Howard Barrett
@howardbarrett.bsky.social
If more nations governed for the 95%, the world would be a happier and more sustainable place.
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Told you so! The Telegraph denounces Brexit as 'unmitigated economic disaster'
We've now got The Telegraph joining the Brexit resistance, after the formerly pro-leave paper ripped into its 'near-disastrous' consequences.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
Alongside declining polls for Reform, the good news about the Telegraph’s volte face on Brexit is that it gives Labour political cover from the far right to reapply to rejoin the EU. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
Labour has been talking about fixing crypto and overseas donations for months. Can’t they see how their failure to act and now this pathetic call for immediate donations is a sign of organisational learned helplessness. This is shocking after the event fiddling- make these donations illegal now!
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
I am not throwing good money at problems in competition with billionaires. As a wage earner, it’s no contest. Please reform political donations;automatically exclude donors from public contracts/media ownership. When you clean up political funding, I will contribute.
I am not throwing good money at problems in competition with billionaires. As a wage earner, it’s no contest. Please reform political donations;automatically exclude donors from public contracts/media ownership. When you clean up political funding, I will contribute.
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Labour has been talking about fixing crypto and overseas donations for months. Can’t they see how their failure to act and now this pathetic call for immediate donations is a sign of organisational learned helplessness. This is shocking after the event fiddling- make these donations illegal now!
What an absolute flake. In fact only the crumbliest flakiest crypto-racist lies like crypto- racist never lied before.
It was entirely malice-free racism. Of course.
December 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
What an absolute flake. In fact only the crumbliest flakiest crypto-racist lies like crypto- racist never lied before.
Where is Ofcom? A toothless regulator which should be all over GB News but spends its time justifying why it can’t do its job properly. There must be very big money and influence involved.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Where is Ofcom? A toothless regulator which should be all over GB News but spends its time justifying why it can’t do its job properly. There must be very big money and influence involved.
Reform: the natural home for grifters unable to contribute anything to society but who have lots to say about oh most things negative.
December 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Reform: the natural home for grifters unable to contribute anything to society but who have lots to say about oh most things negative.
Should a comprehensive public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics ever be published there would be an overwhelming clamour to rejoin the EU.
Alongside declining polls for Reform, the good news about the Telegraph’s volte face on Brexit is that it gives Labour political cover from the far right to reapply to rejoin the EU. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
Told you so! The Telegraph denounces Brexit as 'unmitigated economic disaster'
We've now got The Telegraph joining the Brexit resistance, after the formerly pro-leave paper ripped into its 'near-disastrous' consequences.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Should a comprehensive public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics ever be published there would be an overwhelming clamour to rejoin the EU.
Alongside declining polls for Reform, the good news about the Telegraph’s volte face on Brexit is that it gives Labour political cover from the far right to reapply to rejoin the EU. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
Told you so! The Telegraph denounces Brexit as 'unmitigated economic disaster'
We've now got The Telegraph joining the Brexit resistance, after the formerly pro-leave paper ripped into its 'near-disastrous' consequences.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Alongside declining polls for Reform, the good news about the Telegraph’s volte face on Brexit is that it gives Labour political cover from the far right to reapply to rejoin the EU. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
The Daily Bile: never knowingly on the right side of history. Harmsworth/Rothermere is welcome to it.
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Daily Bile: never knowingly on the right side of history. Harmsworth/Rothermere is welcome to it.
So in a major move forward for workers rights, with some tweaking to get business on board, Labour MP Andy McDonald, branded the move a "complete betrayal”. He needs to grow up, stop attacking his party and focus his talents to solve next on the To Do list- like our chronic balance of payments.
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
So in a major move forward for workers rights, with some tweaking to get business on board, Labour MP Andy McDonald, branded the move a "complete betrayal”. He needs to grow up, stop attacking his party and focus his talents to solve next on the To Do list- like our chronic balance of payments.
Payola time is over Tim. What made you think it a good idea to defraud the state, put millions of lives at risk in a national emergency and pop the moula into a London property- at least you should have bought offshore. Shame apparently is no longer a thing.
The founder of an investment company who bought an £8.5 million London flat after supplying 50 million faulty PPE masks during the pandemic has had a criminal restraint order imposed on the property.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Financier’s £8.5m flat frozen amid tax investigation over PPE deal
Tim Horlick bought the Pimlico property shortly after his company was awarded the now-contentious £255m contract by the government
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Payola time is over Tim. What made you think it a good idea to defraud the state, put millions of lives at risk in a national emergency and pop the moula into a London property- at least you should have bought offshore. Shame apparently is no longer a thing.
Sterling up, stocks up- the global markets like Reeve’s budget, or are not strongly against it. Maybe Vine’s cries of horror and the faux anger of Mr. Farage are more aimed at small business owners who loathe the concept of a suggested minimum wage and who typically underinvest in productivity.
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Sterling up, stocks up- the global markets like Reeve’s budget, or are not strongly against it. Maybe Vine’s cries of horror and the faux anger of Mr. Farage are more aimed at small business owners who loathe the concept of a suggested minimum wage and who typically underinvest in productivity.
Had Johnson and others been jailed for fraudulently misrepresenting Brexit to the British public we would possibly have had a more competent PM in place who would have taken his/her duties rather more seriously.
“Have they given up? Are they just deciding to build up herd immunity by watching us die? The government has given up, hasn’t it? They are throwing us into the slaughterhouse.”
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Had Johnson and others been jailed for fraudulently misrepresenting Brexit to the British public we would possibly have had a more competent PM in place who would have taken his/her duties rather more seriously.
www.bbc.com/news/article... Reuters research shows the Mail is trusted by 24% and the Telegraph by 42% (surprisingly) of Brits (BBC 60%, FT 57%). So the Daily Harmsworth can drag the Daily Bile down to its gutter level of dog whistle politics. Truly a perfect match.
Daily Mail owner agrees to buy Daily Telegraph for £500m
The publisher of the Daily Mail says it is in talks to buy the Daily and Sunday Telegraph for £500m.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article... Reuters research shows the Mail is trusted by 24% and the Telegraph by 42% (surprisingly) of Brits (BBC 60%, FT 57%). So the Daily Harmsworth can drag the Daily Bile down to its gutter level of dog whistle politics. Truly a perfect match.
But Mr. Farage, Britain’s most qualified, gifted even, macroeconomist disagrees. Who to believe?
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
But Mr. Farage, Britain’s most qualified, gifted even, macroeconomist disagrees. Who to believe?
The FTSE 100 at an all time high, mainly driven by record corporate earnings. Inequality grows every year. Don’t say we can’t implement a wealth tax, equalise rates on capital gains and income, and put an exit tax on those fleeing offshore like Australia, Japan, Canada, the US, France and Germany.
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The FTSE 100 at an all time high, mainly driven by record corporate earnings. Inequality grows every year. Don’t say we can’t implement a wealth tax, equalise rates on capital gains and income, and put an exit tax on those fleeing offshore like Australia, Japan, Canada, the US, France and Germany.
This is excellent news- an important government initiative. Front page news for the Telegraph and Mail tomorrow? No, they’re too busy trashing our country. www.gov.uk/government/n...
Government unveils England's first ever Men's Health Strategy
The government launches bold plan to tackle physical and mental health challenges faced by men and boys, and reduce inequalities.
www.gov.uk
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is excellent news- an important government initiative. Front page news for the Telegraph and Mail tomorrow? No, they’re too busy trashing our country. www.gov.uk/government/n...
Like it or not, Labour is playing the incumbency strategy, seeking to close off all the opposition lines of attack. From immigration (Reform), renewable energy (Greens), managing bond market expectations (Tories), building ties with Europe (L.Dems). Despite right wing fury and $, Lab/G/LD to win 29.
How have Labour watched the Tories spend 2-3 years parroting Farage then lose an election badly and conclude a similar strategy is the best course of action?
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Like it or not, Labour is playing the incumbency strategy, seeking to close off all the opposition lines of attack. From immigration (Reform), renewable energy (Greens), managing bond market expectations (Tories), building ties with Europe (L.Dems). Despite right wing fury and $, Lab/G/LD to win 29.
Of course they would because they want to kill off one of the world’s most trusted information sources. Ask Farage about Brexit- he doesn’t like truth or facts. Farage: Reform would change law to strip BBC of licence fee
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Of course they would because they want to kill off one of the world’s most trusted information sources. Ask Farage about Brexit- he doesn’t like truth or facts. Farage: Reform would change law to strip BBC of licence fee
Never forget the complete and utter chaos, from “We have all the cards” to queues of 7,000 HGV trucks in Kent to shutting Parliament to forcing up taxes now to pay for “Getting Brexit done”. Guy Fawkes would have approved. And Farage, Telegraph Sun and Mail want to finish off “Broken Britain”.
➡️ Brexit reduced UK GDP by 6-8%
➡️ Investment reduced by between 12-18%
➡️ Employment reduced by 3-4%
➡️ Productivity reduced by 3-4%
"Combination of elevated uncertainty, reduced demand, diverted management time, and increased misallocation of resources from a protracted Brexit process"
➡️ Investment reduced by between 12-18%
➡️ Employment reduced by 3-4%
➡️ Productivity reduced by 3-4%
"Combination of elevated uncertainty, reduced demand, diverted management time, and increased misallocation of resources from a protracted Brexit process"
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Never forget the complete and utter chaos, from “We have all the cards” to queues of 7,000 HGV trucks in Kent to shutting Parliament to forcing up taxes now to pay for “Getting Brexit done”. Guy Fawkes would have approved. And Farage, Telegraph Sun and Mail want to finish off “Broken Britain”.
Like it or not, Labour is playing the incumbency strategy, seeking to close off all the opposition lines of attack. From immigration (Reform), renewable energy (Greens), managing bond market expectations (Tories), building ties with Europe (L.Dems). Despite right wing fury and $, ,Lab/G/LD to win 29
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Like it or not, Labour is playing the incumbency strategy, seeking to close off all the opposition lines of attack. From immigration (Reform), renewable energy (Greens), managing bond market expectations (Tories), building ties with Europe (L.Dems). Despite right wing fury and $, ,Lab/G/LD to win 29
The Treasury should calculate the massive hole in the British economy that will get dramatically worse for every year we spend outside of the EU? These results are (should be) sufficiently shocking to force a parliamentary debate on this report. The need for tax increases is directly tied to Brexit.
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The Treasury should calculate the massive hole in the British economy that will get dramatically worse for every year we spend outside of the EU? These results are (should be) sufficiently shocking to force a parliamentary debate on this report. The need for tax increases is directly tied to Brexit.
The Daily Bile: “Rich New Yorkers fleeing Mamdani will find no relief in Sadiq Khan’s London”.
At what point do we charge the Telegraph with operating against the best interests of the United Kingdom? It’s a relentlessly depressing hard right propaganda piece whose sole aim is to talk us down.
At what point do we charge the Telegraph with operating against the best interests of the United Kingdom? It’s a relentlessly depressing hard right propaganda piece whose sole aim is to talk us down.
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The Daily Bile: “Rich New Yorkers fleeing Mamdani will find no relief in Sadiq Khan’s London”.
At what point do we charge the Telegraph with operating against the best interests of the United Kingdom? It’s a relentlessly depressing hard right propaganda piece whose sole aim is to talk us down.
At what point do we charge the Telegraph with operating against the best interests of the United Kingdom? It’s a relentlessly depressing hard right propaganda piece whose sole aim is to talk us down.
As of December 2023, TMG reported a total of 1,035,710 subscriptions across all platforms (print and digital).
This total includes:
Print subscriptions: 117,586.
Digital subscriptions: 688,012. Presumably the missing 230,112 are as to reality as the Telegraph’s reporting is to impartiality.
This total includes:
Print subscriptions: 117,586.
Digital subscriptions: 688,012. Presumably the missing 230,112 are as to reality as the Telegraph’s reporting is to impartiality.
The Telegraph's "attacks on the BBC are not remotely done in good faith & are the result of the publisher’s ideological & commercial interests. There is no world in which The Telegraph’s output would survive the level of scrutiny applied to the BBC’s journalism.”
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
As of December 2023, TMG reported a total of 1,035,710 subscriptions across all platforms (print and digital).
This total includes:
Print subscriptions: 117,586.
Digital subscriptions: 688,012. Presumably the missing 230,112 are as to reality as the Telegraph’s reporting is to impartiality.
This total includes:
Print subscriptions: 117,586.
Digital subscriptions: 688,012. Presumably the missing 230,112 are as to reality as the Telegraph’s reporting is to impartiality.
The primary role of a BBC Board Member is to act in the best interests of his employer, not blow the bloody doors off. Gibb must go.
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The primary role of a BBC Board Member is to act in the best interests of his employer, not blow the bloody doors off. Gibb must go.
Who’s going to break the news to Trump, Farage, the Daily Bile and the Daily Harmsworth. They will be shocked!
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Who’s going to break the news to Trump, Farage, the Daily Bile and the Daily Harmsworth. They will be shocked!
Oh dear Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock, Lord Feldman, Lord Agnew, Lord Deighton and friends: this is corruption on an epic scale during a national emergency. Read this book and you’ll know why the Conservative brand is dead.
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Oh dear Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock, Lord Feldman, Lord Agnew, Lord Deighton and friends: this is corruption on an epic scale during a national emergency. Read this book and you’ll know why the Conservative brand is dead.