Leaving the EU: Economic Impact of Proposed Deal Debate
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Leaving the EU: Economic Impact of Proposed Deal
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Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset) (Con)
As the Treasury’s forecasts before the referendum were woefully inaccurate, and the Office for Budget Responsibility was set up specifically to stop politicised reports coming out, would it not be better to consult a newspaper horoscope than Treasury forecasts?
Mel Stride
I hate to disappoint my hon. Friend, ingenious and amusing though his question is, but I should point out just one fallacy in the premise of his question: these are not forecasts.