What happened on 31st March 2023
On Friday Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hurried to delight Britons with his twit about the UK joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership and 'trade opportunities for British businesses.' It's strange enough but his co-nationals weren't optimistic about this news. "Joining the CPTPP will unleash a HUGE 0.08% increase in GDP in ten years’ time, which is a MASSIVE 2% of the loss in GDP that Brexit has already caused. Fantastic!" " A 0.08% boost to GDP over 10 years, along with lower food standards and an undercut British farming sector. You Brexiters just can't stop winning, can you?" " We will fight this deregulatory scheme. Why would you join something so many thousands of miles away when we have a perfectly good trading bloc on our doorstep?" " 0.08% growth in 10 years! Brexit shrunk our GDP by 4%." " Calling the CPTPP a ‘benefit of Brexit’ is pushing it. Brexit has curtailed our t...