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🇬🇧🇪🇺 Thread: No-Deal Brexit Fear-Checkers from the Institute of Economic Affairs 👇
No-Deal Brexit Fear-Checker, No. 1 by @julianHjessop: ✈️ “Planes won’t fly” ✈️ iea.org.uk/publications/p…
No-Deal Brexit Fear-Checker, No. 2 by @julianHjessop: 📱 "Mobile phone bills will soar" 📱 iea.org.uk/publications/m…
No-Deal Brexit Fear-Checker, No. 3 by @MissVHewson: ⚡️ “Generators on barges in the Irish Sea” ⚡️ iea.org.uk/publications/g…
No-Deal Fear-Checker, No. 4 by @julianHjessop: 🏇 “Grand National would be hit by a no-deal Brexit” 🏇 iea.org.uk/publications/g…
💊 The flexibility available to the UK government and regulators means that they should be able to overcome the regulatory barriers and minimise logistical delays in the supply of medicines, says @MissVHewson 💉 iea.org.uk/publications/m…
📉 No-Deal Fear Checker, No. 5: “GDP already hit 2.1% – and it will only get worse” 📉 iea.org.uk/publications/g…
No-Deal Fear Checker, No. 6: “Brexit is sexist” iea.org.uk/publications/b…
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