Study says Brexit's toll on UK economy will be 'like losing the city of London' - at best

Theresa May’s Brexit deal will have equivalent cost of losing the economic output of Wales or the City of London, research suggests.

The prime minister will plead with MPs to back her deal in a Commons statement on Monday afternoon.

A report by the the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said May’s plan will reduce the value of the UK economy by 3.9% - or £100bn a year by 2030 - compared to staying in the EU.

According to the study, this would be an average cost of more than £1,000 a person.

The NIESR study, which will be launched today by the People’s Vote campaign that wants a second referendum, said a no deal exit would reduce GDP by 5.5 per cent, or £140bn a year.

On Sunday EU leaders endorsed the agreement at an emergency summit in Brussels.

But the prime minister faces an uphill battle to win the vote in the Commons - due to take place in December.

In a statement to parliament today, May will tell MPs there is “not a better deal available”.

Tommy Monk wrote:

EU-Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding says all EU countries have 75-80% of their laws dictated to them by the EU...


Nuff said!!!

Tommy Monk wrote:Stop the wafffle dodge...


It's getting beyond boring...

Tommy Monk wrote:You are talking nonsense...


When did the British people ever agree to any of it...?

Tommy Monk wrote:

Democracy = our parliament and our elected representatives in it, doing what the British people tell them to do... not for them to be doing anything anyone else tells them to do!!!


DEMOS KRATOS!


The British people have never agreed to have our parliament controlled by or dictated to, by anyone other than the British people!!!


Our parliament should not be taking orders from any foreign bureaucracy... it should only ever be the servant of the British people!!!

Tommy Monk wrote:I am completely addressing his point...


Our parliament has no authorisation from the British people to be following the orders of any foreign bureaucracy, regardless of any claim from Didge about whether they agree with it or not...!


Do you not understand 'democracy'...?


And you say it is me who has a problem understanding definitions...!?

Tommy Monk wrote:I've already answered the 75% stat... and Didge also replied to my answer with a fullfact link that also says a high percentage is dictated to us from the EU...!


Maybe you think views on democracy only count if they are spoken by some pill head rent boy homosexual in a seedy club in Soho (London)...?



But luckily, we already have a dictionary definition of "democracy" to look to... and when a national parliament has to take orders from anyone else other than from the nations people, regardless of whether the parliament and/or people approve/agree or not, then there ceases to be a democracy... this is now a dictatorship...!


Or have you got some other definition of democracy where it states otherwise...!?

Eilzel wrote:

Tommy Monk wrote:I've already answered the 75% stat... and Didge also replied to my answer with a fullfact link that also says a high percentage is dictated to us from the EU...!


Maybe you think views on democracy only count if they are spoken by some pill head rent boy homosexual in a seedy club in Soho (London)...?



But luckily, we already have a dictionary definition of "democracy" to look to... and when a national parliament has to take orders from anyone else other than from the nations people, regardless of whether the parliament and/or people approve/agree or not, then there ceases to be a democracy... this is now a dictatorship...!


Or have you got some other definition of democracy where it states otherwise...!?

And you normally do such a good job of hiding your homophobia

You didn't really respond to didge's point though did you? Although at least you concede it is only some, as opposed to the ridiculous 75% stat you threw out. You do know that the UK government actually goes much further than the EU in a lot of its rules, don't you?

Tommy Monk wrote:

Eilzel wrote:

Tommy Monk wrote:I've already answered the 75% stat... and Didge also replied to my answer with a fullfact link that also says a high percentage is dictated to us from the EU...!


Maybe you think views on democracy only count if they are spoken by some pill head rent boy homosexual in a seedy club in Soho (London)...?



But luckily, we already have a dictionary definition of "democracy" to look to... and when a national parliament has to take orders from anyone else other than from the nations people, regardless of whether the parliament and/or people approve/agree or not, then there ceases to be a democracy... this is now a dictatorship...!


Or have you got some other definition of democracy where it states otherwise...!?

And you normally do such a good job of hiding your homophobia

You didn't really respond to didge's point though did you? Although at least you concede it is only some, as opposed to the ridiculous 75% stat you threw out. You do know that the UK government actually goes much further than the EU in a lot of its rules, don't you?

Well... if you think it is acceptable to dish this out to me...


Quote Les...

"And you've just carried on raving about democracy like a drunk old man in the corner of a small town pub"



Then don't complain when I say exactly the same sort of thing to you!!!





Also... try reading who it was who told us it was 75%...






We already have a dictionary definition of "democracy" to look to... and when a national parliament has to take orders from anyone else other than from the nations people, regardless of whether the parliament and/or people approve/agree or not, then there ceases to be a democracy... this is now a dictatorship...!


Or have you got some other definition of democracy where it states otherwise...!?

Tommy Monk wrote:


Maybe you think views on democracy only count if they are spoken by some pill head rent boy homosexual in a seedy club in Soho (London)...?

eddie wrote:Clipped from original post:

Tommy Monk wrote:


Maybe you think views on democracy only count if they are spoken by some pill head rent boy homosexual in a seedy club in Soho (London)...?

You realise that making pathetic meaningless cheap shots is, by and large, what pathetic meaningless cheap fuckwits do?

Tommy Monk wrote:

eddie wrote:Clipped from original post:

Tommy Monk wrote:


Maybe you think views on democracy only count if they are spoken by some pill head rent boy homosexual in a seedy club in Soho (London)...?

You realise that making pathetic meaningless cheap shots is, by and large, what pathetic meaningless cheap fuckwits do?

Les started it... so tell that to him...

eddie wrote:Clipped from original post:

Tommy Monk wrote:


Maybe you think views on democracy only count if they are spoken by some pill head rent boy homosexual in a seedy club in Soho (London)...?

You realise that making pathetic meaningless cheap shots is, by and large, what pathetic meaningless cheap fuckwits do?

Eilzel wrote:

eddie wrote:Clipped from original post:

Tommy Monk wrote:


Maybe you think views on democracy only count if they are spoken by some pill head rent boy homosexual in a seedy club in Soho (London)...?

You realise that making pathetic meaningless cheap shots is, by and large, what pathetic meaningless cheap fuckwits do?

Cheers Eds

Tommy, I explained the difference, but you didn't acknowledge it because you know it really just shows the limits of your imagination. Can't say anything else, so just play off his sexaulity