Liam Halligan

Brexit’s philosopher king

How Patrick Minford debunked the Treasury’s Brexit doom-mongering

issue 01 October 2016

‘There was never a consensus among economists that Britain should stay in the European Union,’ insists Professor Patrick Minford. ‘That was always rubbish.’

During the heat of the referendum campaign, Chancellor George Osborne asserted it was ‘economically illiterate’ to back Leave. ‘It’s Osborne himself who is economically illiterate,’ Minford shot back.

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