9 May 2025, 15:36

By Lord Malcolm Offord

Who knew that the Labour Party would embrace so enthusiastically the Conservative Party agenda on Global Britain?

By signing two massive trade deals in one week with India and the USA (respectively the 4th and 1st ranked world economies). Deals that could only be done because of Brexit.

How beautifully ironic for Brexiteers (and no doubt bitter sweet for him) to watch that arch remainer Peter Mandelson grinning from ear to ear in the Oval Office while shaking hands with Donald Trump on a US trade deal that Europe can only dream of?

When I was a trade minister in Department of Business & Trade reporting to the Secretary of State Kemi Badenoch in the last government, our team was laser focused on global trade and making a success of Brexit. By July 2024, we had signed Free Trade Agreements with 73 countries representing 60% of world GDP. Most notably, we signed up the........

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