I would say there's another reason why the 5.5% does not pass the sniff test. Our exports to the EU were only 11% of our economy in 2019. Much of that was trade in services, which, as Springford… (View Post)

We won't know until we apply of course, but I've a vague feeling that somewhere in the turgid drivel that is the Lisbon Treaty there's something about EU membership being open to Europ… (View Post)

No. Over-financialized - the share of our GDP generated by financial services (8%) is about the same as the US (7%) or Switzerland (9%), both of which have much higher income levels. Over rentierized… (View Post)

Even if that's true, Rejoining would certainly involve another decade long trauma when the country's real problems wouldn't be addressed. Also we would have to join the Euro, which wou… (View Post)

Neither have I. Nor can I believe all the attention that's being lavished on some overpaid robot whose claim to fame is being able to read from an autocue. But then the whole cult of meejah sleb… (View Post)