Thread by @EuropeanPowell

Lexiter Larry Elliott talking piles of sh*t again
Johnson vaccine rollout ignores that of 30m jabs in UK, 13m Pfizer imported from EU, 5m from India+non-trivial amounts from NL. UK only provided 20% of its 68m pop.
@BylineTimes please expose Elliott's BS.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

His article perpetuates division and Euroscepticism, it glosses over tips of economic icebergs and proceeds to use 'confirmation bias' when in reality the negative impacts of Brexit unfold into a panoply of multiple shocks induced by disaster capitalist libertarian tactics.

He also completely ignores the Govt's party within a party (Steve Baker's NET Zero Scrutiny Group/ERG/CRG) and it's extensive connections to hundreds of far right think tanks from ATLAS, TPA, Cato, IEA aka Truss's 'Global network of Liberty.' Elliott should be fired. @guardian

Johnson's self congratulating about successes of youth employment is, you guessed it total BS👇🏻

https://twitter.com/EuropeanPowell/status/1488057480928186370?s=20&t=n6y6jcza6Rlm14yRYBRjhQ

Elliott cites the freedom of the UK to cut VAT on energy bills, in comparison the EU's approach is far more generous with billions allocated to cut bills especially for those on lower incomes and small businesses.
theguardian.com/business/2022/…

Then quotes Starmer “Look, we’ve left the EU. There’s no case for rejoining so we have to make it work. We are out, and we’re staying out.” Asked whether that ruled out a return to the SM/CM under a Labour Govt he went on: “Yes, it does. 👉🏻

We’ve got to make Brexit work from the outside and not reopen old wounds.” Elliott fails to acknowledge historically devastating examples of free market disaster capitalism running riot, deregulated laws on workers rights, dark money, welfare destroyed, rights to protest torched.

Once right wing libertarians get a hold on a stable economy, like a rabid pit bull it will not let go. Brexit was the Trojan Horse that 'unleashed' the most dangerous network of disaster capitalist thugs from the US, Russia, Austria and Australia on the UK. #BrexitReality

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