If we end up in a No Deal #Brexit scenario, it will create massive economic damage for the sake of a few fish, and a hypothetical scenario about regulatory divergence. Crazy - surely not what most people who voted for #Brexit wanted or wishes for. Time for a 2nd Referendum?
Andrew Sentance Sat 12 Dec 2020 12:46

RT @SimonFraser00: Twenty years into the 21st century we are preparing to deploy the Navy against our major European NATO allies (and our b…
Andrew Sentance Sat 12 Dec 2020 12:31

If #Brexit ends up with a No Deal we will look back on it as the UK’s biggest foreign policy disaster since Suez.
Andrew Sentance Sat 12 Dec 2020 12:06

RT @BickhamEdward: The UK's sudden obsession with sovereignty is entirely alien to the great majority of other countries in the C21st who u…
Andrew Sentance Fri 11 Dec 2020 18:35

As @SkyNews has suspended Kay Burley for 6 months, can we please have a rebranding of their 7-10am weekday news programme, which is still described as Kay Burley at breakfast - which it clearly is not!
Andrew Sentance Fri 11 Dec 2020 10:05

Can the UK gov’t please cut all this talk of an Australian style trade deal. UK and Australia are at opposite sides of the world with very different trade flows (eg Aus is commodity producer; UK exports manufacturers and services). UK/Aus comparisons are very misleading.
Andrew Sentance Fri 11 Dec 2020 09:15

In the #Brexit talks, it feels like the UK gov’t is playing Russian Roulette with the British economy. Surely a pragmatic way forward can be found on the 2 remaining issues: level playing field and fish. We’ve had enough brinkmanship- now time to seal the deal!
Andrew Sentance Fri 11 Dec 2020 08:05

Contrast how Sky dealt with Kay Burley and her friends with the treatment of Dominic Cummings after the Barnard Castle incident. Cummings should have been suspended or fired. His treatment shows how weak #Boris is as PM.
Andrew Sentance Thu 10 Dec 2020 18:39

UK #GDP up slightly in October (0.4pc) but still nearly 8pc below the pre-pandemic peak. I estimate a drop of around 8pc in November due to the lockdown followed by a partial rebound in December. That would leave Q4 GDP about 2pc below Q3, a significant setback to recovery.
Andrew Sentance Thu 10 Dec 2020 07:23

RT @HowardArcherUK: #UK #economy got off to a slow start to fourth quarter as hampered by increasing restrictions on activity amid rising #…
Andrew Sentance Thu 10 Dec 2020 07:13

RT @julianHjessop: A short paper I've written for @iealondon on the state of the UK public finances (and why taxes don't need to rise to pa…
Andrew Sentance Wed 09 Dec 2020 19:48

RT @jhawksworth5: Another small example of how Brexit, even with a deal, will for many ordinary people and businesses be a death by a thous…
Andrew Sentance Wed 09 Dec 2020 18:33

Anyone out there’s on Twitter who can explain to me how a heat pump works and how the financial case might look?
Andrew Sentance Wed 09 Dec 2020 14:58

RT @steverichards14: @asentance Yes...the worst and much the most dangerous!
Andrew Sentance Wed 09 Dec 2020 14:48

David Cameron has a lot to answer for in terms of the current #Brexit muddle. He promised a UK in/out referendum - fair enough. But the referendum was called before we knew what Brexit would look like. A big mistake as it allowed Brexiteers to make many false claims & promises.
Andrew Sentance Wed 09 Dec 2020 14:28

Sad to say, @BorisJohnson brings our parliamentary system into disrepute when he deals with #PMQs. He deflects, obscures and often lies. He is a disgrace to our country and the sooner he is displaced from office, the better!
Andrew Sentance Wed 09 Dec 2020 12:38

Anne says “You have made her Christmas” Lots of love from both of us!
Andrew Sentance Tue 08 Dec 2020 22:47

If UK does not conclude a FTA deal with the EU, #Brexit should go down as the biggest fraud perpetrated on the British people. Brexiteers repeatedly claimed that we would maintain access to the Internal Market, seal an “oven-ready” deal etc. No deal would reveal this as a sham.
Andrew Sentance Sun 06 Dec 2020 17:40

Thanks Bob, glad you enjoyed it. I have a few other similar songs to offer over the festive period. Watch this space!
Andrew Sentance Sat 05 Dec 2020 10:54

Very good to see Supermarkets handing back money they did not need to the gov’t. Maybe online retailers can do the same as they have made a mint in the lockdowns!
Andrew Sentance Fri 04 Dec 2020 11:23

How can @BorisJohnson claim to lead the country and unify it when he is so partisan and aggressive at #PMQs. He criticises Keir Starmer and Labour for abstaining on the vote last night, ignoring the fact that over 50 of his own Tory MPs voted against him!
Andrew Sentance Wed 02 Dec 2020 12:26

RT @CambridgeEcon: Cambridge Econometrics analysis for @ClimateCLG indicates that the #TenPointPlan is good for growth in GDP and for jobs,…
Andrew Sentance Wed 02 Dec 2020 12:21

RT @HectorPollitt: BBC reporting on our analysis of Johnson's 10 point climate plan. It's a start, and it will create jobs, but further act…
Andrew Sentance Tue 01 Dec 2020 16:30

Boris wanted to project himself as the new Churchill. As time goes on he looks more like the new Chamberlain- weak, ineffective and unable to combat the enemy. #dumpboris
Andrew Sentance Tue 01 Dec 2020 13:50

Labour is being too timid. They should vote against the blundering and blustering #Boris gov’t and create a political crisis, as happened in 1940 after the Norway debate. Only after that can we get a sensible policy on #coronavirus and #Brexit.
Andrew Sentance Tue 01 Dec 2020 13:20