Muscatelli: no-deal Brexit would be ¡®unhinged self-sabotage¡¯

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 ¨C 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 ¨C 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 ¨C 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¡±.

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