#Leavers

An exit from the EU, an end to freedom of movement, repatriation of regulatory decision making, return of trade policy, and an end to supranational supervision of our institutions. How
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WHAT'S MOST SUSPICIOUS ABOUT BREXIT? A tough competition... but here's my initial list... the two LEAVE CAMPAIGNS (see £££s from RUSSIAN DONORS + ISLE OF MAN), everything to do with
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1/ We need to talk about Daniel Kawczynski MP (@DKShrewsbury) & Gold Speculation.His comments & seemingly "pointless" lies about #brexit has provoked confusion among leavers & remainers alike.But once you
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This is perhaps the most deceitful column I've read from anyone nominally on Team Remain.The idea that a "soft" Brexit survived more than a few weeks after the referendum is
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If you’re about to become a manager for the first time, or just want to get better at management, here’s my honest advice from overseeing 20+ people in the last
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Chris Patten talking about English exceptionalism and English nationalism is entirely counterproductive to the case he is trying to make.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/12/12/boris-johnson-branded-english-nationalist-former-tory-c
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This is a fair (and simple) description, and it's pretty compelling for the narrative that UK satire has run out of ideas and/or is part of the establishment elite, but
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Divided we stand: the new Brexit Britain.It’s consumed four years and three Prime Ministers. But as a deadline for a deal looms, what do those who voted think now? (1)https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/divided-we-stand-16-lessons-abo
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"It was obvious there would be a trade-off between sovereignty and market access. The only question was the balance the next prime minister would strike between the two." @CamCavendish https://www.ft.com/content/0c5637d3-c193-4527
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1/ This is a completely dishonest account of the events that led us to this point, but (I will give Barrister's Horse this) cleverly crafted. At each stage, the pathway
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Sovereign equal has become a #Brexiteers shout EU does see UK as a sovereign equal in same way UK sees Thailand as a sovereign equal (Thailand 6 times smaller than
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I’m photographing a $1,000 lingerie set this morning, and thinking of how most people would insist the set was “overpriced” and could be found at Wal-Mart or was made by
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There is a common theme between the government's forthcoming approach to asylum (pick a fight with 'activist lawyers' over appeal rights) + its approach to the withdrawal agreement (pick a
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In fairness to Lance, the government has absolutely failed to modernise and upscale customs and border systems - and he is right to be outraged, but either way, he will
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So record rise in redundancies, to a new record level, will take headlines this morning. Now above 2009 peak.Now in line with HR1 notifications (as right graph shows) but it
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Long thread, but bear with me:Our country isn't doing well, is it? What with Covid, Brexit, and so on.We haven't covered ourselves in glory lately.Sorry to be negative - and
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