There is no such consensus in terms of the economic cost of leaving the EU - I have seen numbers from a 2% improvement to a 10-12% drop,, and even if there were it wouldn't make any sense (not f… (View Post)

It's a terrible idea. It would add hugely to the cost of dealing with bureaucracy, advantage a special interest group, result in a highly perverse outcome of less construction getting done and g… (View Post)

The Economist is completely wrong - European economic integration might do a tiny bit to boost economic growth, but it be lost in the noise, especially for this country. It would inevitably focus on … (View Post)

Just for the record, I shitpost as much as many about Trump on here, but didn't have the slightest difficulty getting into the US last month. So though we can blame him for undermining the rule … (View Post)

Do you have the slightest fragment of evidence that Putin was "cock a hoop" over Brexit? I know you WANT him to have been delighted, but that doesn't mean he actually WAS. The only quo… (View Post)