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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I was not criticising, I was making the point that they are not neutral, as you like to think they are. Civil servants tend to be left of centre in their politics too, so being negative comes naturally to them!
Once again, I point out that the forecasts about how we would fare after a Brexit vote have been way out, but your deference to ‘experts’ and ‘independent civil servants’ is clouding your judgement.
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Every civil servant I've met has been pro-Brexit. Yes, they hated Farage but they saw Brexit as creating more jobs for British civil servants. If anything, their motivations would be to encourage Brexit, not discourage it!
The forecasts we're seeing now aren't Project Fear. They've been scrutinised millions of times over by a Brexit-focused Government. We're also not seeing contradictory forecasts from other organisations. All are saying that Brexit means a reduction in growth and that's what we're seeing now as the Eurozone outpaces us. Maybe you'd Prefer Bill at No. 35 to do your cataract operation on his day off from Tesco. I'd prefer to trust experts if I can understand their logic.
Optimism on its own doesn't change the facts of geography and economics. Simply saying that because Project Fear has not come to pass, all economists' predictions will always be wrong is flawed.That clearly isn't the case as they would all be out of jobs.