Working Peer @UKHouseofLords. @teampolitic. Ex MP & SpAd @BTPAuthority & HS2 Res Commissioner. Was @Telegraph columnist, banker & HR Manager. Communitarian
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
Jun 15
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Don't give Burnham this easy victory trib.al/2KeXpcr
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
Ten years ago today, George Osborne warned that voting to leave the European Union would create a ยฃ30 billion black hole in the public finances.
It never happened.
Nor did the other dire predictions made by Project Fear during the referendum campaign.
In my new book, Ten Years On, I recount the event and what it meant for Vote Leave.
Pre-order your copy today.
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
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This is the video Andy Burnham doesnโt want you to see ๐
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
A very important paper, and an important admission from Lord Lilley that the forecasts used to justify UK entry into the Single Market were wrong.
One uncomfortable consequence of political longevity is seeing the facts prove some of one's most confident forecasts wrong.
As the trade secretary overseeing Britain's entry into the single market in 1992, I claimed it would wonderfully boost our exports. As I outline in my new paper for Policy Exchange, I was proved wrong. Over our 28-year membership, British goods exports to the EU grew less than 1 per cent a year, while our exports to the 111 countries with which we had no trade deal grew four times as much โ by 87 per cent.
Yet the present Business and Trade Secretary, Peter Kyle, is apparently ignorant of this disappointing experience. He has justified the government's proposed 'reset' of relations with the EU by claiming that โthe single market is where the magic happensโ.
โ๏ธ Peter Lilley
Article | spectator.com/article/a-brexโฆ
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
Jun 14
๐จNEW: A Daily Mail investigation claims a "shadowy" government unit, named RICU, intervenes to write statements by the families of victims of potentially racially linked incidents to stop them from inflaming tensions further with their remarks
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
Jun 14
One long and lazy series of #badbrexittakes from the Guardian, in chart form... ๐
โ No recognition that sterling was overvalued before the referendum - and already falling.
โ No acknowledgement of the many flaws in the NBER's Brexit report - simply treated as gospel.
โ Only a grudging nod to the fact that the UK's performance on global trade has been better than expected - which demolishes the OBR's assumptions.
โNo mention that UK business investment is recovering as the initial uncertainty has eased.
โ Nothing on how support for rejoining the EU crumbles once voters are presented with the costs and conditions
And isn't it odd for the Guardian - presumably a supporter of free movement of people - to include a chart showing net immigration has surged as evidence of "how Brexit has made Britain poorer"? ๐ค
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Reeves is closer to an IMF bailout than she thinks: The IMF's former chief economist is worried about the UK capx.co/reeves-is-closer-to-โฆ via @CapX
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
Jun 13
Important reminder here from @anandMenon1, that those selling rejoining the EU as if the terms would still be the same, are just selling a lie.
It is 2026, not 2016 - those terms are gone. If the British public didn't want the terms we had, then they certainly won't want these.
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
Jun 14
The Sunday Express this morning, covering our exclusive polling showing that 49% of people would be less likely to support rejoining the EU, due to the obligation to accept the Euro - including 40% of remain voters in 2016.
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
We have been governed so badly in the past 20 years.
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
Jun 12
We've seen such amazing response to our recent polling, and we've much more to come.
Great to see that the word is getting out there, and that people are engaging with information in a positive way.
A comment published in The Scotsman, yesterday.
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
Jun 13
ANDREW NEIL:ย Andy Burnham is not Labour's new messiah โ and he might not even be much of an improvement on Starmer.
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
Jun 12
In 2016, the British people assessed the costs and benefits of being an EU member, decided that the costs were too high, so chose to leave.
In 2026, the British people are angry that the hard-won freedoms have not been utilised more. Their belief in freedom hasn't changed.
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
Jun 12
Following on from the article from Bloomberg yesterday, The Times is also saying that the OBR 4% GDP reduction forecast was "doom-mongering", and correctly outlines that it was a simple average of old forecasts skewed by a 10% outlier.
Facts and reality are seeing a comeback.
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
Jun 12
๐ฅNEW STATS: As a consequence of high energy costs, Britainโs balance of trade is going from bad to worse.
Lower oil exports and no longer manufacturing at a competitive price is the issue, not as some misattribute, leaving the EUโs political union.
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
Jun 12
SAS Regimental Association Says Carnsโ Resignation Proves Labour Troubles Bill Is โFundamentally Flawedโ order-order.com/2026/06/12/sโฆ
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
Jun 12
๐จ Breaking - Britainโs economy went backwards in April.
๐ GDP fell 0.1%
๐ช Services fell 0.2%
๐ญ Production was flat
๐๏ธ Construction rose just 0.1%
Rachel Reeves promised growth.
Instead, the economy is stalling.
How much longer can Labour blame everyone else?
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
Jun 11
๐จ BREAKING: Al Carns has resigned as Armed Forces Minister
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Stewart Jackson ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ retweeted
Jun 11
In an OpEd in The Independent yesterday, government minister @NickTorfaen outlined his position on why the UK needed to partner with the EU to achieve energy security and lower prices.
Our Advisory Council Co-Chair, @johnredwood, disagrees.
britain-unbound.org/articlesโฆ
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