Nice thinking and who wouldn’t agree with it in principle….but, opposition from the defenders of the recent status quo, (in the RW media) uncertainty in Brussels about the longevity of such a turnaround in sentiment….bond markets et.al …it’s going to take time unfortunately.

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The whole attraction of Healey as chancellor was that he didn't have the ego to develop his own power base. Over the last 48 hours he's shat all over the prime minister's Europe message, contradicted the government on welfare and tried to apply pressure over the energy secretary's Rosebank decision.

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Yes, and there is no plausible way we can autonomously find 4%+ per annum of GDP with clever policy [that is somehow only possible when outside].

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It's always possible to say that outside EU it's possible to do things that some might want to (GE/AI/ animal welfare regs, VAT stuff, state aid, whatever - as per that stupid GullyFoyle book) but what matters (thinking just economically) is the net cost-benefit

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If the UK were an EU member, it would have influence on rules in these areas - potentially an outsized influence given the UK's size and expertise in many areas.

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