^ Dominic Cummings har vært frittalende på basun-nivå.
Morsom sak. Selvfølelsen til eliten blant toryene er det lite å utsette på. De vedtok et "fast-track" opplegg for ledende forskere, matematikere osv., som skulle få oppholdstillatelse og fordeler dersom de kom til UK. Målet var å lande Nobelprisvinnere, mottakere av Fields-medaljen, m.m.
Ikke en kjeft har søkt.
“Chances that a single Nobel or Turing laureate would move to the UK to work are zero for the next decade or so,” the Nobel prize winner Andre Geim told New Scientist magazine, which first reported the news.
Da opplegget ble kunngjort var optimismen stor. Priti Patel var over seg:
The home secretary, Priti Patel, hailed it as a way of allowing “the best and brightest” to come to the UK. She said: “These important changes will give them the freedom to come and work in our world-leading arts, sciences, music, and film industries as we build back better. This is exactly what our new point-based immigration system was designed for – attracting the best and brightest based on the skills and talent they have, not where they’ve come from.”
Jessica Wade, ved Imperial College i London, avrunder:
“Frankly, having precisely zero people apply for this elitist scheme doesn’t surprise me at all,” the magazine quoted Jessica Wade, a leading scientist at Imperial College London, as saying. “UK scientists’ access to European funding is uncertain, we’re not very attractive to European students as they have to pay international fees, our pensions are being cut and scientific positions in the UK are both rare and precarious.”
I don't think it matters where you are politically or on Brexit. The man is completely without honour. Around here (Tory heartland) people who were enthusiastically supportive 2 years ago now openly voice their disgust. It's not one thing, it's everything. The parties have the worst optics, thanks to the video. Personally I cared more that he intervened in the Kabul evacuation to instruct the army to fly out a planeload of dogs from an animal charity run by a friend of his wife, leaving behind hundreds of Afghans who had worked for the British, having already given a list of their names to the Taliban. What kind of man does that? The idea has cut through that there is no-one that he would not betray.
Alt går i grunnen veldig, veldig bra for Boris for tiden, og i Storbritannia rent generelt. En inflasjonsrate på 5.1% vil neppe gjøre publiken mere vennligstemt, spesielt ikke medlemmene av "den røde muren" som gikk over i hans leir i et naivt håp om å få ta del i "the great levelling up".
A heavily redacted report into Downing Street parties by the senior civil servant Sue Gray will be published imminently, the Guardian understands, after Scotland Yard provoked fury and confusion by revealing it had demanded key details of the worst offending be removed.
MPs labelled the Metropolitan police a broken organisation after the force admitted it had asked Gray to make “minimal reference” in her inquiry report to matters its officers were now investigating. The Met, battered by criticism, insisted it needed to protect the integrity of its investigation.
Nå har Toryene fått nok. Dvs rottene forlater skipet. Boris står igjen. Partiet har gått på et Brexit-isfjell og nå kommer regningene. Dermed stikker både helseministeren (som skulle få 350 millioner pund mer i uken å rutte med, visstnok) og finansministeren, som skjønner at dette går til helvete.
Nå har Toryene fått nok. Dvs rottene forlater skipet. Boris står igjen. Partiet har gått på et Brexit-isfjell og nå kommer regningene. Dermed stikker både helseministeren (som skulle få 350 millioner pund mer i uken å rutte med, visstnok) og finansministeren, som skjønner at dette går til helvete.
Vi får se hva som skjer nå. Patel og Rees-Mogg sier alt er som det skal være…
Blir nok mest nyheter her i huset over de neste dagene. Kanskje snart enda en oppussing av 10 Downing Street (gammel nyhetssak som satte standarden for ærlighet og sannhet med denne regjeringa)
Oppsigelsene fortsetter å komme ganske tett der borte, med krystallklare begrunnelser om manglende tillit til statsministeren personlig. Guardian løfter plakaten med «game over».
Enda en konservativ politiker har fratrådt sin stilling i Boris Johnsons regjering. Laura Trott, som er statssekretær i det britiske transportdepartementet, går av onsdag. Det melder nyhetsbyrået Reuters.
Hva er det med eldre menn over den ganske verden som klamrer seg til makta? Når dem tiltrer som øverste statsleder sier alle sammen at dem skal tjene landet til det beste for folket. Men noe må dem åpenbart ha glemt underveis.
Dette handler selvsagt om Johnsons "unike lederstil", men handler også om at Brexit-regningen er i ferd med å komme på bordet, og den er stygg. Det gjelder om å distansere seg fra mannen som bandt seg til Leave utfra politisk opportunisme, og som ikke har klart å levere på noen av løftene han ga om alle fordelene som ville åpenbare seg.
Protestoppsigelsene renner inn, og det stormer nok en gang rundt den britiske statsministeren. Onsdag møtte Boris Johnson i spørretimen – uten noen planer om å trekke seg.
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Det vel stort sett bare Boris Johnson og Jacob Rees-Mogg, «minister of brexit opportunities» som fortsatt er igjen i den regjeringen.
Protestoppsigelsene renner inn, og det stormer nok en gang rundt den britiske statsministeren. Onsdag møtte Boris Johnson i spørretimen – uten noen planer om å trekke seg.
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Det vel stort sett bare Boris Johnson og Jacob Rees-Mogg, «minister of brexit opportunities» som fortsatt er igjen i den regjeringen.
Ikke glem Liz Truss og Nadine Dorries. Skal ikke si noe om intellektet til disse to, men denne kom i innboksen min i dag - og jeg syntes den var morsom
Vet ikke helt hva en skal tro om Brexit nå om dagen. Fra folk jeg kjenner som bor på øya kommer det ganske forskjellige tilbakemeldinger. Alt fra undergangen er nær til alt er utrolig mye bedre.
Av det jeg kan finne selv, så virker det som at alt det gode som skulle komme av det prøves å fjernes fra historien så fort som mulig. Mye av alt det katastrofale som skulle skje lar også vente på seg.
Men når folkeopinionen begynner å endre standpunkt er det rottene som forlater skuta først. Her har du en gjeng som kom til makten på kanskje delvis feile premisser. Og når de nå begynner å bli avslørt prøver de å finne en som kan ta støyten slik at de selv kan fortsette.. Bare synd Boris gjør det enkelt for dem..
Siste nytt fra Dagbladet: Boris Johnson har sparket boligminister Michael Gove, som tidligere onsdag var blant dem som ba den britiske statsministeren om å gå av. Downing Stre...
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Gove og Johnson begikk sjakktrekket å bruke Leave for å profilere seg som utfordrere til Cameron. De regnet ikke med at Leave skulle trekke lengste strå, men ønsket å undergrave Camerons posisjon i partiet.
Ansiktene deres når de møter pressen etter at valgresultatet lå klart vil jeg aldri glemme. Det amerikanske uttrykket "Like the dog who caught the car" passet godt.
Sant, og så får sivilisasjonen skaffe seg maktmidlene til å stoppe dem, da. I dette tilfellet at 1922-komitéen gjør en regelendring som fjerner den årelange fredingen etter å ha overlevd et mistillitsforslag. Blir vedtatt på mandag, og ny mistillitsvotering på tirsdag. Om Boris fortsatt forsøker å klamre seg fast etter mistillit fra partiet blir det jo et interessant scenarie. Til slutt må vel dronningen heve stemmen og peke mot døren.
Det er spekulasjoner om at han i stedet vil forsøke å skrive ut nyvalg i et forsøk på å «la folket bestemme». I så fall tipper jeg Labour vinner i et valgskred.
^ Handler nok om å forsøke å redde stumpene. Han håper det er nok at han trekker seg som leder, men vil være under sterkt press om å også gi seg som statsminister.
Og skal man spekulere, og det skal man jo, er nok det grunnen til at Gove fikk fyken, så han ikke kunne "step up". Gove trodde nemlig at det var han som var statsministerkandidaten etter Brexit-resultatet, men han ble utmanøvrert av Johnson.
Michael Gove tells the BBC he is standing to be Conservative leader after deciding "reluctantly but firmly" Boris Johnson was not capable of uniting the party or the UK.
LONDON, July 7 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Brexit helped propel Boris Johnson to Britain’s highest office. His three turbulent years as prime minister revealed the costs of that decision. His departure will not spare Britain the lasting economic and diplomatic damage caused by leaving the European Union. But the idea of Brexit as a force for reordering British society expired with Johnson’s resignation speech on Thursday.
Some of the prime minister’s former disciples have sensed the change in the political climate. Stepping down as chancellor on Tuesday, Rishi Sunak wrote that “our people need to know that if something is too good to be true then it’s not true”. That’s a striking statement from a politician who spent much of the past six years extolling the opportunities for Britain from divorcing its largest trading partner, while downplaying the costs of doing so.
Indeed, the Brexit movement was based on telling people things that, even at the time, were too good to be true. The 2016 referendum campaign spouted simplistic slogans about cash for the National Health Service while dismissing concerns as “project fear”. After the vote, advocates pushed for the hardest possible separation while attacking those they suspected of thwarting their agenda: not just rival politicians but civil servants, diplomats, judges, corporate executives, financiers, academics, and journalists. And as the costs of the Brexit divorce became harder to ignore, its supporters blamed other factors like the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
To be clear, Brexit is not the reason Johnson has been forced to step down just two-and-a-half years after a resounding election victory. The blame lies squarely with the former London mayor and his chaotic approach to government. He presided over office parties that broke the Covid-19 lockdown rules his government had designed, and promoted an ally he knew had faced allegations of sexual misconduct. The scandals devalued what was once his greatest political asset: his popularity with voters.
Nevertheless, Brexit added to the sense of malaise. Trade frictions have left Britain with higher inflation and slower economic growth than many other developed countries; the UK’s Office for Budget Responsibility expects them to lower UK exports and imports by 15% in the long run. The government is legislating to nullify parts of its trade deal with the EU just 18 months after Johnson signed it. Meanwhile, ministers reached for increasingly far-fetched Brexit “opportunities”, from bringing back imperial measurements to turning London into a global hub for crypto assets.
Those hoping to replace Johnson will now compete to distance themselves from that legacy. Sunak’s resignation letter offers pointers about the values he and his rivals will embrace: seriousness, competence, honesty. Though some true believers may campaign to continue Johnson’s vision, it’s hard to see many of the would-be prime ministers boasting that they helped “get Brexit done”.
Instead, the next leader will have to grapple with the difficult questions that Johnson did his best to avoid: how to resolve the standoff over Northern Ireland, whether to diverge further from EU regulations, whether to cut taxes or boost spending. In the process, the electoral coalition Johnson assembled in 2019 may fracture.
This is not to suggest that a future British government will seek to reverse Brexit. Even the opposition Labour party has ruled out rejoining the EU. Britain will still have to live with the economic consequences of its departure, which by the end of 2021 had lowered economic output by 5% and investment by 14%, according to John Springford of the Centre for European Reform. A more plausible scenario is that Brexit will become an unpleasant fact of life that has to be managed, like air pollution or the illegal drugs trade.
As a political idea, however, Brexit is now depleted. Johnson’s intervention in the referendum was crucial in swinging public support behind leaving the EU. His chaotic tenure as prime minister discredited that movement as a coherent force for changing Britain. For Brexit, the prime minister’s departure from office is the beginning of the end.
Den sterkt innskrumpende LEAVE-fløyen forsøker å finne Brexit-lyspunkt, men de er "few and far between".
Mens ulempene stabler seg opp i høyden. Britisk næringsliv sliter, og har måttet etablere seg i EU-land, med utposter, for å forsøke å komme rundt tollbarrierene.
Og Johnsons mange rare manøvrer for å forsøke å bevare troverdighet setter hele avtalen i spill, fra EUs side.
Når "Historien" skal ta et oppgjør med hva Gove og Johnson fant på, da de spente ben for Cameron, tror jeg det vil bli levnet liten ære og mange skjellsord, for Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson.
Påstås at denne rapporten var spikeren i kisten for Boris. Man har skilt Covid-effekten ut av Brexit (ved å sammenligne med andre økonomier, som har vært gjennom tilsvarende).
"Now that many advanced economies have recovered and are close to — or above — their pre-pandemic level of output, we can compare Britain’s economic performance to its peers. The results are troubling," he wrote.
Springford compared the UK's performance since Brexit with those of countries with previously similar records.
His "sobering" conclusion is that in the final quarter of 2021, GDP (gross domestic product) was 5.2% smaller, investment 13.7% lower, and goods trade 13.6% lower than what they would have been had the UK remained in the EU.
"The UK had a particularly deep recession in 2020, but it ended COVID restrictions sooner than many of its peers, thanks in part to starting its vaccination campaign early in 2021. That should have made its recovery from COVID faster than other countries, not slower," he says.
"It should trouble Labour and the Conservatives that the economy is lagging so far behind its peers."
Noting that the British finance minister is "raising taxes to their highest share of GDP since the 1960s", Springford's view is that "these tax rises would not have been needed if the UK had stayed in the EU (or in the single market and customs union)".
"It is difficult to disentangle the impacts of Brexit and COVID on the UK economy with precision. But it is hard to avoid the conclusion that Brexit has severely curtailed GDP, investment and goods trade," he concludes.
For the first time, economists are disentangling the harm done by Brexit under the terms Boris Johnson negotiated with the EU, from that wrought by the pandemic. #UncoveringEurope
Det kan være at Truss får en del å tenke på. Vi har en del kontakter i UK som nå gjør som denne mannen.
A British wine wholesaler who last year criticised Brexit as the biggest threat to his business in 30 years has decided to leave the UK after post-Brexit paperwork made a £150,000 hole in revenue. Daniel Lambert, who supplies Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and 300 independent retailers, is moving to Montpellier in France later this week with his wife and two teenage children. There he will set up a French company to export back to his own company in Wales.
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En inflasjonsrate på 5.1% vil neppe gjøre publiken mere vennligstemt, spesielt ikke medlemmene av "den røde muren" som gikk over i hans leir i et naivt håp om å få ta del i "the great levelling up".
