This remarkable essay documents the direct personal responsibility of Steve Baker, Sajid Javid, and Rishi Sunak for the global financial crash of 2008. Of course, they all personally profited hugely from it.

Baker, of course, was later the architect of the hard Brexit deal.

If we had sent them all to prison, as any rational state would have done, #Brexit would probably never have happened.

The Spreadsheet That Broke Britain - Russell Jones
russincheshire.substack.com/p/…

The Spreadsheet That Broke Britain

The absurd error behind austerity, stagnation and the rise of populist rage.

^{Russell Jones}

Can you believe the UK's Foreign & Commonwealth Office is complaining about a 'hardline' approach to post-Brexit residency rules by Sweden; have they no idea what the Home Office is doing with EU citizens?

Its a classic case of the UK's diplomatic problem; a skewed politics that looks like hypocrisy to anyone outside the UK's entitled political class who think the UK should just be allowed to act as it sees fit.

But the Guardian makes *this* link!

#politics #Brexit
theguardian.com/world/2026/aug…

British widow, 78, told to leave Sweden under Brexit rules after living there for 21 years

Authorities say application to stay was made too late, as UK officials say Sweden takes ‘stricter approach’ than other EU countries

^{Lisa O’Carroll (The Guardian)}

As the UK continues to talk about an EU 'reset' (although that's been less the case since the coronation of Andy Burnham), the Home Office has decided a number (currently in the hundreds) of EU citizens living in the UK & expecting to have their right to remain confirmed, are actually here (as the Home Office has concluded) illegally.

How this is going to play with those counties who's citizens now look to have their lives torn apart is unclear (as yet)

#Brexit #EU
theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’

After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain

^{Lisa O’Carroll (The Guardian)}

Good for you nige, we’re all on board with this ….

#brexit #BrexitLies #politics #toryscum #tories #conservatives #ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #Labour #labourparty #RejoinEU #ReformUK #farage #immigration #ReformAreUseless #farageisaracist #farageisatraitor #TaxTheRich

Well, I'm thrilled! As far as I know, this is the first instance of a copy of my #book being bought thanks to talking about it on Mastodon!
Now, who fancies being the second?

"Like Douglas Adams for the #Brexit age on acid"

Features cheeky digs at our government & former PM, UK working conditions and treatment of OAPs. All with endless ham baguettes, snarling black dogs and occasional and unexpected useage of the word "anus".

Available at:
beardedbadgerpublishing.com/on…

#bookstodon