Jonty Bloom
04 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?
Read the full article24 March 2023
The problem with Sunak’s tax
The PM’s use of a blind trust is saving him a fortune - but it sent a terrible message to Britain
Read the full article22 March 2023
Brexit has ruined everything, everywhere, all at once
Jeremy Hunt’s budget shows that leaving the EU is only paying off in a parallel universe
Read the full article20 March 2023
If Britain ignores the law, then the consequences will be disastrous
From what we know of the current Conservative party, they might just do it
Read the full article16 March 2023
The Budget is another wasted chance by a bunch of chancers
A pensions saving giveaway for the super-rich shows the government’s warped priorities
Read the full article16 March 2023
Manufacturing outrage: Why Britain’s makers have turned their backs on the government
The country’s manufacturers have given up on the Conservatives and are waiting for the election that removes them
Read the full article14 March 2023
The flaw at the heart of Jeremy Hunt’s childcare budget plans
Sticking-plaster fixes and benefit-cut threats won’t fill the worker gap
Read the full article08 March 2023
Strikes aren’t destroying Britain – the government is
An ONS report finds no justification for their anti-union legislation
Read the full article07 March 2023
The sacrificial lambs of Brexit
As they get used to subsidies that are a fraction of those paid by the European Union, Brexit continues to wreck the lives of Britain’s small farmers
Read the full article07 March 2023
Another Brexit dividend: Suppliers are running scared of doing business with Britain
Manufacturers say fears over red tape and political chaos are creating more uncertainty
Read the full article28 February 2023
Sunak has let slip the truth about the single market. Brexit will never be the same again
Now the rest of Britain will ask, ‘if it’s so great, why aren't we in it too?’
Read the full article28 February 2023
Poland will outgrow Britain unless we break our addiction to tax cuts
Keir Starmer’s target is laudable, but it requires a political sea change
Read the full article22 February 2023
Think the tomato shortages are bad? You ain’t seen nothing yet
A food industry expert warns that parts of the food chain may collapse when Brexit checks come in later this year
Read the full article22 February 2023
Was Liz Truss a genius after all?
The short-lived PM’s new big idea sounds suspiciously familiar…
Read the full article22 February 2023
Are we the new Italy?
Our economy is suffering the same problems of low growth and poor productivity experienced by our Italian neighbour
Read the full article21 February 2023
Boris Johnson doesn’t care about Northern Ireland… only himself
The ex-PM’s Protocol intervention once again shows that it’s all about him
Read the full article16 February 2023
Britain’s creative block
From Shaun the Sheep to Grand Theft Auto, Brexit is choking the arts, and the government is doing nothing about it
Read the full article15 February 2023
Sunak’s pretence that Brexit bad news isn’t real will damage our economy even further
New figures put the cost at £1,000 of leaving the EU at per household per year
Read the full article14 February 2023
Bad science: Michelle Donelan’s laughable Brexit posturing over Horizon
Britain is on the verge of regaining access to the EU-led research budget - so why pretend we can credibly go it alone?
Read the full article09 February 2023
The tragic money tree
What happened to all Britain’s cash? The answer is that right wing economics have failed Britain – again
Read the full article08 February 2023
The brazen con of Kemi Badenoch’s post-Brexit trade partnership with Italy
The government hail it as “momentous” - it’s just a simple memo with no extra money or cut in tariffs
Read the full article06 February 2023
Brexit compromise on the Northern Ireland Protocol spells danger for Sunak
Sensible changes agreed with the EU will only put Johnson and the ERG back on manoeuvres
Read the full article02 February 2023
Brexit’s flat battery
The unsurprising collapse of Britishvolt, and the total lack of strategy or investment in batteries, will be the final nail in the coffin for the car industry
Read the full article26 January 2023
Brexodus: Where have all the workers gone?
The consequences of ending the free movement of people between Britain and the EU are becoming painfully clear
Read the full article18 January 2023
Brexit has only cost us and the worst is yet to come
The OBR forecast that Brexit would cost the UK economy 4% of GDP now looks ridiculously optimistic as the damage mounts
Read the full article12 January 2023
So long, and thanks for all the fish
Brexit was supposed to save the UK’s fishing industry. Instead, it has made its plight even worse
Read the full article05 January 2023
Happy new year… the worst is yet to come
We’re in a recession, energy bills are due to rise again and the timebomb of an ageing population ticks on. But Britain continues to live in a fantasy
Read the full article15 December 2022
Brexomertà: what they won’t say about our national disaster
Britain can no longer avoid the blindingly obvious. But our leaders seem intent on doing so
Read the full article08 December 2022
Out of service
Bands, lawyers and architects are all suffering as Brexit damages a sector that makes up 80% of the UK economy
Read the full article01 December 2022
Banging your head against a wall
Brexit has damaged British construction through a self-inflicted skills shortage and higher prices for imported raw materials
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