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It was 6-8% https://siepr.stanford.edu/publications/working-paper/economic-impact-brexit Follow the link in the link to the full paper. Page 34 is your friend if you just want the conclusion.

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It's getting closer. "Trump says Iran responsible for Flydubai attack Trump says he thinks Iran is responsible for the September 30 incident involving a Flydubai plane. The US president contradicted an earlier statement made by Vice President JD Vance, who said there was so far no evidence connecting Tehran to the attack".

Yep, and Europe are weaker without us. The suggestion that the EU is outperforming us I'm guessing, is based just on current growth, which is only a wee bit above ours...but ignores that their post pandemic growth exceeds ours, their debt burden is lower, they have much lower interest rates, their government borrowing is lower, they have frictionless trade, etc, etc. Nuts if anything thinks we're doing better.

Blue passport? Queueing at airports? Reduced GDP?

Gotcha. So esentially we're talking about tax tourists going on tour.

Quite. People are conflating the individuals and any trading entities. Entirely different things.

I think it's a given that they've anticipated a lengthy ban and have looked at alternatives. That's an entirely different issue to people seriously talking about Howe or Frank though.

Isn't he's one of the others with a new name?

Yep. Massive potential. I like Hall and Scott, they've added something different. Bellingham is just on another level, Gordon is brilliant, Saka is back to his best, and Rogers I really like. There's also great players who weren't involved. The return fixture against Spain is the one that matters.

It isn't. It's a different point. You seem like another poster (or login) who answers a question with an unrelated answer, or a question. Farmers question remains unanswered.

That's a different point. He asked "which left-wingers have wanted continued Muslim immigration to the UK?" I'd like to know the answer to.

Is there really a discussion about Howe or Frank joining us?! People need to acknowledge who and where we are.

People are worried, don't confuse that with "genuine anxiety". Regardless, the simple point remains. If you believe a claim about information to be bullshit, treat it accordingly and move on. I don't know whether MB has or hasn't heard anything, but he's merely said that we should hear something. Hardly ground breaking, or anything to get upset or anxious about. Re that last part. Most people have the common sense to appreciate that a source cannot be identified, or even hinted at, for reasons that should be obvious. If a forum user feels that they have a right to drill down to "assess the credibility of a source" that's a bit daft given it's bloody obvious that they won't get that information.

And that is the bottom line. The constant posts from people getting wound up about it are tragic and funny in equal measure.