This irrelevant provided they are referred to in their capacity as experts in their specific relevant areas of expertise. The BoE's policies represent just one small aspect of Brexit.Originally Posted by RandBlade
This is not particularly funny because, while the outcome may seem to be similar, there's no guarantee that the path you take to that outcome will be the one you'd have chosen otherwise, or the journey as safe as you may have wanted wrt speed of change etc. It really is a pretty stupid put-down but obviously Mr. King would be well sheltered from the negative impact of any socioeconomic turbulence.See for example the put down by former Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King. It's pretty funny when someone warns that what you're trying to achieve will be the unfortunate consequence of doing what you want
But this is just plain ridiculous. It hasn't happened yet because you've only recently voted to leave, haven't actually triggered the withdrawal process and the future is still very uncertain. What's more interesting is to try to determine what is likely to happen to the logistics of eg. major multinational companies, under various scenarios. If you're drunk and driving 50km over the speed-limit on a difficult road in bad weather with a lot of people around then it's not particularly interesting to observe 30 seconds after beginning your journey that, "If I have an accident and kill people that would be bad, but that hasn't happened yet."If production lines get fucked up that will be bad, that's not happened yet either.
What makes you think that freedom of movement is something only Eastern Europe demands when it is one of the most important policies of the EU since before they joined?One possible win/win solution we chould have is that we pay for development funds for Eastern Europe (as discussed as a compromise so Eastern Europe drops demands for free movement) and then count those development funds against our 0.7% international aid budget.
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