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No Deal Brexit isn't extreme, but good effort on trying to shift the Overton Window.
by gadders 8y ago
No Deal Brexit isn't extreme, but good effort on trying to shift the Overton Window.
- benj111 8y agoWhat is more extreme? Firing off a few farewell missiles? A no deal Brexit is literally the most extreme Brexit. There is nothing more 'Brexity'.
- gadders 8y agoHaving a Brexit that is Brexity is entirely the point, no? What is the point of a Brexit that is a bit Brexity?
- benj111 8y agoWell most of the current predicament is that it was never decided how Brexity the Brexit should be, I don't think it follows that just because we voted for a Brexit, we should jump off the deep end and go for the most extreme version.
- stordoff 8y agoAccording to the Government's Implications for Business and Trade of a No Deal Exit on 29 March 2019 document: > This estimates that the UK economy would be 6.3-9% smaller in the long term in a no deal scenario (after around 15 years) than it otherwise would have been when compared with today’s arrangements, assuming no action is taken. > Although our food supply is diverse, resilient, and sourced from a wide variety of countries, the potential disruption to trade across the Short Channel Crossings would lead to reduced availability and choice of products. > HMRC has estimated that the administrative burden on businesses from customs declarations alone, on current (2016) UK-EU trade in goods could be around £13bn p.a. That feels pretty extreme to me. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/781768/Implications_for_Business_and_Trade_of_a_No_Deal_Exit_on_29_March_2019.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...