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36bn is not that much in the grand scheme of things.
Nice big figure to cause panic though hey!
Good try - 5.5/10
Try reading the article. I know exposure to the Indy induces seizures in Daily Mail readers but you only needed to look at the headline an 1st paragraph.
Here, I'll quote it for you.
Originally posted by The Independent
Leaving the single market in services could lead to a loss of between 1.4 and 2 per cent of gross domestic product.
Losing access to the single market in services after Brexit could cost the British economy up to £36bn a year and have a particularly negative impact on financial services, telecoms and transport, a new report concludes.
There, that wasn't so hard, was it?
"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.
"The UK's seat at the negotiating table will be filled by me or Jeremy Corbyn. The deal we seek will be negotiated by me or Jeremy Corbyn.
"There will be no time to waste and no time for a new Government to find its way. So the stakes in this election are high… We need someone representing Britain who is 100 per cent committed to the cause, not someone who is uncertain or unsure, but someone utterly determined to deliver the democratic will of the British people.
I think that covers it. You holding straw again?
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
... It's a tough one. With people living longer and longer it's unsustainable. ...
That and the fact that the traditional age division of wealth, with (typically) working age people prosperous and pensioners as poor as church mice, is rapidly being turned on its head, with the old timers benefiting from rises in property prices and full salary pensions, and younger working people finding it ever harder to obtain lucrative and secure employment.
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