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She predicts: “Boris Johnson’s temptation will be to hide the bill for Brexit under the Covid carpel, valued at more than £200bn for 2020, almost as much as the United Kingdom’s total contribution to the European Union since its accession in 1973, which was £215bn.”
No idea if her numbers are accurate, but sheesh
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No idea if her numbers are accurate, but sheesh
The answer is “possibly” but when you compare government spending on the one hand with GDP on the other and make counterfactual assumptions the error bars get very big very quickly.
https://fullfact.org/europe/online-cost-brexit-net-contributions/
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No idea if her numbers are accurate, but sheesh
Even if she's out by 50%, the bill for 2020 and 2021 will eclipse the total contribution. It's no less absurd over two years than one.
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No idea if her numbers are accurate, but sheesh
Wasn't some comparison like that made years ago? I seem to remember similar figures.
NickCJ
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Oliver Schick
Sylvie Bermann has views which she is not afraid to put across - now that she's no longer a French diplomat.