David Davis, our newly appointed Brexit negotiator, apparently shows a worrying lack of understanding of how trade deals with the EU actually work (HERE). He seems to think we can negotiate separate deals with individual EU countries beginning with Germany and has embarrassingly sent out tweets to this effect during the referendum campaign. This is impossible, when you join the EU you lose the right to negotiate your own deals so even if Germany wanted to do it they cannot.
Mr Davis, who I used to admire, also thinks the "economic benefits" of Brexit will be felt by December 2018 (HERE) but this is seemingly at odds with the Bank of England monetary policy committee that expects a weaker housing market, rising inflation and significantly lower growth in the coming years (HERE).
Mrs Leadsom thinks Brexit will have "no impact" on the economy while Mr Davis thinks the benefits will be felt in two years. Neither of them are economist so we wait to see if they are right.
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