‘You keep banging on about all the companies moving out due to Brexit’, I’ve been told. That’s because, every week, another big player makes another big decision. This time, although they’re German (‘don’t mention the…’), they’ve said that no jobs will be lost as a result. You can bet, however that none will be created and that UK employees are at greater risk as it implements its ‘global restructuring to reduce costs’ than those in, say, Frankfurt.
“A ‘no-deal’ Brexit will be devastating”
I quoted Overheard Bloke in the Gym Changing Room not long after the referendum: ‘We should say ‘You’ve had your last cheque, Merkel’, close the borders, job done!’ If we’d followed his sage advice rather than fannying around for four years, we’d have been through the...