Ignore the Remoaners

ACCORDING to the economic soothsayers behind Project Fear, the ‘immediate and profound shock to our economy’ caused by the Leave vote should by now have plunged Britain into recession.

Well, that was a year ago, and the economy has grown and grown. But in the last few weeks the doom-mongers have been at it again. When not predicting economic Armageddon, they’ve peddled scare stories – as we show opposite – suggesting Brexit will kill dolphins, stop cancer treatment and threaten strawberry supplies.

But yesterday, after a rush of good economic news, they were forced once again to eat their words.

Firstly, BMW announced that the electric version of the Mini will be built in its Oxford plant, securing thousands of jobs. Symbolically, production is due to begin in 2019, within months of Brexit.

Secondly, a survey by the CBI – an organisation with unparalleled Remoaner credentials – found manufacturing production is increasing at its fastest rate in 22 years. Buoyed by the fall in the pound, exports are booming, it said.

Thirdly, Amazon announced 450 research jobs at its new London headquarters (now if only it would start paying more tax).

Meanwhile, President Trump declared that he is working on a ‘major trade deal’ with the UK.

Yes, Britain will inevitably experience a downturn. It’s called the economic cycle. In the meantime, we can be confident that Remainers – aided in no small measure by the BBC and the FT – will continue to dismiss any good economic news as happening ‘despite Brexit’. Will these people ever stop talking Britain down? ALLOWING anyone to change gender without a doctor’s approval… Letting prostitutes give blood… Telling the Church of England to drop its opposition to gay marriage… What a busy bee Equalities Minister Justine Greening has been recently. She has announced a string of radical social reforms which didn’t feature in the Tory manifesto, and which will concern many traditional Conservative voters. The Mail has one question for Miss Greening: With Britain lagging behind in the international league tables, grammars abandoned and signs that school reforms are going into reverse, wouldn’t she be better off focusing her efforts on her other job, as Education Secretary?