Jonty Bloom
10 December 2024
Rachel Reeves’s pointless mission
The chancellor headed for Brussels with nothing to offer and asked what Britain could get in return
Read the full article08 December 2024
How to fix Britain’s house price nightmare
It’s almost impossible to find any data about the UK’s housing market which is not dreadful in comparison with our European neighbours. There is one place to start
Read the full article07 December 2024
This poll shows Starmer is wrong about Europe and the USA
Voters believe our economic future lies with the EU rather than with president Trump
Read the full article05 December 2024
The stats that show Brexit has failed our farms
Agri-food imports and exports have plummeted, and farmers are increasingly concerned
Read the full article03 December 2024
Starmer is kidding himself about the special relationship
Donald Trump will abandon us as soon as it suits him and pretending otherwise is nonsense
Read the full article03 December 2024
France, state of delusion
Ridiculous borrowing, impossible promises and an unwillingness to face reality have led to budget deadlock and talk of a Greek-style financial crisis
Read the full article30 November 2024
Can the European car industry survive?
It’s being outdone by China and has failed to transition to electric vehicles. Can the big manufacturers on the continent go into overdrive? Or are they heading for a crash?
Read the full article27 November 2024
Is being our EU negotiator the worst job in Britain?
While Keir Starmer continues to pretend that a worthwhile deal can be done without concessions or going back to the single market, this role is a non-starter
Read the full article26 November 2024
The new Brexit nightmare is GPSR
The EU’s new General Product Safety Regulation system launches on December 13, and will make it even harder for UK firms exporting to Europe
Read the full article20 November 2024
Britain’s baby doomers
Falling fertility rates mean more immigration is needed to grow the economy. Yet lots of boomers hate the idea
Read the full article17 November 2024
Water load of idiots
Thames Water is on the verge of going bust, is borrowing money from hedge funds and has taken out an emergency loan to see it through to Christmas. How on earth did it come to this?
Read the full article15 November 2024
The Guardian’s chief Brexiteer is stepping down. Good.
Lexiter Larry Elliott has held back his paper’s ability to attack the decision to leave the EU
Read the full article14 November 2024
Money alone will not fix the NHS
It’s not only what you spend but how you spend it that matters
Read the full article13 November 2024
MAGA’s useful idiots
Reform and the Tories say a US/UK trade deal would ‘vindicate Brexit’. It would also put Britain last
Read the full article07 November 2024
The end of more for less
Farmers are a short-term risk, but Labour’s biggest task is getting impatient Britain to buy into the power of long-term investment
Read the full article07 November 2024
How badly will Trump’s tariffs hurt Britain?
The president-elect wants to drag the world back to the 1930s with his trade wars
Read the full article06 November 2024
Blame Brexit for the small boats crisis
The EU’s migrant return policy worked for years, and access to a fingerprint database is a very distant second-best
Read the full article02 November 2024
Clarkson and Kirstie are wrong about farmers
There is no economic justification for all farmers passing their estates on to their children tax-free
Read the full article31 October 2024
Two final acts of stupidity from Robert Jenrick
Stirring things up over this summer’s riots is bad, demanding that former colonies doff the cap is arguably even worse
Read the full article30 October 2024
This Budget won’t fix the growth black hole
Rachel Reeves made a start on fixing the Conservatives’ years of waste - but it is nowhere near enough
Read the full article29 October 2024
Welcome to the ‘new Brexit’ wars
Pressure to leave the European Convention on Human Rights won’t stop even if Robert Jenrick loses the Tory leadership election
Read the full article24 October 2024
The tough task facing Westminster’s new pro-EU group
They’ll talk about getting Britain closer to Europe, but will Keir Starmer listen?
Read the full article24 October 2024
The BBC have given Michael Gove a podcast. Why?
The shameless survivor who brought you Brexit doesn’t deserve another platform
Read the full article23 October 2024
Labour’s impossible budget
Whatever Rachel Reeves announces will make her deeply unpopular. But that won’t necessarily mean she’s wrong
Read the full article17 October 2024
How Brexit damaged the City: the truth at last
The loss of jobs has been a disaster and blown a £1bn hole in Britain’s tax revenues
Read the full article14 October 2024
Keir Starmer’s red tape delusion
The Labour prime minister has said the way to kickstart the British economy is to cut red tape. What the hell is he thinking?
Read the full article10 October 2024
This pre-Budget report is a shocker for Rachel Reeves and Britain
The IFS delivers a gloomy verdict that will put pressure on the chancellor for tax rises and spending cuts
Read the full article10 October 2024
The smoking gun in Boris Johnson’s book
His attempts to pin the Brexit blame on David Cameron say everything about this egotistical inadequate
Read the full article08 October 2024
Brexit on the rocks
Leaving the EU has caused huge tensions on Gibraltar. Now the creators of the mess are campaigning against its solution
Read the full article05 October 2024
Sectors wrecked, workers exploited… the Brexit bonuses keep on coming
A new report lays bare the negative effects of leaving the EU on three key sectors
Read the full article02 October 2024
Starmer’s summit for nothing
The PM could have been like Nixon in China, but his Brexit caution appears to have ruled that out
Read the full article25 September 2024
The Tories’ dodgy migrant maths
Claims of ‘proof’ that foreign workers cost Britain more than they put in are nebulous in the extreme
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