‘Take back control’? With this Pacific trade deal, Brexit Britain has just signed it away
31/03/2023
Goodbye, food standards. Hello, corporate lobbyists. Why are we doing this, for no real economic benefit?
After Brexit, Britain’s competitors are running rings around us. Sunak’s not even at the races
08/02/2023
This reshuffle will make little difference: the country is going nowhere as the PM leads us further down an economic dead end.
Talk of Swiss deals, EU rapprochement, and Sunak’s denials can’t hide the stone cold reality of Brexit
23/11/2022
‘One of the biggest blows to our productivity – and a self-inflicted one – was leaving Europe’s single market,’ says Michael Day.
Conservatism is an enduring and honourable political creed that has been debased and discredited by incompetent extremists.
Less than two weeks after her government plunged the markets into crisis with a disastrous budget, Prime Minister Liz Truss used her closing speech at the Conservative Party conference to blame the meltdown on a nebulous anti-growth coalition.
Is the Brexit ideology running out of road?
16/10/2022
Many Conservative party members will be wondering where they go from here. / There is talk of damage limitation and trying to save as many seats as possible in the next election.
The imaginary enemy is back.
With its economy in tatters, England is not having its finest hour. It is a time of transition for the United Kingdom... /
What is Kwasi Kwarteng really up to? One answer: this is a reckless gamble to shrink the state
27/09/2022
In the US they call it ‘starving the beast’ – cut taxes and, as revenue decreases, you create irresistible pressure for austerity.
The lucrative UK/US trade deal is dead - so will it Liz Truss now press ahead with ripping up parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol?
The frontrunner for Tory Party leader is known for taking maximalist positions and playing to her base. That approach would backfire on Northern Ireland.
Populism over sense
23/08/2022
Britain first backed Brexit in a populist vote — albeit narrowly — a foolish move taking a slice of Britain’s economic strength. / Empty words and false and exaggerated claims combined with a dose of nationalism to tip the balance.
Brexit fundamentalism threatens swathe of environmental policies even if they are in Scots law – Dr Richard Dixon
11/08/2022
Liz Truss’s pledge to review and possibly scrap all EU-derived laws by 2023 is a big threat to environmental and consumer protection, even where those measures have been put into Scots law.
Liz Truss may find out the hard way what it’s like to be held hostage by hardline Brexiteers
03/08/2022
Brexit’s Northern Ireland deal needs the same hard-headed pragmatism that secured Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release.
The Tories are upping their attack on our democracy, under cover of the leadership contest
19/07/2022
Deep within the Northern Ireland protocol bill, ministers are making a sinister grab for yet more unchecked powers.
No Conservative will dare admit the searingly obvious: Brexit is proving a catastrophe for Britain.
Boris Johnson’s plans to shred the Northern Ireland protocol have no basis in law, economics or diplomacy.
Anyone in the EU who has endured Boris Johnson’s serial dishonesty would need a heart of stone not to gloat at his current difficulties. A prime minister who signed an international treaty thinking he could break it when it suited him was never likely to be a very effective enforcer of coronavirus restrictions with his team in 10 Downing Street.
Liz Truss has embraced the Big Lie of Brexit
03/01/2022
The Foreign Secretary, who backed Remain, now shamelessly promotes the myth that leaving the EU has been good for Britain.
Brexit is undermining the arts – and those in the creative industries are not being listened to
02/01/2022
Many in the arts will look at 2022 with trepidation. There are still many issues with the Brexit deal from 12 months ago.
The next generation will reject Brexit and the way it diminished our country – Europe will welcome us back
03/11/2021
Across the world, there is incomprehension at what we have done to ourselves.
Boris Johnson chronically confuses culture and economics of affair called Brexit.
While Brexit continues to deliver more empty shelves for consumers, more carnage to our food and fishing sectors and more chaos to the people of Northern Ireland, the eternal sunshine of our international trade secretary’s spotless mind continues to deliver more doses of what seems like good news for faithful Leavers.
Brexit: has ambiguity run its course?
04/06/2021
“Australian Brexit” used to be an upbeat euphemism for a “no deal” Brexit outcome. Now, Australia promises a far more profound insight into the true nature of Brexit.