The Economist
makes a great point:
“There is a liberal
vision of a post-Brexit future in which Britain escapes the most protectionist
features of the EU and opens its economy to the rest of the world. It is one
that includes lower taxes, less pettifogging regulation and freer trade. During
the referendum campaign it was sometimes talked of as “Singapore on steroids”:
a dynamic, open Britain capable of competing not just with other EU countries
but with the whole world.
The trouble is
that, for all her pleasing rhetoric, Mrs May is not really pursuing this
vision. She has set tougher immigration control as her priority. Yet today’s
service businesses depend on being able to move people around at short notice,
as does high-tech industry.”
French response to Theresa May
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/18/europe-loser-brexit-britain