Thread by @DmitryOpines

1/ Like a band you wish you could forget dropping a "Greatest Hits Album Vol. 1", Mr Rees Mogg has compiled some of the dumbest things said about No-Deal Brexit in one article.

So let's take this hack to the old town road and read, till we can't no more.

telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…

2/ "Oh, a Cardiff University study has debunked the Treasury's analysis? Cardiff is a pretty serious university so let's just have a look..."

"... and it's Patrick Minford."

Of course it is.

3/ The Treasury is indeed negligent in not accounting for the 20 billion pound gross annual contribution Jacob Rees Mogg appears to have made up.

Also, even if you assume it was 20 billion, that would reduce the UK deficit from 43 to 23 billion. Yay?

researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefi…

4/ Ah yes, the Treasury FOOLISHLY assumed the EU would do exactly what it has said it will do without realizing that entirely fictional WTO Rules make that illegal.

The EU's plans are entirely WTO compliant. In fact, in many cases, not implementing them would be a breach.

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https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines/status/1151420848613601280