David Stansell

He first threatened sanctions on Jan 19 if Russia didn’t cease fire. He has threatened to impose them many times since then. It is now Oct 17. He has done nothing.

Maybe consider joining us @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social 😜? From memory we saw you in a nearby caff last year, and of course didn’t want to bother you, so didn’t say anything. But do feel free to approach our reps in the local party if you see us around and want a chat any time 👍

That took a while

Your account image alone appears to me to be eerily reminiscent of a bot hosted at 55 Savushkina. And the posts? You might might say that, but I could not possibly comment

Shouldn’t this escalate

We were doing very well before leaving. Our automative sector was booming, for example. My view is people naughtily conflated immigration with membership while denying it, and had a suspicion of big institutions fed by a total absence of knowledge of the EU. I met a senior MP who knew nothing. Scary

London Capital markets had been excellent at attracting financing. Until a certain event

I doubt whether it’s just that, but I agree that is likely to be part of it. As an exporter I would be trying to rework my level of dependency on the US market. Very rapidly indeed. Margins are tight and these wild swings could lead to bankruptcy for some, even if the importers are in the US.

IMO it’s an essential condition of their success, maybe not the only one, but one without which they could not have succeeded. Poland has been very successful in exporting to the EU single market and its long term strategy has been to do exactly that. The results are clear

Hasn’t ARM floated? Maybe on MASDAQ? But I think it’s still here, isn’t it? I happen to believe in a modest degree of intervention regarding national champions. We seem too keen to sell them off to the highest bidder for frequently expeditious reasons. The EU is quite supportive of such policies.

Not the EUs fault I think you’ll find. Demis and team still based here

And your argument in the end implies we need more integration, not less

It’s a mature economy. China has caught up at least partly because it was behind. We have some great tech. The Swedes, the Berliners, us (DeepMind) etc

The environment is what sustains us because we are part of it. No environment, no humans. Do I agree with everything the EU does? No, but it’s better than the alternative which we have now, where we have no influence but have to meet many if not most of the rules, plus substantial trade friction.

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

Brutal but true

Neither you nor I know the alternative for France & Italy (it’s harder to assess), but the Single Market is a powerful economic engine. And losing unfettered access has devasted many of our industries, particularly those dominated by small businesses.

Oh it very much did for us. In the years before membership growth was lower in almost every year vs the average of France Germany and Italy. Since membership in almost every year growth was greater than the same average. And since we left our economy is 4 percent smaller. Every year. £100bn

Correct. And they have done this via membership of the EU. Without that it would have been impossible. That was not the only essential condition, of course. Good to see people at the Times drawing evidentially-driven conclusions. Well done on that

Blimey that was a while ago!

Indeed. Interesting times

Indeed. It is a thread very much worth pulling by investigative journalists, I suspect. Some of the counter claims and explanations are clearly laughable, making the case for a good dig even stronger. But of course the right wing media won’t go there, will it

IMO it very much does and I am a committed European

Brill shot!

Commenced with Johnson, Brexit and the expulsion of Tory centrists.

Precisely

That’s is more than a little pathetic

We all know how this plays out. In no way is this diminishing the attack against the synagogue in Manchester. That was a horrific attack and anyone defending it, using whataboutery etc is utterly repugnant. It cannot be used to add to an atmosphere which leads to more attacks against others though.

Pity. We have gone backwards on this - based on a purely conceptual hypothesis which isn’t supported by the data. Not even supported by the science, in spite of many claims to the contrary.

When I received media training I was told not to repeat an assertion I disagreed with to buy thinking time. He is a clearer communicator, yes. Pity that Starmer gets tied up in management jargon so frequently. And I’m a management consultant!