27 July 2025, 09:16

By George Icke

Barely a day goes by without a Government Minister confidently declaring that the UK is on track to become a global powerhouse of industry and technology.

We’re told to be excited about our future as a world leader in AI, digital trade, green energy and all the other buzzwords that Westminster loves to throw around. Ministers beam as they sign new post-Brexit trade deals, promising economic growth fueled by innovation.

But here's the uncomfortable truth: while our politicians are busy playing global statesmen, we can’t even get a decent phone signal on the country’s most critical transport routes.

Take the M42, for example, or worse still, the A42. Anyone who has ever had the misfortune of using those roads will know exactly what I’m talking about. There is, quite literally, no signal from Derbyshire until you’re near Birmingham and finally reconnected to modern civilisation via the M6. That’s a major stretch of motorway, a key artery between the East and West Midlands, where your mobile might as well be a brick, let alone a Nokia brick.

If that’s not frustrating enough, try the M69.........

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