{"id":655671,"date":"2025-12-26T10:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T10:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/655671\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T10:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T10:19:12","slug":"trump-tariffs-brexit-backtracking-and-defining-womanhood-guido-fawkes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/655671\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Tariffs, Brexit Backtracking and Defining Womanhood \u2013 Guido Fawkes"},"content":{"rendered":"

April opened with Trump\u2019s\u00a0\u201cliberation day\u201d<\/a>. His team slapped massive tariffs on countries worldwide, with the UK bagging the lowest rate on offer at 10%. The EU, meanwhile, was whacked with 20%. Downing Street reluctantly conceded this was<\/a> a Brexit win. Though die-hard Remoaners like Lammy still couldn\u2019t<\/a> bring themselves to choke out the words\u2026<\/p>\n

Even with that Brexit victory, the Brexiteers sent up the bat signal throughout the month as Starmer plodded onwards down his well-worn path<\/a> back towards Brussels. The government prepared<\/a> to accept \u201cdynamic alignment\u201d on a range of goods, including agrifood, and to bow to rulings from the European Court of Justice on sanitary and phytosanitary rules under the new deal. Fishing rights were lined up for surrender<\/a>. May\u2019s EU-UK summit only delivered worse news for anyone still clinging to hope\u2026<\/p>\n

Then came the UK steel furnace crisis, as British Steel\u2019s Scunthorpe plant \u2013 in the hands of Chinese owner Jingye Group \u2013 threatened to shut down<\/a> the last remaining UK blast furnaces. An emergency Saturday vote in Parliament was held to ram through plans for state control of what\u2019s left of British Steel. Labour MPs congratulated<\/a> themselves for \u201cworking on a Saturday\u201d, while ministers tiptoed around any mention<\/a> that this could be Chinese sabotage\u2026<\/p>\n

A brief glimmer of sanity arrived when the Supreme Court ruled<\/a> that a woman is, in fact, a biological female \u2013 prompting various sporting bodies<\/a> to ban trans women from competing in women\u2019s sports. Obviously this triggered the usual meltdown on the left, with the BBC even offering<\/a> \u201cinclusive environment\u201d therapy sessions for distressed staff. Despite Labour welcoming the ruling, Guido reminded<\/a> co-conspirators of every single time Starmer and his frontbench couldn\u2019t answer the simple question: \u201cWhat is a woman?\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Netflix produced a perfectly watchable mini-series called Adolescence. Most people agreed it was fine, if a bit heavy-handed and preachy. In Downing Street, however, it was decided Adolescence was the best thing since Citizen Kane. Starmer insisted it be shown in schools and claimed everyone in Parliament should watch it. Apparently it would cure endemic misogyny and reboot teenagers\u2019 brains. Weeks later Downing Street still couldn\u2019t<\/a> confirm whether Cabinet Ministers had bothered pressing play. Predictably Labour used the show to cook up more regulation; Starmer discussed<\/a> a social media ban with the director, while MPs used the panic to float<\/a> a new streaming tax. Any excuse for more red tape and higher taxes\u2026<\/p>\n

Honourable Mentions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Headline of the Month:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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