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23 October 2018

How Brexiteers are trying to escape the cost of Brexit

The decision by Leave supporter James Dyson to manufacture his company’s new electric car in Singapore is merely the latest instance of hypocrisy. 

By George Eaton

One of the cardinal rules of politics is to judge people by their actions, not their words. The Brexiteers are a case in point.

James Dyson, the billionaire inventor and Leave supporter, today announced that his company would manufacture its new electric car in Singapore, rather than Brexit Britain. Only a week earlier, Dyson had denounced rival firms for their warnings over a no-deal Brexit, insisting that it would “not change anything”.

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