When even the Tony Blair institute is arguing against re-joining the EU*, the game is surely up for remainers. * they do seem to want the UK to join another organisation that doesn't exist yet but which would be very different to the current EU.

Strong relationships abroad mean more jobs and higher growth at home. ‘Good quality jobs' for Derby' as Rolls-Royce secures another deal. derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/de…

We need a new criminal law to prevent these illegal occupiers,councils spending a fortune at High Courts, months to enact removal if ever or years of misery. @ShabanaMahmood @KemiBadenoch @Nigel_Farage dailymail.com/news/article-1…

So do I.

It neve gets any less heartbreaking. Children, murdered for being Jewish in a public place.

Companies tend to be able to cope with fluctuations in demand but high energy costs are the killer blow. Here's another one. msn.com/en-gb/money/economy/…

Speaking to the BBC, SMMT Chief Executive Mike Hawes highlighted the challenges facing UK automotive manufacturing and the supply chain. "UK automotive output has halved over the past decade, leaving many suppliers with spare capacity and increasing reliance on a small number of major manufacturers. As a result, suppliers will welcome the opportunity to broaden their customer base and potentially move into defence."

Horrendous is one word for it. State-sponsored barbarism is another phrase. I never, ever thought I would, in my lifetime, see this in Canada, of all places.

Not only could the blue end of the rubber erase ink, but also the paper, desk, floor, and Earth's crust, if you gave it enough time.

A desperately sorry tale of luxury beliefs overriding economic growth and prosperity in my home town of Hull. The most depressing line in the whole article: "the BBC understands workers across the sites will be kept on while Ineos tries to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) directly from the US at lower prices" Sourcing that LNG will come at four times the carbon footprint of domestically-extracted gas. Well done everybody for an energy policy that makes us poorer, more polluting, and less resilient.👋👋 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw30…

‘Thousands of jobs at risk as Ineos suspends operations at huge UK chemicals plants’ The UK must rethink its energy policy. Our current approach is increasingly difficult to reconcile with the ambition to ‘make Great Britain Growth Britain again’. cityam.com/thousands-of-jobs…

Since this apparently breaks the rules, it will be a shame if we all share it.

A quarter of 18 to 24 year olds have mental health problems. 2 million kids self-harm. Those who screamed to close schools during Covid - and attacked those of us who said it was a terrible mistake - how do you feel now? Sweden didn’t close a single school for under-16s.

If you vote for politicians who promise to give you someone else’s money, don’t complain when they give your money to someone else – or, indeed, to themselves.

Brilliant column from David Bailey. My mind goes back to 2020 and the depths of fear about Covid-19. It was found that the UK didn't have anything like the number of ventilators that was believed to be needed. The @HVM_Catapult, under the leadership of Richard Elsy, brought together disparate elements of the auto, aero, defence and electronics supply chains, who built - & redesigned, let us not forget - 13,000 ventilators in just 15 weeks. So what Prof Bailey suggests isn't pipedreaming; it has been done before, in several different ways.

By Jove, I think he's got it!

There was a queue outside my office at Stadco most mornings. I used to think it meant I was needed. It meant nothing moved without me. That's not leadership. That's a bottleneck with your name on it. What's stuck on your desk that shouldn't be? #UKManufacturing #StrategicGrowth

McLaren’s £500m investment is a massive vote of confidence in Britain and our world-class automotive sector. It means 1,000 new jobs up and down the country, with thousands more supported across the supply chain – that’s boosting growth and making us all better off.

So they didn't have to buy the Great Crested Newts after all? 😏

🚨 NEW: The Government's plan to house migrants at the former military base in Piddington could now be delayed over a lack of gas, water and electricity at the site [@billcurtis0]