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Ignore the anti-Brexit fanatics — Britain is doing just fine

By Dan Hannan
Published January 23, 2023 6:08am ET
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Ignore the anti-Brexit fanatics — Britain is doing just fine
Theresa May, U.K. prime minister, arrives for a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday. May said she is weighing a plan that would extend a transition period, which is already due to keep the U.K. bound to EU rules for 21 months after Brexit day, for a “matter of months.” | (Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg)

Here are a couple of things you won’t be reading in the U.S. media.

U.K. inflation, already well below the European Union’s level, fell again last month. Payroll jobs are up 1.8 million in the last two years, and median monthly earnings are up 14% over the same period. Foreign direct investment is higher than in any EU country, and unemployment is at its lowest level since records began.

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