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Britain will stay a dominant economy after Brexit
It is clumsy wording and probably deliberately so, but in no world is the UK going to bridge the 40% GDP gap to Germany in six years. However, re-read the article and you'll see that it is India that will overtake Germany in six years, having overtaken the UK this year. (India having a 5%(ish)... -
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BREAKING NEWS: A deal has been done
I suspect the DUP's approval is simply a matter of how much money the UK govt will spend in Northern Ireland in exchange for their approval. -
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BREAKING NEWS: A deal has been done
That ComRes poll broke Leave down into Deal and No Deal, so the 54% leave is the sum of the Deal and No Deal respondants. If you pit Remain vs Leave, Remain wins If you pit Remain vs various different version of leave, Remain still gets the highest proportion. -
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BREAKING NEWS: A deal has been done
Absolutely no evidence that that is true. ComRes poll shows No Deal : 20% Deal : 30% Remain : 42% -
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Boris Prisons
There are literally Brexity supporting MPs/MEPs who have suggested this. -
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Brexit coin
Just because a coin is made, does not make the thing on it a good idea... -
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Anti "No Deal" - An excuse?
Why? The "will of the people" on 23rd June 2016 has not been relevant on any day since then. -
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Brexit party invents Slough General Hospital
If the UK leaves the EU and it is an unmitigated disaster, what do you think the future of the UK is? -
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Brussels is flush with cash
"Faceless" OK, so the EU Council is made up of elected Heads of State. MEPs are all, of course, elected. And the EU Commission - we all know Jean Claude Juncker's face. The face of his successor, von der Leyen, is not hard to find. The EU Commissioners - all their faces in one helpful page The... -
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Brexit party invents Slough General Hospital
OK, so the leaflet is here. "Customs Union" does not appear in it once. "Single Market" appears 8 times, and not once in the context of "We will definitely leave the Single Market". The leaflet did say "Voting to leave the EU would create years of uncertainty and potential economic... -
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Von Der Leyen wins by 52% of the vote
It's OK, as there will be a confirmatory vote in October... -
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Nigel Farage...
Except The Brexit Party Limited is a limited company with no members. You cannot become a member of it. It isn't a member led political party in the sense that Labour, Conservative, Lib Dems etc are. The Brexit Party Limited is an 'it'. And Farage is the one person with significant control... -
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UK manufacturers panic
And yet any company who makes Brexit preparations is then accused of Project Fear -
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Backstops and hard borders
You mean, like EEA, plus customs union, plus having a say - maybe some commissioners, maybe some elected representatives? If only there was a solution for that.
