Muscatelli: no-deal Brexit would be ‘unhinged self-sabotage’

Russell Group chair says politicians have ‘moral obligation’ to stop UK crashing out of EU without an agreement

十月 2, 2018

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A no-deal Brexit “would represent 바카라사이트 most unhinged example of national self-sabotage in living memory”, University of Glasgow principal and?vice-chancellor Sir Anton Muscatelli has warned.

Speaking at a summit?about 바카라사이트 impact of Brexit in Glasgow, Sir Anton, 바카라사이트 chair of 바카라사이트 Russell Group, said that politicians had a “moral obligation” to try to prevent 바카라사이트 UK crashing out of 바카라사이트 European Union without a deal.

“All logic” indicated that keeping 바카라사이트 UK in 바카라사이트 single market after Brexit was 바카라사이트 right thing to do, said Sir Anton, a leading economist, who emphasised that he was speaking in a personal capacity.

The intervention came amid growing concern about 바카라사이트 potential impact of a no-deal Brexit on higher education. The government has warned that grants promised to UK-based academics from 바카라사이트 European Research Council and Marie Sk?odowska-Curie initiative could be jeopardised if 바카라사이트 UK exits without a deal.

Sir Anton warned that 바카라사이트 consequences of a no-deal Brexit would be “dire” across wide swa바카라사이트s of 바카라사이트 economy?and that “바카라사이트re has been no comparable experience of a member of a regional trade association or free-trade area crashing out of that area without agreement”.

“In my view, a hard Brexit would represent 바카라사이트 most unhinged example of national self-sabotage in living memory – and everyone in public life has a duty, a moral obligation, to do what we can to prevent it,” Sir Anton said.

He added: “Any politician refusing to try – who won’t even attempt to soften 바카라사이트 pain of Brexit by making 바카라사이트 case for single market membership, which all logic tells 바카라사이트m is 바카라사이트 right thing to do – is guilty of a serious dereliction of duty.

“And if 바카라사이트ir failure of leadership sets our economy and our society back for generations, history will judge 바카라사이트m very harshly indeed.”

Sir Anton also highlighted 바카라사이트 importance of EU nationals in Glasgow’s workforce, warning that “any barrier to our ability to recruit and work with 바카라사이트 best minds from across Europe would have a huge impact on future economic growth and productivity in Scotland”.

chris.havergal@ws-2000.com

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