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If he does stop it before the real panic sets in, leave voters will argue that he undermined Brexit from the start and that the EU would have flinched first if not for him. It would likely stay a divisive issue for a long time.
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If he does stop it before the real panic sets in, leave voters will argue that he undermined Brexit from the start and that the EU would have flinched first if not for him. It would likely stay a divisive issue for a long time.
I don't see a way that this current period ends without there being a split in the Conservative party, with one part welding permanently with UKIP and the other moving more to the centre-right.
Dammit
I think you'll likely see a hollowing out of the core type effect as HNW/rHNW individuals bugger off.
Of course, those might be replaced by those seeking to evade taxes in the New, Improved, UK-Laundry, although we've got something of a frosty relationship with the Russians at the moment.
You'll also see a lot of EU citizens moving away I am sure - we've been total wankers to them for years now, which will take out another ring, maybe zones 1-3?
That said, I'd put some money on Hammond being PM before November, and he'll likely stop the whole thing (if he possibly can).