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Richard Barfield Feb 19, 2024

Richard Barfield Feb 18, 2024

Former PO Chairman, the widely experienced Henry Staunton, had a unique vantage point and lays out some home truths about the PO scandal and the PO’s dysfunctional governance.
#postofficeinquiry

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/post-office-chairman-interview-henry-staunton-ws5k6sh9p

Post Office boss: I was told to stall compensation to help Tories

Henry Staunton had only been in post since 2022. But when he was sacked he says Kemi Badenoch told him: ‘Someone’s got to take the rap’

The Sunday Times

Richard Barfield Feb 18, 2024

Former PO Chairman, the widely experienced Henry Staunton, had a unique vantage point and lays out some home truths about the PO scandal and the PO’s dysfunctional governance.
#postofficeinquiry

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/post-office-chairman-interview-henry-staunton-ws5k6sh9p

Post Office boss: I was told to stall compensation to help Tories

Henry Staunton had only been in post since 2022. But when he was sacked he says Kemi Badenoch told him: ‘Someone’s got to take the rap’

The Sunday Times

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Richard Barfield Feb 13, 2024

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-uk-economy-cost-damage-b2491585.html

The Brexit bill: £100bn hit to UK exports as toy, medical kit and jewellery sales slump

Businesses that make sporting goods, children’s toys, jewellery and medical goods have struggled the most with the border costs imposed by the UK’s decision to leave the EU

The Independent

Richard Barfield Feb 13, 2024

There was a strong, detailed piece in the Independent yesterday about the massive economic harms of #Brexit. This clear, shorter summary from John Springford of CER
explains in simple terms how Brexit has caused the UK to lose out.

https://cer.eu/insights/brexit-four-years-answers-two-trade-paradoxes

Richard Barfield Sep 16, 2023

“Spotlight on services" is my new article on a critical but under-reported part of UK exports - includes:
- fresh analysis of the UK's post-TCA export performance
- effects of TCA on services exports to the EU
- UK 'services superpower' position under threat (see chart)
- politicians (of all parties) need to openly acknowledge the economic and commercial realities of the TCA
#brexit #tca #exports #Rejoin #trade #politics
https://rbas.co.uk/pdfs/SpotlightOnServices_RBAS_September2023.pdf

Richard Barfield Aug 26, 2023

Round 2 of choosing a description for misleading assertions in support of #Brexit (and staying out of EU) - the equivalent of ‘Project Fear’.

Project Fantasy won the first round and is now up against new contenders (from Twitter, here and elsewhere).

Please vote, and please reply with better suggestions!

Thanks

Project Fantasy

50%

Project Piffle

25%

Project Lie

25%

Project Pretence

Poll ended at Aug 29, 2023 at 11:28am.

Richard Barfield Aug 24, 2023

How about finding a description for misleading assertions in support of #Brexit (and staying out of EU) - the equivalent of ‘Project Fear’?

Here’s a starting list - please vote, and please reply with better suggestions!

Thanks

Project Fantasy

75%

Project Denial

Project Poverty

25%

Poll ended at Aug 25, 2023 at 11:21am.

Richard Barfield Aug 2, 2023

Simon Wren-Lewis Aug 2, 2023

Y'days post: The Farage-Coutts affair exemplifies the bankruptcy of UK media and politics https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-farage-coutts-affair-exemplifies.html
Farage is not a helpless victim because of his political activities, but instead is extremely powerful because of them, backed by the right wing media.