Sadiq Khan's Cost of Brexit and Farage's Referendum

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Well, if the government was unable to provide information on the impact of Brexit, London Mayor Sadiq Khan provided his own. He commissioned a report from analysts Cambridge Econometrics. It's conservative estimate was the a hard no-deal Brexit would cost the UK £50 bn and half a million jobs.

According to the Spiegel, the German automotive industry is getting alarmed at the fact that the weak pound and a hard Brexit could mean extra tarifs on the German suppliers to the motor manufacturing sector in the UK, as well as the increased cost of selling continental cars to British consumers.

Nige Farage had come back from his talks to Michel Barnier with the impression that ultimately, the only thing to secure a Brexit would be a second referendum at some point. Generating outrage amongst Brexit supporters and delight with remainers who had been long arguing for a new referendum, he backtracked to saying that brexiteers should be prepared for battle should a second referendum come, so that they could ensure a resounding victory in their favour.

His concerns could well be justified as the Mirror headline shouts "Second EU referendum would reverse the Brexit vote reveals shock poll for the Mirror". The votes for Remain to Brexit were 55% v 45% (http://www.comresglobal.com/polls/18394/), based on a survey of 1,049 adults online on the 11th January 2018. Fortunately for brexiteers, the majority (51%) do not want another referendum.

Apart from book work today, worked on stacking the images and generating panoramas of the photos taken yesterday. Very pleased as generated images good enough for this years Cambridge Open Studios.