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The EU is right to fear an ultra-competitive independent Britain
h/t InstapunditRemainers like to think of the UK as a non-entity, but it is Europe that is the over-regulated backwater In recent years, Brexit’s most implacable opponents have revelled in rubbishing Britain’s hopes of succeeding on the world stage. Britain is a diminished country, they insist, incapable of functioning on its own. Consider Emma Thompson’s description of the UK as "a cake-filled misery-laden grey old island", or Michael Heseltine’s glorious Freudian slip when challenged about our economy outperforming EU rivals: the UK "is doing significantly better than you might hope". Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-10-16 |
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