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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I think there is even less support for the Norway EEA/Efta than for the withdrawal agreement, but who knows? Things could change radically when the choice is put before the House. I think we will end up crashing out, actually. Not a bad thing in many ways, except for the initial disruption to frictionless trade.
Don't believe those forecasts for the economy, by the way. Jacob Rees Mogg gave a succinct explanation of why these forecasts would be proved wrong yesterday.
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Well you might say that, but my impression is that most people just want to get on with Brexit. When we voted, we simply voted to leave, and the leavers on the whole were pretty clear what that meant. It is the 'remoaners' who have been trying to muddy the waters and we should not be having any more truck with them. They have been trying very hard to make a mess of this and it is them we should also blame for the 'shambles' that some keep referring to on here.
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Yes, we should always listen to a back-bencher who has never held any committee or cabinet position - he will be have all the facts to hand, and not have any bias in any way...
His grasp of numbers isn't very strong - he couldn't add up to 48, could he? (he said he had the number of letters to the 1922 Committee, which turned out to be not congruent with reality).
He said that "
The overwhelming majority - 87% - of British companies do not trade with the European Union" - true, but 60% of British companies are not registered for VAT or PAYE, so they probably don't export to anywhere, and the 13% of companies that do export to the EU export 247 billion worth of good and services. I would believe his figures more if he filled in gaps, showing how much the 87% exported, and to where.
This is a man who took his nanny canvassing with him when he was 27, fgs - I wouldn't trust him with my beer money, never mind the economy.