The idea that Britain can develop an independent trade policy is absurd | Will Hutton

When selling across borders is ever harder, life without European allies will be parlousSo devastated is the British economy beyond Greater London that only two regions are strong enough to be net contributors to the exchequer – the south-east and the east of England. The rest of the country depends on the buoyancy of London’s service-based economy and accompanying tax revenues to support their schools, hospitals and social benefits.It is this same economic and trading weakness that