I'm well familiar with the concept of opportunity cost. However the data is not there, which is why studies claiming it rely upon bullshit assumptions, like that we'd have American growth o… (View Post)

Indeed. That's the problem, they don't need to really believe it, just say its the case and because of Brexit and people will swallow any old shite, without doing a bullshit sniff test firs… (View Post)

I've given a credible counter-argument, that the data does not match the assumptions. I am dealing with the economic facts, not the assumptions. The UK has outgrown our peers that we were tracki… (View Post)

Indeed, though we likely still benefit from that today, which is why our growth has continued to keep up with or exceed the bloc's. The idea we'd somehow have outgrown the bloc by 9% more t… (View Post)

Yes, that is the assumption. And garbage in, garbage out, models that make that assumption will spit out that as an output. However the reality is we've grown as fast or faster than our peers. R… (View Post)