Rob Stead 🇮🇪🇪🇺🇬🇧
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UK exports to EU have fallen by 23% since 2017, compared to just 5% drop in imports.
Post-Brexit trade friction—SPS checks—is main cause, with UK exporters facing greater barriers than EU counterparts.
Meat, dairy, fish, fresh produce particularly hard hit.
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www.hortidaily.com/article/9741...
Post-Brexit trade friction—SPS checks—is main cause, with UK exporters facing greater barriers than EU counterparts.
Meat, dairy, fish, fresh produce particularly hard hit.
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www.hortidaily.com/article/9741...
UK-EU exports down 23% post-Brexit amid trade friction
The UK's exports to the EU have dropped by 23% since 2017, while imports from the bloc have declined just 5%, according to business group Logistics UK. The figures were shared by the group's…
www.hortidaily.com
June 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
UK exports to EU have fallen by 23% since 2017, compared to just 5% drop in imports.
Post-Brexit trade friction—SPS checks—is main cause, with UK exporters facing greater barriers than EU counterparts.
Meat, dairy, fish, fresh produce particularly hard hit.
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www.hortidaily.com/article/9741...
Post-Brexit trade friction—SPS checks—is main cause, with UK exporters facing greater barriers than EU counterparts.
Meat, dairy, fish, fresh produce particularly hard hit.
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www.hortidaily.com/article/9741...
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"Drug shortages in the UK have risen to their worst level for four years, official figures show, with Brexit a key reason"
Brexit has been driving this for a while, but there has been the usual excuse that it's a global problem. This report shows that it is worse here.
Brexit has been driving this for a while, but there has been the usual excuse that it's a global problem. This report shows that it is worse here.
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with medicines for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"Drug shortages in the UK have risen to their worst level for four years, official figures show, with Brexit a key reason"
Brexit has been driving this for a while, but there has been the usual excuse that it's a global problem. This report shows that it is worse here.
Brexit has been driving this for a while, but there has been the usual excuse that it's a global problem. This report shows that it is worse here.
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Proud to be British this evening.
Starmer to Zelenskyy: You are very very welcome here in Downing Street. As you heard from the cheers outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom.
March 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Proud to be British this evening.
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This Byline Times story on Farage pictured with far-right activists has not been picked up by any established media outlet - including liberal/democratic/left publications. Why? Because people like being comfortable in their own power and status.
The newspaper I edit will keep sounding the alarm.
The newspaper I edit will keep sounding the alarm.
Nigel Farage Pictured With Far-Right Activists Who Posted 'Pride Swastikas' and Racist Rants
EXCLUSIVE: The Reform UK leader posed for pictures with the group of prominent far-right activists known for their extreme, racist and Islamophobic posts
bylinetimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This Byline Times story on Farage pictured with far-right activists has not been picked up by any established media outlet - including liberal/democratic/left publications. Why? Because people like being comfortable in their own power and status.
The newspaper I edit will keep sounding the alarm.
The newspaper I edit will keep sounding the alarm.
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Unlock cheaper energy? Europe’s electricity prices could plummet—if countries hit their 2030 renewables targets. The UK and Ireland stand to gain the most. Are we on track? Fred Lewsey reports.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/unloc...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/unloc...
Unlocking cheaper energy: Europe’s electricity bills could plummet by 2030
Electricity prices across Europe should stabilise if 2030 targets for renewable energy are met
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Unlock cheaper energy? Europe’s electricity prices could plummet—if countries hit their 2030 renewables targets. The UK and Ireland stand to gain the most. Are we on track? Fred Lewsey reports.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/unloc...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/unloc...
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The true cost of Brexit. Get all the stats 👉 bestforbritain.org/brexit_impact
January 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The true cost of Brexit. Get all the stats 👉 bestforbritain.org/brexit_impact
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We’re advertising on buses at Heathrow Airport for all of 2025 and spreading the message about Byline Times.
December 13, 2024 at 11:48 AM
We’re advertising on buses at Heathrow Airport for all of 2025 and spreading the message about Byline Times.
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🔥 "The economic cost of Brexit, reliably estimated at around 5% of GDP and with a total loss to government coffers by 2035 of over £300bn, is unlikely to be offset by attempting to ‘make Brexit work’ – a slogan which rather confirms that it hasn’t."
Brexit – an unwelcome truth
Labour’s continued silence on Brexit might just reveal an unwelcome truth; another reason, perhaps, to use the Brexit telescope?
westenglandbylines.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 5:28 PM
🔥 "The economic cost of Brexit, reliably estimated at around 5% of GDP and with a total loss to government coffers by 2035 of over £300bn, is unlikely to be offset by attempting to ‘make Brexit work’ – a slogan which rather confirms that it hasn’t."
I put my 1988 undergraduate project through AI and this is what it came up with. Remarkable: rob.st/4iGaNMz
rob.st
December 9, 2024 at 4:20 PM
I put my 1988 undergraduate project through AI and this is what it came up with. Remarkable: rob.st/4iGaNMz
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Brexit ‘delivered the opposite of what it promised’, Angela Rayner admits
Hopefully we can now begin an honest & open discussion about the catastrophic impact Brexit has inflicted on the country’s economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ang...
Hopefully we can now begin an honest & open discussion about the catastrophic impact Brexit has inflicted on the country’s economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ang...
Brexit 'delivered the opposite of what it promised', Angela Rayner admits
That might just be the sound of the penny dropping for the Labour government, after Angela Rayner took a swipe at Brexit.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 8, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Brexit ‘delivered the opposite of what it promised’, Angela Rayner admits
Hopefully we can now begin an honest & open discussion about the catastrophic impact Brexit has inflicted on the country’s economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ang...
Hopefully we can now begin an honest & open discussion about the catastrophic impact Brexit has inflicted on the country’s economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ang...
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Our mesmerising rise on BlueSky continues and we are nearly on 60k followers. It's a lovely space here that seems largely free from the right wing spreaders of hate and disinformation seen on so many other platforms.
Please spread the word and help us get to 60K followers.
Please spread the word and help us get to 60K followers.
December 8, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Our mesmerising rise on BlueSky continues and we are nearly on 60k followers. It's a lovely space here that seems largely free from the right wing spreaders of hate and disinformation seen on so many other platforms.
Please spread the word and help us get to 60K followers.
Please spread the word and help us get to 60K followers.
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Lot of good stuff in this proposal from the Council on the negotiating mandate regarding the UK.
Some thoughts in a 🧵
Article by @pmdfoster.bsky.social
H/t @sabine34.bsky.social @nicoledso.bsky.social
Some thoughts in a 🧵
Article by @pmdfoster.bsky.social
H/t @sabine34.bsky.social @nicoledso.bsky.social
December 8, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Lot of good stuff in this proposal from the Council on the negotiating mandate regarding the UK.
Some thoughts in a 🧵
Article by @pmdfoster.bsky.social
H/t @sabine34.bsky.social @nicoledso.bsky.social
Some thoughts in a 🧵
Article by @pmdfoster.bsky.social
H/t @sabine34.bsky.social @nicoledso.bsky.social
Check out Blue Has No Borders: A documentary about crossing the divide by Charlie Phillips on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
Blue Has No Borders: A documentary about crossing the divide
How an English seaside community at the frontline of Britain’s identity crisis shows we have more in common than what splits us apart
www.kickstarter.com
December 7, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Check out Blue Has No Borders: A documentary about crossing the divide by Charlie Phillips on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...
I’m stunned at how good NotebookLM is. It summarised my Masters thus: ‘This is Rob Stead's Master's dissertation in photography, exploring his project "Well Grubbed Old Mole." It examines his photographic practice in relation to Brexit populism, using theories from …
December 6, 2024 at 6:57 PM
I’m stunned at how good NotebookLM is. It summarised my Masters thus: ‘This is Rob Stead's Master's dissertation in photography, exploring his project "Well Grubbed Old Mole." It examines his photographic practice in relation to Brexit populism, using theories from …
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Congratulations both, a powerful story @alixandrafazzina.bsky.social and done justice in the magazine @joshklustig.bsky.social
Without doubt, the story I'm most proud to have worked on this year. Incredible photography and writing from @alixandrafazzina.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Congratulations both, a powerful story @alixandrafazzina.bsky.social and done justice in the magazine @joshklustig.bsky.social
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"Some forecasts suggested UK GDP could be reduced by as much as 10% over the long term (2030 or so). Recently:
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change estimated in Feb 2023 that the impact could already be 5.5%.
This year (Feb 2024) Goldman Sachs estimated the impact was already at 5%."
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change estimated in Feb 2023 that the impact could already be 5.5%.
This year (Feb 2024) Goldman Sachs estimated the impact was already at 5%."
Fix Brexit, fix Britain
The UK economy – Rachel Reeves has called for honesty. Here it is!
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 3:18 PM
"Some forecasts suggested UK GDP could be reduced by as much as 10% over the long term (2030 or so). Recently:
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change estimated in Feb 2023 that the impact could already be 5.5%.
This year (Feb 2024) Goldman Sachs estimated the impact was already at 5%."
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change estimated in Feb 2023 that the impact could already be 5.5%.
This year (Feb 2024) Goldman Sachs estimated the impact was already at 5%."
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In months ahead, 🇪🇺 leaders need to decide long term strategy to tackle 🇪🇺 economic, fiscal, industrial and security challenges
Conventional view is that 🇪🇺 is forged in crisis as Monnet’s saying goes
But radical right’s rise in last decade might seriously complicate 🇪🇺’s road to reform
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Conventional view is that 🇪🇺 is forged in crisis as Monnet’s saying goes
But radical right’s rise in last decade might seriously complicate 🇪🇺’s road to reform
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December 2, 2024 at 3:46 PM
In months ahead, 🇪🇺 leaders need to decide long term strategy to tackle 🇪🇺 economic, fiscal, industrial and security challenges
Conventional view is that 🇪🇺 is forged in crisis as Monnet’s saying goes
But radical right’s rise in last decade might seriously complicate 🇪🇺’s road to reform
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Conventional view is that 🇪🇺 is forged in crisis as Monnet’s saying goes
But radical right’s rise in last decade might seriously complicate 🇪🇺’s road to reform
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If you read one thread today, make sure it's this one and share it far and wide.
Tim Stanley, in what now appears to be a weekly slot on one or other BBC flagship politics programme, reels off a huge amount of absolute, provable nonsense about immigration.
And he does so completely unchallenged. Enough now. ~AA
A MEGA-THREAD 🧵1/
And he does so completely unchallenged. Enough now. ~AA
A MEGA-THREAD 🧵1/
November 28, 2024 at 4:50 PM
If you read one thread today, make sure it's this one and share it far and wide.
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Please help the Bylines Network get over 50K!
Follow @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social
… and share. Thank you. 🙏🏻
Follow @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social
… and share. Thank you. 🙏🏻
November 25, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Please help the Bylines Network get over 50K!
Follow @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social
… and share. Thank you. 🙏🏻
Follow @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social
… and share. Thank you. 🙏🏻
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Crazy the growth on here. Think this account was on 20-30k this time last week. Now broken 100k. Astonishing how suddenly the X glacier has just melted.
November 19, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Crazy the growth on here. Think this account was on 20-30k this time last week. Now broken 100k. Astonishing how suddenly the X glacier has just melted.
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If you are anti-Brexit and pro EU and want to find some extra followers.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.
November 15, 2024 at 12:25 PM
If you are anti-Brexit and pro EU and want to find some extra followers.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.
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On the issue of the Youth Mobility Scheme, I told the Independent that the PM “cannot keep saying ‘no’ to reality forever”.
Have a read why. 👇👇
Have a read why. 👇👇
Brussels presses ahead with bid for youth free movement deal
Exclusive: The bloc is formalising its negotiating position on a youth mobility agreement
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2024 at 8:42 PM
On the issue of the Youth Mobility Scheme, I told the Independent that the PM “cannot keep saying ‘no’ to reality forever”.
Have a read why. 👇👇
Have a read why. 👇👇
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This is a good watch from at @mrjamesob.bsky.social for those wanting to know how they got there and what it all might mean
youtu.be/98UXkL2-Ugs?...
youtu.be/98UXkL2-Ugs?...
Conspiracy expert explains why a Trump win might actually be good for America | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
November 14, 2024 at 10:27 AM
This is a good watch from at @mrjamesob.bsky.social for those wanting to know how they got there and what it all might mean
youtu.be/98UXkL2-Ugs?...
youtu.be/98UXkL2-Ugs?...