Jonty Bloom
14 February 2024
Goldman Sachs says Brexit is costing us 5% of GDP. How long can this disaster go on?
While Kemi Badenoch celebrates meaningless memorandums, the damage of leaving the EU is becoming clearer
Read the full article14 February 2024
‘Pompous prick’ Rees-Mogg wanders into the farmers’ fields of ire
Agriculture is in a crisis created by Brexit, and farmers are furious.. as Jacob Rees-Mogg found out
Read the full article10 February 2024
How the Tories have squeezed law and order
Chronic underfunding has crushed both the courts and the police
Read the full article09 February 2024
Why the housing industry is voting for Labour
The Tory party has been captured by the Nimbys
Read the full article07 February 2024
Brexit: a ‘total disaster’ of our own making
Brexit has caused a crisis for British manufacturers who export into Europe – and things could be about to get even worse...
Read the full article01 February 2024
The Brexit fog begins to clear for Andrea Leadsom – eight years too late
One Europhobe is finally waking up to the costs of leaving the EU
Read the full article31 January 2024
The data that shows how areas that voted Leave have been worst hit by Brexit
An ONS study exposes the myth of levelling up and shows London soaring away from the rest of the country
Read the full article31 January 2024
The bitter taste of Brexit: New red tape will mean higher food prices
Just as food inflation finally slows, new border checks will make EU produce more expensive in our shops
Read the full article28 January 2024
How to fix Britain’s gathering EU border crisis
According to Rishi Sunak, it’s really very simple
Read the full article27 January 2024
The madness of Tory Tax cuts
Everyone knows we can’t afford it. It looks as if Jeremy Hunt is going to do it anyway
Read the full article24 January 2024
Happy fourth birthday Brexit!
Have Boris Johnson’s hopes and promises come true in the four years since we left the EU?
Read the full article21 January 2024
Grant Shapps is wrong again – the Tories no longer have a claim to being “the patriotic party”
This government has run down the armed forces like no other
Read the full article20 January 2024
Inflation is up again – and the Tories still want you to think that’s a success
The government is failing at everything apart from record levels of gaslighting
Read the full article17 January 2024
Brexit has destroyed any chance of levelling up
A new report shows red wall areas suffering more from Brexit than London does – and it will get worse
Read the full article14 January 2024
London’s stock exchange – not floating, but sinking
Companies don’t want to list in Britain any more. It’s obvious why
Read the full article11 January 2024
More scandals will follow the Post Office – it’s the logical consequence of how the Tories rule
They have built a system that rewards mendacity, corruption and greed
Read the full article10 January 2024
Sunak dreams of tax cuts while Britain collapses around him. He just doesn’t get it
The PM’s new plan is benefit cuts for people who use food banks to fund tax cuts for people who own banks
Read the full article09 January 2024
The sordid attack on the Bank of England
The right has got it in for the bank – if they get their way, the results could be disastrous
Read the full article05 January 2024
Great news: house prices will fall in 2024
Constantly rising prices are a sign of economic and political failure
Read the full article03 January 2024
The government’s start to 2024 shows how desperate it is
From pints of champagne to a war on foreign students, it’s more dismal stuff
Read the full article03 January 2024
Suez, 2024 style – the latest Brexit benefit
Rwanda and Brexit leave Britain facing a humiliation not seen since 1956 – with empty shelves and economic angst at home
Read the full article31 December 2023
The Euro is 25. It isn’t perfect, but it has prospered
Germany has dominated too much and Greece should never have been allowed to join
Read the full article24 December 2023
Brexit means an unhappy new year for Britain’s food industry
More red tape will make life more difficult for producers - and more expensive for us
Read the full article22 December 2023
Councils will pay the price for Tory tax cuts
Local authorities can expect increasingly large cuts in the years to come as the Conservatives seek to fund their tax agenda
Read the full article20 December 2023
The year in Brexit
Despite endless promises of post-EU jam tomorrow, Rishi Sunak’s government has been forced to eat humble pie over the last 12 months
Read the full article16 December 2023
David Cameron’s U-turn on Brexit is truly embarrassing
The foreign secretary is deluded if he really believes that leaving the EU is “functioning well”
Read the full article13 December 2023
Pandering to the far right on immigration will bring economic disaster
The government’s migration plans are a cruel mess that will harm British business – and they know it
Read the full article12 December 2023
The economy is heading towards a crisis at Christmas
High wage growth means tough choices ahead for the Bank of England
Read the full article06 December 2023
The Guardian’s in-house Brexit apologist
Why does the newspaper continue to publish Larry Elliot’s Corbynite nonsense on the EU?
Read the full article05 December 2023
Spiteful Sunak has ensured there is no money left – but here’s how Starmer could grow the economy
From planning laws to better skills to a proper industrial strategy, all is not quite lost for Britain
Read the full article02 December 2023
David Cameron is a failure – but even he is showing up Rishi Sunak
The ex-PM is close to a deal with Spain on Gibraltar, while the current one sulks over Greece
Read the full article29 November 2023
Rishi Sunak’s big business bash was just smoke and mirrors
Another gambit by the prime minister has ended with big boasts and little substance
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