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Brexit has hit the UK as hard as the Covid pandemic or the energy shocks

Tory crumbles under cross examination over Budget

John Glen, Tory Chief Secretary to the Treasury, got badly mauled when he tried to dissemble about the Budget in an interview with Victoria Derbyshire on the BBC’s Newsnight.

He couldn’t explain why it was a “Budget for growth” when medium-term growth forecasts have been downgraded.

And on the effects of Brexit, challenged to admit that it has made the UK poorer, he could not provide an alternative explanation for what has happened since the country left the European Union.

He crumbled under scrutiny.

Watch this car crash interview and understand why Tory leadership has taken the UK nowhere.

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Economic expert tells Rees-Mogg truths about Brexit; Mogg repeats vaccine line

Reality check (something for the weekend)

The image says it all.

While the people of the UK point out that raw sewage is being pumped into our waterways, the UK has the poorest economy of all G7 countries, Brexit is a disaster, supermarket shelves are empty, people can’t pay their energy bills, the NHS is in crisis and everyone is on strike…

… all Rishi Sunak and his gang can say is, “Stop the boats.”

Pathetic. Miserable. Unacceptable.

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Here’s why George Eustace is this YouTuber’s ‘Fool of the Week’

Some Tory Brexiteers don’t seem to have the brains they were born with.

Answering a question on whether Brexit is responsible for the UK’s “salad shortage”, former Environment Secretary (I’m not making this up!) George Eustice tried to evade the question by saying the UK is not holding up imports because it isn’t checking incoming freight carrying a number of named goods.

Not only was he negating the very reason we were told Brexit should happen – the UK can’t be “taking back control” if it isn’t actually exercising that control – but he was also telling potential smugglers exactly what they need to say they’re carrying, in order not to be searched at this country’s borders.

Maximilien Robespierre makes the point clearly in this video clip:

The Tories seem to be trying to turn the UK into a smuggler’s paradise. I wonder why.

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Boris Johnson comments on Rishi Sunak’s Northern Ireland deal

We were told Boris Johnsons would criticise parts of Rishi Sunak’s ‘Windsor Framework’ for Northern Ireland but would not oppose it outright.

We were told he had significant concerns and stood by his warning that the Government should keep the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill in place, and get rid of all legislation covering the movement of goods across EU borders.

And what did he say?

Here he is, speaking at a Global Soft Power summit:

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Brexit: Suella Braverman ‘threatens to resign’ if she doesn’t like changes to NI protocol

Suella Braverman and Rishi Sunak: that vile gaze of mutual adoration says it all. I don’t think her threat to resign is real.

Do you think she’d be able to stay resigned, if she decided to actually do it this time?

Suella Braverman reckons she’ll head for the backbenches if Rishi Sunak’s latest attempt to negotiate a deal to replace the Northern Ireland Protocol of the Brexit agreement doesn’t satisfy the Democratic Unionists in Ulster and Westminster, and (we may expect) the Conservative Party’s own European Research Group (ERG), of which she is a leading member.

At least, that’s what we’ve heard.

Ms Braverman has already resigned her position as Home Secretary once – only to take it up again the very next week – and she has brazenly refused to accept the consequences of evidence showing that she is a security risk who should not have the job.

So we really have no reason to believe anything she’s saying now.

Happily, we have all been able to extract some mirth from the situation, as it has created considerable hilarity on Twitter (and, one presumes, elsewhere). Consider:

Suella Braverman is threatening the prime minister with her imminent resignation regarding his stance on the NI protocol.
Sunak will once again throw the UK under the bus to appease a grubby, ERG fascist.

— Sarah (@SASR666) February 21, 2023

How is Suella Braverman ‘threatening to resign’ a threat? If anything, it shows that dreams really can come true. So dream big people. Dream big.

— Dr. Jennifer Cassidy (@OxfordDiplomat) February 21, 2023

Dear @SuellaBraverman – heard you might resign – obviously agree that you should, wanted to offer you full encouragement to get that done. Do give us an update on your progress and whether or not you succeed this time & don't accidentally accept your job back again. Kind regards,

— Philip Priestley 🇪🇺🇮🇪 (@PublicPriestley) February 21, 2023

Suella Braverman belongs to a minority sect in Buddhism, which believes that no matter how many times she resigns, she'll always be reincarnated as a cabinet minister the following week

— David__Osland (@David__Osland) February 21, 2023

Suella Braverman has threatened to resign.

Let me make that visceral.

Why would anybody
and I mean anybody, be bothered by Suella Braverman resignation?

You see, Tory party is full of
'Priti Patels' and 'Suellas'.

— Amra Watson (@AmraWatson) February 21, 2023

So, Suella Braverman is 'threatening' to resign.
I wonder how many people who aren't right wing nutjobs, members of the ERG or the DUP, are thinking,
'Noooooooooooo, we can't afford to lose talent like Suella Braverman from the cabinet!!!' https://t.co/3Yw6xM7qsI

— Higgins Cartoons (@higginscartoons) February 21, 2023

It’s affecting her work, too…

You still here?

— Mike Finney (@mike_finney) February 21, 2023

The worst that can happen is if she stays in-post.

Source: Suella Braverman ‘threatens to resign’

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Tory MPs are forced to lie about Brexit to be in government – claim | Dorset Eye

Amber Rudd: This image from 2017 probably reflects her mood when she was discussing Brexit.

Here’s an interesting allegation:

According to Dominic McGrath the former home secretary Amber Rudd considers that some Brexit supporters will acknowledge that the choice to leave the EU has been a “mistake” after “a drink or two.”

Ms. Rudd, who resigned from her position as an MP in 2019 due to disputes within the Conservative Party over how to handle Brexit, claimed she was unable to continue in politics because “you have to be able to declare Brexit is a success to be a spokeswoman for the Conservative Party.”

Ms. Rudd discussed her political career and her decision to leave Parliament during an interview with Sir Craig Oliver, the former director of communications for Downing Street. The discussion was part of the podcast Desperately Seeking Wisdom.

Coming on top of the revelation that the migrant boats crisis was caused by Boris Johnson’s “oven-ready” Brexit agreement, but no Tory MP seems willing to admit it, this is shockingly believable.

Isn’t it?

Source: Tory MP’s forced to lie about Brexit if they want to be in government – Dorset Eye

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The Tory government’s ‘migrant boats’ problem is the fault of… the Tory government

The pickup: these refugees were only able to cross the Channel because of failings in the Conservative government’s Brexit agreement with the European Union – the Tories created the problem that is now their biggest priority.

Apparently this is getting very little media attention – which is odd when you consider the subject matter:

It seems the Tory government’s Brexit agreement with the European Union is responsible for creating the problem of migrant boats crossing the English Channel and bringing people to our shores illegally.

Shouldn’t our mass media be reporting this? They have assiduously covered the increasing numbers of people coming here illegally, after all.

The Brexit agreement meant the UK had no “returns” agreement with the EU – because it chose not to have one – and this led to the increase in the number of illegal migrants, in moves supported by illegal gangs.

Perhaps our media are neglecting this because it means the Tories have created their own problem – and mentioning the fact may tarnish their chances, come election time.

Here’s Peter Stefanovic, brilliantly explaining the problem and why it is the Tories’ fault:

You can download & read the full report here;https://t.co/Y9fGh5DIwp

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) February 11, 2023

Tell everybody.

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Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch doesn’t understand how Brexit has harmed business

My word. Putting a Brexiteer in charge of trade is a disaster, isn’t it?

Kemi Badenoch has agreed a new memorandum of understanding with Italy. She reckons it makes trade easier. But in fact, before Brexit, very little paperwork was required to trade there and now she has to find out how Italians allow foreigners to trade there – and tell traders.

Then she has to go to other countries, find out how they trade with foreigners, and explain that to traders. So with each country in the EU, UK traders will have to learn new trading rules.

She talked about bringing trade barriers down, but the most important barrier to trade is Brexit, and she’s doing nothing about that.

Acknowledging that Brexit has caused problems, she said any change brings pluses and minuses. But what are the pluses?

She talked about the UK having an independent seat at the World Trade Organisation, as if we didn’t have one throughout the time the UK was a member of the European Union.

Her crowning disaster is saying that the UK can overcome trade barriers more quickly now than it would have been able to as a member of the EU – but of course, as a member of the EU, there would have been no barriers at all to trade with other EU countries.

Here’s Maximilien Robespierre to explain the above – and more – in detail:

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