{"id":13076,"date":"2016-05-20T18:22:32","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T17:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidvigar.co.uk\/?p=13076"},"modified":"2016-08-23T17:27:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T16:27:51","slug":"brexit-by-numbers-update-22-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidvigar.co.uk\/brexit-by-numbers-update-22-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit by numbers \u2013 update \u2013 22 June"},"content":{"rendered":"

1,280<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the number of UK business leaders who signed\u00a0a letter to the Times today backing membership of the EU
\n51<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 <\/strong>the number of FTSE 100 CEOs and Chairmen who signed the letter
\n 0\u00a0\u2013 <\/strong>the number of FTSE 100 CEOs and Chairmen who have supported Brexit
\n6<\/strong>00<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the number of leading economists (members of the Royal Economic Society and Society of Business Economists) opposing Brexit in an Ipsos Mori poll (88%)
\n40<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the number of economists supporting Brexit in the same poll
\n103<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the number of university vice-chancellors who signed a letter against Brexit
\n150<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the number of Royal Society Fellows who signed a letter against Brexit
\n13 <\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the number of Nobel Prize Laureates who signed a letter against Brexit
\n300 <\/strong>\u2013 the number of historians who say Britain has an \u2018irreplaceable role\u2019 in Europe
\n300 <\/strong>\u2013 the number of creative industry leaders who signed a letter against Brexit
\n200 <\/strong>\u2013 the number of healthcare professionals who signed a letter against Brexit
\n90<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the number of life sciences industry leaders who signed a letter against Brexit
\n13<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the number of former armed forces chiefs who signed a letter against Brexit
\n37<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the number of faith leaders opposing Brexit in a letter to the Observer
\n20 <\/strong>\u2013 the number of Premier League clubs against Brexit<\/p>\n

(Full list of remain supporters)\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

1 <\/strong>\u2013 the number of Michael Goves who said we\u2019ve had enough of experts\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a3350 million<\/strong>\u00a0a week \u2013 or \u00a318 billion a year \u2013 or \u00a3700 per household per year \u2013 the UK\u2019s gross contribution to EU funds
\n\u00a3160 million<\/strong>\u00a0a week \u2013 or \u00a38.5 billion a year \u2013 or \u00a3330 per household per year \u2013 the UK\u2019s actual contribution to EU funds, once Britain\u2019s rebate and what it receives are deducted
\n\u00a32,000 million<\/strong>\u00a0a week \u2013 or \u00a3110 billion a year \u2013 or \u00a34,300 per household per year \u2013 what the Treasury estimates Brexit would cost because of less trade, fewer jobs, more trade barriers, higher prices and less foreign investment
\n950,000<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the number of UK jobs the Confederation of British Industry says are at risk from Brexit<\/p>\n

7%<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the fall in the pound against the euro since January 2016
\n20%<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the potential fall in the pound forecast by Goldman Sachs in the UK leaves the EU<\/p>\n

20<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the number of countries in the G20 group of the world\u2019s leading economies, with whom the UK would need to sign separate trade deals after Brexit
\n20<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the number of G20 countries\u2019 finance ministers who signed a statement saying Brexit would be a shock to the global economy
\n1<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the number of Lord Lawsons who said British people \u201cwouldn\u2019t take kindly to being told what to do by the G20\u201d (that\u2019s the G20 Britain would need to agree new trade deals)<\/p>\n

45 million<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the number of people who can vote in the UK
\n28 million<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 the approximate number of people who read the anti-EU Daily Mail, Sun and Express newspapers in print or online each weeek<\/p>\n

\u00a315.6m<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 money donated to Leave organisations since 1 Feb 2016
\n\u00a311.0m<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 money donated to Remain campaigns between April 22 and May 12.<\/p>\n

44%<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 support for staying in EU\u00a0in latest\u00a0FT poll of polls\u00a0(May 25)
\n45%<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 support for Brexit in latest\u00a0FT poll of polls
\n11%<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 undecideds in latest\u00a0FT poll of polls<\/p>\n

1<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 number of days to help undecideds make up their minds
\n1<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0StrongerIn<\/a>\u00a0website with more facts, figures and ways to get involved<\/p>\n

Go figure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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