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Brextremists are more aptly described as the inquisition; they 'believe' despite the evidence & condemn those who disagree as saboteurs/enemies etc.

There is no sound evidence to refute the assessment that no deal would be catastrophic, let alone to show it would be beneficial
And there is so much misinformation about propagated by ardent Brexiters. For example, the US does not trade with the EU on WTO terms only; we have 35 bilateral trade agreements. Read this: instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/bil…

* HMG assesses the risk of no deal as a fall of 16% in UK GDP.
In your field, one might ask whether in light of Trump's attack on the WTO system as well as the changing geo-political alignments and increasing threats from Russia, we risk isolation, such that, for the security of our country/world, it is now imperative that we stay in the EU.
Here are just a couple of articles but you will be more than aware of the wider risks and important considerations: ft.com/content/bd08db…
independent.co.uk/voices/trump-w…
tass.com/politics/10156…
The Foreign Secretary today said that no deal would be a "huge geostrategic mistake". As a former Ambassador do you disagree? If so, why & where do you see our place of safety?
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@AndrewMarr9 @MarrShow - you will recall about a year ago mentioning a letter I wrote to the PM asking her to disclose the advice she had received that Article 50 was unilaterally revocable. She refused to do so and paid 5 QCs to try and stop the ECJ ruling on the point. Why?
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In that claim @GoodLawProject noted the failure of the Electoral Commission to make the relevant connections - see image.
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And this evening I see that the producer of Brexit the Movie, David Shiply has been charged with £500,000 fraud: theguardian.com/politics/2018/…
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Rightwing thinktanks unveil radical plan for US-UK Brexit trade deal theguardian.com/politics/2018/…
Paper by amongst other @DanielJHannan for Cato Institute (see TPA, IEA etc - same bods). The essential hypothesis is that if you can't get achieve a reciprocal dropping of trade barriers, it's still better to drop them unilaterally even if this costs jobs in your country.
The proposal is that the UK opens its market, including the NHS, entirely to the U.S.
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