WARRINGTON could be hit by a 12 cent fall in the local economy in the event of a “hard Brexit” or a “No Deal” departure from Europe.
Even a “soft Brexit” would lead to a two per cent in the local economy, according to leaked documents obtained by campaign group Warrington for Europe.
The figures are believed to have been produced by the Government – but have not been released officially.
Chairman of Warrington for Europe Graham Gowland said: “We should not be relying on leaked documents. The potential impact on Warrington is very worrying. The figures apparently produced by our own government show how hard Warrington could be hit.
“We need our council to assess the effect of leaving the EU on our local economy, services and the environment and to share that information with us. We have started a petition to ask Warrington Borough Council to carry out a risk assessment on the impact of leaving the European Union and for this assessment to be published by the end of 2018. We also call on Warrington Borough Council to support a People’s Vote on the final outcome and to campaign for the best for Warrington.”
Warrington for Europe campaigner David Myall added: ‘The worst case ‘No Deal’ would be devastating for local businesses, as it will directly translate into less money going into our economy – in simple terms if you run a shop, and have 100 customers a day, if we leave the EU in a disorderly way, you will only have 88. The NHS and other local services which have seen years of cuts will suffer again. It’s possible that important local industries – nuclear power and chemicals for example – could be impacted even more than average – we just don’t know.
“When you read about the government preparing to stockpile food and medicines, remember this is a direct result of their own policies, not some external threat. For the first time in history, a country is trying to negotiate a deal which makes trade with its closest neighbours harder rather than easier.
“This is an issue which should matter to everyone, regardless of the way they voted in the 2016 referendum. We all want the best for our community and we need to begin with local impact assessments”
The petition can be signed at http://www.tinyurl.com/WarringtonRA
Members of campaign group Warrington For Europe
“Hard Brexit would cause 12% fall in town’s economy”
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I do wonder given the financial situation with regards the council, money being tight and all that, if the members of warrington for europe would be willing to fund the cost of the risk assessment so saving the council that expense at least.
So Brexit could cost Qarringron Millions, and you think they shouldn’t prepare? Really??? Maybe we should just buy a load of sand to bury our heads in??
At what point did i say that we should not prepare?0
i merely wondered if the warrington for europe people would be willing to fund the cost of the risk assessment.
The operative word in the first part of your statement is “COULD”. yes it could but then again it may not.
I do wonder if the members of Warrington for Europe realise that their scare stories do even more to damage the local economy than Brexit, be it hard, soft or “no deal”?
These campaigners are like the proverbial Japanese Soldier, who doesn’t know the war has finished.
Warrington as a town voted to leave the EU. These people do not speak for Warrington and they do not like democracy. They lost. They need to accept the result and move on.
Warrington south is now a predominantly Remain area. Warrington North is almost there, and nationally the country is rejecting Brexit, but what this campaign is asking for is for the Council to assess the impacts of Brexit. Or are you suggesting they shouldn’t plan?
would you be willing to quote figures for your statement. nobody has been round to my house or area and asked if i had changed my mind over the brexit vote.
Not sure how a local authority can assess an impact when they don’t know what the deal is…it would tend to be a highly subjective impact assessment. With regards to the country rejecting Brexit, I can find no substantive evidence of that, just claim and counter claim by those obsessed remainers and brexiteers, who clearly have nothing better to do with their time and rather like the sound of their own voices. Indeed in my circles, Brexit tends not to be a main topic for discussion. For me as a “Remainer- Lite” who hates the bureaucracy and cost of the EU but who loves free movement of people, goods and services, I was dismayed when it was decided to have a Referendum, as I thought the EU would collapse in time…hopefully sooner rather than later, and we would end up with a simple EFTA , and I have to say I was very disappointed that the chap who brought about the Referendum then jumped ship at the earliest opportunity when the result was not what he wanted. Ever the optimist that I am, I do believe that Brexit will not be a bad as some are predicting (won’t be as good as some are predicting either), but that as is the British way, we will make the best of the situation we will find ourselves in, shrug our shoulders, sigh a few times and get on with life.