Dear Supporters, In this newsletter, we are publicizing the National Rejoin March, which is taking place in London on 10th September. It’s important that as many of us as possible attend this, to demonstrate that the effects of the government’s disastrous Trade and Cooperation Agreement are still very much a live issue. Details below. Although we are…
False equivalence Over the years there have been a series of occurrences of False equivalence in BBC news programmes, where Ofcom has had to correct the BBC. The existence of Climate change being a notable one, where climate scientists were set against those with no knowledge of the subject. BBC Complaint handling The BBC’s failure…
Every serious independent economist argued that massively raising barriers with your main trade partner is an extraordinary act of self-harm. And now, 6 years too late, the extreme right wing Brexit backing Express newspaper last week carried the headline “Brexit blamed as UK exports 2021 drop 14% – Britain ‘missing out’ on global trade”. And…
Majority think the EU Trade deal with UK has pushed up costs, increased paperwork and delays, and put the UK at a competitive disadvantage. New research carried out by the British Chambers of Commerce of more than 1,000 businesses has highlighted a host of issues with the UK’s trade deal with Europe. The BCC believes urgent steps should be taken to address these problems…
A North Herts for Europe presentation A Zoom webinar with Jonty Bloom, formerly BBC business and economics correspondent, now freelance journalist and blogger. His blog, Jonty’s Jottings, can be found on https://jonty.substack.com/. He worked in the City before becoming a journalist. Jonty presents a 40-minute review of the ways in which Brexit will impact the…
Operation Yellowhammer In 2019 the Government produced Brexit Worst Case Predictions for a No deal Brexit ‘Reasonable Worst Case Scenario’ for internal use only called ‘Operation Yellowhammer‘. This was leaked to the Sunday Times and the Institute for Government produced a summary. No Preparation The Government chose to produce a ‘Hard Brexit’ with no preparation,…
A North Herts for Europe presentation A Zoom webinar with Jonty Bloom, formerly BBC business and economics correspondent, now freelance journalist and blogger. His blog, Jonty’s Jottings, can be found on https://jonty.substack.com/. He worked in the City before becoming a journalist. Jonty presents a 40 minute review of the ways in which Brexit will impact…
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