Anand Menon

Here we go again - UK in a changing Europe Anand Menon argues that while the UK government speaks more freely about the economic impact of Brexit and its ambitions for closer ties to the EU, its red lines will limit what it is able to achieve.

Talking about the economic impact of Brexit is one thing. Doing something about is something else entirely. Me for @ukandeu.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/here-we-go-a...

Me too

I’ll listen again. First time round I just thought I wanted to hear more of him

Starting to wonder why I do it to myself every bloody morning. That plus the Darren Jones one the other day (maybe yesterday) did my head in.

Turns out that if you spend most of the allotted time rhetorically grandstanding under the guise of asking a question, you run out of time to hear any answers.

The impact of Brexit on immigration to the UK A new analysis finds that Brexit raised the number of foreign-born workers in the UK by about 200,000, but resulted in a more dramatic shift in the countries of origin.

New research by me @jdportes.bsky.social: we find that the end of free movement and the new immigration regime rather modestly raised the number of foreign-born workers in Britain – by about 200,000 in 2024. Thread. www.cer.eu/insights/imp...

In contrast to Labour's accusations of a Conservative "open borders experiment", @jdportes.bsky.social & @johnspringford.bsky.social find that #Brexit and the new immigration regime raised the number of foreign-born workers in the UK by a modest 200,000.

New @CER_EU insight: buff.ly/u1TuLFx

The impact of Brexit on foreign-born workers in the UK - my analysis with @johnspringford.bsky.social now in @voxeu.org

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Christ. I almost feel sorry for Spurs.

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Well that at least is a specific commitment.

I'm starting to find the number of senior people associated with Brexit who have 'prior commitments' preventing them from speaking at an event slightly suspicious

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Absolutely. For which you need very good cross-Whitehall nous

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I agree. And maybe the specific character of Trump justified that but I’d have preferred a career diplomat there too!

I’d do it for the house

Tbh o think we should use diplomats for diplomacy….

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UK-EU SPS Agreement - Legislation in scope To cut red tape and costs for importing and exporting with the EU, the UK will align with EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) legislation.

UK government releases list of 76 EU laws that it says UK will align with under food standards treaty with EU www.gov.uk/government/n...

The impact of Brexit on immigration to the UK - UK in a changing Europe Jonathan Portes and John Springford share their new analysis that estimates how the number of foreign-born workers would have evolved had the UK remained in the EU.

Ending free movement "led to a modest rise in the number of foreign born workers in the UK, but a dramatic shift in their countries of origin."

💥 New analysis from @jdportes.bsky.social & @johnspringford.bsky.social on the impact of Brexit on immigration to the UK

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I do!

World champions. Again. 👊🏽

Mark Carney to urge Starmer to join ‘world bank for defence’ Canada’s prime minister is believed to be planning a trip to persuade the UK to join a multilateral lender that would aid arms procurement

Exc: Mark Carney to visit Keir Starmer as he looks to lobby the PM about a 'World Bank for defence'

Last week a Canadian delegation came to p'ment to press the case for the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank

Understand invitations to join charter negotiations

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I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them.

I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

He’ll come home. Like Erling 😉

Poor Archie Gray. Backed the wrong horse….

Dunno. I want one to finish below us and I still can’t quite believe it will be Spurs. Then again, they’re crumbling.