The UK economy is already more than 2% smaller than it would be if we had voted to Remain in the EU & @JuliaHB1 keeps tweeting everyone knew what they voted for. #MindBlownpic.twitter.com/j322seJ6I3
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She didn't say the economy had shrunk 2%. Its the case that the economy is 2% smaller than it would have been though.
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No. The economy is not 2% smaller than it would have been. Economists claim the *increase* in the size of the economy is 2% smaller. So a tiny percentage of a small percentage rise that was predicted, ie. far less than 2% (and who knows if the prediction was right anyway?).
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Isn't that tiny 2% about the same drop as the 2008 financial crisis Julia? Let's look at USvUKvEU and what happens when project stupid kicks in.pic.twitter.com/0j3mLrXP3F
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Here's a copy of that graph with the source shown clearly. Tweet it often, I do.pic.twitter.com/ZDnqiWgKC7
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Thanks, hadn't realised mine was a bad copy. My economist pal
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Thank you I already follow Christian but I will do much more closely from now on.
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I like this one from 2017 where they use a composite benchmark to model the UK economy more accurately than a simple comparison vs EU and US.https://voxeu.org/article/300-million-week-output-cost-brexit-vote …
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*hasn’t, dipshit. And yes. it. has.
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To put it is terms that Julia understands. The numbers on the bus said: £340m a week BENEFIT The economy is costing losing: £469m a week DEFICIT £340m BENEFIT vs DEFICIT £469mpic.twitter.com/eK9UDXVnZu
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Yes It is sweetheart
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Great argument. You win the stupid ass prize today. 'It is because I say it is - I don't need facts, just my opinion'!
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