Thread by @DavidHenigUK

Old observation, but businesses / major investors require broad policy stability which they won't get from a Government afraid to go to Parliament, and a country utterly polarised on the subject of international relations.

To put it another way, why invest seriously in a free port if a future Government will negotiate a deal with the EU in which exports from the free port will not benefit?

Or similarly invest in diversifying markets away from the EU if we'll have a future deal?

Of all the many issues with no-deal, the fact it imposes an economic shock but then in the future we're likely to sign a deal accepting many of the same conditions (assuming other parties maintain their policies) is one of the most significant.