UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves his arms about at the G7 summit, Biarritz, France, August 25, 2019

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson “whistled past the graveyard” again on Sunday, claiming that Britain can easily cope with the No Deal Brexit from the European Union which he is pursuing.

Speaking on Monday with talkRADIO’s James Max, I review once more the damage of No Deal: the Government’s Office of Budget Responsibility saying there will be a 3% fall in GDP — a recession — in the “least benign” of cases; the Bank of England also foreseeing a recession and projecting at least a 10% fall in relative GDP compared with staying the EU; and civil servants detailing disruptions to food and medicine, lengthy delays at ports, a crisis for social care, and reductions in public services.

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We discuss another myth — a quick US-UK trade deal after a No Deal Brexit — and end on a better note with a look at a miraculous victory for England over Australia in cricket.