Josh Sherer
@pickle1805.bsky.social
Swiftie, joiner. Dogs and grammar. Not technically French but should be.
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Josh Sherer
@pickle1805.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Labour, having ducked explaining the consequences of Brexit, gets blamed for the consequences of Brexit.
(Applies to farmers, tax, growth, investment, universities, almost everything going wrong in the UK.)
(Applies to farmers, tax, growth, investment, universities, almost everything going wrong in the UK.)
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
Russian bots all over Facebook and Twitter this evening.
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Russian bots all over Facebook and Twitter this evening.
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From the CWS ARCHIVE. 22nd March 2022.
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
From the CWS ARCHIVE. 22nd March 2022.
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My message to Rachel Reeves ahead of the Budget: Don’t just blame the Brexit damage, fix it.
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My message to Rachel Reeves ahead of the Budget: Don’t just blame the Brexit damage, fix it.
Great line in the comments:
“Giving up 4% of our GDP in return for ‘sovereignty’ and more migration from non-EU countries wasn’t a very smart move”
“Giving up 4% of our GDP in return for ‘sovereignty’ and more migration from non-EU countries wasn’t a very smart move”
The Labour government will deteriorate from here on.ft.com/449jsRK | opinion
The Labour government will deteriorate from here
Starmer and Reeves are unfit and their likeliest usurpers are worse
on.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Great line in the comments:
“Giving up 4% of our GDP in return for ‘sovereignty’ and more migration from non-EU countries wasn’t a very smart move”
“Giving up 4% of our GDP in return for ‘sovereignty’ and more migration from non-EU countries wasn’t a very smart move”
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There is a direct line between Donald Trump trying to destroy the BBC and him excusing the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump hates the independent free press – whether in the US, Saudi Arabia or the UK. We will always defend it.
Trump hates the independent free press – whether in the US, Saudi Arabia or the UK. We will always defend it.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
There is a direct line between Donald Trump trying to destroy the BBC and him excusing the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump hates the independent free press – whether in the US, Saudi Arabia or the UK. We will always defend it.
Trump hates the independent free press – whether in the US, Saudi Arabia or the UK. We will always defend it.
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I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
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These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
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The government just keeps doubling down on the strategy that’s taken it to genuinely historical unpopularity ever harder.
The horse will be flogged until it sprints.
The horse will be flogged until it sprints.
the video goes on and on about illegal immigration and yet the new proposal will target legal migration by confirmed refugees
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The government just keeps doubling down on the strategy that’s taken it to genuinely historical unpopularity ever harder.
The horse will be flogged until it sprints.
The horse will be flogged until it sprints.
U.K. commentators still telling the EU what is and isn’t in the EU’s interests.
On another point, it’s unbelievable that the EU are asking for €6.5bn as an entry fee to access SAFE. Remember: this is a loan scheme. The Gov’t are willing to contribute to the costs of running it. But a €6.5 bn fee is so off the scale that it suggests some EU members don’t want UK in the scheme.
Thanks to the FT for quoting me on the Lords European Affairs Cttee report. But as I understand the outcome of the Brussels debate on money, a UK contribution to EU cohesion funds w’d only be sought for future access to the Internal Market, not for SPS/ETS deals. This is good news. t.co/8UqLZ7bGn4
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
U.K. commentators still telling the EU what is and isn’t in the EU’s interests.
All this floundering, just to pay for their Brexit.
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
All this floundering, just to pay for their Brexit.
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Imagine an EU-wide government shut down in its 6th week leading to serious disruption of air traffic. We would not hear the end of it in Anglophone media.
Look forward to more grand declations about how Europeans must emulate an America whose government is in the sixth week of shutdown and now can't provide safe air travel
✈️ FAA Ops Summary - 09/0300 ✈️
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ADDITI0NAL STAFFING TRIGGERS ISSUED. LGA GROUND DELAY PROGRAM TIMED
OUT. DFW, IAH AND HOU GROUND DELAY PROGRAMS WERE CA... More info in image.
FAA Details. #AvGeek
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ADDITI0NAL STAFFING TRIGGERS ISSUED. LGA GROUND DELAY PROGRAM TIMED
OUT. DFW, IAH AND HOU GROUND DELAY PROGRAMS WERE CA... More info in image.
FAA Details. #AvGeek
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Imagine an EU-wide government shut down in its 6th week leading to serious disruption of air traffic. We would not hear the end of it in Anglophone media.
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The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
This is exactly right. The U.K. Labour government clings to Boris Johnson’s red lines, and then wonders why it gets treated like Boris Johnson’s government.
as a Brit based in Brussels for 17 years David, there is only one side that needs a "Reset" and it's not the EU.
I cringe when I see brits throw the toys out of the pram like this.
The UK called the "brexit reset" summit in May and then refused to "reset" any brexit red lines from 2016.
Bonkers.
I cringe when I see brits throw the toys out of the pram like this.
The UK called the "brexit reset" summit in May and then refused to "reset" any brexit red lines from 2016.
Bonkers.
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This is exactly right. The U.K. Labour government clings to Boris Johnson’s red lines, and then wonders why it gets treated like Boris Johnson’s government.
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as a Brit based in Brussels for 17 years David, there is only one side that needs a "Reset" and it's not the EU.
I cringe when I see brits throw the toys out of the pram like this.
The UK called the "brexit reset" summit in May and then refused to "reset" any brexit red lines from 2016.
Bonkers.
I cringe when I see brits throw the toys out of the pram like this.
The UK called the "brexit reset" summit in May and then refused to "reset" any brexit red lines from 2016.
Bonkers.
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
as a Brit based in Brussels for 17 years David, there is only one side that needs a "Reset" and it's not the EU.
I cringe when I see brits throw the toys out of the pram like this.
The UK called the "brexit reset" summit in May and then refused to "reset" any brexit red lines from 2016.
Bonkers.
I cringe when I see brits throw the toys out of the pram like this.
The UK called the "brexit reset" summit in May and then refused to "reset" any brexit red lines from 2016.
Bonkers.
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In France the reaction would have been thermonuclear.
Different countries, different tales.
Many in the UK will regret not fighting harder against the Johnson Brexit.
But when the French look back and return to médiocrités as president, I reckon they will regret having been so hard on M Macron
7
Different countries, different tales.
Many in the UK will regret not fighting harder against the Johnson Brexit.
But when the French look back and return to médiocrités as president, I reckon they will regret having been so hard on M Macron
7
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
In France the reaction would have been thermonuclear.
Different countries, different tales.
Many in the UK will regret not fighting harder against the Johnson Brexit.
But when the French look back and return to médiocrités as president, I reckon they will regret having been so hard on M Macron
7
Different countries, different tales.
Many in the UK will regret not fighting harder against the Johnson Brexit.
But when the French look back and return to médiocrités as president, I reckon they will regret having been so hard on M Macron
7
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Great reflections on Brexit from @anandmenon.bsky.social
'It is hard to imagine a worse moment in the history of international trade to have decided to leave a continental-sized economy to go your own way, because of the direction of international trade thereafter.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
'It is hard to imagine a worse moment in the history of international trade to have decided to leave a continental-sized economy to go your own way, because of the direction of international trade thereafter.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
Reflections on the Brexit Revolution: 2025-26 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture
YouTube video by Cambridge Law Faculty
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Great reflections on Brexit from @anandmenon.bsky.social
'It is hard to imagine a worse moment in the history of international trade to have decided to leave a continental-sized economy to go your own way, because of the direction of international trade thereafter.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
'It is hard to imagine a worse moment in the history of international trade to have decided to leave a continental-sized economy to go your own way, because of the direction of international trade thereafter.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
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Once again, this isn’t journalism. It’s stroking the ego of a politician who’s done great national harm.
WhyTF should we take Farage seriously? Just because he wants power? Even more reason for ruthless scrutiny.
His track record is racist and ruinous. Any serious journalist would say so.
(iPaper)
WhyTF should we take Farage seriously? Just because he wants power? Even more reason for ruthless scrutiny.
His track record is racist and ruinous. Any serious journalist would say so.
(iPaper)
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Once again, this isn’t journalism. It’s stroking the ego of a politician who’s done great national harm.
WhyTF should we take Farage seriously? Just because he wants power? Even more reason for ruthless scrutiny.
His track record is racist and ruinous. Any serious journalist would say so.
(iPaper)
WhyTF should we take Farage seriously? Just because he wants power? Even more reason for ruthless scrutiny.
His track record is racist and ruinous. Any serious journalist would say so.
(iPaper)
Even today, Rachel Reeves couldn’t bring herself to explain the consequences of Brexit. It’s like there’s £40bn of tax revenue she just pretends not to understand where it went.
Labour, having ducked explaining the consequences of Brexit, gets blamed for the consequences of Brexit.
(Applies to farmers, tax, growth, investment, universities, almost everything going wrong in the UK.)
(Applies to farmers, tax, growth, investment, universities, almost everything going wrong in the UK.)
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Even today, Rachel Reeves couldn’t bring herself to explain the consequences of Brexit. It’s like there’s £40bn of tax revenue she just pretends not to understand where it went.
Reeves has criticised a “rushed and ill-conceived Brexit”. How typical. Still can’t find the courage to criticise the concept itself. Still dishonest. Still not actually laying a path for growth.
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Reeves has criticised a “rushed and ill-conceived Brexit”. How typical. Still can’t find the courage to criticise the concept itself. Still dishonest. Still not actually laying a path for growth.
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The Tories can shout at me all they like, but the truth is their Brexit deal it is hurting our country and Labour won’t do anything about it.
Today I urged the Prime Minister to actually fix it.
Today I urged the Prime Minister to actually fix it.
October 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Tories can shout at me all they like, but the truth is their Brexit deal it is hurting our country and Labour won’t do anything about it.
Today I urged the Prime Minister to actually fix it.
Today I urged the Prime Minister to actually fix it.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If you’re looking to complete Rightmove, it’s roomscrolling
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Note that this is "A Statement by Prince Andrew" not a "A Statement by Andrew." He's not shedding that title. Just "The Duke of York," which was an honorary from mum.
So it's all a slap on the wrist for raping girls. He gets to keep the money, gets to keep being a Prince, and stays out of jail.
So it's all a slap on the wrist for raping girls. He gets to keep the money, gets to keep being a Prince, and stays out of jail.
October 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Note that this is "A Statement by Prince Andrew" not a "A Statement by Andrew." He's not shedding that title. Just "The Duke of York," which was an honorary from mum.
So it's all a slap on the wrist for raping girls. He gets to keep the money, gets to keep being a Prince, and stays out of jail.
So it's all a slap on the wrist for raping girls. He gets to keep the money, gets to keep being a Prince, and stays out of jail.
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Andrew Bailey, "For the foreseeable future, the impact of Brexit on economic growth in the UK is negative"
"Making an economy less open, restricts growth"
"Making an economy less open, restricts growth"
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Andrew Bailey, "For the foreseeable future, the impact of Brexit on economic growth in the UK is negative"
"Making an economy less open, restricts growth"
"Making an economy less open, restricts growth"