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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 22 December 2022 - The economy has contracted by 5.6%
Description: Brexit was never about economic independence. Voters were swept along on a tidal wave of jingoism and promises of how much better life would be if the country was free of the shackles of Brussels.
Now, coming up to seven years after those shackles were broken, even the most ardent Brexiteer must be doubting the benefits of leaving. For the man in the street, there has been no discernible benefit.
Yes, it is true that the United Kingdom would have faced increasing pressure to join monetary union, but in reality, it was only a misplaced sense of historical significance that...