Nigel Farage began 2026 with his usual rhetorical flair, suggesting that Britain might be better off without the Office for Budget Responsibility. Cue the accusations of fiscal irresponsibility. These reactions ignore the fundamental question Farage raises: what has the OBR actually achieved, and does it deserve the weight of authority it now exercises? If we […]
Nine years after the referendum, the British establishment claims to have reconciled itself to Brexit. Having once championed a second referendum, Keir Starmer said some time ago that he now wants to ‘make Brexit work’. In a time when Labour’s main political threat comes from Reform UK and Nigel Farage, one would think that the […]
The ‘EU reset’ proposal has undermined British control over its trade and regulatory autonomy. While the Prime Minister calls this agreement pragmatic – hoping it will boost the UK economy by £9 billion per year by 2040 – its terms tie the UK to EU rules across critical policy areas, from food safety to fisheries, […]
