And the abuse of statistics continues. This report discredits itself even before its release by publishing a 500 bn windfall that is based on what? (short thread) dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
Sophisticated modelling? Daring plans?
No. Calculating what UK exports would be if exports/person in the UK would match Germany's.
No. Calculating what UK exports would be if exports/person in the UK would match Germany's.
It's difficult to express where to start with how silly this is. Of course, Germany's access to the internal market stands out - but even if this report were a rejoin advocacy report the comparison would be silly.
BTW: you could double the UK's entirely fictitious export performance based on Germany's exports/capita if you would instead strive for... Ireland's exports/capita.
Clearly there's a lack of ambition. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c…
Clearly there's a lack of ambition. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c…
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