The UKIP MP Douglas Carswell has made a bit of a fool of himself in a twitter exchange with a scientist (HERE). The scientist, a professor, had been explaining the "gravity" model of trade, something set out in the government documents released in the run up to the referendum.
The professor said we did more trade with Ireland then China, although China was bigger it was much further away and therefore affected trade less - liken it to the moon's effect on tides. Carswell then tweeted that it was the sun and not the moon that affected tides!
If that had been me I would have taken up the life of a hermit on a remote island and never again appeared in public. No doubt Mr Carswell will be pontificating again soon on things he knows nothing about. As you can see on the sidebar he once told us it was absurd to think Brexit would cause a downturn.
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