But surely actions like joining CPTPP would be acts of globalism, in the economic globalised sense. We would be a very rare member of a pacific/asian trade partnership from the other side of the worl… (View Post)

I can't agree here at all. Economic size, or more accurately distribution, is certainly relevant, because throughout the bloc the shock will be distributed in a vey different way. I'm afrai… (View Post)

But it would be a head-on collision between a medium-sized van and a largeish but lighter milk-float. The EU and Britain are not equal in economic size, and this is why Johnson's technique hasn&… (View Post)

A great reply, too. https://twitter.com/Davethe25219352/status/1338171479343702017 (View Post)

This would be a logical moment for a better mood music for a deal. Johnson has done his sub-churchillian theatrics, roared up his base with the falklands nostalgia and heroic fishing talk, and is now… (View Post)