"Keeping ISDS in our trade deals leaves the door open to preposterous claims by billionaire oligarchs and multinational corporations alike.

"Win or lose, it’s taxpayers here who will pick up the bill.

"The UK must follow other countries in getting rid of ISDS." - @cleodierickard.bsky.social

“A fossil fuel company suing the UK Government over climate policies using an opaque system based on a decades-old agreement sounds like something from dystopian fiction... this case shows us that successful climate action will only be possible if the UK rejects the ISDS system."

You're correct - but of course how 'fairness' is defined in investment treaties (and interpreted by ISDS tribunals) is a far cry from how most folks would see it...

"the suspicion must be that any deal that recommends itself to the “America First” Mr Trump and Mr Vance would not necessarily be advantageous to the British"

Notes that a US trade deal "could prove so politically toxic as to be unacceptable." (2/2)

UK ministers are already falling over themselves to offer up juicy concessions in return for a tariff exemption: selling out the UK's AI regulation, giving up our ability to tax tech giants, further opening up our agricultural markets.

Once tariffs kick in, the UK will be even more desperate.