Just to clarify It is not Brexit that imposes arduous paperwork on our trade with EU. It is the EU themselves. They are not the warm and cuddly people heading towards a better world that some Remoaners imagine. But a vicious protectionist cartel determined to keep out the rest of the world. Let's put the blame where it lies.

Every time Labour mention Brexit they are admitting they cannot manage this country. Just like putting Burnham in was them admitting they have no one good enough to do the job out of 400 MPs. They would prefer to be the EU UK based admin team.

🚨 JUST IN: In a bombshell speech, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz just called the EUROPEAN UNION A COMPLETE FAILURE in front of global elites by stating, "Germany and Europe have wasted incredible potential. We have become the world champion of over-regulation and zero growth."

J'ai aujourd'hui des alliés pour transformer l'Union européenne en Europe des nations. L'Espagne, la France, la Pologne et l'Italie, quatre des cinq plus grands pays de l'Union européenne, vont avoir des élections : ces quatre grands pays peuvent faire basculer sa direction.

Let me clear a second point up about Brexit: Brexit wasn't a silver bullet. It was never expected that it would immunise us from failure, or save us the difficult task of having to actually govern ourselves effectively. Too many people seem to confuse SINCE Brexit with BECAUSE of Brexit. They see difficulties since leaving as proof that Brexit hasn't worked. When it fact what they are seeing are straightforward domestic political failures. They get the impression that the Brexit vote was the end of the story, rather than the beginning of a new, exciting chapter. Brexit wasn't like a wind up toy car where you let it go and it speeds off. It wasn't, to use Air Force parlance, a "fire and forget" event. To think that Brexiteers promised that Brexit would mean everything was plain sailing from now to eternity is just silly. Brexit was about returning political power and accountability to where it belongs, Westminster (and eventually locally). It was about giving politicians we elect and who we can remove the ultimate say. It was about placing issues we had been unable to touch while inside the EU back into democratic contention. None of this meant we would be unable to falter or fail, as all countries do from time to time. It simply meant that our future is ours, and our failures are ours to own too. THIS was the point of Brexit. We can no longer blame the EU for all our failings. We have to look to ourselves, and to our politicians. Our democratic muscles have atrophied and weakened after decades in the EU. We are taking time to rebuild them. Too many people are frightened of our own sovereignty. They would prefer the comforting bosom of the EU. But that would be a major step backwards. Our future is ours, if only we can rediscover the courage and desire to govern ourselves.

This is a problem for the EU lobby. Now we have left we can see what has happened. Have we done well? No Have we done better than comparable EU economies? Yes Did we make the most of Brexit? No Can we do more? Yes Is the EU the slowest growing trade block in the world? Yes Would we have to pay tens of billions £ to be a member of the EU? Yes Would we have to scrap most, if not all, of the 70+ trade deals we have done since we left? Yes Is our trade with the EU ⬆️ since we left? Yes Is our trade with non-EU countries ⬆️ even more? Yes

If you want to talk about foreign governments meddling in British politics. The pro-EU group "UK in a Changing Europe" admitted this week that they have been funded by the Spanish Government. Why on earth would the Spanish Government be funding a pro-EU outlet in the UK?

'Get over it': Labour MP Dame Emily Thornberry's message on concerns about reopening 'divisive' Brexit debates. Thornberry tells @CathyNewman that the UK could re-join the EU without a second referendum if it was included as a manifesto commitment at a general election.

This is just not true. As soon as I became foreign secretary I asked the security services the same question and they replied that there was no evidence of any successful interference in the 2016 referendum, by Russia or any other power. Either the security services have changed their view - which would be very odd - or Burnham is lying about what he has been told. After all Starmer was in power for two years and had access to exactly the same information. theguardian.com/technology/2…

Hopefully Ceuta has shown enough people that these left wing socialist nutters should be nowhere near power.