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Will Hutton : Born May 21, 1950

William Nicolas Hutton is a British journalist. As of 2022, he writes a regular column for The Observer, co-chairs the Purposeful Company, and is the president-...

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No 10 daren’t admit it, but Ursula von der Leyen is right: we’ll be going back on Brexit | Will Hutton

The case for rejoining the single market and the customs union grows stronger by the day. A future Labour government can’t ignore it

“The EU will remain Britain’s largest trading partner: it sets the rules and we either abide by them or accept reduced trade with all the consequences. A former top Treasury official tells me that his advice to Rachel Reeves, a growth-focused would-be chancellor, would be unambiguous: rejoin the single market and the customs union. In his scathingly brilliant book How They Broke Britain, the LBC presenter James O’Brien describes how the rightwing, Europhobic ecosystem of media, thinktanks and Tory politicians that has developed over the past 40 years prohibits an honest public conversation.”

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In forcing a U-turn on Horizon, scientists are showing that the flaws of Brexit can be overcome | Will Hutton

Where science leads, British industry must speak with one voice to force politicians to re-establish vital links with the European Union

First step Horizon. Next step manufacturing conformity with EU to reduce costs and enable investment. We need to be able to trade easily with our partners next door as well as a few thousands of miles away. Brexit is a process and it’s leading us nowhere.

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Now, water bosses, you must show how capitalism can work for the common good | Will Hutton

If there’s a lesson to be learned from the collapse of Thames Water, it is that utility giants have to pioneer a new kind of company

“Public ownership can work: it should never have suffered such opprobrium. But what is the country’s priority? The 20-year bill to achieve net zero is at least £1tn. Levelling up will cost at least another £1tn. There is another £500bn to be spent on schools, hospitals, prisons, courts and roads. If the privatised utilities operate on genuine social purpose criteria, why would any government wrap up to £250bn of dead money in renationalising them?”

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"Don’t despair... The charlatans may be in control in both Britain and the US, but their time is limited. Their programmes are self-defeating and..."

“Don’t despair… The charlatans may be in control in both Britain and the US, but their time is limited. Their programmes are self-defeating and…”

“Don’t despair.

We may be living through an attempted rightwing revolution, but its foundations are rotten. There may be a counter-revolution, as there is after every revolution, and it will be built on much firmer ground.

The charlatans may be in control in both Britain and the US, but their time is limited. Their programmes are self-defeating and destructive and they do not speak to the dynamic…

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The idea that Britain can develop an independent trade policy is absurd | Will Hutton

When selling across borders is ever harder, life without European allies will be parlous

“The EU’s trading frameworks put WTO rules in the shade. From aviation to data, chemical production to nitrogen dioxide emissions, the EU sets global standards. There is no nirvana where these regulations can be escaped. The WTO is neither a standard setter, nor does its remit extend to services of such importance to us”

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Labour’s leadership is at rock bottom – it won’t be forgiven for conniving in a rightwing Brexit | Will Hutton

The majority who oppose leaving the EU need a new coalition to rescue us from disaster

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Lets look back 70 years and 4 months!

Lets look back 70 years and 4 months! and read the words of Winston Churchill

Yesterdays tweet from Will Hutton shown here offers a useful reminder of how the Conservative Party led and influenced by Winston Churchill, one of the UKs most influential and respected leaders across the world in 21st Century was at the heart of the origins of the European Union. Churchill was far from perfect as both a human being and a politician and in many senses his commitment to…

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