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@andrew_lilico @JustOleMUFC @DavidGHFrost 'Even the more optimistic “shock” scenario - which envisaged a negotiated bilateral agreement with the EU - calculated that as many as 520,000 people would lose their jobs' itv.com/news/2021-06-1…

@technopopulist I don't have an issue with her taking her time to do it properly. The alternative is what you get with Reform and Farage whereby they announce something, which they then u turn on.

@robwat5062 It is. But it should have been announced straight away after Farage only promised a referendum. She didn’t need to commission a paper first.

Kemi just isn’t making big policy decisions at the moment. She isn’t leading from the front or trying to set the agenda. I make an exception for the stamp duty announcement, but beyond that there is very little. This is a leader who needs to move quickly and make serious interventions. She does not have the luxury of time that David Cameron had, with policy groups working away for a year. If this carries on, Badenoch risks letting the party drift into irrelevance.

@afneil He already gave them what they wanted for nothing in return. He is now shocked they have come back for more. Delusional idiot who thought he could sort all the NHS problems out because he is Labour.

All very well. But when it was the Tories having to deal with the hard-left resident doctors’ leaders, Labour pols like Wes Streeting said a deal could be reached if only the Tory government negotiated with them properly. So what’s the excuse for no deal now?

@CharlotDearling @MaxKendix @tnewtondunn A reflection of how shit Labour are

@MaxKendix @tnewtondunn A reflection of the parlous state the Tories left our defence in.

Exc: Plans to put Britain’s critical infrastructure and industries on a war footing have been delayed until at least next year Defence Readiness Bill, initially promised for early this year, will not feature in the government’s plan for legislation until mid-2027 at the earliest

@francessmith The Irony of that post. What exactly have Reform been doing for last two years?

This is so pathetic from Tory fanboys. Tell us why we should vote Conservative rather than trying to undermine Reform. What've you got? come on Andrew, you haven't got anything for the voters have you.

@BWallArthur @scotgoodtogo @MarchForRejoin The ONS. Give it up. Embarrassing yourself

@scotgoodtogo @MarchForRejoin It's hilarious you think that's a reputable source for facts. Bless

🇬🇧🇪🇺 The only 3 people to benefit from Brexit were Johnson - got prime minister Farage - got a cult following Putin - got a weaker UK and Europe. The rest of us got a poorer, more divided country with less rights and freedoms. Plus now we know reform were on the Russian take.

@frombexley @francessmith Ok crank

@francessmith You are a laugh. He is paid to push the Brexit agenda by foreign interests, it is not a secret!

It's a CoNsPiRacY

@PatrickBury @get_involved1 @IoWBobSeely Disappearing up your own backside here.

@get_involved1 @IoWBobSeely That’s exactly why you need estimates. Covid, energy shocks etc. affect all economies — the question is how the UK performed relative to the no-Brexit path. On that, the Office for Budget Responsibility find a ~4% hit. Policy matters too... but Brexit was part of that.

The Iran war has caused a lot of people to clock how thin UK defences actually are. But the uncomfortable truth is: Brexit has made the economy ~4% smaller. That’s ~£100bn/year; £35–45bn/year less tax. And the current Defence budget? ~£60bn. Without Brexit we could have maintained a military fit for purpose, a better NHS… and less potholes! Instead we’re arguing about which to prioritise while having permanently shrunk the economy that pays for it. Brexit was an act of strategic self harm that has left Britain economically and militarily weaker, right as the world gets more volatile …

@FormerylNurgle @alexwickham That is not the same as backing the war is it. I back our allies and want them to succeed. I also think we should be in a position to defend ourselves. I didn't back the war. Get it?

@alexwickham Badenoch "We are in this war whether Keir Starmer likes it or not. It's time to act." "Stop the archer. If all you do is try and catch arrows, you will get hit." "I stand with our allies in the US and Israel as they take on the threat of the Islamic Republic of Iran."

Trump seems to have now fully lost the support of the British right on Iran Nigel Farage says Keir Starmer was “right” not to join the conflict and that he’s sure Trump won’t abandon Hormuz. “I wouldn’t think for a minute that the Americans would walk away from that.” Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says of Trump and Hormuz: “If you break it, you own it. He should not be abandoning a mess that he’s made.” Originally both Farage and Badenoch appeared to back the war

@ClaireCoutinho Fair play that is a solid response 😂.

Your energy spokesperson backed higher taxes on oil and gas that you now reject. You resigned from your party over a burqa ban you now say you support. You reported Rupert Lowe to the police for hurty words and say you care about free speech. In the nine months I had in Government I started a reset on Net Zero, pushed back on costs to consumers and on legislation crushing businesses, legislated to protect North Sea licenses, signed off Rosebank and more gas power plants, started the largest expansion of nuclear power in generations and a true costing of renewables. I’ve worked to change my party’s position further which is why I backed Kemi because I knew she would have the courage of her convictions to do so as well. As ‘head of policy’ you spend most of your time sounding like someone whose head was flushed down a toilet too many times at school - all fragile ego without bothering to learn that education policy is devolved or that Grangemouth is not in Wales. Perhaps get off X and into the detail of your brief.

@gideonrachman Another clown throwing around comments like 'massive economic damage' without providing a shred of accurate analysis to back It up.

Extremely feeble “argument” - ignoring the massive economic and diplomatic damage Brexit has done to Britain. Covid vaccines are your clincher? Because of course they never got those in Europe. They’re all dead now. Such a tragedy.

@ThaDeGen @aj_axford @OperaSocialist Stop making up shit you dolt

@aj_axford @OperaSocialist But Europe made a recovery to pre covid levels, The UK hasn't explain that one?

Starmer needs to commit to join the EU Single Market and Customs Union immediately. It would be overwhelmingly popular and significantly improve the UK economy. #Brexit has failed.

@thatginamiller If the economic case for being in the EU is so obvious why is it that EU fawners can never provide accurate and credible analysis to back it up?

In other words, Starmer/Labour is finally accepting independent expert analysis - domestic and international - that the economic damage from Brexit is large and structural, and their current alignment strategy is incremental and asymmetric, not a fundamental repair job. Up to now, closer EU alignment under Starmer has been a political compromise, softening some of the Brexit economic self‑harm without confronting the underlying choice or its distributional consequences. For my perspective as a economic and transparency critic concerned with fairness and social justice, it has been progress compared with the previous government, but still far short of the transparent, transformative policy the evidence would justify. I hope this new economically and democratically honest approach #KeirStarmer is proposing includes: - Stating clearly that Brexit has made the UK poorer, and that reversing parts of it would improve living standards - Building a phased roadmap towards much deeper integration: veterinary and SPS agreement, youth mobility, mutual recognition for professional services, Critical Medicines Alliance, structured participation in EU energy and climate frameworks, and ultimately a public debate on re‑entering the single market or rejoining. - Embedding redistribution and regional policy alongside alignment: targeted support for sectors and places most damaged by #Brexit, workers’ rights guarantees, and active industrial policy rather than relying on “market plus alignment” to do the work. @PolitlcsUK

@tameraktas @JasonGroves1 Makes zero sense

@JasonGroves1 Makes sense

Starmer drops heavy hint he wants to rejoin the single market in all but name in the wake of the Iran war, saying he’s ‘ambitious’ about closer alignment with Brussels

@AndrewSabisky @RichBLUFC @93vintagejones If two people live in a household worth a million £ then they both cannot be millionaires can they?

@RichBLUFC @93vintagejones A million quid in property wealth is still a million quid. Houses can be sold in whole or in part (equity release).

One in four pensioners is a millionaire.

@93vintagejones Lol. No they are not. You are confusing household wealth with individual wealth. 🤡

@spikedonline By that logic and looking at the polls, every other party is doomed to irrelevance then.

Are the Conservatives doomed to irrelevance? buff.ly/hFtZtYK

@GuidoFawkes Family flights? Wtf does that mean

JENRICK: Reform would scrap Air Passenger Duty for short-haul family flights in its first Budget.

@MarcherReborn Well if reform are going to continue insulting them even after they lent them their votes in the last bi election, what do you expect?

Conservative voters are determined to see Plaid Cymru in power in Wales

@centre_right_ @spikedonline I am not sure that has anything to do with not spending each day self loathing about the previous government.

@robwat5062 @spikedonline Well, whatever is happening at the moment it’s not working. Tories were poking at 26% when Kemi took over. Now around 18%. What would you do?

The Tories are in denial. Kemi Badenoch may have good favourability ratings, but there’s no evidence this will translate into votes. The party needs to be honest about its failings in government if it wants another chance, says Andy Preston buff.ly/hFtZtYK