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Jeremy Warner Time to admit the truth: Brexit has been an unmitigated economic failure Leaving the EU has reduced Britain’s GDP by up to 8pc, according to a devastating US study 3576 Gift this article free Brexit supporters Some pro-Brexit voters may by now be suffering from buyers’ remorse Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Jeremy Warner Jeremy Warner 29 November 2025 1:00pm GMT

RYAN BOURNE We Brexiteers must acknowledge the costs of leaving Europe Breaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it Ryan Bourne Wednesday November 26 2025, 2.25pm GMT, The Times

Pretty striking to see these two pieces, side-by-side, in the Telegraph and Times last week. ~AA #BrexitDisaster

The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.

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Getting Britain out of the hole A plan for the UK economy

This is a vital essay by @johnspringford.bsky.social & @acjsissons.bsky.social - diagnosing the British malaise and providing a set of clear policy solutions. You will be much better informed for having read it getting-out-of-the-hole.uk

Looking forward to this 👇

Reform would ‘cut benefits for EU nationals and hike NHS immigration surcharge’ Party claims its policies would eliminate ‘black hole’ Rachel Reeves faces in the budget – but Labour says the ‘fantasy numbers don’t add up’

Yesterday another serious report was published detailing how the UK can only improve productivity & growth by a far more ambitious EU trade deal & encouraging migration.
Today Farage announces his intention to break UK commitment to EU citizens & start a trade war
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Labour’s Brexit stance is as untenable as their tax pledge In my last post about the prospect of Labour breaking its tax pledge, I did something I don’t often do, which is indulge in some ‘I told y...

Labour’s stance on Europe is as untenable as their tax pledge. In order to achieve the growth this country desperately needs, Labour must now advocate & work towards rejoining the SM & CU.
Excellent piece by @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social

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👉Calling all ant-Brexit/pro-EU, please follow Oxford for Europe @oxford4europe.bsky.social‬⭐

This is a clever letter from the Lib Dems, challenging other party leaders to say whether they support the BBC or Trump. For the Tories in particular there is a real risk their inherent anti BBC-ness makes them look like they endorse Trump’s fairly deranged comments about the BBC.

This feeling is called hope Three electoral lessons from a week of progressive victories.

Joy and hope. Progressives can win so long as we don’t batter ourselves to bits over small differences.
A much needed slice of optimism from @iandunt.bsky.social

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I was there on Saturday!

not often a political campaign makes me feel anything

@zackpolanski.bsky.social really is a breathe of fresh air and actually gives me hope after the past few years and the rise of right

We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?

The express poll asking whether reforms migrangt visa plan is racist is about 91% "no" so it REALLY needs your help - this is a direct link to poll

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Shame you’re not coming to Oxford 🙁

Been a while since I had this much fun in the studio. Apart from during Mystery Hour, of course. Not sure they made this cut but there at least two occasions when I nearly lost it completely.

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Now 👇

Map of England and Wales with red crosses showing places where shit is being dumped into our waters.

Let’s not forget the over paid Water Companies and their shareholders are still busy dumping shit into our water.
Today’s map from Surfers Against Sewage.

Urged by who? Nigel Farage? The dickhead who created the problem in the first place with his Brexit shitshow, despite being told that this is exactly what would happen?
Fuck right off.

Brexit has been a resounding disaster. Starmer must find the courage to change course | Ed Davey Poll after poll shows most voters think leaving the EU has been a failure. Closer ties with Europe would bring huge rewards, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey

The Guardian: Brexit has been a resounding disaster. Starmer must find the courage to change course | Ed Davey
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Predictions of £40bn hit to public finances from Brexit ‘correct’ Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast of a 4 per cent productivity loss from leaving the EU has been largely borne out, says top economist

Happy “Make yourselves poorer and more isolated” day…

£40Bn ongoing hit to economy and 10% inward investment drop confirmed…
But hey ho…
Who needs economic strength or strategic clout when you have super-special-sovereignty?

9 years on. And stupider every year.
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Utterly ludicrous! And I believe I read that one of them is at Nottingham Uni and continuing with his degree course. You couldn’t make it up!

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Pope Sourdough VII

Of course, these trade deals with Australia, NZ, Japan, India and whatever it is with the US… are not ‘Brexit benefits’. They’re ‘Brexit damage limitation’ or ‘Brexit desperation’.
Tiny percentage points of growth battling the enormous cost of huffing out of our huge and prosperous local EU market.

Keep on rocking in the free world. ✌️

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I’ve been accused of being a conspiracy theorist because I insist that the BBC had everything to do with the rise of Farage & his Reform party.
This chart just focussing on BBC Question Time (2010-2020) shows there was bias towards the platforming of anti-EU MEPS especially Farage.
I rest my case.

It was a short but eventful life. RIP.