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Joe Mayes
@Joe_Mayes
Bestselling Author, 'Can You Run The Economy?' UK Politics Reporter for Bloomberg - [email protected]
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    Joe Mayes
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    Sep 18, 2025
    The book is out! 🥳 Can you run the economy and lead your party to glory at the next general election? Only one way to find out! tinyurl.com/y22pn6tc ‘A political and economic handbook for our age’ @MishalHusain ‘A must-read’ @Jeremy_Hunt ‘I loved it’ @TimHarford
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    Joe Mayes
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    Jul 10, 2022
    Current state of the Tory leadership contest.. 😉
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    Joe Mayes
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    Sep 28, 2022
    What's just happened to the UK economy? A thread on how we got here, and what's next for Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng... 1/
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    Joe Mayes
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    May 12, 2022
    Exclusive: Most of the UK has fallen further behind London & the South East since Boris Johnson became prime minister, a major blow for `levelling up' 1/ bloomberg.com/graphics/uk-le…
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    Joe Mayes
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    Dec 9, 2020
    I asked Boris Johnson a year ago what he'd say to any voters annoyed in 2020 when Brexit continues to dominate headlines. Well... 😬
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    Dec 5, 2019
    Q: Won’t voters be really annoyed when Brexit continues to dominate TV, radio and newspaper coverage in 2020 because of the EU trade negotiation, when you said it would be over? Johnson: No, because Brexit will in fact be done. Hmm... 🤔
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    Joe Mayes
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    Nov 12, 2020
    Alok Sharma was asked three times whether supply of the vaccine will be affected by Brexit disruption. On each occasion, he did not give a clear answer.
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    Joe Mayes
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    Nov 24, 2021
    Remarkable exchange at trade committee just now. Q: How do benefits of trade deal with New Zealand compare to the economic harms of Brexit (e.g. 4% reduction in GDP, per OBR forecast)? A: ``I haven't done those statistics,'' Britain's trade secretary says 🤷‍♂️ 1/
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    Joe Mayes
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    Nov 12, 2021
    This section in Dominic Cummings's latest blog on Brexit is just amazing dominiccummings.substack.com/p/risk-aggress…
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    Joe Mayes
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    Apr 8, 2022
    New: The U.K.'s post-Brexit border IT system has crashed and will remain out of service until at least next week 1/
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    U.K. Brexit Border IT System Plagued by Outages Amid Queues
    A key part of the U.K. government’s post-Brexit border IT system has suffered outages this week, adding to the headache for traders already facing long queues on the way to the country’s busiest port.
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    Joe Mayes
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    Feb 1, 2022
    It appears I’ve been usurped by Larry the cat at the Bloomberg camera in Downing St 🙈
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    Joe Mayes
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    Jan 4, 2022
    Breaking: a new post-Brexit IT system is holding up lorries in the EU, as the latest wave of red tape kicks in 1/
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    Firms Hit by New Brexit Red Tape as IT System Stops Trucks
    From bloomberg.com
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    Joe Mayes
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    Dec 22, 2021
    One year of Brexit has led to: -- Reduced trade and economic growth 📉 -- Higher cost of living 🛒🥵 -- A weaker City of London 🙅‍♂️💰 Here's what Brexit did to Britain in 2021... 1/
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    Just a Year of Brexit Has Thumped U.K.’s Economy and Businesses
    From bloomberg.com
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    Joe Mayes
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    Jun 23, 2022
    New: On the 6-year anniversary of the Brexit vote, the UK government was asked to identify the biggest benefits of the split. The answer raised some eyebrows... 1/
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    On Brexit Anniversary, Boris Johnson’s Team Struggles to Say What’s Better
    From bloomberg.com
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    Joe Mayes
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    Oct 1, 2020
    Remarkable exchange in the Commons just now. @hilarybennmp asks Gove if Brexit IT systems are ready, after the Road Haulage Association said they're not. Gove has a dig at the RHA, says they `haven't been the most constructive partner' - then doesn't answer the question 1/
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