Liz Webster

28, June #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: 👏 @piersmorgan on fine form, calls it straight...

👏 @piersmorgan on fine form, calls it straight: “Brexit has been a pretty well unmitigated disaster.” It triggered the political chaos that’s given us seven Prime Ministers in ten years He pins primary responsibility on Nigel Farage, the “snake oil salesman” who sold impossible promises. Morgan’s advice for @andyburnham . Call a referendum to rejoin the EU. He believes it would be a landslide because the country now knows the truth

https://x.com/LizWebsterSBF/status/2071260305082998814?s=20

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Liz Webster

25, July #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Starmer’s Brexit reset was domestic...

Starmer’s Brexit reset was domestic mood music only. Warmer words, but little movement on the UK’s fundamental economic relationship with Europe. As @ScottLucas_EA points out, you can’t keep cherry-picking forever. At some point, Britain has to decide what relationship it really wants with its biggest market.

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Liz Webster

25, July #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Brexit didn’t just make trade harder...

Brexit didn’t just make trade harder. It also made Britain more vulnerable to overseas takeovers. A weaker pound, slower growth and reduced investment have left many British companies looking relatively cheap to foreign buyers. As more iconic British firms are acquired by overseas investors, is the economic model Brexit cheerleaders promised?

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Liz Webster

24, July #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: The UK’s growth problem...

The UK’s growth problem isn’t primarily that wealth hasn’t trickled down enough. • Productivity has been stagnant for years bc 2008 financial crisis led to austerity compounding problems. • Trade frictions (especially with our largest market- Brexit) raised costs and reduced competitiveness • Business investment is weak bc ⬆️ • Energy, housing and planning constraints suppress activity Simply transferring money from bosses to workers via higher wages or taxes doesn’t automatically create sustainable growth. If firms face higher labour costs without higher output per worker, the result is often fewer jobs, higher prices, or businesses scaling back, not a consumption boom. Redistribution can support demand in a downturn, but it is not a substitute for fixing the structural issues that have made Britain poorer relative to its peers. Wealth has to be created first. We need to get free trade back with Europe.

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Liz Webster

17, July #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: One of the saddest things after Brexit...

One of the saddest things after Brexit was seeing people who rightly opposed it cheering the decline of British farming because they believed farmers deserved it. Food security isn’t about rewarding farmers. It’s about feeding a nation. You don’t weaken domestic food production and expect only farmers to suffer. Eventually, empty shelves, higher prices and food insecurity reach every household. In the end, food doesn’t ask how you voted. Hunger doesn’t either.

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Liz Webster

15, July #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Nigel Farage’s entire political career...

👀 Nigel Farage’s entire political career has been built on one trick: Nigel is “the people” and anyone who questions Nigel is “the establishment”. But polling suggests Britain has finally worked it out. Scrutiny isn’t a stitch-up. Accountability isn’t persecution. And Nigel Farage isn’t the people. He’s just Nigel Farage.

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Liz Webster

11, July #TrendShock

Liz Webster: USA enjoying the Monty Python spectacle...

😆 USA enjoying the Monty Python spectacle of @CountBinface v Farage Clacton by election. “On 6th August Farage is going to have to actively prove to voters that he’s better than a garbage bin!”

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Liz Webster

11, July #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Nigel Farage to Clacton when asked by @maitlis...

Nigel Farage to Clacton when asked by @maitlis about the cost of Brexit: “No, thank you.” Nigel Farage when his own career is threatened: THE PEOPLE OF CLACTON MUST BE HEARD.

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Liz Webster

09, July #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Nigel Farage wanted to make this by-election a referendum...

🤡 Nigel Farage wanted to make this by-election a referendum on “the establishment”. Now he’s become the story. The questions are no longer about immigration or Reform’s policies. They’re about undeclared gifts, crypto billionaires, convicted associates, parliamentary standards and Count Binface. Farage lit a binfire which will keep burning🔥🗑️

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Liz Webster

08, July #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: So Nigel Farage has engineered a by-election...

🤡 So Nigel Farage has engineered a by-election to “take on the establishment”… 😹 As things stand, his only declared opponent is @CountBinface , whose manifesto promises to “Invite European countries to join the UK – take back control by sharing it.” You couldn’t script it, the whole thing has become a very fitting political Binfire. 🔥🗑️

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Liz Webster

06, July #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Farage broke Britain with his Brexit...

Farage broke Britain with his Brexit. Anyone who believes Nigel Farage is the man to save Britain is like inviting the arsonist who burned down your house to come back and rebuild it! It’s completely ludicrous. He sold the impossible promises. He delivered the damage. Now he wants more power to “save” us from the mess he created.

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Liz Webster

06, July #TrendShock

Liz Webster: Farage at the airport loses it!...

😡 Farage at the airport loses it! “You tell your bosses, you harass my family anymore and I'll take legal, serious consequences. That's what your organisation has done this morning. Go away.” “You have broken all the rules, Leveson and everything else, cut!”

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Liz Webster

05, July #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Christiane Amanpour @amanpour on Brexit...

🚨 Christiane Amanpour @amanpour on Brexit Britain “For the last 10 years it’s been anything but an island of stability. Brexit unleashed a huge amount of ruction… It has diminished Britain’s standing in the world.” Confirming what allies, investors and businesses have been saying for years. Brexit damaged our economy and Britain’s reputation across the world.

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Liz Webster

05, July #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Row explodes over the UK’s “botched” steel tariffs...

🔴 Row explodes over the UK’s “botched” steel tariffs. Ministers accused of failing to consult industry properly, putting thousands of jobs at risk and forcing aerospace and defence firms to source parts abroad. Another example of chaotic try to make Brexit work industrial policy.

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Liz Webster

04, July #TrendShock

Liz Webster: Farage sold himself...

Farage sold himself as the man who would clean up politics. But the Sunday Times now alleges his political operation was quietly supported by George Cottrell, a convicted criminal and crypto-gambling figure. Staff. Security. Transport. Accommodation. Back office support. Farage denies breaking the rules. This matters because MPs must declare benefits that might reasonably be thought to influence their actions or words including relevant benefits received in the year before election. Farage reportedly declared one Cottrell-linked benefit. The Sunday Times alleges there was much more. And this is not isolated. Farage is already under investigation by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner over a separate £5m gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne. He denies wrongdoing there too. But the pattern is now impossible to ignore: crypto money private support undeclared benefits questions over influence and Reform shouting “nothing to see here”.

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Liz Webster

04, July #TrendShock

Liz Webster: Revealed: Nigel Farage...

Revealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal The Sun Times details allegations that Farage received undeclared benefits from Cottrell (a 32-year-old convicted criminal and crypto-gambler) including: Staff (including social media/recruitment help) 🔒 Security 🚗 Transport 🏨 Accommodation (Farage reportedly using Cottrell’s London property near Buckingham Palace) 🏢 Back-office support 😧 Cottrell calls Farage “Daddy” and the pair are described as extremely close (Farage has called him like a son). 😟 Cottrell’s background: former federal inmate (money laundering/wire fraud plea deal), ties to crypto gambling platforms, seeking a Trump pardon. 😦 Farage allegedly failed to declare these benefits in the year before his election, potentially breaching parliamentary rules. 😧 This is on top of the ongoing £5m Harborne gift probe and crypto lobbying claims. 🛑 Reform denies wrongdoing; Farage says it’s a personal matter.

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Liz Webster

03, July #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Brexit madness!...

Brexit madness! Matthew Elliott says the next election will be a rerun of Brexit, then argues we should stop looking backwards because the world has changed. But if Brexit is still the defining political issue 10 years on, that tells you something. He points to the EU’s declining share of global GDP, yet ignores geography and the fact that the EU remains the UK’s largest trading partner by far. The question was never whether Asia would grow faster than Europe. It was whether Britain would be more prosperous outside the Single Market than inside it. That’s the comparison Brexit still hasn’t won.

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Liz Webster

02, July #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Insurance professionals on 10 years of Brexit...

Insurance professionals on 10 years of Brexit: “Bregret” is real. Many in the sector report higher costs, lost EU passporting rights, increased regulatory complexity, and reduced competitiveness. The City lost significant business and opportunities after leaving the Single Market. This is another industry quietly paying the price for Brexit.

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Liz Webster

02, July #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Brexit was sold as a way to strengthen...

Brexit was sold as a way to strengthen border security. Instead, Border Force officers say leaving the EU meant losing access to key European criminal databases, making it harder to identify convicted people smugglers using false identities. By leaving the EU, we left behind tools that helped keep Britain safe. Total loss of control. Press play to 👂 to article

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Liz Webster

01, July #CostOfLiving

Liz Webster: Shocking that over 1.3 million British households...

Shocking that over 1.3 million British households now spend more on green energy levies than on fresh vegetables. Lowest-income families pay £2.43 a week on levies vs £2.30 on veg. This is the regressive reality of loading net zero costs onto electricity bills. Starmer/Reeves green policies are making people poorer, not greener.

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Liz Webster

30, June #StarmerCrisis

Liz Webster: Big ruling in USA...

🔥 Big ruling in USA. US Supreme Court blocks Trump from scrapping birthright citizenship by executive order. In the UK, Starmer has shown far less restraint, stripping Shamima Begum of citizenship and repeatedly abusing executive power to withhold Mandelson documents and block scrutiny. Reform and the Tories love talking tough on citizenship. They should note how easily executives overreach when there are no real checks.

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Liz Webster

29, June #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: BMMagazine report: Bank of England deputy...

🆘 BMMagazine report: Bank of England deputy governor Huw Pill acknowledges that Brexit has made inflation worse in the UK The structural changes: new customs checks, rules of origin, supply chain friction and a permanently weaker pound have added lasting cost pressures. This confirms what independent studies have shown for years: leaving the Single Market and Customs Union was a negative supply shock that made controlling inflation harder. 🧵

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Liz Webster

29, June #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Brexit keeps making trade harder...

🆘 Brexit keeps making trade harder. From 1 July, many low-value goods sold by UK businesses into the EU will face a new EU customs duty. Every additional cost or layer of bureaucracy makes it easier for EU consumers to buy from an EU supplier instead. 🚨 This is another reminder of the commercial value of being inside the single market.

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Liz Webster

27, June #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: @LSEnews explains that the costs of Brexit...

🆘 @LSEnews explains that the costs of Brexit are not just about exports, but about supply chains, productivity and wages. Brexit didn’t take back control. It took away competitiveness. Brexit-related trade barriers have rippled through supply chains, reducing employment and pay, particularly in businesses reliant on imports from the EU. For farming, Brexit wasn’t just a tax on exports – it became a tax on production. It made it harder to sell into Europe AND more expensive to produce in Britain. Every customs declaration, export health certificate, border delay and disrupted supply chain adds cost before a farmer has sold a single tonne of food. And while our European competitors continue to enjoy frictionless access to their biggest market, British farmers are left carrying the costs of Brexit.

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Liz Webster

26, June #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Excellent Brexit reality explainer...

✅ Excellent Brexit reality explainer @BBCRosAtkins 👏 Ten years on, the conclusion is unavoidable: Brexit has made Britain poorer and weaker. The data (trade barriers, investment drag, permanently lower exports, weaker pound) is consistent across serious analysis. The only people still denying it are those who refuse to look at the evidence.

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Liz Webster

25, June #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: CBI to next PM: Must unlock trade...

🔥 CBI to next PM: “Must unlock trade with the EU” … cut barriers, simplify customs, fix veterinary/medicine checks and supply chain chaos. Even without full rejoin, business leaders say the current Brexit friction is holding Britain back 10 years on. Red lines are blocking growth. Time to drop them.

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Liz Webster

23, June #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: European press bemused by Britain’s...

"🇪🇺 🇬🇧 European press bemused by Britain’s “Downing Street ejector seat” as another short-lived PM gone. This instability is the price of Brexit denial. @AndyBurnhamGM can bring stability with a fresh mandate: Proportional Representation, a sensible Europe reset, and a proper British food production plan for farmers and security. Time to end the chaos and rebuild."

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Liz Webster

23, June #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Brexit was meant to unleash British...

Brexit was meant to unleash British dynamism. Instead, the UK stock market is little changed in ten years. The same big FTSE names dominate, while the US has seen explosive growth in tech and AI. UK small-caps and domestic firms missed the global rally entirely, hit by sterling weakness, higher costs, and damaged confidence. This is the reality of Brexit Britain: stagnation at home while the world moves on.

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Liz Webster

21, June #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Brits Roger and Carol lived...

Brits Roger and Carol lived in Spain for 15 years, voted for Brexit, but were shocked when Brexit happened! So they sold their Spanish home bc of Brexit, moved back to Britain bc of Brexit, regret Brexit, and now plan to vote Reform. The absolute madness of Brexit!

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Liz Webster

20, June #StarmerCrisis

Liz Webster: Reports of Starmer’s anger - threatening...

"‼️ Reports of Starmer’s anger - threatening to resign his own seat to create chaos for a Burnham suggests a mix of arrogance (refusing to accept the writing on the wall) and vindictiveness (wanting to damage the party or successor rather than facilitate a smooth transition). It’s not the behaviour of someone putting country or party first at a moment of crisis. It risks making the exit even messier and further damaging Labour’s reputation. The country needs a clean, orderly transition. @AndyBurnhamGM has the mandate from Makerfield to deliver real change. No more drama. Time to move forward for the country."

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Liz Webster

20, June #StarmerCrisis

Liz Webster: Lord Falconer (ex-Starmer Shadow Attorney General) just...

🚨 Lord Falconer (ex-Starmer Shadow Attorney General) just dropped a bombshell on BBC Today: Keir Starmer has “absolutely no authority” and his position is “completely unmaintainable.” He says Starmer shouldn’t even stand in a leadership contest because Andy Burnham would win and key decisions are now paralysed.

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Liz Webster

18, June #TrendShock

Liz Webster: Ten years later: Brexit reality...

🆘 Ten years later: Brexit reality of severe drug shortages hitting cancer patients and HRT users. Pharmacists warning of serious risk to patients. 98% of pharmacies impacted. Record-long shortages of cancer drugs (Creon) and HRT. 98% of pharmacies affected. Brexit’s regulatory divergence and supply chain chaos have delivered exactly what was predicted. Project Fear is now Project Here.

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Liz Webster

18, June #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: Senior Brexit civil servant Philip Rycroft...

🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Senior Brexit civil servant Philip Rycroft: Public opinion is moving towards rejoin (~53% in recent polls). We should have an honest national debate about it. Brexit freedoms have proved less liberating than promised. No sign of major economic outperformance. Geopolitics (Russia, unstable US) make European cooperation more important. “That is the debate we need to have.” Even insiders who delivered Brexit now see the need to rethink our long-term relationship with Europe.

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Liz Webster

17, June #BrokenSystem

Liz Webster: OMG This is totally vile...

"😮 OMG This is totally vile. Reform councillors in Makerfield posing with a banner saying they’d “rather vote for Jimmy Savile than Labour”. This is gutter politics and shows the desperation. Makerfield voters deserve better than this toxicity. A strong result for @AndyBurnhamGM on Thursday is the antidote: serious, decent leadership focused on communities, high streets, and a proper British food & farming plan. #AndyForMakerfield #SaveBritishFarming"

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