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Dave Lowry retweeted
Someone buy this woman a very large wineโฆ a bottleโฆ the whole fucking vineyardโฆ๐๐๐๐๐
Hi @TerraOrBust - just been reading this bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6jdโฆ and wondered if this is how Burnham is going to frame a re-run of the referendum?
Dave Lowry retweeted
The original sin of Brexit was not allowing Vote Leave to own the project after victory.
In wrestling power from the people who won the referendum, insane internal machinations within the Parliamentary Conservative Party prevented those who campaigned for the outcome from delivering that outcome.
From the start the whole project was decapitated.
And so here we are now, ten years on, having repealed precious little EU law, pursuing no supply side reform, indeed still building a ยฃ125m bat tunnel in order that HS2 abide by the retained EU Habitats Directive.
For the best part of a decade the political class stole the victory from the people.
And now they have the temerity to say their own failure is actually the fault of the people for wanting an independent country.
Dave Lowry retweeted
Rejoining the single market would restore more frictionless trade which, ceteris paribus, should aid economic growth, tho by how much is hard to discern.
But there are costs. Above all Brussels regulation, which inhibits high-tech and made the EU something of an AI backwater. Whereas the UK is 3rd in the world re AI and has more unicorns (high-tech start ups worth ยฃ1bn+ each) than the next three biggest European markets combined.
So that would inhibit growth (and about 25% of our growth comes from high tech these days).
The net would certainly be nothing like enough to generate enough revenues to pay for the massive tax cuts E Davey is calling for.
The Wargame on Sky is amazing. @michaelgove and the rest of the team did a fantastic job; entertaining but challenging. Here's hoping our government rises to the task ahead.
Dear @LBC - question for Shakeel on the AI discussion. How far advanced above and beyond ChatGPT 6 Astra does he think the non-public models are?
Dave Lowry retweeted
A Burnham claimed yesterday that the 2016 vote for Brexit ushered in a decade of low growth.
Heโs right that thereโs been low growth, though not just in Britain, which suggests Brexit is not quite the explanation he thinks it is.
I think Brexiteers hard pressed to show that Brexit has been good for growth.
But Remainers lack evidence it has crippled or undermined growth.
In the decade from mid-2016 til mid-2026, the UK had the 3rd biggest growth in real GDP (13%) of the G7. Well behind the US (27%) and Canada (20%) but ahead of France (12%), Italy 10%, Germany 8%, and Japan (6%).
I think we can all agree Japan made a big mistake leaving the EU.
Dave Lowry retweeted
How to end the Brexit shitshow, by Dominic Cummings (@Dominic2306)
Almost all the positive things that we could have changed after Brexit, Westminster, the Tories and Labour have been adamant in refusing to do.
But just because of inertia, we havenโt adopted various of the EU regulations, and therefore we havenโt shot ourselves in both feet the way that Brussels has.
As the old system fails, something new is being born โ but for the moment, it is unclear exactly what.
Read more โฌ๏ธ
buff.ly/BKsezvM
Former civil servant publishes article on LabourList and is approved by Rees-Mogg.
This is excellent advice from a first class civil servant. labourlist.org/2026/06/civilโฆ
Dear @AsdaServiceTeam - please would advise on your best digital channel for a subject access request. Thanks.
Dave Lowry retweeted
Let's swap a little hope, friends โฅ๏ธ
Putting actions behind my words. I want to send you an envelope of hope in the post every month โฅ๏ธ
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Dave Lowry retweeted
Neilโs narrator adds:
Since the Brexit referendum the UK economy has grown faster than Germany, France and Italy, which are all still in the EU. So much for the Brexit drag.
The higher inflation, higher interest rates and poor fiscal position are overwhelmingly the result of the economic policies of previous Tory governments, exacerbated by the current Labour one, which continued to borrow too much, tax too much, spend too much. Hence the UKโs high gilt yields. Brexit didnโt even have a walk on role.
To summarise my point: Brexit has led to lower growth and higher inflation, thus a worse fiscal position, necessitating higher interest rates and creating more expensive gilts than we otherwise would have had worsening our gap compared to France since 2020. To summarise @afneil point: the worsening gap with France is purely Truss and Reeves and unlinked to Brexit. Make your own mind up!
Dave Lowry retweeted
Superb from @michaelgove.
The silence in the room is telling.
When eloquently delivered facts hit an audience, with many perhaps quietly grasping for the first time that the pro-EU lobby in Britain have been peddling nonsense for a decade.
Dave Lowry retweeted
Important we give these Green councillor resignations as much spotlight as the BBC and Sky give Reform and Tory resignations.
Share away.
Dave Lowry retweeted
In the name of public service, and as ex-economics editor of BBC Newsnight, I offer to do a zoom call, tonight, with any Labour MP who wants to understand why bond markets do not "fall into line" with governments. 1/
Dave Lowry retweeted
This man says, โlet me get this straight.
When White people move into an area, itโs called โcolonizingโ or โgentrificationโ,
which is bad.
But if people of a high melanin count move into an area, thatโs โcultural enrichmentโ and โdiversity is our strengthโ,
which is good.
But then if those same White people donโt want any more โcultural enrichmentโ or are tired of โdiversityโ being their strength, thatโs called โWhite Flightโ,
which is bad.
So they donโt want White people to come or to go.
Itโs almost as if they donโt want them (whites) to exist at all.โ
Heโs figuring it out.
Dave Lowry retweeted
Full episode:
youtu.be/b-wc8tRNoJk
This is one moment from a wider conversation between @carloswatson and @johnkiriakouโwhere the Epstein question isnโt avoided.
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Dave Lowry retweeted
In 1967 the French President of the time, Charles de Gaulle, blocked the UK application to join the EEC (the infant version of the now EU) for the second time.
He wrote in 1963 about the reasons for his objections - and these reasons stand true today.
Membership was never good.
Dave Lowry retweeted
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
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An LBC caller asked Badenoch how a Muslim could trust the Conservative Party after Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy criticized mass Ramadan public prayer in Trafalgar Square as โan act of domination.โ Badenoch did not duck.
Her opening:
๐๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด 50% ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ. ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ.
Then the line:
๐๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ.
Then the closer:
๐๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ค, ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต.
British law over religious law. British culture over religious deference. The right to criticize ANY religion โ Christianity, Islam, all of them โ is a non-negotiable feature of a free society, not a privilege the majority granted to the minority.
This is the Western mainstream conservative position. Badenoch โ daughter of Nigerian immigrants, raised Christian, lived among Muslims her whole childhood โ said it on national radio without hedging, without apologizing, and without softening it for the audience.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ .
๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ @๐๐๐.