Presumably the Conservative plan is to kick this shit show down the road until it becomes Labour’s intractable problem. And by the way, Labour show no sign of having a plan to actually solve it either because they are too frightened of saying the bloody obvious, which is Brexit…

Brexiteers promised again and again that frictionless trade would continue. These expensive border checks - the inevitable consequence of leaving - have already been delayed multiple times and prove what lies were told and what an utter shambles the Government has delivered

Positive news, but why limit this to 18 - 30 year olds?

A return to real free movement for all, which was always conditional, would also open up the EU single market & end some of the Tory Brexit bureaucracy !

theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Absolutely top front page all round. 10/10 no notes.

My dad came over from Sicily & worked as a waiter at The Ritz…

He built a whole life/family here from those starting blocks

Last week,Brexit rules came in taking min visa salary threshold to £38k

Not only does this kill hospitality

It kills the dreams of people like my dad.

Nate White, a British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no…

Baby Reindeer on Netflix. Brilliant, horrifying, bleak, often hilarious. A remarkably acted study of stalking, trauma, abuse and stand up comedy. Highly recommended.

Also, 🔥Liz Truss’s autobiography extracts have just dropped … and it’s clear it’s going to be an absolute banger

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

In this tiny extract the Queen dies - and Truss is moved to ask “Why me?”

We are getting used to these kinds of numbers now, but the swing implied here is unprecedented. If repeated in the GE, it would mean an 18.5 point Con to Lab swing. Nearly twice as large as the swing Blair achieved in 1997 (10 points) or Attlee achieved in 1945 (10.7 points)

Westminster Voting Intention:

LAB: 45% (+2)
CON: 19% (-1)
RFM: 15% (-1)
LDM: 8% (=)
GRN: 7% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via YouGov, 10-11 Apr.
Changes w/ 2-3 Apr.

Quite a development that the Mail is now taking articles from Starmer, billing them as “landmark” and splashing on them approvingly

It’s almost as if he didn’t understand what he was voting for …..

Incredible that, all these years on, Rees-Mogg is still conflating issues of trade terms, regulation, and border security - and still doesn't understand what Brexit actually means for those things, apparently.

Taking Back Control part 956: new Brexit checks to cost UK business £2bn and fuel inflation theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

“Goodbye London” intoned the Italian daily La Repubblica on Tuesday after a new British regulation raised the minimum salary threshold for a skilled work visa from £26,000 to £38,700. No more Italian waiters! Another Conservative and Brexit balls up destroying our culture and…

UK post-Brexit rules will freeze out waiters when minimum salary for skilled worker visa rises to £38,700 leaving restaurants and pubs adding to 120,000 hospitality job vacancies bit.ly/3VZKoQy these are UK rules nothing to do with EU.

Climate change.

The world’s biggest exporter of olive oil, Spain, has halved its production due to drought and extreme heat, increasing its price (at origin!) 112% since 2022.

It’s happening to other food crops too. Olive oil today, everything else soon.

NEW: Rwanda’s state-owned airline RwandAir turned down a UK government proposal to transport asylum seekers to Kigali last year because it feared damaging its brand
W/ William Wallis FT 1/3
ft.com/content/1251e4…

As of April 1st, Spotify has demonetized any track on the platform that receives less than 1000 streams per year. That’s an estimated 86% of tracks on the platform. This new policy will impact small artists the most — the same artists that Spotify claims to support.

I see Geert Wilders has publicly abandoned the policy of the Netherlands leaving the EU saying.
' We see from Brexit that all countries are better off within the European Union. The British showed us the consequences of leaving'