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Apr 30 • 3 tweets • 1 min read
Dear @chrisgreybrexit just to confirm your speculations on Brexit as a cause for early retirement: as an M&A partner in a City law firm I have for 2 decades worked very hard to persuade European (mainly French) clients to invest in the UK. On 31st March 2019, I left the firm 1/
5 years earlier than planned. I simply didn't want to continue following Brexit. Not only because I knew it wld make my job a lot harder but also because I had no wish to succeed in attracting European investors to see them claimed as "Brexit successes". So 2/
in my case your hunch is a #BrexitReality & I am certain that many who like me could afford it ( even if it was at a considerable cost) did the same. Thank you for your excellent blog.

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Apr 28
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