![]() ![]() It is because Sir Keir Starmer understands these simple points that he promised a Labour government would not rejoin either of those institutions. So it would also have been impossible to meet the Leave campaign's promise to 'end free movement' if we had remained part of the EU single market. In reality, the Leave campaign made it clear that one reason for exiting the EU was to be able to negotiate our own trade deals, which would be impossible if we remained within the customs union.Īs for the single market, one of its non-negotiable elements is accepting 'free movement' of people within its borders. She added that in 2016: 'No one voted to leave the single market or the customs union.' No one? Is that another 'fact'? This went viral, and a week ago the former chief speechwriter for David Cameron, Clare Foges, repeated Carney's claim, describing it as 'a fact'. ![]() Now it is less than 70 per cent'īut that debacle encouraged the former Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, to give an interview to the Financial Times a fortnight ago in which he claimed that 'in 2016 the British economy was 90 per cent of Germany's. Former Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, gave an interview to the Financial Times a fortnight ago in which he claimed that 'in 2016 the British economy was 90 per cent of Germany's. ![]()
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