This could never have happened here, say commentators from Brexitland
November 6, 2024 at 5:11 PM
This could never have happened here, say commentators from Brexitland
Welcome to Brexitland, US, in which waywardness is described as "strategic uncertainty", restrictions on trade boost performance and self harm is lauded....
Spoiler, it does not end happily
www.ft.com/content/342d...
Spoiler, it does not end happily
www.ft.com/content/342d...
May 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Welcome to Brexitland, US, in which waywardness is described as "strategic uncertainty", restrictions on trade boost performance and self harm is lauded....
Spoiler, it does not end happily
www.ft.com/content/342d...
Spoiler, it does not end happily
www.ft.com/content/342d...
In Brexitland, some referendums are more sacred than others
Would the people in Ireland/ N.Ireland get a vote on it like last time?
July 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Brexitland, some referendums are more sacred than others
Ugh, Brexitland is a bitter little rock.
The National: UK border guards 'block 100 French schoolchildren on trip to Scottish Highlands'
www.thenational.scot/news/2476023...
www.thenational.scot/news/2476023...
UK border guards 'block 100 French schoolchildren on trip to Scottish Highlands'
ONE hundred French schoolchildren heading on a trip to the Scottish Highlands were prevented from entering the UK by British border guards, French…
www.thenational.scot
November 29, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Ugh, Brexitland is a bitter little rock.
For those who think obviously-bonkers economic self-harm will turn the country against its leadership and lead to swift corrections in the direction of sanity, I have news from Brexitland
April 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
For those who think obviously-bonkers economic self-harm will turn the country against its leadership and lead to swift corrections in the direction of sanity, I have news from Brexitland
Brexitland is a cruel and bitter little rock.
The Home Office has barred an autistic child from settling in the UK with her father, a highly respected GP, stating that the family do not meet the requirement for "compassionate or compelling circumstances".
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Valued GP ‘will be forced to leave UK’ after autistic daughter refused visa
London-based doctor Tajwer Siddiqui says Home Office rules are separating him from his wife and Alina, 19
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Brexitland is a cruel and bitter little rock.
Back working in Brexitland*
*Lincolnshire
*Lincolnshire
August 11, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Back working in Brexitland*
*Lincolnshire
*Lincolnshire
Meanwhile over in Brexitland, they're trying to reintroduce indentured servitude and slavery.
Criminals could be sentenced to work in a supermarket rather than going to prison - ingenious plan from @icelandrichard.bsky.social in evidence to @thetimes.com Crime and Justice Commission @mattdathan.bskyb.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Criminals could be sentenced to a job on shop floor at Iceland
Iceland Foods has called on the government to put prisoners to work in supermarkets to reduce reoffending and the rising prison population
www.thetimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Meanwhile over in Brexitland, they're trying to reintroduce indentured servitude and slavery.
Brexitland is a bitter little rock.
EU offers UK "emergency brake" on numbers under youth mobility treaty
(Nb although this is presented here as a concession to the UK, in fact in last May's "common understanding" both sides agreed that the numbers moving could be limited in some way) 1/
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
(Nb although this is presented here as a concession to the UK, in fact in last May's "common understanding" both sides agreed that the numbers moving could be limited in some way) 1/
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
EU offers UK ‘emergency brake’ on youth mobility scheme numbers
Britain wants limits on young people entering country but Europe opposes this as scheme aims to celebrate links
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Brexitland is a bitter little rock.
As Maria Sobolewska and I first said in Brexitland, the legacy parties under FPP are like Tinkerbell - they need belief to survive. if people cease to believe they see the best and only options, they can die fast. Is this the moment Labour’s Tinkerbell dies?
March 3, 2026 at 7:24 AM
As Maria Sobolewska and I first said in Brexitland, the legacy parties under FPP are like Tinkerbell - they need belief to survive. if people cease to believe they see the best and only options, they can die fast. Is this the moment Labour’s Tinkerbell dies?
Nothing changes in Brexitland.
A third country still convinced it's part of the negotiaitons like a member state, with the German car-company cavalry still just about to ride over the hill.
[*shrug]
A third country still convinced it's part of the negotiaitons like a member state, with the German car-company cavalry still just about to ride over the hill.
[*shrug]
Chris Bryant: "I am determined to win" on the arguments over car corporate fleets to be include in the Eu's Made in Europe industrial accelerator act.
Says negotiations are with industry, commission, Eu parliamnet and all member states.
Pointed out that CEO of BMW has said it damages Mem States.
Says negotiations are with industry, commission, Eu parliamnet and all member states.
Pointed out that CEO of BMW has said it damages Mem States.
March 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Nothing changes in Brexitland.
A third country still convinced it's part of the negotiaitons like a member state, with the German car-company cavalry still just about to ride over the hill.
[*shrug]
A third country still convinced it's part of the negotiaitons like a member state, with the German car-company cavalry still just about to ride over the hill.
[*shrug]
And with Starmer refuting any rapprochement the UK will be still in Brexitland twiddling its thumbs.
February 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
And with Starmer refuting any rapprochement the UK will be still in Brexitland twiddling its thumbs.
Anyway if "class isn't the basis of vote choice any more" is surprising news for you and you want to know how that came about, have I got a book for you!
www.amazon.co.uk/Brexitland-I...
www.amazon.co.uk/Brexitland-I...
Brexitland: Identity, Diversity and the Reshaping of British Politics
Buy Brexitland: Identity, Diversity and the Reshaping of British Politics by Sobolewska, Maria (ISBN: 9781108461900) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Anyway if "class isn't the basis of vote choice any more" is surprising news for you and you want to know how that came about, have I got a book for you!
www.amazon.co.uk/Brexitland-I...
www.amazon.co.uk/Brexitland-I...
I used to think we had shared values across the UK but England's approach to social justice has changed.
I look at Ireland, Finland, Estonia, and think how well we could do.
Scotland has a choice.
Stay in the right wing Farage-focused Brexitland, or return to the EU as an independent nation.
I look at Ireland, Finland, Estonia, and think how well we could do.
Scotland has a choice.
Stay in the right wing Farage-focused Brexitland, or return to the EU as an independent nation.
“Brexit-optimist economist Julian Jessop, a fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs, admitted that Brexit has made it harder or “impossible” for small businesses to adjust.”
Finally.
Finally.
The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on
As January marks five years on from Britain leaving the EU, Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin explore its impact
www.independent.co.uk
January 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I used to think we had shared values across the UK but England's approach to social justice has changed.
I look at Ireland, Finland, Estonia, and think how well we could do.
Scotland has a choice.
Stay in the right wing Farage-focused Brexitland, or return to the EU as an independent nation.
I look at Ireland, Finland, Estonia, and think how well we could do.
Scotland has a choice.
Stay in the right wing Farage-focused Brexitland, or return to the EU as an independent nation.
The man behind much of what is wrong in Brexitland.
Britain’s City watchdog has decided to fine Brexit financier Crispin Odey £1.8m and ban him from the UK financial services industry “for a lack of integrity”. uk.news.yahoo.com/crispin-odey...
Crispin Odey: Hedge fund manager fined £1.8million and banned for 'lack of integrity'
Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey has been fined £1.8 million and banned from the UK financial services industry for a “lack of integrity”, the Financial Conduct Authority has said in a provisional deci...
uk.news.yahoo.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The man behind much of what is wrong in Brexitland.
Meanwhile in Brexitland.
a woman wearing a ny hat is holding a pair of pliers and a bunch of wires
ALT: a woman wearing a ny hat is holding a pair of pliers and a bunch of wires
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Meanwhile in Brexitland.
Maybe Matt should read Brexitland by Ford and Sobolewska, available from all good bookshops
March 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Maybe Matt should read Brexitland by Ford and Sobolewska, available from all good bookshops
And the arrogance of the assumption that everyone wants to stay here, in cold ridiculous Brexitland, once they’ve done their visiting
June 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
And the arrogance of the assumption that everyone wants to stay here, in cold ridiculous Brexitland, once they’ve done their visiting
Brexitland does it again.
February 22, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Brexitland does it again.
A grey and wet Helsinki 🇫🇮 but still a nice day being away from Brexitland 🙏🏼
June 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
A grey and wet Helsinki 🇫🇮 but still a nice day being away from Brexitland 🙏🏼
See also: Brexitland.
May 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
See also: Brexitland.
Eiffel Tower for the north of Brexitland. Rejoice.
Meanwhile Scotland’s only oil refinery that produces 97% of UK oil gets closed by the English political class so benefitting England.
Endorsed by all the Labour/Tories/Liberal/UK Reform Scottish branch offices & voters.
Never a Brit.
Meanwhile Scotland’s only oil refinery that produces 97% of UK oil gets closed by the English political class so benefitting England.
Endorsed by all the Labour/Tories/Liberal/UK Reform Scottish branch offices & voters.
Never a Brit.
March 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Eiffel Tower for the north of Brexitland. Rejoice.
Meanwhile Scotland’s only oil refinery that produces 97% of UK oil gets closed by the English political class so benefitting England.
Endorsed by all the Labour/Tories/Liberal/UK Reform Scottish branch offices & voters.
Never a Brit.
Meanwhile Scotland’s only oil refinery that produces 97% of UK oil gets closed by the English political class so benefitting England.
Endorsed by all the Labour/Tories/Liberal/UK Reform Scottish branch offices & voters.
Never a Brit.