Little #brexitbritain: ‘Ten years on, UK politics hasn't recognised what the public intuitively now does, that the EU is bigger and that ultimately is why #brexit failed’
Ten years on, UK politics hasn't recognised what the public intuitively now does, that the EU is bigger and that ultimately is why Brexit failed when it was clear politicians didn't have any clever wheeze for overcoming the basic problem. Doesn't make it easy to handle now.
November 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Little #brexitbritain: ‘Ten years on, UK politics hasn't recognised what the public intuitively now does, that the EU is bigger and that ultimately is why #brexit failed’
I love big #brexit: news is disinformation in #brexitbritain
https://x.com/docrussjackson/status/2120329902515704058?a=4exgP2C-Bdf2bQQ4gCI&s=48
https://x.com/docrussjackson/status/2120329902515704058?a=4exgP2C-Bdf2bQQ4gCI&s=48
November 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I love big #brexit: news is disinformation in #brexitbritain
https://x.com/docrussjackson/status/2120329902515704058?a=4exgP2C-Bdf2bQQ4gCI&s=48
https://x.com/docrussjackson/status/2120329902515704058?a=4exgP2C-Bdf2bQQ4gCI&s=48
There ain’t no bonus like a #brexit bonus: ‘Farmers in #brexitbritain were promised freedom and prosperity outside the EU. They were mis-sold a fantasy of sovereignty without the economic consequences.’
https://x.com/lizwebstersbf/status/2120234719808049375?a=ONSzn-v99il3WIaZBms&s=48
https://x.com/lizwebstersbf/status/2120234719808049375?a=ONSzn-v99il3WIaZBms&s=48
November 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
There ain’t no bonus like a #brexit bonus: ‘Farmers in #brexitbritain were promised freedom and prosperity outside the EU. They were mis-sold a fantasy of sovereignty without the economic consequences.’
https://x.com/lizwebstersbf/status/2120234719808049375?a=ONSzn-v99il3WIaZBms&s=48
https://x.com/lizwebstersbf/status/2120234719808049375?a=ONSzn-v99il3WIaZBms&s=48
#brexit makes the world go round: a closer relationship with EU would boost UK growth in #brexitbritain, says Governor of Bank of England
https://x.com/dave43law/status/2120447152035877000?a=BBuLycvhY-yJvDyaWv8&s=48
https://x.com/dave43law/status/2120447152035877000?a=BBuLycvhY-yJvDyaWv8&s=48
November 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
#brexit makes the world go round: a closer relationship with EU would boost UK growth in #brexitbritain, says Governor of Bank of England
https://x.com/dave43law/status/2120447152035877000?a=BBuLycvhY-yJvDyaWv8&s=48
https://x.com/dave43law/status/2120447152035877000?a=BBuLycvhY-yJvDyaWv8&s=48
Businesses in #brexitbritain hit by “staggering” £7.7bn #brexit red tape bill to trade with EU in just four years.
https://x.com/cornishskipper/status/2120509111477649886?a=BBz5-4POgSlm8U-W_uM&s=48
https://x.com/cornishskipper/status/2120509111477649886?a=BBz5-4POgSlm8U-W_uM&s=48
November 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Businesses in #brexitbritain hit by “staggering” £7.7bn #brexit red tape bill to trade with EU in just four years.
https://x.com/cornishskipper/status/2120509111477649886?a=BBz5-4POgSlm8U-W_uM&s=48
https://x.com/cornishskipper/status/2120509111477649886?a=BBz5-4POgSlm8U-W_uM&s=48
‘Sunlit uplands’ in #brexitbritain: ‘Stay Out’ campaign resorts to same old #BrexitLies
https://youtu.be/AOyDqWHrBv8?is=jDQmEnyoYAaDoJXM
https://youtu.be/AOyDqWHrBv8?is=jDQmEnyoYAaDoJXM
November 15, 2026 at 7:02 AM
‘Sunlit uplands’ in #brexitbritain: ‘Stay Out’ campaign resorts to same old #BrexitLies
https://youtu.be/AOyDqWHrBv8?is=jDQmEnyoYAaDoJXM
https://youtu.be/AOyDqWHrBv8?is=jDQmEnyoYAaDoJXM
'EU citizens coming to #brexitbritain under properly enforced EU rules would not be a burden' https://x.com/richardgcorbett/status/2119916327649345906?a=iRYeohUIo4WRUjTetjA&s=48
November 11, 2026 at 6:50 AM
'EU citizens coming to #brexitbritain under properly enforced EU rules would not be a burden' https://x.com/richardgcorbett/status/2119916327649345906?a=iRYeohUIo4WRUjTetjA&s=48
Five EU leaders call for closer ties with #brexitbritain https://x.com/lisaocarroll/status/2119143063348027412?a=iwf0bF1ofAVxjNyd5eg&s=48
November 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Five EU leaders call for closer ties with #brexitbritain https://x.com/lisaocarroll/status/2119143063348027412?a=iwf0bF1ofAVxjNyd5eg&s=48
Through the looking glass in #brexitbritain: ‘the party of business’ has become the party of anti-business all because they have adopted #brexit ideology
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/2120556581100179595?a=3gqBwkkW2rrwuLyajFY&s=48
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/2120556581100179595?a=3gqBwkkW2rrwuLyajFY&s=48
November 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Through the looking glass in #brexitbritain: ‘the party of business’ has become the party of anti-business all because they have adopted #brexit ideology
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/2120556581100179595?a=3gqBwkkW2rrwuLyajFY&s=48
https://x.com/implausibleblog/status/2120556581100179595?a=3gqBwkkW2rrwuLyajFY&s=48
Could we be on the verge of genuine progress on the EU-#BrexitBritain front?
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/quiet-riot/id1747588157?i=1000801370146
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/quiet-riot/id1747588157?i=1000801370146
November 15, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Could we be on the verge of genuine progress on the EU-#BrexitBritain front?
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/quiet-riot/id1747588157?i=1000801370146
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/quiet-riot/id1747588157?i=1000801370146
Muddling through in #brexitbritain: ‘those pushing rejoin somehow need to make a distinction between being a third country – when the EU will win every negotiation by virtue of size – and being in the club’
Today's substack post on UK-EU relations is timely in considering whether this is really a moment of crisis demanding major action such as rejoining the EU, or whether the UK can to steal from @duncanweldon.bsky.social just keep muddling through... rejoinrejoin.substack.com/p/muddling-t...
Muddling through is the alternative to rejoin
Lost in centrist quicksands?
rejoinrejoin.substack.com
November 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Muddling through in #brexitbritain: ‘those pushing rejoin somehow need to make a distinction between being a third country – when the EU will win every negotiation by virtue of size – and being in the club’
Former chief #brexit negotiator discusses what would be involved in #brexitbritain rejoining EU
https://youtu.be/lQ1Fh4BFl10?is=rNjOk_BBtNl29Elj
https://youtu.be/lQ1Fh4BFl10?is=rNjOk_BBtNl29Elj
November 10, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Former chief #brexit negotiator discusses what would be involved in #brexitbritain rejoining EU
https://youtu.be/lQ1Fh4BFl10?is=rNjOk_BBtNl29Elj
https://youtu.be/lQ1Fh4BFl10?is=rNjOk_BBtNl29Elj
Cost of zombie #brexit border inspection posts for all those checks #brexitbritain never implemented
https://x.com/lisaocarroll/status/2119479708480061450?a=LkWIhWGrlK55ypxJ2tk&s=48
https://x.com/lisaocarroll/status/2119479708480061450?a=LkWIhWGrlK55ypxJ2tk&s=48
November 10, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Cost of zombie #brexit border inspection posts for all those checks #brexitbritain never implemented
https://x.com/lisaocarroll/status/2119479708480061450?a=LkWIhWGrlK55ypxJ2tk&s=48
https://x.com/lisaocarroll/status/2119479708480061450?a=LkWIhWGrlK55ypxJ2tk&s=48
‘Taking back control’ in #brexitbritain: large benefit of modest improvements in EU cooperation illustrates sheer cost of #brexit
https://youtu.be/cI1B3qtQnwg?is=vIn7Nu8t6lDfnJcW
https://youtu.be/cI1B3qtQnwg?is=vIn7Nu8t6lDfnJcW
November 10, 2026 at 7:40 PM
‘Taking back control’ in #brexitbritain: large benefit of modest improvements in EU cooperation illustrates sheer cost of #brexit
https://youtu.be/cI1B3qtQnwg?is=vIn7Nu8t6lDfnJcW
https://youtu.be/cI1B3qtQnwg?is=vIn7Nu8t6lDfnJcW
What would have made #brexit a success?
Leaving aside the value of community and of common security, economic success for #brexitbritain meant forcing Europe to give broadly similar trade terms while also opening up the US
Leaving aside the value of community and of common security, economic success for #brexitbritain meant forcing Europe to give broadly similar trade terms while also opening up the US
What would have made Brexit a success?
It bears repeating that the path was quite narrow.
Leaving aside the value of community and of common security, economic success for UK meant forcing Europe to give broadly similar trade terms while also opening up the US
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It bears repeating that the path was quite narrow.
Leaving aside the value of community and of common security, economic success for UK meant forcing Europe to give broadly similar trade terms while also opening up the US
A 🧵
I’m sure we all remember one the leading Brexiter idiots, the ludicrous Jacob Rees Mogg (Minister for Brexit Opportunities) saying that enforcing post-Brexit checks, “would be an act of self-harm”
Anyone who isn’t incandescent with rage at these fools really needs to look in the mirror
Anyone who isn’t incandescent with rage at these fools really needs to look in the mirror
November 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
What would have made #brexit a success?
Leaving aside the value of community and of common security, economic success for #brexitbritain meant forcing Europe to give broadly similar trade terms while also opening up the US
Leaving aside the value of community and of common security, economic success for #brexitbritain meant forcing Europe to give broadly similar trade terms while also opening up the US
The costly red tape is hitting businesses, squeezing food producers and adding to the cost of living in #brexitbritain https://bsky.app/profile/selfe.bsky.social/post/3n2bjrgapp22h
November 15, 2026 at 7:02 AM
The costly red tape is hitting businesses, squeezing food producers and adding to the cost of living in #brexitbritain https://bsky.app/profile/selfe.bsky.social/post/3n2bjrgapp22h
‘Sunlit uplands’ in #brexitbritain: ‘#Brexit is now being judged as a lived experience rather than an idea.’
https://x.com/keiranpedley/status/2119365175631630843?a=RFrwP5d4vnGFCSTS2w0&s=48
https://x.com/keiranpedley/status/2119365175631630843?a=RFrwP5d4vnGFCSTS2w0&s=48
November 10, 2026 at 7:39 PM
‘Sunlit uplands’ in #brexitbritain: ‘#Brexit is now being judged as a lived experience rather than an idea.’
https://x.com/keiranpedley/status/2119365175631630843?a=RFrwP5d4vnGFCSTS2w0&s=48
https://x.com/keiranpedley/status/2119365175631630843?a=RFrwP5d4vnGFCSTS2w0&s=48
The never-ending #brexit: ‘What is happening now is at least far better than previous approaches from #brexitbritain in which there wasn’t really political agreement, and they hoped this could somehow be fixed in detailed talks.’
Today's Substack post, just a state of play of UK-EU negotiations ahead of next week's summit, focusing on the major outstanding issues in the youth mobility file, and explaining along the way how the negotiations run. rejoinrejoin.substack.com/p/of-tunnels...
Of Tunnels and Tuition Fees
Understanding the summit run-up
rejoinrejoin.substack.com
November 11, 2026 at 6:44 AM
The never-ending #brexit: ‘What is happening now is at least far better than previous approaches from #brexitbritain in which there wasn’t really political agreement, and they hoped this could somehow be fixed in detailed talks.’
There ain’t no bonus like a #brexit bonus: ‘Where British businesses must meet EU rules to sell into its market, they still have to comply, but #brexitbritain no longer has the votes or representation to help decide those rules.’ […]
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November 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
There ain’t no bonus like a #brexit bonus: ‘Where British businesses must meet EU rules to sell into its market, they still have to comply, but #brexitbritain no longer has the votes or representation to help decide those rules.’ […]
Outside the Single Market, #brexitbritain has to bargain for each piece of access and align with rules we no longer help make. That is the sovereignty #brexit promised? https://x.com/lizwebstersbf/status/2118627850207035800?a=pVvR5uoiaSq54wbJdPk&s=48
November 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Outside the Single Market, #brexitbritain has to bargain for each piece of access and align with rules we no longer help make. That is the sovereignty #brexit promised? https://x.com/lizwebstersbf/status/2118627850207035800?a=pVvR5uoiaSq54wbJdPk&s=48
Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre said that #brexitbritain should not follow his country’s example by agreeing a deal for EU market access without being a full EU member, as the EU takes the decisions and “we implement them.” https://bsky.app/profile/richardcorbett.bsky.social/post/3n27m2q44o224
November 15, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre said that #brexitbritain should not follow his country’s example by agreeing a deal for EU market access without being a full EU member, as the EU takes the decisions and “we implement them.” https://bsky.app/profile/richardcorbett.bsky.social/post/3n27m2q44o224
‘Taking back control’ in #brexitbritain
November 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
‘Taking back control’ in #brexitbritain
Two points on ‘Made in Europe’.
Firstly, if you wanted a reason to not let #brexitbritain accede, to the Union, this is it.
Firstly, if you wanted a reason to not let #brexitbritain accede, to the Union, this is it.
Two points on this.
Firstly, if you wanted a reason to not let the UK accede, to the Union, this is it.
The UK has a long history of blocking European trade measures, most egregiously on solar panels and steel being dumped from China.
A 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Firstly, if you wanted a reason to not let the UK accede, to the Union, this is it.
The UK has a long history of blocking European trade measures, most egregiously on solar panels and steel being dumped from China.
A 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on EU ‘Made in Europe’ rules: a fatal blow to Brexiter delusions | Editorial
Editorial: It is getting ever harder for Eurosceptics to deny that it was an economic and strategic blunder for Britain to leave the single market
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Two points on ‘Made in Europe’.
Firstly, if you wanted a reason to not let #brexitbritain accede, to the Union, this is it.
Firstly, if you wanted a reason to not let #brexitbritain accede, to the Union, this is it.
‘For some, the diminution of [...] national income [...] since #brexit, compared to what would have prevailed had #brexitbritain remained inside the bloc, is a price well worth paying for a purer conception of sovereignty’ https://apple.news/AASwPCyQGQPWk0t3pJxIaPw?highlight=%0A
Voices: The Bank of England’s timely Brexit intervention is right on the money — The Independent
Editorial: The UK must seize the levers that it has to boost growth – this month’s EU-UK summit is a chance that must not be wasted
apple.news
November 10, 2026 at 7:01 AM
‘For some, the diminution of [...] national income [...] since #brexit, compared to what would have prevailed had #brexitbritain remained inside the bloc, is a price well worth paying for a purer conception of sovereignty’ https://apple.news/AASwPCyQGQPWk0t3pJxIaPw?highlight=%0A
Let them eat #brexit: the grievance-driven political narrative of #brexitbritain
https://youtu.be/qu_6XnO2y-8?is=36Mcm1OwUCJaq3Yy
https://youtu.be/qu_6XnO2y-8?is=36Mcm1OwUCJaq3Yy
November 6, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Let them eat #brexit: the grievance-driven political narrative of #brexitbritain
https://youtu.be/qu_6XnO2y-8?is=36Mcm1OwUCJaq3Yy
https://youtu.be/qu_6XnO2y-8?is=36Mcm1OwUCJaq3Yy