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The most important issue facing Britain for decades

December 6, 2017 by Alan Stainer

The most important issue facing Britain for decades

This is not politics. This is incompetence. My mind has been blown away by how completely and utterly daft this is!

https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/938355328697229312

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  1. Jean-Loup Rebours-Smith says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:30 am

    How is this surprising? They’ve been making this up as they went along since they were caught by surprise that their little referendum which campaign was all a bunch of lies backfired on them when the Leave vote won

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  2. Jean-Loup Rebours-Smith says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:30 am

    How is this surprising? They’ve been making this up as they went along since they were caught by surprise that their little referendum which campaign was all a bunch of lies backfired on them when the Leave vote won

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  3. Alan Stainer says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:56 am

    I don’t want a second referendum. I just want these twits out of government, so someone else can step in and just cancel the stupid Brexit omnishambles.

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  4. Alan Stainer says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:56 am

    I don’t want a second referendum. I just want these twits out of government, so someone else can step in and just cancel the stupid Brexit omnishambles.

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  5. Ron Serina says

    December 6, 2017 at 1:26 pm

    Incompetence seems to be a global virus Alan Stainer

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  6. Ron Serina says

    December 6, 2017 at 1:26 pm

    Incompetence seems to be a global virus Alan Stainer

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  7. Nicholas Berry says

    December 6, 2017 at 8:45 pm

    It’s actually not possible to forecast, to any degree of acceptable accuracy, on complex outcomes that have yet to be established, even in one sector, let alone umpteen. So any attempt to do so is futile. You only have to look at the immediate economic impact paper on a vote to leave, published by the treasury before the referendum, to see what a waste of time they are.

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  8. Nicholas Berry says

    December 6, 2017 at 8:45 pm

    It’s actually not possible to forecast, to any degree of acceptable accuracy, on complex outcomes that have yet to be established, even in one sector, let alone umpteen. So any attempt to do so is futile. You only have to look at the immediate economic impact paper on a vote to leave, published by the treasury before the referendum, to see what a waste of time they are.

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  9. Alan Stainer says

    December 6, 2017 at 9:19 pm

    Nicholas Berry I think most people will be wondering where this ‘excrutiating detail’ David Davis was talking about has got to. Without forecasts and assessments how can anyone even contemplate making a plan? To simply say that forecasts are inaccurate or futile is frankly a cop out, because the alternative (nothing) is even worse.

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  10. Alan Stainer says

    December 6, 2017 at 9:19 pm

    Nicholas Berry I think most people will be wondering where this ‘excrutiating detail’ David Davis was talking about has got to. Without forecasts and assessments how can anyone even contemplate making a plan? To simply say that forecasts are inaccurate or futile is frankly a cop out, because the alternative (nothing) is even worse.

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  11. Mac Baird says

    December 6, 2017 at 10:56 pm

    You have BREXIT, and we have Trump. Will you trade? If not, will you at least take us back?

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  12. Mac Baird says

    December 6, 2017 at 10:56 pm

    You have BREXIT, and we have Trump. Will you trade? If not, will you at least take us back?

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  13. Mac Baird says

    December 6, 2017 at 10:56 pm

    You have BREXIT, and we have Trump. Will you trade? If not, will you at least take us back?

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  14. Mac Baird says

    December 6, 2017 at 10:56 pm

    You have BREXIT, and we have Trump. Will you trade? If not, will you at least take us back?

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  15. Nicholas Berry says

    December 6, 2017 at 10:59 pm

    Alan Stainer If you want forecasts and assessments to go on, why not go by this:

    https://www.economistsforfreetrade.com/News/brexit-could-boost-uk-economy-by-135-billion-say-top-economists/

    Or this one:

    http://www.politeia.co.uk/a-blueprint-for-brexit/

    Or this:

    http://www.lawyersforbritain.org/int-trade.shtml

    Or this:

    https://policyexchange.org.uk/publication/clean-brexit/

    I could fish out lots more that would negate the reasons behind your wish to reverse the referendum vote last year. Leaving the EU, the customs union and single market, even trading on WTO terms, recently cited by the WTO director general as not being a problem, is actually a plan and, going by the above as an example, the better plan.

    No doubt you can fish out forecasts and assessments that bolster your views and therefore mark your plan out as the better plan.

    So even here, we have two plans!

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  16. Nicholas Berry says

    December 6, 2017 at 10:59 pm

    Alan Stainer If you want forecasts and assessments to go on, why not go by this:

    https://www.economistsforfreetrade.com/News/brexit-could-boost-uk-economy-by-135-billion-say-top-economists/

    Or this one:

    http://www.politeia.co.uk/a-blueprint-for-brexit/

    Or this:

    http://www.lawyersforbritain.org/int-trade.shtml

    Or this:

    https://policyexchange.org.uk/publication/clean-brexit/

    I could fish out lots more that would negate the reasons behind your wish to reverse the referendum vote last year. Leaving the EU, the customs union and single market, even trading on WTO terms, recently cited by the WTO director general as not being a problem, is actually a plan and, going by the above as an example, the better plan.

    No doubt you can fish out forecasts and assessments that bolster your views and therefore mark your plan out as the better plan.

    So even here, we have two plans!

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  17. Alan Stainer says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:06 pm

    Nicholas Berry this isn’t about me and it certainly isn’t about you. This is about the mind boggling ineptitude of the people that are supposed to be handling Brexit.

    Let’s make this clear. If they can’t be bothered to do impact assessments because it’s hard, then they should never have entertained the idea of Brexit in the first place.

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  18. Alan Stainer says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:06 pm

    Nicholas Berry this isn’t about me and it certainly isn’t about you. This is about the mind boggling ineptitude of the people that are supposed to be handling Brexit.

    Let’s make this clear. If they can’t be bothered to do impact assessments because it’s hard, then they should never have entertained the idea of Brexit in the first place.

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  19. Alan Stainer says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:06 pm

    Nicholas Berry this isn’t about me and it certainly isn’t about you. This is about the mind boggling ineptitude of the people that are supposed to be handling Brexit.

    Let’s make this clear. If they can’t be bothered to do impact assessments because it’s hard, then they should never have entertained the idea of Brexit in the first place.

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  20. Alan Stainer says

    December 6, 2017 at 11:06 pm

    Nicholas Berry this isn’t about me and it certainly isn’t about you. This is about the mind boggling ineptitude of the people that are supposed to be handling Brexit.

    Let’s make this clear. If they can’t be bothered to do impact assessments because it’s hard, then they should never have entertained the idea of Brexit in the first place.

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