IPPR REPORT PAINTS BLEAK PICTURE FOR UK

The IPPR has published a report (HERE) suggesting that by 2030 we will be more unequal and blighted by the impact of brexit. The Institute For Public Policy Research think tank said the decision to leave the European Union had delivered a “profound shock” to Britain. It claimed this could see the country into lasting lower growth.

The Guardian reports on it HERE and The Independent HERE.

This makes devastating reading for the brexiteers but you can bet they will again claim it's all scaremongering,

THE EU AND 100 AGENCIES

In one of the reports published today for The UK in a Changing Europe, it was mentioned that when we exit the EU we will lose access to over 100 different agencies that oversee various aspects of life in the UK. This struck me as an enormous number but it is apparently true. Many people I speak to and articles I read in the right wing press think the EU do nothing and the money we pay is all wasted.

When we have to recreate these agencies we will find out exactly how much we rely on the EU.

WE NEED TO LEAVE TO BE SURE WHAT LIFE OUTSIDE THE EU IS LIKE

The Huffington Post carries a piece by someone called David Vigar (HERE) which coincides with my own thinking.  He says we must leave the EU and have a taste of life outside. This, he says, is the only way to end the argument about our future prospects.  I agree with this.

Those in denial need to have their noses rubbed in the economic faeces that brexit will cause before they will accept we are better off in the EU. Of course, many of the most extreme like Farage, Cash, Redwood, etc will never admit we are worse off even if half the population is on the breadline or eating grass.

I think given five years outside the EU (so about 2024) there will be a majority in this country to try and rejoin the EU and we remainers will have been vindicated.  It will not even be enough to say things have not got much worse given the massive disruption we are going to go through. Brexit must be an enormous success or it's nothing.