John Redwood

UK media needs to be careful about taking every bit of Brussels spin/propaganda at face value, without question, context, sceptical analysis

The UK has a great opportunity to grow its agriculture as we come out of the CAP.

An agricultural revolution?: http://bit.ly/2pD3EUT  Today we stand on the threshold of another possible agrarian revolution.

Much of the media were keen to blame any fall in the pound on Brexit. Will they now report the surge in the pound? Don't hold your breath.

The Pound Also Rises http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2017/04/28/the-pound-rises/ …

Shakespeare’s England – thoughts for England’s day, and the celebration of Shakespeare’s birthday. http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2017/04/28/england-the-once-and-future-country-3/ …

The @guardian should not be dismissive of the great work done by Nissan, Toyota, Land Rover & Jaguar, who make large numbers of vehicles.

What matters – and what I was clearly talking about – was cars made in UK factories. If the factory is here so are the jobs.

The @guardian seemed to muddle up cars made in UK factories with cars made by UK owned car makers.

I was surprised that the @guardian seemed unaware that the UK does already make 1.7m cars a year in this country.

We would have plenty of options to make and grow things here or to import from elsewhere in the world with lower or no tariffs. 2/2

The @guardian decided to complain when I wrote that were the EU to take the surprising course of seeking to damage their trade with us 1/2

Making and growing things at home: http://bit.ly/2oOPFs1 

The aim of policy should be to boost productivity and output by encouraging entrepreneurship.

There is no need to raise taxes from here to reduce the deficit further. http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2017/04/26/additional-uk-government-borrowing-continues-to-reduce/ …

It is a fascinating commentary on modern France that 2 of the top 4 candidates were outsiders and 1 was an insider dressed up as an outsider