Very grateful to @GeorgeFreemanMP for pointing to the source of some of the points he made on Newsnight. My worries about accuracy remain, though I now have to spread them around (short thread)
https://twitter.com/GeorgeFreemanMP/status/1415303211058094081
@GeorgeFreemanMP 1) On trade. The information here is quite different from the original statement. It is "where UK tariff reductions on imports from certain developing countries save exporters from those countries around £1 billion each year"
No reference to differences from EU tariffs, no reference to tariffs on food, no reference to Africa. And, to be honest, almost unverifiable what this refers to. Carrying over the EU's GSP policy including EBA? (Which would be really different from the original claim)?
2) On the diplomatic network - the text is as stated by @GeorgeFreemanMP and I am grateful that he pointed it out. But now my question goes to @hmtreasury - the author - what is the metric you use? Because we have the 11th largest network according to globaldiplomacyindex.lowyinstitute.org
And - really important to me - Thanks to @GeorgeFreemanMP for engaging. Accuracy is important and I am happy we can get to the core of these things together!
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