tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704899696538705849.post942003465778589901..comments2024-03-19T05:11:04.875-07:00Comments on EU Law Analysis: Hard Brexit Benefits? Change Britain’s £24 billion of unicornsSteve Peershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05869161329197244113noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704899696538705849.post-71428672637435441632017-01-03T01:10:36.822-08:002017-01-03T01:10:36.822-08:00Obviously it is 'tearing up a relationship'...Obviously it is 'tearing up a relationship', what on earth else would you call it? And of course you just revert to confirmation bias, asserting you don't trust the IFS analysis without even trying to give any critique or analysis of your own.Steve Peershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05869161329197244113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704899696538705849.post-50729603125710356752017-01-02T13:56:21.169-08:002017-01-02T13:56:21.169-08:00'Pull up the drawbidge' ,'tearing up a...'Pull up the drawbidge' ,'tearing up a relationship' this is the kind of inflammatory bollocks that lost you the vote in the first place. You still don't get it. We didn't trust the IFS the first time round and we still don't trust the IFS now. Sebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15347918043879372965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704899696538705849.post-29395819228517559072016-12-29T08:08:20.126-08:002016-12-29T08:08:20.126-08:00Brexit is an entirely emotional position. The use ...Brexit is an entirely emotional position. The use of stats like the £350m relied on repetition rather than a need to be verifiable. The lie was easily disproved but the suggested beneficiary, the NHS, had a powerful emotional appeal as an institution the public value. As the UK's global influence declined the need to believe it should be protected was a motivating factor for Leave voters. Any belief that nation status in the world could be enhanced by isolationism was never debated. The negative Project Fear agenda played to the dismissal of statistical projections finding cover in misleading information. Project Fear was believed to have worked in the Scottish referendum. The reality was support for independence grew from 28% to 45% by the time of the vote. Gordon Brown's 'vow' pulled the result back in the final days, as with a week to go polls began to project a narrow win. Using the same strategy risked losing Cameron the referendum, as proved to be the case. A positive Remain campaign might well have increased understanding that nations are inter dependent and reach beneficial outcomes by entering into arrangements that improve trade, economic and social welfare, regional security and much more. The UK seems set to draw up the drawbridge having never fully understood that tearing up a 40 year relationship in exchange for an unknowable outcome would do nothing for the UK's position in the worldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704899696538705849.post-56330388115687022522016-12-29T02:39:07.281-08:002016-12-29T02:39:07.281-08:00Spot on.Spot on.Philip of Loughboroughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17839147168005836403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704899696538705849.post-82799697648654091382016-12-28T11:46:09.800-08:002016-12-28T11:46:09.800-08:00The cost of leaving the single market is 4% of GDP...The cost of leaving the single market is 4% of GDP - £60bn a year. This dwarfs any of the other numbers and is the one that most needs to be shouted about. The Leavers refuse to acknowledge this figure, yet it is solidly based on a great deal of research (including research done well before the referendum).Wiltshire Hackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02675751901344630263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704899696538705849.post-59089137792941655362016-12-28T11:10:48.376-08:002016-12-28T11:10:48.376-08:00The red tape arguement is nonsense. They are the r...The red tape arguement is nonsense. They are the regulations imposed in other markets. These regulations are being harmonised across the globe in cosmetics, invitro diagnostic devices, medicinal products and medical devices. Leaving the EU means that we will increase red tape as we will need to put these into British law. The people who cite this arguement know nothing about global trade in goods and services. They do not know a single thing about real business and they wrpa themselves up in the garb of business because they gambled in the stock market.Patrick Druggannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704899696538705849.post-32466501905036646652016-12-28T10:56:28.819-08:002016-12-28T10:56:28.819-08:00As soon as I read their "report" I could...As soon as I read their "report" I could see it was just a lot of biased number crunching with the sole intention of adding creedence to their flawed claim.Remainer_Logichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535285757010396148noreply@blogger.com