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Algernon Moncrieff

(5,780 posts)
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 06:05 PM Nov 2018

Brexit will make UK worse off, government forecasts warn

BBC News

Official figures say the UK economy could be up to 3.9% smaller after 15 years under Theresa May's Brexit plan, compared with staying in the EU.

But a no-deal Brexit could deliver a 9.3% hit, the new estimates say.

The prime minister said her deal was the best one available for jobs and the economy.

"Our deal is the best deal available for jobs and our economy, that allows us to honour the referendum and realise the opportunities of Brexit," Mrs May said at Prime Minister's Questions.
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Brexit will make UK worse off, government forecasts warn (Original Post) Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2018 OP
No shit Sherlock... mwooldri Nov 2018 #1
How much do you want to bet that the pro brexit folks mitch96 Nov 2018 #2
"Look! Another successful Russian intervention!" struggle4progress Nov 2018 #3

mwooldri

(10,291 posts)
1. No shit Sherlock...
Wed Nov 28, 2018, 06:26 PM
Nov 2018

Whenever there is a divorce, both sides come off worse financially in the short to medium term. Brexit is the Mother of All Divorces... One that really isn't necessary in my opinion.

If not the EU, the UK should rejoin EFTA and develop EFTA as a EU lite for more Euroskeptic nations.

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