No Deal Brexit + Slashing Tariffs = Reduced Prices
The top line of this morning’s Resolution Foundation report is that lower income households would be stung in the event of a No Deal Brexit should we revert to WTO tariffs. This is a false premise: in...
View ArticleA Look at Some of the OECD’s Previous Forecasts…
The usual suspects are going mad about the OECD’s provocative claim that only having a second referendum and reversing Brexit will save the British economy from apocalypse. Seriously? This is an...
View ArticleBoris on Labour: “You Supine Protoplasmic Invertebrate Jellies!”
A repeat but the old ones are the best… The post Boris on Labour: “You Supine Protoplasmic Invertebrate Jellies!” appeared first on Guido Fawkes.
View ArticleDavis: Brake Leaked His Own Letter
Last night Tom Brake complained to Bercow that he suspects DExEU leaked to this website a letter he wrote to David Davis. It’s clearly hurting Brake as he brought it up in the Commons again at DExEU...
View ArticleBrillo Speech at Holocaust Educational Trust Dinner
Must-watch Andrew Neil speech on the dangerous trend of left-wing anti-Semitism at the Holocaust Educational Trust annual dinner last night. The post Brillo Speech at Holocaust Educational Trust...
View ArticleTory MP Demands Cabinet Office Investigates Sir Craig’s Book
Following Guido’s story on a potential breach of the Special Advisers Code of Conduct in Sir Craig Oliver’s memoirs, a Tory MP has written to Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood demanding an...
View ArticleCorbyn’s Capital Controls
John McDonnell says Labour have been war-gaming how to cope with the markets in the event of a Corbyn victory and a run on the pound. He was evasive about what he meant, however this weekend’s Young...
View ArticleOECD Received £85 Million From EU
Interesting research just out from Change Britain this evening. The OECD has received a grand total of £85,173,454.91 from the EU since 2007: In 2007 the OECD received €3,915,338 (£2,680,064.52) from...
View ArticleEconomist Journalist Sets Up New Pro-EU Party
You know how it is, it’s 10pm, you’re a self-important Economist journalist sitting on Twitter, and you decide to set up a new political party to stop Brexit. Berlin correspondent Jeremy Cliffe, a...
View ArticleHarding Linked to Pink ‘Un
The Financial Times newsroom has been speculating that outgoing BBC head of news James Harding is on the list of runners and riders for the Pink ‘Un editorship. In his resignation statement last week,...
View ArticleTories Ask Corbyn Why Labour Would Accept Any EU Deal
View this document on Scribd Dropped just before PMQs. It’s a fair question, Labour’s position on this is mad. The post Tories Ask Corbyn Why Labour Would Accept Any EU Deal appeared first on Guido...
View ArticlePMQs: Who’s Asking the Questions?
Oral Questions to the Prime Minister Q1 Esther McVey (Tatton) If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 18 October. Q2 Rachel Reeves (Leeds West) Q3 Margaret Greenwood (Wirral West) Q4...
View ArticleCliffe Quits ‘The Radicals’ After 12 Hours
12 hours after setting up The Radicals, the Economist’s Jeremy Cliffe has hilariously quit the party: It is also clear from the — entirely unanticipated — scale of this unplanned experiment that...
View ArticleGermany Seeks “Comprehensive Free Trade Accord” With UK
Bloomberg has the scoop: Germany’s foreign ministry is working on a “balanced, ambitious and far-reaching” free trade deal with Brexit Britain – apparently they want a deal on security, agriculture,...
View ArticleArms Folded in Unity
Actually not a bad ad lib from Corbyn pointing out that Amber Rudd was keeping Boris and Hammond apart at PMQs. Positive body language… sorta. The post Arms Folded in Unity appeared first on Guido...
View ArticleSkinner’s Fracking Smears Debunked Days Ago
At PMQs today Dennis Skinner told the House that INEOS’s fracking activities have caused problems with the Bolsover water supply. Residents have had discoloured water for 10 days, and Skinner was not...
View ArticlePMQs Sketch: Red Sky at Night, Jez’s Delight
Now we know what the red sky meant. This was the week Jeremy Corbyn (68, MI5 watchlist, 2 E’s at A-Level) would finally win at Prime Minister’s Questions. Before we begin, might we just take a moment...
View ArticleGuns Don’t Kill – FOBTs Don’t Harm
Wayne La Pierre is CEO of the National Rifle Association (NRA) in the US. A favourite line of the NRA is that “guns don’t kill – bad guys kill”. The NRA does not accept that restricting the product,...
View ArticleOn the Red Red Carpet Last Night…
Comrade Emily enjoying the Death of Stalin premiere at the Curzon in Chelsea last night, setting foot on the red red carpet alongside stars Armando Iannucci, Andrea Riseborough, Michael Palin and Paul...
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