The following is a fact and informed assumption based article. It is not about patriotism, optimism, talking the country down or any other emotional aspects but simply a reasoned, logic based argument.
Andrew Lilico has produced a report on “Seven key British perspectives on the Brexit negotiations“. (See this additional blog for a point by point discussion on the article) Lilico as I understand it is a key “thinker” on the brexit side, however the 7 perspectives boil down to:
- They need us more than we need them because…
- We can afford a loss in GDP more than they can and therefore…
- We can, if necessary, walk away with no deal
We do not accept that the UK “inevitably has the weaker hand” in Brexit trade negotiations … Even were it true that the economic damage to the UK would, in GDP terms, be larger than for the…
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