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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Disgusting is a good term. I had hoped once the excitement had died down over the referendum we'd have a proper debate on it like adults but if anything the lies are growing bigger and more outlandish from all concerned as time marches on
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I think it was a bit naive to expect that to be honest. More than anything though what really are the facts? It's hard to exactly quantify the costs because we simply do not know what deal with emerge in the aftermath of Brexit. There are numbers on import/export but they're disputed and they don't take into account the auxiliary effects, i.e a german car manufacturing plant moving back to Germany would hit the businesses around the plant, a lack of EU workers may help those for whom EU workers are competitors in the local job market.
Even with the hard figures we have you then have to ask, well, what does that mean? People talk about doing their own research but we all fall prone to confirming our own biases. I try to link to papers that at least have a considered tone on the issue, i.e the FT earlier, but those papers still have a position.
You're just going to have to find sources you trust and see from there. In the end no one is going to come down from above and gift you a correct answer.