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So come on Woosh. What facts did he get wrong? I've had a brief look - not gone through with a fine tooth comb. You tell me: https://www.continentaltelegraph.com/brexit/the-effects-of-brexit-on-farms-and-farming/

He needs to get into power first. We shall see.

What facts did he get wrong? I'll email him and see what he says.

Me thinks he needs more than time.

I like him. :-)

OK. I wonder what the figure is in terms of actual % of GPD....

JC is probably right? Now I've heard it all.

Darn! I've been outed!

Where did I say I mix with them? That was Fingers don't pin that on me.

Interesting fact: Only 9% of British businesses do any trade at all with the EU.

From the economist:

Seems like we can pretty safely ignore extrapolating out their internal survey results into the 6m actual businesses out there.

There is some controversy - but the accepted rate for total taxation on income is around 55% - anymore than that and revenue collected actually drops. Not sure what the figure is on Corp tax - if Corbyn is going to set it at 27% you can pretty safely assume that's not the optimal figure but...

As I just said: IoD tends to be large businesses that don't like the CBI. And large businesses are much more likely to relocate than small.

This from Tim Worstall: (I asked him about the discrepancy) "Well, IoD tends to be large businesses that don't like the CBI. And large businesses are much more likely to relocate than small...."

Two different media outlets reporting different facts?! NO!! This can not be!!! Tell me it's not so!!!!

Right. It won't necessarily bring in any more money either. There is a limit to which you can put up tax before you actually start taking less than when it was at a lower rate. The Laffer curve explains all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laffer_curve

But its not about 'perspective' is it? It's about facts. And the facts are that money comes out of London and the SE and goes to the regions.

My mistake OG. I see what you were getting at now. I stand corrected.

'The probability is that they are'. Really? Only if the IoD is representative of the whole group. Where is your evidence for that? You have none.