Experts predict Britain could be the fastest growing economy by 2050, so pipe down Remoaners

Britain’s boom

ONLY a mug fully believes economic ­forecasts nowadays.

But since Remainers still ­predict doom with absolute certainty, let’s see what the experts are saying.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers reckon Britain could be the fastest growing economy in the developed world by 2050, way ahead of the EU’s.

That’s by striking trade deals outside the customs union.

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Short-term, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research says growth will slow slightly this year, then rebound healthily.

The Bank of England says similar.

The Bank of America reckons the Pound is now seriously undervalued because our economy is so strong.

So, no Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, then. Not even one Horseman.

Berk Bercow

THE egomaniac Commons speaker will have lapped up the applause from Labour yesterday as he denounced Donald Trump.

Indeed John Bercow will bask in the adulation from the President’s haters everywhere. That was the point.

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But you don’t have to be a Trump fan to find Bercow’s virtue-signalling from the Speaker’s Chair out of order.

We take issue with several of the President’s pronouncements. It is still wrong for Bercow to bar the Head of State of our No1 ally from Parliament less than three weeks after his inauguration.

The Speaker is meant to be impartial, not make showboating stands against the leader of the free world.

Besides, Parliament has hosted world leaders far more oppressive than Trump.

Becks-posed

THE David Beckham emails scandal reveals much about him — but it is another nail in the honours system’s coffin too.

Gongs should be handed out after dispassionate assessment of an individual’s achievements or contribution to Britain.

The fact Beckham’s PR man knew his tax arrangements had secretly been “flagged” suggests collusion with Whitehall officials . . . as if the rich and famous can negotiate their way to an award.

The star’s foul-mouthed remarks were illuminating. But the hacked emails also sink the honours system, already demeaned by unwarranted awards to political ­failures, deeper into the mire.

Both aspects of the story are, without doubt, matters of public interest.

Ma’am so calm

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IT was typically modest of the Queen to want no fuss for her Sapphire Jubilee, the 65th anniversary of her epic reign.

She just wanted to “get on with the job” — a neat summary of her dedication to duty. We congratulate her anyway.

Roll on the Platinum Jubilee party!