UK 'As Significant As Guernsey' Under Brexit

The UK would become an isolated trading post with no more significance in the world than Guernsey if it votes to leave the EU, France's economy minister has warned. Emmanuel Macron was speaking as campaigning in the UK referendum remained suspended on Saturday following the killing of Labour MP Jo Cox in her West Yorkshire constituency. Leave campaigners have claimed the nation would thrive outside the EU, but the Treasury said the UK would suffer a recession if it quits the 28-nation bloc.