Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
Yes that would be interesting to see I agree. But it's not bollocks it's a fact. And whilst there are always reasons behind statistics, you present a world of endless negativity and the reality is that isn't the case. You can't just dismiss things as bollocks.

You seem to view things as binary or black and white, good and bad, where anything bad (or different to your view) is universally bad and anything good is spectacular. But that isn't so, and the stats generally show that and when unpicking them it is impossible to seperate them from Covid also.

More widely, a true picture will undoubtedly occur in coming years which is why 2022 and especially 2023's data will be so clear and indicative of the future.

The general point of Brexit isn't that good trading relations don't matter, it's that in tying them to the EU (a declining part of our and the world's trading cake) we are unable to strike our own deals globally.

Whether that happens remains to be seen, but as os clear to anyone, a matter of weeks after leaving the EU we were in the greatest global shock for many many decades so it's impossible to assess yet.

Some look for practical solutions to problems. I don't sense you are one of those people tbh.
I guess if you could define the problem you are talking about, obviously can't be Brexit, that would give him a start!