Impact Of Brexit On Economy 'Worse Than Covid'

[Roobaba]

Impact of Brexit on economy 'worse than Covid'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59070020

FACT truth not lies - to the point. Discuss.

[bobbinwales]

May turn out right. May not. Its an opinion not fact.

[naomi24]

No bobbin, it’s a’fact’. Roobaba said so. ;o)

[Boto]

You must discuss.

[Spicerack]

BBC- FACT.
I can see where you're going wrong there, roobaba.

[johnk]

That was obvious even before the vote. But that doesn't matter, we've got our independence, pity you can't eat it.

[naomi24]

Are you hungry, John?

[johnk]

Many people are, do you not care about them?

[naomi24]

Who are they and why are they hungry?

[douglas9401]

They're the great unwashed and they're hungry because of their big telly and smoking.

There.

[THECORBYLOON]

SPICERACK, it's not the BBC saying it, they are quoting the chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).

[Peter Pedant]

come on Roobabs - you KNEW this would happen

and think of the advantages - another thread - blue passports and £350 m per x going straight to the NHS !

[Peter Pedant]

// Who are they and why are they hungry?//
because they are not eating cake, my queen

( sozza recycled that one-liner but very apposite all the same wouldnt you agree?)

[royfromaus]

The impact of Brexit on Answerbank is far greater than the impact of Brexit on the UK.

Has Answerbank got a monopoly on whingers who can't cope without the EU?
I don't meet these types in real life.

[naomi24]

Neither do I, roy.

[Gromit]

// he Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is a non-departmental public body funded by the UK Treasury, that the UK government established to provide independent economic forecasts and independent analysis of the public finances. //

It is a forecast not a fact. But if the OBR are saying it, it has credibility.
Covid (or its effects) will go away soon, but Brexit we will have for the foreseeable future. So I am not surprised it will impact and economy greater than the pandemic.

[Stickybottle]

I stopped reading after the first sentence with the word ‘will’ in it
It is a prediction
We all know how accurate they are !

[dannyk13]

Gromit//Covid (or its effects) will go away soon,//
Think you are beng a bit optimistic to say that.

[Gromit]

Covid (or its effects) will go away soon, but Brexit we will have for the foreseeable future. So I am not surprised it will impact our economy and GDP greater than the pandemic.

[ToraToraTora]

"FACT truth not lies" - I can't see any facts, it's an opinion, looks like RBID is seriously taking hold. Even if it's true we left for reasons of sovereignty. Why can't the 5th column grasp that?

[Gromit]

// I stopped reading after the first sentence with the word ‘will’ in it. It is a prediction //

It is about the the long term effects (ie the future), so of course it is a prediction. It is a prediction by the an Independent part of the Government paid for by the Treasury, so as predictions go, it is the one the Treasury/Chancellor has to take notice of.