
The Wetherspoon owner still believes we were right to leave the EU – but even he admits things have not gone to plan
Read the full article23 May 2023
Time to get tough on the water companies
The people who’ve polluted our national waterways are now asking for more money. Who are they kidding?
Read the full article17 May 2023
Brexit has killed the British car industry
The government has no plan to save a vanishing sector
Read the full article17 May 2023
Britain’s £220bn black hole
Everything in the country seems broken. What would be the cost of putting it right, and how would we do it?
Read the full article16 May 2023
The stealth tax ‘rise’ that will make us all poorer
By 2028, one in five of us will pay the higher rate - nearly four times more than in the early 1990s
Read the full article11 May 2023
Return of The Blob: This fantasy villain is the Brexiteers’ final weapon
It’s being blamed for Sunak’s common-sense decision to retain most EU laws
Read the full article10 May 2023
Guy Hands: ‘I thought Brexit was frankly nuts’
The financier and former Tory donor says leaving the EU was a plan by the rich to make themselves richer and the poor poorer
Read the full article09 May 2023
The Tories are not fit to deliver the new strategy industry needs
The government is failing to do even the simple things as rivals leave it trailing
Read the full article04 May 2023
The future is green – so when will the government wake up?
A failure to invest in training will ensure Britain misses out on another booming sector
Read the full article04 May 2023
Why it must be bye-bye to help to buy
Instead of a sensible housing policy, the government is considering whether to restart George Osborne’s disastrous scheme
Read the full article03 May 2023
Britain, the Brexit basket case
As food shopping gets more expensive across Europe, new checks will make things even worse here
Read the full article26 April 2023
Unipart takes apart post-Brexit Britain’s lack of investment strategy
Post-Brexit Britain does not have the money or the political will to respond to challenges from the US and EU
Read the full article26 April 2023
Tinfoil helmet Brexiteering
Claims that Remainers are lying about the true cost of leaving the EU are more ridiculous than ever
Read the full article25 April 2023
Dangerous idiots
A new, much nastier Conservatism is rearing its head – and has its eyes on power
Read the full article21 April 2023
Why is UK inflation so much worse than in Europe and the US?
Brexit pressures, from a devalued pound to a worker shortage, are to blame
Read the full article18 April 2023
Jeremy Hunt’s plan to cut inheritance tax is a disaster
It will win votes from the well-off but lose huge amounts of tax revenue he could have used to help the poor
Read the full article18 April 2023
We don’t need no education
From school trips to language schools to universities, Brexit has brought chaos to a sector that led the world
Read the full article14 April 2023
Should we be worried about how safe our banks are?
We’ve supposedly built a better system, yet are there still collapses
Read the full article11 April 2023
The outlook is better, but Britain is still bottom of the economic class
The new IMF forecasts contain little for Brexiteers to be cheerful about
Read the full article11 April 2023
The Tories’ future is rejoin
The Conservatives exist only in order to win elections – they will soon twig that one path to doing that involves dumping Brexit
Read the full article04 April 2023
The wannabe Nigel Lawsons have wrecked our economy
His successors as chancellor believe they can deliver tax cuts like his when they are no longer sustainable
Read the full article04 April 2023
The lesson of Dover
If you vote for a hard border – surprise surprise – you get a hard border
Read the full article30 March 2023
Does Sunak’s new trade deal really mean we can never rejoin the EU? Of course not
Linking up with Indo-Pacific countries won’t live up to the Brexiteers’ wild claims
Read the full article28 March 2023
Sunak’s Green Day for basket case Britain
Can the UK really keep up with the subsidies being offered by America and the EU?
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