Workers in Britain £1,300 worse off a year due to Brexit
The OBR says the post-Brexit trading deal reached with the EU will reduce Britain’s long-run productivity by some four per cent.
The UK is the first and so far only country to have left the EU and Brexit was and is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). The official withdrawal was at 23:00 31 January 2020 GMT (00:00 CET).
The OBR says the post-Brexit trading deal reached with the EU will reduce Britain’s long-run productivity by some four per cent.
It was enough to dupe deputy Tory chairman Lee Anderson, who claims other EU countries are "jealous" of the UK's newfound freedom.
The Mirror man called the UK's split with the EU "a disaster, a nightmare," adding that "long term it'll take 4% off the economy."
"We are in 2023, not 1400. It's a little bit as though they think they are still in the Hundred Years' War."
Set up in 1845, the firm fought for 30 years against the global textile trend of moving to the Far East only to be brought down by Brexit.
Hidden in the small print of a technical document published by the Department for International Trade is an admission that officials could have juiced up the figures.
Sure, we haven't had one nice day this year, and our seawater is full of sewage - but apart from that, a holiday in the UK sounds great.
Suella Braverman also argued that travellers caught-up in the mega queues at Dover this weekend should 'be a bit patient'.
What's upsetting the Tories this week? That'll be Mae Muller's Twitter feed from three years ago. Priorities on point, it seems...
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