Wrong way round. A weaker currency makes exports more competitive and imports more expensive, while a stronger currency does the inverse. So a stronger pound means British exporters are less competit… (View Post)

What harm? What suffering? We've grown at a comparable rate to the Euro Area and we have had a comparable level of inflation to them too. Inflation spiked globally due to Covid and the Ukraine W… (View Post)

To play Devil's Advocate for a minute, economic theory absolutely states that tariffs are harmful. Economic theory states that all taxes are harmful, and tariffs are a tax. Tariffs, like all tax… (View Post)

It is an argument that was taken, in 2016, whether you liked it or not. And it was an argument that won the referendum. Overall we might be wealthier for the sake of accountability, not poorer. As al… (View Post)

I 100% agree with you. Hence the Devil's Advocate comment. (View Post)