Jonathan Legg

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.

It’s Russian.

Lib Dems to force vote on creating new customs union with EU Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises

Lib Dems to force vote on creating new customs union with EU

Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.

Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

Windpower sets new record for baseload - Energy Live News Wind supplied 43% of all power last week setting a new record of 22.7 GW

Britain has set a new wind generation record.

"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"

"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"

Europe's electricity system is changing rapidly and often in places that don't make the headlines.

Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.

Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.

Look forward to visiting it when passing through week after next.

The Penguin Books vending machine at Exeter train station

I do like the Penguin Books vending machine at Exeter train station but I won't be truly happy until there's another one next to it solely selling rare freakbeat 45s made between 1965 and 1967.

Forgive me if I'm wrong, I can't think of a single politician who campaigned hard for Brexit who has since come out and said that they think it was a mistake. Surely, in their heart of hearts, literally one or two of them must know that. So is it that they can't admit it to themselves or just to us?

Darren Jones.

Calum Miller commented:“Putin must be punished, not rewarded, for his barbaric assault on the brave people of Ukraine. This Bill would see billions in frozen Russian assets seized and used to support the defence of President Zelensky’s proud nation. I urge MPs from all parties to back this bill.”

There are estimated to be £30billion of Russian state assets frozen in the UK, with an estimated $300 billion globally. The Ukrainian defence minister has estimated that Ukraine needs $120 billion to resist Russia next year and requires $60 billion of assistance to fund this.

Calum Miller in Parliament. Credit, House of Commons.

Calum Miller, MP for Bicester and Woodstock and Lib Dem Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, has presented a Bill to Parliament to enable the seizure of frozen Russian assets and direct the proceeds to Ukraine’s defence, reconstruction and humanitarian relief.
whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal532...

It’s apologising season. The audience for BBC output in the US is just over 40 million, not 77 million as I said. That’s the figure for the Americas as a whole. But the BBC is indeed the second most trusted news source in the US.

Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.

Man, video games went wrong

The truth about impartiality at the BBC And the hysteria of the current "crisis"

Worth reading this if you haven't seen it yet - open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.

He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.

The Economic Impact of Brexit Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

During the Great Recession (2008-09) UK GDP fell by 6%. Thankfully, it mostly recovered after 5 years.

Since Brexit referendum (2016) UK GDP has fallen between 6% and 8%. Unclear whether and when it will fully recover.

www.nber.org/papers/w3445...

Chart showing total Income Tax and National Insurance as a share of labour cost: UK excluding Scotland

Taxes on the typical salary are now 55% higher than on self-employment income.

The effective tax rate for a self-employed worker equivalent to the median employee in 2025-26 was the second lowest in 50 years, behind only 2024-25.

buff.ly/4ppe7Q8

They indicated early on, or before the GE they didn't like the principle of what the Tories were doing: Putting Tories in charge of all national institutions. They indicated that was a change in the way government was working, and the best way to stop that in the future was not to engage in it

Looks a similar margin proportionately, so good.

Voting results from the AGM Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.

National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign.

35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee

12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate

Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

"Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the West"

Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...

Anger as £38m is spent on plane imports from Russia | The Observer

Exclusive: Officials are urgently trying to establish whether a £36m purchase of Russian aircraft breached the UK's sanctions regime

The government only discovered it had happened after being alerted by @theobserveruk.bsky.social

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

In the past 20 yrs, China extended >$800 billion in loans to emerging market and developing country economies to finance infrastructure, energy etc. China’s loan portfolio surpassed those of the World Bank, the IMF, and all 22 Paris Club creditor governments combined.

Helen standing on scaffolding in a hard hat and fluorescent jacket

Exciting times at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, home of the Meridian Line! It's 350 years old & needs a bit of a refurb, caring for the wonderful buildings & making them more accessible, easier to navigate & even more exciting. 2 yr project starts now! More here:
www.rmg.co.uk/royal-observ...

The hatred the youth parliament gets is just so out of proportion. Can these people hear themselves. It’s creepy.

I feel like I could live with the brass neck - it is the seemingly successful way that he and others have brainwashed themselves into thinking “our crumbling justice system” has an explanation beyond “we didn’t spend enough money on it” that I can’t stand.

Yes. Depressing.