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The Mirror: Brexit is an 'unmitigated disaster' without 'one single benefit' and another EU referendum is 'necessary'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Brexit is an 'unmitigated disaster' and another EU referendum is 'necessary'
After the UK marked 5 years since leaving the EU, Mirror readers have slammed Brexit as a 'betrayal' after economic costs were 'played down considerably' and immigration problems were 'overstated'
www.mirror.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Mirror: Brexit is an 'unmitigated disaster' without 'one single benefit' and another EU referendum is 'necessary'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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A brilliant analysis of the epic Brexit failure. Scorn for the liars and solidarity for the rest of us.
“We lost something intangible and yet priceless, something we might never get back: an idea of our country.”
Heartbreaking, enraging and yet, still hopeful.
iandunt.substack.com/p/brexit-fiv...
“We lost something intangible and yet priceless, something we might never get back: an idea of our country.”
Heartbreaking, enraging and yet, still hopeful.
iandunt.substack.com/p/brexit-fiv...
Brexit five years on: A triumph of lies
The promises turned out to be false. The warnings turned out to be true.
iandunt.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A brilliant analysis of the epic Brexit failure. Scorn for the liars and solidarity for the rest of us.
“We lost something intangible and yet priceless, something we might never get back: an idea of our country.”
Heartbreaking, enraging and yet, still hopeful.
iandunt.substack.com/p/brexit-fiv...
“We lost something intangible and yet priceless, something we might never get back: an idea of our country.”
Heartbreaking, enraging and yet, still hopeful.
iandunt.substack.com/p/brexit-fiv...
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January 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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You've got to hand it to Elon Musk - getting 71% of British people to agree on anything is impressive
January 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
You've got to hand it to Elon Musk - getting 71% of British people to agree on anything is impressive
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Nadhim Zahawi lawyer fined for attempt to ‘silence’ campaigner on tax affairs
Nadhim Zahawi lawyer fined for attempt to ‘silence’ campaigner on tax affairs
Ashley Hurst ordered to pay £310,000 over email sent while acting for ex-chancellor
A lawyer acting for Nadhim Zahawi during investigations into the former chancellor’s tax affairs has been ordered to pay £310,000 after a campaigner complained of an…
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Nadhim Zahawi lawyer fined for attempt to ‘silence’ campaigner on tax affairs
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This week the Guardian's owner, the Scott Trust, gifted the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media.
This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
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This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
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December 20, 2024 at 12:43 PM
This week the Guardian's owner, the Scott Trust, gifted the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media.
This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
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This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.
Meet the team.
This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
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Today I am launching #GladdersPresents My annual appeal to help local animal charities. If you can, please take any food, toys, treats, cat litter or beds to an animal charity in your area. If you're not sure what they need then get in touch to check. Photos here from previous years ❤️
December 3, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Today I am launching #GladdersPresents My annual appeal to help local animal charities. If you can, please take any food, toys, treats, cat litter or beds to an animal charity in your area. If you're not sure what they need then get in touch to check. Photos here from previous years ❤️
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As Rachel Reeves rightly said (in Fabian booklet "Beyond Brexit"):
"I firmly believe that membership of the customs union and the single market is the best way of protecting jobs and growth and providing a stable platform from which Labour can build a new economic settlement"
"I firmly believe that membership of the customs union and the single market is the best way of protecting jobs and growth and providing a stable platform from which Labour can build a new economic settlement"
“In the long-run, Brexit is expected to cause UK trade intensity to fall by 15 per cent”, chancellor Rachel Reeves has told the meeting of European finance ministers
🇬🇧🇪🇺 Reeves vows to ‘break down barriers’ to UK-EU trade
www.politics.co.uk/news/2024/12...
🇬🇧🇪🇺 Reeves vows to ‘break down barriers’ to UK-EU trade
www.politics.co.uk/news/2024/12...
Rachel Reeves vows to ‘break down barriers’ to UK-EU post-Brexit trade — speech in full - Politics.co.uk
The chancellor has vowed to “break down barriers” to trade between the European Union and United Kingdom as part of the government’s post-Brexit “reset”. The comments came as Rachel Reeves delivered s...
www.politics.co.uk
December 11, 2024 at 7:46 AM
As Rachel Reeves rightly said (in Fabian booklet "Beyond Brexit"):
"I firmly believe that membership of the customs union and the single market is the best way of protecting jobs and growth and providing a stable platform from which Labour can build a new economic settlement"
"I firmly believe that membership of the customs union and the single market is the best way of protecting jobs and growth and providing a stable platform from which Labour can build a new economic settlement"
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"Thames Water’s accounts shows that there has never been a year since privatisation when shareholders contributed more cash than they took out." 💩
Was there ever ‘shareholder support’ for Thames Water?
New writer Stanley Root’s analysis of Thames Water’s accounts shows that there has never been a year since privatisation when shareholders contributed more cash than they took out
westenglandbylines.co.uk
December 11, 2024 at 10:04 AM
"Thames Water’s accounts shows that there has never been a year since privatisation when shareholders contributed more cash than they took out." 💩
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This petition has over 57,000 signatures.
We need 100k to get a Parliamentary debate! Please sign and share - even if you've shared it before!
Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
We need 100k to get a Parliamentary debate! Please sign and share - even if you've shared it before!
Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible
I believe joining the EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve collaboration and provide stability & freedom. I believe that Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there ...
petition.parliament.uk
December 8, 2024 at 8:56 PM
This petition has over 57,000 signatures.
We need 100k to get a Parliamentary debate! Please sign and share - even if you've shared it before!
Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
We need 100k to get a Parliamentary debate! Please sign and share - even if you've shared it before!
Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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European Movement UK on LinkedIn: British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’
European Movement UK on LinkedIn: British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’
Emma Knaggs, the deputy CEO of EM, said: “The government needs to negotiate a new SPS agreement that reduces the need for animal health checks and veterinary…
buff.ly
December 3, 2024 at 8:45 PM
European Movement UK on LinkedIn: British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’
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Why did Jeff Bezos appoint Rupert Murdoch's right-hand man to the top job at Washington Post? To do his bidding. And when he did journalists & readers rebelled.
This week, I write about a parallel revolt inside the Guardian & Observer & why press ownership matters
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
This week, I write about a parallel revolt inside the Guardian & Observer & why press ownership matters
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
All The President's Men
Rupert Murdoch, Jeff Bezos & why press ownership matters.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Why did Jeff Bezos appoint Rupert Murdoch's right-hand man to the top job at Washington Post? To do his bidding. And when he did journalists & readers rebelled.
This week, I write about a parallel revolt inside the Guardian & Observer & why press ownership matters
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
This week, I write about a parallel revolt inside the Guardian & Observer & why press ownership matters
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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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”
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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
November 24, 2024 at 4:01 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”
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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Why did the UK Government agree to sell the ghost station to an oligarch already suspected of money laundering for the Russian underworld? Why did senior Conservative Party figures accept large donations from such a man? Why hasn’t there been a full official inquiry?
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/25/u...
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/25/u...
Underground Russian Influence: Johnson and the Ghost Station
Turlough Conway on how a new legal case against Boris Johnson raises more questions about money laundered in London and Conservative connections to Russia.
bylinetimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Why did the UK Government agree to sell the ghost station to an oligarch already suspected of money laundering for the Russian underworld? Why did senior Conservative Party figures accept large donations from such a man? Why hasn’t there been a full official inquiry?
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/25/u...
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/25/u...
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CAT ADVISORY: With temperatures remaining uncomfortably low and #StormBert on its way it's important that you find the warmest spot in the house and stay there. Tell your humans to keep the second warmest spot free in case you want a change of scenery.
November 22, 2024 at 1:50 PM
CAT ADVISORY: With temperatures remaining uncomfortably low and #StormBert on its way it's important that you find the warmest spot in the house and stay there. Tell your humans to keep the second warmest spot free in case you want a change of scenery.
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The London Economic: ‘He can’t keep saying no to reality’ – Starmer urged to reverse Brexit policy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/kei...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/kei...
'He can't keep saying no to reality' - Starmer urged to reverse Brexit policy
In no uncertain terms, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been told by pro-EU analysts to accept the UK's Brexit reality.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:19 PM
The London Economic: ‘He can’t keep saying no to reality’ – Starmer urged to reverse Brexit policy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/kei...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/kei...
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May take us a while to follow everyone back, thank you all for such a massive welcome!
November 15, 2024 at 12:56 PM
May take us a while to follow everyone back, thank you all for such a massive welcome!