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@rcolvile See France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy... And pretty for the same reasons.

Looking at the by-elections, it feels like British politics is in a bit of a Game of Thrones-style stalemate - each of the many parties is too weak to win, but strong enough to stop its rivals from winning...

@melb4886 @rcolvile So you only saw a "bit" but somehow know what went on? I mean, moron?

@rcolvile You could well be right. But interesting that Makerfield result was despite the usual sniping & smearing from MSM (which I only saw a bit of as I dont watch British TV much or read UK newspapers)

@Capybarapond @rcolvile @CPSThinkTank @Telegraph Why? EU membership was always peripheral, which is why it is impossible to see the effects on any economic data over time.

@rcolvile @CPSThinkTank @Telegraph But no doubt,had the UK economy performed well - it'd be all down to Brexit🙄

Blame Britain’s growth rates on Westminster, not Brexit - Gerard Lyons previews his latest research for @CPSThinkTank in the @telegraph telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…

@MFishwreck @rcolvile @CPSThinkTank @Telegraph Ah yes, the models. That literally cannot work because you cannot model complex, non-linear, coupled systems. So anyone believing a model is, as they say, stupid.

@rcolvile @CPSThinkTank @Telegraph Lyon’s is another Brexit goon, totally discredited, wheeled out by Tories to justify their opportunism in 2016. You can continue to be flat earth morons, or engage with the globally accepted, intensely intricate, modelling performed by independent economists across the world.

@simonmedhurst @rcolvile @CPSThinkTank @Telegraph Remainers are so dim. Exports are a cost, genius. They are domestic inputs consumed by foreigners. They do not & cannot make us wealthier. We export solely so we can import, & the less we have to export to obtain imports, the better. It's called Economics.

@rcolvile @CPSThinkTank @Telegraph Can you explain how making trade more difficult with our nearest and largest market (without anything like a commensurate easing of trade elsewhere) could ever be anything other than negative for the UK economy?

Javier Cercas, outstanding Spanish novelist and writer, and self-described socialist voter, summarizes well the situation in Spain in El Pais: it is hard to explain "that a president should remain in office when his wife, his brother, his latest right-hand person, his previous right-hand person, the right-hand person of his previous right-hand person, and a group from his own party have all been charged by the courts, and whose Organization Secretary, according to the judge, devised a ‘criminal structure’ to discredit adversaries” elpais.com/eps/2026-06-20…

@PaulSte67312330 @cjsnowdon Exactly. What's the problem here?

@cjsnowdon There is a seat in front of that suitcase 🤣🤣🤣

Wheelie suitcase scum. Many such cases.

@cjsnowdon A PM with all the failings of the one he will replace. Like Starmer he has literally no idea of how the economy actually grows nor how businesses provide goods & services.

It’s Cleggmania and will last about as long.

@CarpeZytha @cjsnowdon What's funny is that Manchester's buses have performed worse than most other cities that spent far less.

@cjsnowdon £2 buses and chips and gravy are a powerful elixir

@magathsanto @s8mb So it's "based" to believe in flat-Earth Economics that have failed every time? I mean, are you just retarded? Seriously?

@s8mb Ultra-based. Will be hated by Elon Musk bootlickers

I read this Miatta Fahnbulleh essay from 2019 (apparently she is likely to be a major figure in Burnham’s govt). The main ideas are doing full Net Zero by 2035, requiring a four-day work week and mandating that workers become the “dominant shareholders in every enterprise”. It only mentions economic growth to say that it has stopped benefitting working people and that climate change is more important than it. foreignaffairs.com/articles/unite…

@mattrooney11 @s8mb So when bad things happen to an economy you think it's better to be poorer, not richer. You really aren't too bright.

@s8mb Addressing climate change is more important than your small-minded preference for short-term economic growth. The collapse of the gobal economy caused by 3 degrees will be the biggest event in human history. Your half a million pension pot will be worth a dime.

@aDissentient Weird how much lower range & longer refuelling time is more effecient?

But people need to be forced to use them.

@janrosenow This is false. EVs have substantially lower ranges & take smmore time to charge. That is LESS EFFICIENT. Heat pumps cannot heat water sufficiently to avoid Legionaires. That is LESS EFFICIENT. You look at only 1 aspect. Stop spreading disinformation.

Electrofficiency: electric tech is far more efficient than the fossil tech it replaces. A heat pump, an EV, an induction hob, same job on a fraction of the energy. That’s why electrification taking centre stage at COP matters. Excellent piece 👇 theguardian.com/environment/20…

@joncoopertweets @BryanInteriors Right, because oneof those guys had at least one blow job in the Oval Office. But of course you ignore that. And one had noidea where he was some days. Really classy stuff.

@BryanInteriors Yes, truly. I miss those days.

Imagine Trump ever being invited to join a photo like this — not in a million years. Four presidents. Zero drama. Just smiles, respect, and a shared love of country. 🇺🇸

@joncoopertweets Sadly the president you would have voted for hasno idea who the other people are, but still you would havevoted for him. Pathetic.

@ChristineKayNow @worstall Do show us where this loss has occured?

@worstall Says the man who lives in Portugal to avoid the pain cause by Britain’s loss of GDP from Brexit.

OK. So now the interesting question. If we assume that Brexit cost 6% of GDP is it worth 6% of GDP to be free of the Lanyards from Brussels?

@frombexley @worstall Exports are a cost, moron. They are domestic inputs consumed by foriegners. Increased exports means less domestic production for people in the UK to consume. Remainers are always so ignorant.

@worstall You tell us if these losses were worth it?

@PeterStefanovi2 Right. We are 6% of GDP poorer. £200 billion. Where? Where is this missing £200 billion from UK production? Utterly moronic.

Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@cjsnowdon Extra marks for using "plurality" though.

Fair enough, but what's this got to do with Greenpeace?

@cjsnowdon @jefferytezos I'm pretty sure he thinks you are sincere.

@jefferytezos Interesting. Thanks!