Brexit will cost the UK up to 30 times more than it will gain back from striking a Trump trade deal

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Do you know what's best for the British, even thought they have had their referendum and put it into practice now?

Lol, you realize that throughout history ppl have voted, often bc of misinformation / disinformation / misunderstanding, for things that turned out to be totally regrettable? Do you think every person who voted ------- and the majority of the British ppl did not vote for this ------- have a degree in economics & carefully examined the relevant data?
 
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Lol, you realize that throughout history ppl have voted, often bc of misinformation / disinformation / misunderstanding, for things that turned out to be totally regrettable? Do you think every person who voted ------- and the majority of the British ppl did not vote for this ------- have a degree in economics & carefully examined the relevant data?
So you know better than all the British whose business it is? (okay; just wanted to know...)
 
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Lol, you realize that throughout history ppl have voted, often bc of misinformation / disinformation / misunderstanding, for things that turned out to be totally regrettable? Do you think every person who voted ------- and the majority of the British ppl did not vote for this ------- have a degree in economics & carefully examined the relevant data?

I guess we will see what they do long term. If all the predictions come true in that piece, the question still remains, is having national sovereignty worth a little less than 7 percent cut from the GDP?

Answers may vary.
 
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According to Paul Krugman the market was going to collapse immediately if Trump got elected. I don't remember even one prediction of the GAO being accurate. Perhaps soothsaying is not a strength of accountants and economists?
 
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Well British business thinks Brexit will be disastrous.
Not all businesses. Many were for Brexit.

Practically all the predictions from the referendum on have been absolutely wrong.
 
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Not all businesses. Many were for Brexit.

Practically all the predictions from the referendum on have been absolutely wrong.
We have not existed yet. The predictions are what happens when the transition finishes end of this year(though they were blatantly dishonest in implying there would be economic disasters immediately after the vote)

A no deal brexit, is going to tank the economy.
 
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Not all businesses. Many were for Brexit.

Practically all the predictions from the referendum on have been absolutely wrong.
Many businesses thought that the UK govt would be intending to negotiate a trade deal that would preserve access to one of our most important and closest trading partners. Instead we are hurtling to no deal.
 
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THe main stores said that there would be food shortages and the price of food would rise. Well they have been driving the farmers out of business for years. Anyway we get mch f our food from far awayby air. Just some examples, asparagus from Peru, mexico and other places, Beans from Etheopia, and in the winter, Watercress from USA. Now that is an interesting one. British watercress from UK in the summer is the same price in Tesco, as winter watercress is from Spain and USA. The same amount in 8og bags. In the summer I drow my own, I buy a bag and eat some and plant the rest in a large pot and keep well watered. In my last house I had a pond and just threw some in each year and it grew so fast I had to cull it regularly.
 
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According to Paul Krugman the market was going to collapse immediately if Trump got elected. I don't remember even one prediction of the GAO being accurate. Perhaps soothsaying is not a strength of accountants and economists?

You mean like the ones who said Trump's tax cuts would pay for themselves?
 
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We have not existed yet. The predictions are what happens when the transition finishes end of this year(though they were blatantly dishonest in implying there would be economic disasters immediately after the vote)

A no deal brexit, is going to tank the economy.
I think you mean exited.
I am not sure BoJo wants a no deal. He just won't accept any deal that the EU try to force on us.They are worried about a no deal.
 
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The remainers undermined our negotiating position and stopped the EU giving us a better deal. The traitors kept on campaigning to overthrow the referendum result. We were told that the majority either way required for a victory was one vote, and if they had won by one vote that would have been the end of it. But the majority was 1.2 million votes and they said it was a close finish..
 
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I think you mean exited.
I am not sure BoJo wants a no deal. He just won't accept any deal that the EU try to force on us.They are worried about a no deal.
In my view, the majority of Brits are desperate for a "No deal".
Just getting out and running the country in freedom from the EU shackles will give a major exposure of the truths and lies on all sides.
I think we need the air to clear.
 
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