My original post was carefully hedged. I had some researchers had estimated the impact at 5.5% while others thought it smaller or larger. Cue the mass baying of cranks. As said researcher points out,… (View Post)

The argument that global growth has slowed and so Brexit is a distraction is of course another form of copium. Just because everyone around you also feels unwell doesn’t make it useful to cut off you… (View Post)

Highly unlikely? Except that’s precisely what some research suggests. It’s certainly more believable than the reheated Minfordism that Brexiters cling onto. (View Post)

It’s kind of funny - albeit in a very sad way - how heated up Brexiters get when the 5.5% claim is posted. Thankfully they are tend to be cranks who fewer and fewer people listen to, and policymakers… (View Post)

What is a shame is that you seem to be trying to revisit grievances from five years ago. As I say above, your particular, badly-informed demographic (ie “leavers”) are now on the out, their moment of… (View Post)