Richard Barfield
@richardbarfield.bsky.social
Management consultant. Adviser on governance, risk and regulation in financial services. Developing skills in semi-retired activities and caretaker of https://BrexitFactBase.com London-based.
True but OTOH there are permanent losses. Even when the UK rejoins the EU, the UK could never recover or repair the full economic damage of Brexit.
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
True but OTOH there are permanent losses. Even when the UK rejoins the EU, the UK could never recover or repair the full economic damage of Brexit.
My Budget question for Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer👇
“If you had £40 billion in extra tax receipts each year for the foreseeable future, how would you spend it?”
“If you had £40 billion in extra tax receipts each year for the foreseeable future, how would you spend it?”
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
My Budget question for Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer👇
“If you had £40 billion in extra tax receipts each year for the foreseeable future, how would you spend it?”
“If you had £40 billion in extra tax receipts each year for the foreseeable future, how would you spend it?”
Why is he influential?
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Why is he influential?
It’s hard not to conclude that Labour is politically lazy, timid and passive.
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It’s hard not to conclude that Labour is politically lazy, timid and passive.
How many of them are Twitter/X addicts?
November 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
How many of them are Twitter/X addicts?
I was in Spain during the national power outage earlier this year. A lesson I won’t forget!
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I was in Spain during the national power outage earlier this year. A lesson I won’t forget!
It could be that Starmer’s policy in opposition against the conservatives was broadly to criticise but imitate them. Perhaps in terms of political strategy he’s a one-trick pony.
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
It could be that Starmer’s policy in opposition against the conservatives was broadly to criticise but imitate them. Perhaps in terms of political strategy he’s a one-trick pony.