Showing posts with label Brexit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brexit. Show all posts
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Brexit - Did Farage Really Cost Us £40 Billion?
Michael Lambert: How Brexit Has Wrecked the UK Economy
Jun 28, 2025 | Last week saw the 9th anniversary of the referendum in which the UK voted to leave the EU. Since Brexit, the UK has struggled economically and faces several major challenges.
Jonathan 'Johnny' Reynolds is the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry charged with spearheading the UK's push for growth. Reynolds who was previously a trainee solicitor and then an assistant to MP James Purnell has no previous business experience. Despite this, he boasts of three major trade deals with, India, the EU, and the USA. It is estimated that these three deals will add less than 1% to the UK GDP in about ten years’ time. Leaving the EU has cost the UK at least 4% of GDP.
Since growth in the UK is very slow owing to the overall economic conditions, and since it is now almost impossible for small and medium sized businesses to sell to the EU given the onerous post-Brexit paperwork and expense involved, it is difficult to see where growth can be found.
Since leaving the EU, the UK has suffered from a shortage of workers in many sectors of the economy, including the NHS, care, hospitality, construction, food processing, and agriculture.
Whilst some EU workers were initially replaced by those from countries such as Nigeria, Bangladesh, and India in response to calls from Nigel Farage, the government has now introduced minimum salary requirements of almost £40,000 per annum for anyone seeking work in the UK. The result is likely to be much more severe shortages.
The government plans to train up British citizens to do the work formally done by foreign workers. Inward investment, often amounting to foreign companies buying UK infrastructure and businesses has dried up, although it is expected that major US asset managers will soon start buying up and renting back UK housing stock.
Jonathan 'Johnny' Reynolds is the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry charged with spearheading the UK's push for growth. Reynolds who was previously a trainee solicitor and then an assistant to MP James Purnell has no previous business experience. Despite this, he boasts of three major trade deals with, India, the EU, and the USA. It is estimated that these three deals will add less than 1% to the UK GDP in about ten years’ time. Leaving the EU has cost the UK at least 4% of GDP.
Since growth in the UK is very slow owing to the overall economic conditions, and since it is now almost impossible for small and medium sized businesses to sell to the EU given the onerous post-Brexit paperwork and expense involved, it is difficult to see where growth can be found.
Since leaving the EU, the UK has suffered from a shortage of workers in many sectors of the economy, including the NHS, care, hospitality, construction, food processing, and agriculture.
Whilst some EU workers were initially replaced by those from countries such as Nigeria, Bangladesh, and India in response to calls from Nigel Farage, the government has now introduced minimum salary requirements of almost £40,000 per annum for anyone seeking work in the UK. The result is likely to be much more severe shortages.
The government plans to train up British citizens to do the work formally done by foreign workers. Inward investment, often amounting to foreign companies buying UK infrastructure and businesses has dried up, although it is expected that major US asset managers will soon start buying up and renting back UK housing stock.
Friday, June 20, 2025
Brexit Remorse - Was Leaving the EU a Mistake? | DW Documentary
Jun 20, 2025 | On June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the EU. In 2020, the exit took place. Years later, none of the Brexit promises have been kept.
In the face of a deep economic and social crisis, many Britons now believe that leaving the European Union was a mistake. There is a great deal of anger in society, cutting across all generations. The anger is felt both among those who voted for Brexit, and those who voted to remain in the European Union.
Since the referendum, five prime ministers have resigned in succession -- four of them with a bang --because they were unable to fulfill their populist promises. How did this political chaos come about?
Many Britons are now talking about "Bregret” - regret about the exit. The film explores the future of this increasingly divided kingdom. What legacy will former Prime Minister Boris Johnson leave behind? What direction will the country take, in this complex transition period?
From initial hope to current regret, this investigation provides a detailed overview of the post-Brexit era in the UK.
In the face of a deep economic and social crisis, many Britons now believe that leaving the European Union was a mistake. There is a great deal of anger in society, cutting across all generations. The anger is felt both among those who voted for Brexit, and those who voted to remain in the European Union.
Since the referendum, five prime ministers have resigned in succession -- four of them with a bang --because they were unable to fulfill their populist promises. How did this political chaos come about?
Many Britons are now talking about "Bregret” - regret about the exit. The film explores the future of this increasingly divided kingdom. What legacy will former Prime Minister Boris Johnson leave behind? What direction will the country take, in this complex transition period?
From initial hope to current regret, this investigation provides a detailed overview of the post-Brexit era in the UK.
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Richard Branson Warned Us — Tories Still Deny It
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Shocking! USA Already at Authoritarian Rule
As the world watches, concerns are growing that democracy in the United States is under threat. A scary interview on LBC with Simon Marks, Global Correspondent is a wake-up call!
Once seen as a beacon of freedom, the country now faces rising authoritarian tendencies, deep political division, and challenges to its institutions. But how real is the danger? And what does this mean for the rest of the world and specifically Brexit Britain which is trying to get a trade deal with Trump
Once seen as a beacon of freedom, the country now faces rising authoritarian tendencies, deep political division, and challenges to its institutions. But how real is the danger? And what does this mean for the rest of the world and specifically Brexit Britain which is trying to get a trade deal with Trump
Monday, February 17, 2025
Brexit Blues: 5 Years after Leaving the EU | ARTE.tv Documentary
Feb 17, 2025 | How do the British view Brexit, five years after leaving the European Union? From farmers to politicians to ordinary citizens, the range of opinion reveals the divisions caused by this major political event.
Brexit Blues: 5 Years after Leaving the EU | ARTE.tv Documentary
Available until 01/05/2025
Brexit Blues: 5 Years after Leaving the EU | ARTE.tv Documentary
Available until 01/05/2025
Saturday, February 08, 2025
Michael Lambert: Why Would Any Young People Stay in the UK? UK Politics after Brexit
Feb 8, 2025 | This week I am in Thailand visiting my son and his girlfriend who moved here 18 months ago and will not be returning to the UK. Thailand is a much poorer country than the UK. Both countries have similar populations of around 70 million but Thailand’s GDP per capita is only one seventh of that of the UK. Bankok, the capital of Thailand, is however is a very dynamic and bustling metropolis of 9 million. The quality of life for anyone with a reasonable income is very good indeed as I hope to show in a later video.
Given the deteriorating state of the UK economy, it is not at all surprising that so many young people, especially those with qualifications, are leaving the UK. London is now the 8th most expensive city of 226 cities surveyed by Mercer. High taxes, the cost-of-living, property prices and stagnant wages are all reasons to seek alternative places to live and work. It is hardly surprising that 30% of people surveyed by YouGov said that they were actively considering emigrating from the UK
Given the deteriorating state of the UK economy, it is not at all surprising that so many young people, especially those with qualifications, are leaving the UK. London is now the 8th most expensive city of 226 cities surveyed by Mercer. High taxes, the cost-of-living, property prices and stagnant wages are all reasons to seek alternative places to live and work. It is hardly surprising that 30% of people surveyed by YouGov said that they were actively considering emigrating from the UK
Friday, February 07, 2025
Saturday, February 01, 2025
Die politische Bühne ist heute voller Idioten
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Michael Lambert: How Farage and Brexit Wrecked the British Economy
Jan 25, 2025 | Nigel Farage is a conman. He is only interested in his own fame and making money. For twenty years he was a member of the European parliament during which time he complained and argued incessantly for the UK to leave the EU ich resulted in the disastrous Brexit which has caused so much harm to the UK economy and reputation.
Nigel Farage is now an MP and yet he earns more than £1 million per year from outside activities and claims that he received more than £2 million in expenses over a ten-year period whilst he was an MEP.
He recently told reporters in America that he could be the next UK prime minister.
Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer attended the World Economic Forum in Davos this week accompanied by Johnathan Reynolds the UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade where they were both interviewed by Bloomberg . The interview was a disaster in which Reynolds demonstrated his lack of understanding of his job or how to create any growth in the UK economy.
It is difficult to see how Keir Starmer and Reeves can survive given the constant flow of bad economic news. One person who might be able to save the situation is the First Secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones.
Nigel Farage is now an MP and yet he earns more than £1 million per year from outside activities and claims that he received more than £2 million in expenses over a ten-year period whilst he was an MEP.
He recently told reporters in America that he could be the next UK prime minister.
Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer attended the World Economic Forum in Davos this week accompanied by Johnathan Reynolds the UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade where they were both interviewed by Bloomberg . The interview was a disaster in which Reynolds demonstrated his lack of understanding of his job or how to create any growth in the UK economy.
It is difficult to see how Keir Starmer and Reeves can survive given the constant flow of bad economic news. One person who might be able to save the situation is the First Secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones.
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Friday, January 17, 2025
Kemi Badenoch's Big Brexit Speech Yesterday
Kemi Badenoch is a bloody disaster for the Conservative Party. She has zero chance of reversing the party’s fortunes. In a short time, Badenoch will be nothing but a footnote in the history books.
The problem with Brexit is not that it has been badly executed, though it is true that it has been badly executed. The main problem with Brexit is that its execution should never have been tried from the start. There is no way that Brexit could have worked, regardless of how it was executed. No country can decouple itself from the greatest customs union in the world, which is on its doorstep, and expect to be able to thrive. This is economics 101!
Only a dimwit would have suggested a Brexit referendum. Cameron, put a referendum forward, and he was just that: a dimwit.
Kemi Badenoch need not bash herself on the head with Brexit being badly executed. Fact is that its execution should never have been tried in the first place.
We are led by dimwits! – © Mark Alexxander
Saturday, January 04, 2025
How One Speech Toppled Thatcher and Directly Led to Brexit 26 Years Later
Jan 3, 2025 | “It created a fault line in the Tory Party and British politics which led directly to Brexit.”
Ed Vaizey is joined by playwright Jonathan Maitland to dissect how Geoffrey Howe's resignation speech in 1990 changed the course of British politics.
WIKIPEDIA: Geoffrey Howe »
Ed Vaizey is joined by playwright Jonathan Maitland to dissect how Geoffrey Howe's resignation speech in 1990 changed the course of British politics.
WIKIPEDIA: Geoffrey Howe »
Saturday, December 28, 2024
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Why Poland Will Overtake British Economy by 2030
Brexit was the stupidest, stupidest, stupidest decision that Britons have taken since World War II. Only a fool would have advocated that the UK exit the European Union, and we all know who that fool was! Unfortunately, there were many Britons who were ill-informed enough to follow him. Nobody with any understanding of economics could have voted to leave the largest, most successful customs union and single market in the whole world, more especially when that single market is right next door, on our doorstep. There will be a special place in Hell reserved for the loudmouth who pushed for this ridiculous outcome. Especially for a country such as ours which is anyway in steep decline. Now, not only have we lost an empire, but we have lost our influence and greatest economic opportunity that was not only open to us but to which we belonged. Would that clowns joined circuses instead of entering politics! – © Mark Alexander
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Peter Stefanovic: Johnson Now Travels World Telling Anyone Who Will Listen “Brexit Saved Lives” - Hold onto Your Seats
If a man looks like a clown, coifs his hair like a clown, and talks like a clown, then by golly, he must be a clown! – © Mark Alexander
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Rob Groves: Could This Be the End of Brexit as We Know It?
Dec 14, 2024 | Donald Trump’s re-election is already having a massive impact all over the world, and post-Brexit Britain faces a moment of reckoning when Napoleon Bona-spur’s America First philosophy is implemented by way of trade tariffs and foreign policy. And within the UK, the Brexit tide had already turned, just weeks after that fateful advisory referendum in 2016. But now, the public mood has shifted even FURTHER, with a clear majority now wanting European freedom of movement back, now they’ve seen Brexit do the exact OPPOSITE of what it said on the tin, by INCREASING immigration into the UK.
The Labour government is struggling to put forward a coherent policy on Brexit, and questions about rejoining the EU loom, even coming from previously pro-Brexit voices. Can it be that the UK is ready to attempt to end its self-imposed cultural exile and to try to undo the trade sanctions 52% of its electorate voted to impose on themselves?
The Labour government is struggling to put forward a coherent policy on Brexit, and questions about rejoining the EU loom, even coming from previously pro-Brexit voices. Can it be that the UK is ready to attempt to end its self-imposed cultural exile and to try to undo the trade sanctions 52% of its electorate voted to impose on themselves?
Michael Lambert: The Ongoing Madness of Brexit, with New Barriers to Trade with the EU
Dec 14, 2024 | Nowadays in the UK the police are often called to investigate minor incidents such as responding to online social media posts, silent protest, people holding signs which a very small minority might find offensive.
In the meantime. crime is increasing throughout the UK especially shoplifting and mobile phone snatching. The police say they are too busy to investigate.
Kerr Starmer has been in Saudi Arabia this week asking the Saudis to invest in the UK. They will not do so unless they see a real potential profit and all the world knows that the UK economy is in trouble.
Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, this week attended a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels. Having made it clear yet again that the UK does not wish to rejoin the Customs Union, the Single Market, or the EU, and will not agree to free movement even for students and young people. She sought better trading terms for the UK.
At the same time the EU has now introduced GSPR terms which will make it necessary for all goods exported to the EU or Northern Ireland to be tested in the EU and for every exporter to employ an approved agent with the EU to check that every consignment conforms with EU standards.
The EU signed a free trade agreement with MERCASUR, a group including Brazil, Argentina and others comprising 700 million consumers. Had the UK remained in the EU it would have benefited from this important deal.
In the meantime, the Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, admitted on national television that Brexit has been a failure. Boris Johnson is also believed to have admitted to close associates that he deeply regrets Brexit.
Finally, Nigel Forage who, above all others, persuaded the British public to vote to leave the EU and who persuaded the farmers to vote ‘leave’ is now their champion appearing at their protests in Whitehall.
Begging the Saudis to invest in the UK will come at a very high price. Is Starmer so naïve that he doesn’t realise this? Saudi investment in the UK will accelerate the Islamisation of the country. Yes, of course they will want to profit from their investments in a business sense. But the Saudis will expect to profit from their investments politically and religiously, as well. Saudi Arabia, as we all know, is the home of Islam, and the Saudi king is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. (Please click here.) There is no way that the Saudi royal family will not want to further the cause of Islam in the UK in return for their generosity.
We Brits are compounding our problems, day after day after day. – © Mark Alexander
In the meantime. crime is increasing throughout the UK especially shoplifting and mobile phone snatching. The police say they are too busy to investigate.
Kerr Starmer has been in Saudi Arabia this week asking the Saudis to invest in the UK. They will not do so unless they see a real potential profit and all the world knows that the UK economy is in trouble.
Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, this week attended a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels. Having made it clear yet again that the UK does not wish to rejoin the Customs Union, the Single Market, or the EU, and will not agree to free movement even for students and young people. She sought better trading terms for the UK.
At the same time the EU has now introduced GSPR terms which will make it necessary for all goods exported to the EU or Northern Ireland to be tested in the EU and for every exporter to employ an approved agent with the EU to check that every consignment conforms with EU standards.
The EU signed a free trade agreement with MERCASUR, a group including Brazil, Argentina and others comprising 700 million consumers. Had the UK remained in the EU it would have benefited from this important deal.
In the meantime, the Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, admitted on national television that Brexit has been a failure. Boris Johnson is also believed to have admitted to close associates that he deeply regrets Brexit.
Finally, Nigel Forage who, above all others, persuaded the British public to vote to leave the EU and who persuaded the farmers to vote ‘leave’ is now their champion appearing at their protests in Whitehall.
Begging the Saudis to invest in the UK will come at a very high price. Is Starmer so naïve that he doesn’t realise this? Saudi investment in the UK will accelerate the Islamisation of the country. Yes, of course they will want to profit from their investments in a business sense. But the Saudis will expect to profit from their investments politically and religiously, as well. Saudi Arabia, as we all know, is the home of Islam, and the Saudi king is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. (Please click here.) There is no way that the Saudi royal family will not want to further the cause of Islam in the UK in return for their generosity.
We Brits are compounding our problems, day after day after day. – © Mark Alexander
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Majority of Brexit Voters ‘Would Accept Free Movement’ to Access Single Market
THE GUARDIAN: Europe-wide polling finds UK and EU leaders now out of step with public opinion and pursue ‘ambitious reset’
A majority of Britons who voted to leave the EU would now accept a return to free movement in exchange for access to the single market, according to a cross-Europe study that also found a reciprocal desire in member states for closer links with the UK.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump’s election as US president had “fundamentally changed the context” of EU-UK relations, the report by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) thinktank said.
“There is a remarkable consensus on both sides of the Channel that the time is ripe for a reassessment of EU-UK relations,” it concluded, with closer relations being the most popular option in every country surveyed – and public opinion on the question well ahead of government stances. » | Peter Walker and Jon Henley | Thursday, December 12, 2024
We should never have left the EU in the first place. But for that troublemaker, Farage, and Cameron’s stupidity in calling for a referendum to appease the Eurosceptics in his party, we wouldn’t have left the Community. Leaving it was a duff move.
Sir Keir Starmer should do all within his power to get us back into the Community where we, as Europeans, belong. And with dispatch! Re-joining the Single Market would be a great first step to undo the damage already done. That will help ensure high food standards for this country, before the Americans under Trump’s leadership come with their hormone-injected meats, chlorinated chicken, and GMO foods.
The results of this polling is encouraging. Now, we must act. – © Mark Alexander
A majority of Britons who voted to leave the EU would now accept a return to free movement in exchange for access to the single market, according to a cross-Europe study that also found a reciprocal desire in member states for closer links with the UK.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump’s election as US president had “fundamentally changed the context” of EU-UK relations, the report by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) thinktank said.
“There is a remarkable consensus on both sides of the Channel that the time is ripe for a reassessment of EU-UK relations,” it concluded, with closer relations being the most popular option in every country surveyed – and public opinion on the question well ahead of government stances. » | Peter Walker and Jon Henley | Thursday, December 12, 2024
We should never have left the EU in the first place. But for that troublemaker, Farage, and Cameron’s stupidity in calling for a referendum to appease the Eurosceptics in his party, we wouldn’t have left the Community. Leaving it was a duff move.
Sir Keir Starmer should do all within his power to get us back into the Community where we, as Europeans, belong. And with dispatch! Re-joining the Single Market would be a great first step to undo the damage already done. That will help ensure high food standards for this country, before the Americans under Trump’s leadership come with their hormone-injected meats, chlorinated chicken, and GMO foods.
The results of this polling is encouraging. Now, we must act. – © Mark Alexander
Saturday, December 07, 2024
Michael Lambert: Making Brexit Work with Mission Led Milestones and Other Nonsense
Dec 7, 2024 | Keir Starmer this week announced six new milestones to go with his 'Mission led' government. He made no mention of the economy or how he expects to pay for the missions.
Also discussed in a tongue-in-cheek manner pointing out how businesses are suffering and how the UK economy is suffering from new post Brexit regulations.
UK immigration has reached over 800,000 partly because of the shortage of workers following Brexit.
The UK government continues to blame Covid, the Ukraine, and the EU for their own failings.
Also discussed in a tongue-in-cheek manner pointing out how businesses are suffering and how the UK economy is suffering from new post Brexit regulations.
UK immigration has reached over 800,000 partly because of the shortage of workers following Brexit.
The UK government continues to blame Covid, the Ukraine, and the EU for their own failings.
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