“The great economist John Maynard Keynes spoke of the need in depressed times to foster ‘animal spirits’. You don’t do…
“The economic damage wrought by Brexit continues. Brexit is the most formidable barrier of all.” https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/04/britain-didnt-vote-labour-just-to-get-a-new-iron-chancellor?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
“In 1988, Chancellor Helmut Kohl said he didn’t expect German reunification in his lifetime. Two years later, Germany was reunified.”…
“Both major parties will try to conduct their campaigns without mentioning Brexit. But we can’t afford not to discuss it.”…
As usual, as on all my trips to the continent, I met people who expressed astonishment at the harm the…
“Starmer wants to make Tory economic policy a central theme of Labour’s election campaign…without mentioning Brexit.” https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/28/how-can-labour-fix-britains-economic-failure-without-rejoining-the-eu
When I met the Dutch politician Geert Wilders years ago, he was set on ‘Nexit’. Now he too would rather…
“Well-intentioned moves are afoot to ‘overhaul the machinery of government’. But it’s the policies that are the problem.” https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/17/britain-doesnt-need-reform-it-just-needs-to-rejoin-the-eu?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
“Four years after leaving and with more self-harm in prospect, where is the indignation?” https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/04/penury-and-decay-mark-brexits-miserable-anniversary?CMP=share_btn_tw
“Wine in imperial measures, we’re told, ‘is what leaving was all about’, while UK struggles outside the single market.” https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/07/brexits-pint-sized-benefits-are-a-measure-of-its-failure?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other