Eeyore Hammond? Welcome to the Brexit Hundred Acre Wood | Marina Hyde

It’s not Project Fear but Project Jeer – plus infantilised analogies. Prepare to stockpile hunny and keep Tigger out of the forest

What a comfort, as we near the sharp end of the Brexit negotiations, to see a resurgence of people honking about “Project Fear”. It’s all directed at Philip Hammond, whose take on a no-deal Brexit is what you might call a no-shit letter. According to the chancellor, a no-deal Brexit would have “large fiscal consequences”.

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