• c
  • c
  • c
  • c
  • e
  • c
  • e
  • e
  • b
  • b
  • b
  • a
  • r
  • t
  • r
  • r

October 29, 2019

The Times – Treasury’s silence over Brexit says loud and clear that it is powerless

“Before looking into the reason that this is a strategic mistake, let us first dismiss a political red herring: that lawmakers do not have the evidence needed to make an informed decision. The impact can easily be estimated from the previous government’s analysis and from excellent impact assessments provided by independent researchers at UK in a Changing Europe and the Centre for Economics and Business Research. It would be safe to assume that the government’s analysis would come up with something similar: a material economic impairment. Furthermore, most MPs would not read an impact assessment. Far fewer would read it and then change their views. Most MPs would simply use its headline finding as a stick to beat the government with.”

 

The site uses cookies, as explained in our cookie policy. If you agree to our use of cookies, please close this message and continue to use this site.

Accept & Close