“In which EU country does the public when polled take the most positive view of immigration?”
Consider, Hannan argues, the promises made by people like Clegg, Major and Ashdown during the last campaign.
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“I’ll give you a general rule of thumb – a heuristic, if you will. Anyone who says ‘I am offended’ is not really offended.”
“Instead of allowing cartels and producer interests to raise barriers to entry, it encourages competition and allows for maximum consumer choice.”
The deadline is August 6th. While the role has yet to capture the public’s imagination, it has genuine power.
“The more cheaply we can buy goods and services… the more we free up time for our people to make, and sell, and buy, and invent things.”
“From the EU’s point of view, why would you make any concessions as long as Remainers in the Lords and Commons are doing your work for you?”
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“This new government exists explicitly to do what the Italian people have just voted against. I suppose at least they’re being honest about it.”
As the miracles of Hong Kong and Singapore demonstrate, cheaper imports, rather than easier exports, are the big win. The trick is persuading voters to agree.
One of the few positive things to come out of the appalling affair is the way it revealed the British people are far from the anti-immigrant caricature some paint of them.
“If size were the key to success, China would be wealthier than Hong Kong, Indonesia would be wealthier than Singapore, and the EU would be wealthier than Switzerland.”
“Between 80,000 and 150,000 people work making steel in the US. Seventeen million are employed in industries which use steel.”
In all, there are 30 new entries in the whole list, one down on last year and two down on the 2016 record of 33.