{"id":148696,"date":"2019-05-30T11:15:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T15:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=148696"},"modified":"2019-05-30T06:59:26","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T10:59:26","slug":"brexit-britains-three-lost-years-wont-end-on-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2019\/05\/brexit-britains-three-lost-years-wont-end-on-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit Britain\u2019s three Lost Years won\u2019t end on Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"
May 30, 2019<\/div>
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By George Prior<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brexit Britain has already lost three years – and the nightmare could last well beyond the new Halloween deadline, warns the boss of one of the world\u2019s largest independent financial advisory organizations.<\/p>\n

The warning from Nigel Green, the chief executive and founder of deVere Group, comes as news breaks on Thursday that factory shutdowns designed to cope with disruption from a March 29 Brexit that never came, slashed UK car production in April by almost 45 per cent.<\/p>\n

It also follows Jeremy Corbyn confirming that Labour will back a referendum on any Brexit deal.<\/p>\n

Mr Green says: \u201cBrexit has thrown Britain into a profound existential crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has cost Britain three lost years of opportunity. Brexit has almost entirely overtaken the public sphere in Britain.\u00a0 All of Parliament\u2019s time and energy is vested in Brexit. It appears nothing else is getting done. And so much needs to be done.<\/p>

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\u201cImagine what amazing social and economic progress could have been achieved if the media, political life and the civil service had been dominated by \u2018best in class\u2019 individuals and organisations building an inclusive, long-term, sustainable economic growth strategy for the last three years?<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine if these three years had been about retaining existing and welcoming new investment into the UK?<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine if the industries of the future, such as fintech, blockchain and clean energy, had been developed to secure jobs and wealth creators of the next generation?<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine if Britain hadn\u2019t spent three years inflicting reputational damage upon itself on the world stage?<\/p>\n

\u201cBut instead, the UK has lost three years going around in circles trying to construct a deal that gives us some of what it\u2019s got now.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continues: \u201cBrexit Britain has cost billions upon billions of pounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed, it has cost the UK economy a staggering \u00a366bn in just under three years, according to S&P Global Ratings.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpeaking from experience, the lack of confidence in the UK\u2019s vital financial services sector \u2013 which contributes 6.5 per cent to Britain\u2019s GDP \u2013 is at an all-time low.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing years of uncertainty and a lack of leadership from all parties, many companies across the sector have relocated parts of their business or key staff to places like Paris, Luxembourg, Dublin, Frankfurt and Amsterdam, or setting up legal entities in the EU.\u00a0 Once they\u2019ve gone, they are unlikely to return.\u00a0 And this is just one sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s also been\u00a0the significant drop in the value of the pound. This has contributed to reducing people\u2019s purchasing power. Weaker sterling means imports are more expensive, with rising prices typically being passed on to consumers.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the government\u2019s part, the Treasury has allocated \u00a34.2 billion towards government departments for Brexit preparations since 2016; the 2017 general election which was held due to Brexit ramifications cost \u00a3269m; and let\u2019s not forget, the \u00a339bn \u201cdivorce bill\u201d agreed with the EU.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Green goes on to add: \u201cThe ongoing Brexit nightmare is unlikely to end on Halloween.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter three years, the uncertainty grows rather than recedes. Who will be the Prime Minister that will take the UK out of the EU? Will there be a second referendum and what would be on the ballot paper? How does the rise and rise of the Brexit Party fragment politics further? Will Britain leave with no deal? What impact would operating on WTO rules mean for the world\u2019s fifth largest economy and its trading partners?\u201d<\/p>\n

The deVere CEO concludes: \u201cWith so many serious and far-reaching questions hanging ominously unanswered – and more growing each week – Brexit Britain\u2019s Lost Years are not even close to being over.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe haemorrhaging of opportunity and money will continue far beyond the deadline.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is perhaps therefore unsurprising that UK and international investors in UK assets are responding to the uncertainties posed by Brexit by considering removing their wealth from the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n

About:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

deVere Group is one of the world\u2019s largest independent advisors of specialist global financial solutions to international, local mass affluent, and high-net-worth clients.\u00a0 It has a network of more than 70 offices across the world, over 80,000 clients and $12bn under advisement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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