Brexit: The Express wildly exaggerates latest trade deal – reactions

Sunday Express Front Page: £12 Trillion Brexit Trade Boost #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/97TjyPT396 pic.twitter.com/MtMbVw0SQg

— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) July 15, 2023

Sam Coates points out that nobody in Asia is taking the UK joining CPTPP very seriously.

"The impact of this deal is mainly cosmetic, for the UK, to show there are trade deals after brexit & nobody in Asia is talking about this very seriously"#Ridge #bbclaurak pic.twitter.com/sBgubcXjEr

— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) July 16, 2023

Karl McCartney(Tory MP) on membership of CPTPP.

"Is there anything comparable in recent history… that is as good as this agreement" 🤔 pic.twitter.com/nZiJJl87I0

— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) July 18, 2023

#bbclaurak: UK's trade as a % of GDP has fallen at double the rate of other G7 countries…you haven't kept your promises on an Indian & US trade deal

Kemi Badenoch: We're not just going to sign any free trade agreement

but

That's exactly what they did with the Australian deal pic.twitter.com/yMMdcpADz0

— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) July 16, 2023

The Sunday Express is misleading its readers, to put it lightly

Claims CPTPP is a £12 trillion trade deal

That figure is the combined GDP of all CPTPP members

The real gain is 0.1% of GDP, after ten years – or £1.7 billion

As you can see, a somewhat smaller figure#CPTPP pic.twitter.com/37OnAOFnTg

— Louis 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 〓〓 💙 Defend the right to vote (@LouisHenwood) July 16, 2023

£12 trillion?🤔
That's the combined GDPs of all the CPTPP countries!

In contrast, the combined GDP of the 27 member states of the European Union last year was £13.56 trillion.
And they're next door. 🙄

— susan (@acemsdavis1) July 16, 2023

Silly. The GDP of all countries in the bloc they’re referencing amounts to 12 trillion.

Someone tell The Express we don’t get to take it all.

P.S If you combine the GDP of all the countries in the EU, it amounts to 16.6 trillion.

By their logic that’s what we’ve lost 🙄 pic.twitter.com/xyHpaKq9qg

— Jemma Forte (@jemmaforte) July 16, 2023

Ludicrous £12 trn CTTP number given by Tories
FACTS
From gov report 2021
"could lead to a £1.8 billion increase in GDP by 2030" ie 0.08%
UK regions eg West Midlands could be up £177million
WOW almost as much as Michelle Mone got from PPE contracts!!https://t.co/POCPjFbp8Y pic.twitter.com/KAShJDlt2U

— Carol Vorderman (@carolvorders) July 16, 2023

this sounds good pic.twitter.com/1Jgl0Ty21J

— Jim Pickard 🐋 (@PickardJE) July 16, 2023

🎶come with me, and you’ll be, in a world of pure imagination🎶 pic.twitter.com/4m3xYOQzVu

— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 Threads tobyontv (@TobyonTV) July 16, 2023

Express writers "calculating" the benefits of Brexit. pic.twitter.com/eOdE357735

— Femi (@Femi_Sorry) July 16, 2023

Sunday Express going for most misleading headline of 2023.

According to UK Government modelling, long term this trade deal could increase UK GDP by £1.8 billion. That's 0.015% of the figure in the headline.

Perpetuating the Brexit con and treating their readers like idiots. pic.twitter.com/vJdLqC9YKa

— sean coffey (@akaseano) July 15, 2023

This paper is not well. https://t.co/9afL1BU58D

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) July 16, 2023