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No that isnt my main argument. It is trying to do something hard even if worthwhile comes with opportunity costs, and I recall Westminster being gridlocked during the Brexit process. Right now there are more pressing things that could do with concerted focus.

For "hard" but worth persevering, see the National Health Service Act 1946, Race Relations Act 1965, Sexual Offences Act 1967 for example....

Tbf we haven't really been doing anything other than running in ever - decreasing circles.

since 1900

Nearly everything that you can do ouside the EU you can also do from within. After 10 years its clear the Brexit ‘benefits’ are vapourware. Not real. There are only costs.

Thats OK. Leaves more room for Ukraine.

In your own graph the line goes up (admittedly at a slower rate) after the GFC and then stops going up after the Brexit vote. 😖

Oh yeah! How should it do that exactly?

We see a little difference if you add France and Germany.

In a world of big power politics, Britain will achieve very little if it has to focus on internal issues alone. The reality is that Britain is a medium size country and needs a large network of other similar sized countries to share sovereignty costs.

Ah yes, that old approach that no OECD country has ever found hard at all

Do you think it might be related to investment? Huge cuts in investment post gfc, further cuts after Brexit. Rejoining the SM/CU might well reverse that investment slowdown.

As soon as you hear the "getting more people into work" argument you know it's a bad faith article When you remove ghost jobs, there's about 600k jobs advertised for 5 million people Maybe the FT should be looking at this instead of pushing right-wing BS about deregulating and welfare spongers?

"Why yes, the GFC is the perfect control period to compare against and make my point"

Productivity is not going to improve our quality of life. It's up by like 40% since 1990 but our lives haven't gotten 40% better. I'll spare you the question why: it's about inequality.

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Did you fall and hit your head? Maybe get that checked out. You are going to be really embarrassed.

government type proposal if ‘work will set you free’. Lastly do you really think any government tied to the economic systems of the last 40+yrs and fiscal rules of the last 20+yrs are going to actually invest in people, services and institutions for the long-term when the financial markets rule?

As you well know it is not either/or. And pushing for easy answers is one reason we are in this mess. Stop going on about panaceas in favour of first steps