Chris Wrigley

UK inflation is 3.4%. Eurozone inflation is 2.0%

The Bank of England interest rate is 4.25%. The ECB rate is 2.0%

Brexit is costing the government around £50bn a year.

We are paying a massive cost for not being in the EU and the Eurozone, in higher inflation, interest rates, and taxes.

Only 29% would back Brexit now — poll suggests tables have turned We asked Britain about Europe, China and their least favourite world leaders, but one answer stands out Caroline Wheeler, Political Editor Saturday August 02 2025, 11.40pm, The Sunday Times

The tables have turned, according to the poll by the think tank More in Common, which found that this figure, 52 per cent, was now the percentage that would vote to remain. Bregret? Q) If the 2016 Brexit referendum were held today, how would you vote? Remain 52% Leave 29% Would not vote 11% Don't know 8% 22 July - 24 July 2025 2,113 GB adults (excludes Northern Ireland) Chart: The Times and The Sunday Times • Source: More in Common

I wonder what it could be about the cost, queues, red tape, loss of investment, loss of opportunity, isolation, dishonesty, failure and downright tedium of the Brexit moronathon that has led to people not rating it any more…

Screenshot of the "Bregret" bar chart from the quoted article

Screenshot from the quoted article of the bar chart for "Should there be a referendum on rejoining the EU in the next 5 years?"

52% would vote remain
29% would vote leave

49% want a second referendum

Can someone tell Starmer

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“What’s that shiny thing?” ask bemused England men’s team The England men’s football team have been left completely baffled today, after witnessing the women’s team lifting up an unknown shiny object for the second time. The Lionesses retained their Europ…

NEWS! “What’s that shiny thing?” ask bemused England men’s team newsthump.com/2025/07/28/w...

These people need a mental health intervention, not a ministerial brief.

Abolishing Ofwat is fine but not enough: teach water bosses that failure has consequences | Gaby Hinsliff A harder rain needs to fall on those responsible for the water crisis. Let Thames Water fail – it doesn’t deserve a bailout, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Abolishing Ofwat is fine but not enough: teach water bosses that failure has consequences | Gaby Hinsliff

Water companies have ‘cheated us out of £84 billion’ – Feargal Sharkey We spoke to water campaigner and Undertones frontman, Feargal Sharkey.

Water companies have ‘cheated us out of £84 billion’ – Feargal Sharkey

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Angela Rayner tells Labour to ‘step up’ and make case for being in power Exclusive: Deputy PM defends action against party rebels and says Send system for children is priority, in Guardian interview * From NHS to Send: the key areas Labour wants to improve before next election Angela Rayner has urged Labour colleagues to “step up” and make the case for why the party should be in power as the government attempts to draw a line under a tumultuous first year in office and shift towards a more upbeat approach. The deputy prime minister urged Labour MPs to focus on the party’s achievements over the last 12 months rather than always thinking about failures, adding they should all be “message carriers” for what had been done well. Continue reading...

Angela Rayner tells Labour to ‘step up’ and make case for being in power

High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

High water bills, filthy rivers, now drought. England’s water crisis created by privatisation.

1989 - 2023: No shareholder investment.
Investment funded by customers.
19% of water lost to leaks.
£82.4bn cash extracted.
Water bills up 360%.

Govt opposes public ownership. Looting continues.

1. Starmer was warned and warned that his benefits cuts were not just cruel and unfair, but a political disaster. He dismissed the warnings, even this week, as no more than "noises off". Now, as the disaster materialises, he's desperately backtracking.
Here's an idea: how about listening? 🧵

Starmer to make 'serious concessions' after meeting Labour rebels.

Starmer: "I get it"

Well then, show us you get it by acting more like a socialist, and stop attacking the most vulnerable members of society.

The RW media is all over this scandalous behaviour by Angela Rayner!

Oh wait, it's Farage, they don't give a fuck

@imogenwalker.bsky.social

Mr McSweeney and @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social: If you are still capable of feeling shame, now would be the time ↓.

Screenshot of Guardian headline: Starmer to toughen migration rules in challenge to Reform (Please go to Guardian for the story)

When govts stop panicking and announcing policy to “challenge” Nigel effing Farage, we may stand a chance of fixing the mess that Nigel effing Farage helped to make. Until then, we will stay stuck in this populist dead end, loudly blowing our dog whistle at the world and wondering why nothing works.

Labour must avoid ‘naive’ lurch to right after Reform success, Haigh warns Exclusive: former transport minister criticises party’s direction and calls on Starmer to focus on issues like taxation and welfare reform

Labour must avoid ‘naive’ lurch to right after Reform success, Haigh warns

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

After the local elections this is the current state of play of Councillors in the UK. Don't be fooled by our Farage supporting right wing media. Reform are 1 in the pie chart.

“Starmer needs to start governing. Labour need to stop triangulating and start running the country. They are wasting the term they were given, worrying about a second one. They can do a lot of good, if they stop being terrified of losing power in 2029 and start using the power they have in 2025.”

Hey British media,
It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning.
Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10

weapons-grade morons

(... which is more than Reform, by the way)

A striking feature of the English local election results:

On the right:
Conservatives lose 676 seats,
Reform UK gain 677 (almost same number)

On the left&centre:
Labour lose 186 seats,
LD+Greens gain 208 (similar number)

UK media coverage of Reform winning a non zero amount of seats is predictable.

Labour needs several million buckets of ice-cold water poured over their head and the nation's church bells ringing in unison as a very loud wake-up call. Hopefully, this is it.

People voted for hope and change and vision not Reform lite and the same old Tory shite.

Daily Express front page today. ANGER OVER THE CREEPING BETRAYAL OF BREXIT FREEDOMS.

“The Chancellor sparked anger when she revealed that govt wants to enable young people from Europe and UK to work and travel overseas”

FFS.
What ‘Brexit freedom’ exactly is being betrayed here?
The freedom to NOT be free to work and travel overseas?

One of the stupidest front pages I’ve ever seen.

A free tip for Keir Starmer

If you want to do better in the polls, stop obsessing with reform and simply do better.

Leave the disabled alone
Tax the rich
Nationalise infrastructure
Pay workers properly

It's quite simple!

Another in her Stone and Oliver series.

Just watched the Home Counties private schoolboy Nigel Farage telling northern voters how he understands steelworkers because he used to work in the “metals business” himself. He was, ahem, a commodities trader at the London Metal Exchange in the City.

Post from Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar Rishi Sunak's resignation honours: PEERAGES: Former cabinet ministers: Michael Gove Mark Harper Victoria Prentis Alister Jack Simon Hart Stephen Massey (ex Tory chief executive) Eleanor Shawcross (ex head of No 10 policy unit KNIGHT & DAMEHOODS: Jeremy Hunt James Cleverly Andrew Mitchell Mel Stride Grant Shapps Theresa Villiers

Ah lovely. Another bag of rubbish gets tipped into the House of Lords. The place must absolutely reek of stale Tory failure, corruption and abuse of power.
Honours handed out like sweeties to some of the most undeserving, underachieving, overpromoted clowns and liars to have ever held public office.

For that you need to have some chops.
We presently have a leader, in this particular instance, paralysed with a fear of upsetting the playground bully.