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Originally Posted by martyh

This report by Michael Burrage would suggest that the single market has been somewhat of a hindrance to UK trade when compared to the common market years .Here's a few points from the report

http://www.civitas.org.uk/content/fi...andparadox.pdf

Seen that quoted a few times. The sub-title alone should indicate it's dicey.

Our goods exports were impacted in no small part by that we were transitioning to a services based economy. Our de-industrialisation is a policy started by Thatcher and continued by every government since, accelerated by Blair, nothing to do with the EU.

http://www.eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=85905 is worth a look.

Regardless, though, we are where we are. Leaving something is far more damaging than never being in it and it will cost us profoundly if we can't get a deal.

It won't be the end of the world but we'll recover considerably more slowly after the upcoming recession if we can't get it sorted.