Can Brexit be stopped? The answer is in our hands
Charles Grant of the Centre for European Reform imagines the reaction once, say, Airbus leaves the UK, along with various car companies. “If in that period, the macroeconomic truth dawns, that the trade lost is far greater than any trade gained by new agreements around the world, people might begin to think again.” Grant reckons the democratic catharsis of exit might be a necessary first step: “We have to get out before we can get closer.”