Okay - I was wrong on Brexit

[BlasterBates]

One thing that never fails to amuse me is when immigration is given as the main reason to vote leave. Voting to leave the EU to solve the immigration problem is a bit like trying to fix the car by replacing the wheels when the spark plugs are broken.

[WTFH]

Okay - I was wrong on Brexit

I don't see an immediate economic boom for joining...

Three countries joined in 1995 and all three had flatline growth.

But Greenland leaves and GDP picks up.

Hmm.

Well Greenland left in 1985 and look to be doing OK...

Not much of a difference to their economic growth compared to ours.

So how come Sweden, Finland, and Austria had five years of flat/falling GDP when they joined the EU?

So Greenland left and their GDP did not pick up by any rate more than the UK did, but you consider that evidence that it picked up.

Sweden and Austria joined and their GDP graph also mirrors that of the UK, but instead of saying they picked up, like you did for Greenland, you say they flatlined.

Are you sure you know what you're looking at?

[sasguru]

Are you sure you know what you're looking at?

I'd wager not. Educational standards nowadays.

[PurpleGorilla]

One thing that never fails to amuse me is when immigration is given as the main reason to vote leave. Voting to leave the EU to solve the immigration problem is a bit like trying to fix the car by replacing the wheels when the spark plugs are broken.

Not really.

[The_Equalizer]

One thing that never fails to amuse me is when immigration is given as the main reason to vote leave. Voting to leave the EU to solve the immigration problem is a bit like trying to fix the car by replacing the wheels when the spark plugs are broken.

Remainers do a good line in inappropriate, simplistic analogies. Is it because they're mainly not very bright and can't really analyse complex issues.?

[PurpleGorilla]

Okay - I was wrong on Brexit

So Greenland left and their GDP did not pick up by any rate more than the UK did, but you consider that evidence that it picked up.

Sweden and Austria joined and their GDP graph also mirrors that of the UK, but instead of saying they picked up, like you did for Greenland, you say they flatlined.

Are you sure you know what you're looking at?

I think in actuality all the charts show that in or out of the EU all European economies presented seem to have remarkably similar GDP for the timescales in question. Which is probably reflective of wider macro economic factors such as global growth, oil prices, technological advances etc...

[BlasterBates]

Remainers do a good line in inappropriate, simplistic analogies. Is it because they're mainly not very bright and can't really analyse complex issues.?

So you think the freedom of movement will end in 2019.



When the UK does a deal with all the other countries they will all be expecting a relaxation of the visa requirements.

[northernladyuk]

I think in actuality all the charts show that in or out of the EU all European economies presented seem to have remarkably similar GDP for the timescales in question. Which is probably reflective of wider macro economic factors such as global growth, oil prices, technological advances etc...

No major economy has left the EU, so you have no historical reference point.

[PurpleGorilla]

No major economy has left the EU, so you have no historical reference point.

Quite, in the absence of that, we can only look at Greenland who show growth at that turbulent time.

[PurpleGorilla]

Okay - I was wrong on Brexit

Quite, in the absence of that, we can only look at Greenland who show growth at that turbulent time.

Perhaps we should look at the ussr Break up and say the Ukraine growth?