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‘Get on with it!’ Bearish economist says more Brexit delays will damage UK economy

‘Get on with it!’ Bearish economist says more Brexit delays will damage UK economy
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The formal process for Brexit finally got underway on Thursday as Brexit secretary David Davis tabled a bill to allow the Prime Minister to activate Article 50.

But opponents of the government in the Commons have already outlined their intention to vote against the bill – despite Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party preparing to impose a three-line whip on MPs.

Speaking on Daily Politics, Liam Halligan, a British economist, warned further talk of delays or a second referendum, as demanded by the Liberal Democrats, would have a negative impact on the UK’s credit rating.

Britain lost its AAA rating after the Brexit vote and concerns have been raised that a similar scenario to the two Quebec independence referendums, held over a 15-year period, could occur.

Mr Halligan said: “I am actually pretty bearish for this year because the longer the political classes strings out this slow motion Brexit madness, the more business incentives to invest will be dented.

Liam Halligan on Daily PoliticsBBC

Liam Halligan said UK's credit rating could be further affected

That’s going to hit our credit rating

Liam Halligan

“For the most part, practical business people in small businesses and large, whatever they were saying on the airwaves, realised once Brexit had happened that we should just get on with it and it wasn’t really going to affect us all that much.

“But If they see the political classes making a complete car crash out of this, spreading economic uncertainty over the next five to ten years, getting the UK into a Quebec-style never-endum if we have a second referendum. That’s going to hit our credit rating.”

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Politicians and celebrities tweet their reaction as Theresa May unveils her 12 point plan for Britain leaving the EU.




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Sitting next to him on the programme was Labour economist David Blanchflower, who supported Remain and has previously warned of the financial risks of leaving the EU, who backed the comments.

Mr Blanchflower chipped in and said: “That’s the first time I’ve ever agreed with everything he’s said. Ever!”

Financial services company Standard & Poor’s downgraded both Britain and the European Union’s credit rating to AA following the Brexit vote.

But in first estimates, Office for National Statistics figures show UK GDP smashed expectations to expand by 0.6 per cent in the final three months of 2016.

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