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Pete Gardner #FBPE #FBPPR

@petegardner.bsky.social

Centrist Dad. Hate Brexit and dog whistle politics.

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PM issues Budget warning - Brexit and austerity impact 'worse than feared' The Prime Minister told a behind-closed-doors meeting of Labour MPs the long-term impact of Tory austerity and a botched Brexit deal 'is worse than even we feared'

You blame Brexit, which is true, and exactly what economists and experts have been saying for a decade.

Perhaps if you started the process of reversing what polls say 87% of the country acknowledges was a mistake, it might help?

You know, just a thought.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

04.11.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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British SMEs locked out of trade deal benefits as red tape bites Small businesses exports are falling as distress surges across SME sector ahead of Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget.

"We lost our markets due to Brexit".
www.cityam.com/british-smes...

04.11.2025 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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UK 'divorce bill' soars, as post-Brexit payments to EU rise above Β£50 billion There's a reason no other country in the EU decided to do their own version of Brexit. Just look at the state of it...

"The sheer scale & cost of Brexit has been disastrous for the national economy".
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...

04.11.2025 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

#brexit means impoverishment, isolation, and insignificance.

#RejoinEU

04.11.2025 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s clear to anyone paying attention that Farage gets an easy ride from the media. They give him as much airtime as he wants but never hold him to account for the damage he’s done.

So much of what’s broken in Britain is thanks to Nigel Farage.

03.11.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1110    πŸ” 366    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 16
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Dominic Grieve’s superb response to Farage’s β€˜let’s leave the ECHR’ stunt in parliament, is spot on.

01.11.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

I'll make cheap of it. Fuck Brexit.
It fucks us every day. Walls built. Trade lost. End of.

#bbcaq

01.11.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s Β£20bn productivity headache Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap

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It's official. You can mention the B word again... even to Keir Starmer.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

01.11.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§Where do Brexit Believers compare to Britain’s myth believers?
1. Ghosts (38% could exist)
2. UFOs (35% seen/know)
3. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈBigfoot (17% believe)
4. Loch Ness (17% probably real)
5. Fairies (14% sightings)
6. Brexit success (11%)
#Brexit #Rejoin #Halloween2025

31.10.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
UK trade contribution to GDP β€˜stagnated’ since Brexit, warns WTO Export of goods are languishing at 17% below pre-Covid levels

After ministers have started to admit the damage of Brexit, the World Trade Organisation has now cited it as a key reason for the downturn in global goods trade since 2018. The narrative is shifting and the tide is turning: Brexit was sold as a lie.

28.10.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Any time anyone starts talking about taking us out of the ECHR, ask them two questions:

1. Which of these rights don't you believe in?

2. What exactly would you replace it with. And don't take any vague promises like Brexit benefits.

28.10.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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The Chancellor is blaming Brexit for the mess we're in but not making the changes needed to fix it, can you really call that a strategy?

28.10.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

I agree with @timfarron.bsky.social.
It's hard to know which is worse: a Government which denied the problems caused by Brexit or one which acknowledges the mess but does nothing to deal with it.

28.10.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a chancer Nigel Farage is. His Brexit caused a massive surge in immigration, and now he tries to position himself as the person who will sort it out.

Reform is the answer to none of the UK's problems, unless you think that billionaires need to be even richer and you don't like having an NHS.

28.10.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Blow for Reeves after factory spending collapses to lowest since Brexit Fears that Rachel Reeves will hammer manufacturers with a fresh tax raid have sent factory spending to its lowest levels since the aftermath of the Brexit vote, new figures show.

Had to post this.

Not often at all you see "since Brexit" in any UK headline.
More often than not, it's "since Covid", or "since 2020".

You can't fix what you refuse to see.

uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/blow-re...

27.10.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
'I will never change my opinion about Brexit. This is one of the biggest mistakes in our [shared European] history, I think. And today I think it's much more visible.' Donald Tusk, Prime Minister, Poland

'I will never change my opinion about Brexit. This is one of the biggest mistakes in our [shared European] history, I think. And today I think it's much more visible.' Donald Tusk, Prime Minister, Poland

Nearly a decade after the referendum, the reality is clear. From the economy to freedom of movement, Brexit’s impact is still being felt, and will be, until we rebuild our relationship with our European neighbours.

27.10.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Just in case this needs wider dissemination, here it is.
This man conservatively damaged our economy to the tune of Β£40bn per year with his Brexit nonsense, think about that next time you wait to see the GP or can’t access educational provision for your loved one

bsky.app/profile/ledb...

27.10.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

After Brexit, BBC bosses secretly ordered that Brexit should not be mentioned or discussed again but sneakily didn’t reveal this to the public.
BBC Scotland, discussing issues clearly due to Brexit (like 10% NHS/care staff who left), NEVER mentioned Brexit!
BBCScot’sspecialty: the Bias of Omission.

27.10.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Brexit effect on the economy means Labour can't undo Conservative cuts, Conservative austerity. They just don't have the money.

And Starmer refuses to rejoin. "Not in my lifetime."

Brexit has fucked the country.

#c4news

27.10.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It doesn't get clearer than that. If anyone still thinks Farage is one of them, they need to be shown this video. This is before we even mention his role in Brexit.

27.10.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Farage: epic grifter

27.10.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7462    πŸ” 4142    πŸ’¬ 207    πŸ“Œ 381

We get to blame the tories for 15 years. Labour do have to own it at some pointing like acknowledging Brexit costs us 80bn a year and we won’t get that back and then doing fuck all about it. The tories can own Brexit, Labour can own not having bollocks to reverse it cos Starmer is a pussy

27.10.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Brexit Titanic meme still makes me chuckle:

26.10.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"If Farage does come to power, I’m fucked. I know that. But what you need to realise is that if you are a UK citizen, you are too."

The links between Trump, Brexit and Russia aren’t a hoax. The police knew. The government knew. The public didn’t know. Still barely knows a thing.

Read it!!!
#ukpol

26.10.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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26.10.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Four out of five voters who think Brexit has been a failure blame Boris Johnson Exclusive: Nearly two thirds of the public think Brexit has been a failure - mostly because of the economy

Four out of five voters who say Brexit has been a failure think Boris Johnson is to blame, poll finds independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

#BrexitShambles #antibrexit #FBPE #BrexitReality #brexitscam #BrexitDisaster

26.10.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reeves says economic damage caused by Brexit forcing her to take action in budget Chancellor, who is expected to announce tax rises and spending cuts, says effect of leaving bloc worse than predicted

Reeves says economic damage caused by Brexit forcing her to take action in budget theguardian.com/politics/202...

#BrexitShambles #antibrexit #FBPE #BrexitReality #brexitscam #BrexitDisaster

26.10.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The chancellor has finally got the Brexit message, but on... Reeves has shared the dramatic news that the damage of Brexit imposes a serious constraint on her budgetary freedom

The chancellor has finally got the Brexit message, but only part of it observer.co.uk/news/busines...

#BrexitShambles #antibrexit #FBPE #BrexitReality #brexitscam #BrexitDisaster

26.10.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr It is the right way to go, but taking the long way round to such an obvious point has cost Labour precious time and credibility, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#BrexitShambles #antibrexit #FBPE #BrexitReality #brexitscam #BrexitDisaster

26.10.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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