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“His advisors have taken to calling this “British Gaullism”” Ed Milibros, stand ready. Patriots are in control

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Rachel Reeves says that Brexit did 'deep damage' to the UK's economy, equivalent to an 8 per cent hit to GDP She says it has led to higher costs for businesses, higher prices in shops and shrinking markets for exporters 'Brexit did deep damage. Recent independent studies indicate its GDP impact could be as much as 8 per cent. It has meant higher costs for businesses, and therefore higher costs in our shops. It has meant shrinking markets for UK exporters and our strategic industries exposed as protectionist barriers rise worldwide. 'Deals with India, the US and other allies are extremely welcome and beneficial but no trade deal with any individual nation can outweigh the importance of our relationship with a bloc with which we share a land border, with which our supply chains are closely intertwined and that accounts for almost half our trade. There is also a strategic imperative for deeper integration between the UK and the EU. Where it is in our national interest to align with further EU regulation we should be prepared to do so'

So if Reeves’s claim that Brexit cost us 8% of GDP is correct it would mean we’d have grown four times more than Japan/Germany and almost twice France/Italy. Up there with Canada/US. If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you. In reality, even with Brexit, we were fastest growing European economy in G7. Just a tad more than France (with no Frexit).

Not dealing with my emotions has also stolen my ability to read (no concentration) or sleep for any length of time, so I have taken to watching ENDLESS British crime dramas. The mandatory opening scene is a chaotic family breakfast, featuring at least one person staring furtively at their scrambled eggs for Reasons Unknown. The cast needs to include Martin Clunes, or James Hannah (or both) and Nicola Walker, and a nice woman who used to be in Casualty, but you can’t remember her name, so you have to pause and look it up. The body is always found by a dog walker. Someone also has to vomit at this point (either the dog walker or a policeman fresh out of policeman school, either will do). The cast needs to include an eccentric pathologist, an enthusiastic but naïve junior detective, and a desk sergeant who knows more than he’s letting on. The main detective must have sketchy coping strategies and constantly argue with their boss, but rather than getting them sacked, this attitude somehow makes them better at solving crimes. There is a lot of car door slamming, and people are in such a rush to catch murderers, they never say goodbye to each other on the telephone. It’s also almost always set at the sea side, because you can conveniently throw things into the sea, like mobile telephones and murder weapons. The sea also provides ample opportunity for yet more furtive staring. At some point, the detective will need to consult a retired policeman who, quite fortuitously, remembers every single detail from a case he never solved in 1973. People stare out of windows and draw arrows on whiteboards. Then, just when everything seems hopeless, the eccentric pathologist rings at some ungodly hour of the morning with a break through, we discover the murderer didn’t clean their car boot out properly, and something the detective hasn’t been able to ‘quite put their finger on’ since episode two suddenly makes sense and they finally decide share it with the rest of us. The closing episode usually involves a tense car chase, lots of confrontation and shouting (usually in a multi-story car park or a disused warehouse), but finally we can all rest easy because the murderer is caught (and it’s never, ever the furtive starer). Please God let my reading mojo come back soon or I will lose my ACTUAL MARBLES. *watches another one*

Movement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in February-March of this year in Zaporizhia.

this is literally how every single one of these freaks should be treated when they try to rehabilitate and rebrand themselves on the comedy current affairs circuit

Noting the Conservative Party’s defence policy announcement. If the British Army were to be increased in size to 80,000 regular soldiers, this would allow it to generate 6 combat brigades that would be deployable without relying on the Army Reserve. It would enable gaps in artillery, engineer, and logistical support units to be filled. Meanwhile, 40,000 reservists would allow a second echelon force (a third division) to be generated, but also every infantry and RAC cap badge would be able to generate a reserve battalion/ regiment. Not perfect, but definitely a step in the right direction.

David Miliband’s excoriating critique: 💥After Gorton & Denton, Lab needs leadership 💥The Govt must explain its “cause” 💥Jettisoning 5 missions a mistake  💥Manifesto commitments outdated 💥Reset with EU “emblematic of problem” 💥Britain needs a “bargain” with international capital to grow

No 10 says Keir Starmer’s commitment to upholding international law is ‘iron clad’