Ken Lyon

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@AndrewWilliaaf @DavidGHFrost You are deluded if you believe that. From watching the Majesterium in Brussels for over 40 years - some of them up close in the Commission. The only country that has ever counted was, and is, France. Germany had a say ‘cause they had the money. We were irrelevant, bar Cockfield.

@DavidGHFrost We don’t have a say in them because we left the EU. Before that we were very influential in determining EU laws and regulations.

The problem is, Starmer's reset isn't about this country and the EU "working together". It's about subordinating this country to one EU law after another with no say in them., and paying for the privilege.

It is hard to believe that Labour is even considering paying £1bn a year to the EU. Has everyone forgotten that we buy more from them than they do from us, and have done ever since we joined the Common Market? If anything, they should be paying us! (Actually they shouldn’t. Free trade should be just that, free)And our exports to them post Covid are broadly on trend for pre-Brexit levels. The restraints on growth are down to appalling tax and regulatory policies, as well as some global headwinds. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

In 1967 the French President of the time, Charles de Gaulle, blocked the UK application to join the EEC (the infant version of the now EU) for the second time. He wrote in 1963 about the reasons for his objections - and these reasons stand true today. Membership was never good.

What a letter

London accelerating as an AI hub outside of EU regulations and restrictions. more investment and jobs inbound. Ex-DeepMind David Silver raises $1.1 billion for AI startup Ineffable cnbc.com/2026/04/27/dee…

EU enters full Owellian mode, where words start to mean the opposite of what they once did.. …placing the word “DEMOCRACY” on the side of the EU HQ in Brussels—an institution now with arguably more power than any other in Europe, and one where not a single person is elected.

The UK being outside the EU has enabled us to entice a lot of AI companies here. They are restricted by EU regulation concerning how AI is used from doing research there. Don’t take my word for this, it’s quite explicit if you look.

@CS6543 @julianHjessop That’s the point. Labour would like to reverse these before we sign more.The biggest problem with reentry into the EU orbit is the UK government (all parties) efforts to build on the huge AI talent and innovation pools we have, will stop to align with the restrictive EU policy.

@julianHjessop How can they consider this now we've begun to sign up to so many other trade deals around the world?

Not good... 🙄 This would extend "rule taking" to all goods producers, whether they sell to the EU or not, plus the UK would have to pay even more into the EU Budget. The UK government should not even be *considering* this.

Really one’s heart bleeds at British leaders who have no clue what to do other than ask the EU to run the country. Erasmus+ is expensive and useless compared to Turing, but it has an EU sticker on it and so they fall for it. Just resign.

@KateEMcCann Happy Birthday to the best voice on any radio station… Fortunately for us it’s controlled by one of the sharpest and well informed minds as well… Hope you have some fun after the show!

“UK airlines toast Brexit dividend to beat Iran war fuel shortages “While EU airports may have only three weeks of jet fuel reserves, Brussels rules on ‘tankering’ do not apply to the UK, handing carriers crucial flexibility” thetimes.com/article/08cddc…

UK in the CPTPP Mexico has confirmed that it will pass the necessary legislation later this month, to bring the UKs CPTPP accession into effect as regards trade terms in Mexico. Giving the UK better trading terms with Mexico than the EU currently have. Thanks to Brexit. politico.eu/article/mexico…

My @thetimes column: 10 years ago, I voted Remain. But today, I’d vote for Brexit

What the Greens, most MPs and the FT don’t understand about the North Sea oil and gas open.substack.com/pub/catherinem…

This technology is very powerful and underpins many of the more useful and interesting systems people use today. As Generative AI permeates every aspect of the digital realm, identification, verification and relationship context require things like the DKG for trust.

The problem with casting a closer relationship with Europe as the solution to the world's current economic malaise is that it kind of misses the point. The key problem at present is a shortage of ENERGY. Europe has an energy deficit. Up until 2022 it filled that gap with gas from Russia. Now it fills that gap with gas (and oil) from the US and Middle East. It swapped one dependency for another. We can debate whether that dependency is inevitable, the extent to which it's a function of geology and/or political decisions taken years ago. Regardless, right now Europe is highly exposed to the problems in the Gulf. And without US energy imports it is in BIG trouble. A closer relationship between the UK and the EU does not solve this conundrum.

@PaulMcKenna1976 @CWUnews I’m afraid I do… spent 50+ years in the logistics and supply chain game. Part of that as a senior exec at the largest union dominated player on the planet. Our local postie is great, like most of them, but the union reps.. 🤣🤣🤣

@jadutwit @CWUnews Wow you have no fuc*king idea what your talking about !! Try a day at Royal Mail or Parcelforce and see how you get on...you know absolutely sh*t all pal !!!!

Royal Mail and the CWU have made perfectly good agreements to ringfence quality service and dignified work. If bosses can't honour this, public ownership is the only option left.