Here’s an unpaywalled link, for anyone who wants a laugh - it’s an anti-EU diatribe, using hyperbole and emotive language, playing to its audience’s prejudices, from a man whose previous predictions include stating "
Apple will sell a few to its fans, but the iPhone won't make a long-term mark on the industry" and "
The iPhone is nothing more than a luxury bauble that will appeal to a few gadget freaks. In terms of its impact on the industry, it is less relevant.", and who also predicted 11 years ago that Spain would leave the Euro, and that the Euro would collapse.
I think his best prediction (in 2011) was "
Russia is now a stable democracy. There is little chance of it reverting to autocratic rule…
The language used shows it isn’t a serious article, but just a dog-whistle to it’s established audience, saying things like
Anyone who attempted to stand up to it could simply be swatted aside
any country that left, such as the UK, would find itself an irrelevance on the world stage
its attempts to strut on the world stage
every self-important commissioner in Brussels has been lecturing anyone who will listen
A few grandiose proclamations aside
it is making itself increasingly ridiculous
https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https://www....ic-superpower/
This section intimates that the EU is saying this because the U.K. left the EU
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Even worse, any country that left, such as the UK, would find itself an irrelevance on the world stage.
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When, in fact, the hyperlink leads to another Kippergraph article discussing a CEBR* viewpoint about Jeremy Hunt’s mini-budget in December last year…
https://12ft.io/proxy?ref=&q=https:/...ax-raid-warns/
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Britain will stagnate on world stage after Jeremy Hunt tax raid, warns CEBR
Long-term damage will derail growth that would have seen UK overtake Germany, consultancy warns
Jeremy Hunt's tax raid will leave Britain stagnating on the world stage, according to new analysis that shows the Chancellor's attack on aspiration will leave the country languishing behind other economies for the next two decades.
The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) warned that the jump in Britain's tax burden, which is set to climb to a peacetime high in 2024, will inflict long-term damage and derail growth that would have seen the UK overtake Germany.
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It’s basically a rant from a Spectator contributor appealing to the rabid anti-EUers - I wonder why Seph recommends it…
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The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) is an economic consultancy based in London