{"id":132644,"date":"2018-12-01T11:53:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T11:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=132644"},"modified":"2018-12-01T11:55:55","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T11:55:55","slug":"brexit-facts-vs-fear-with-stephen-fry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2018\/12\/01\/brexit-facts-vs-fear-with-stephen-fry\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit: Facts vs Fear, with Stephen Fry."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UYonSZ8s3_o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>How a mythical EU dragon was conjured up and the striking truth behind it all.<\/p>\n<p>A trick of forced perspective put fear in the way of facts.<\/p>\n<p>Voiced by Stephen Fry.<\/p>\n<p>Immigrants contributed \u00a320bn to the UK between 2000-2011, paying 64% more in taxes than they received in benefits.<br \/>\nStudy by UCL Professor Christian Dustmann and Dr Tommaso Frattini, published by the Royal Economic Society in The Economic Journal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/news\/2014\/nov\/positive-economic-impact-uk-immigration-european-union-new-evidence\">https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/news\/2014\/nov\/positive-economic-impact-uk-immigration-european-union-new-evidence<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How a mythical EU dragon was conjured up and the striking truth behind it all. A trick of forced perspective put fear in the way of facts. Voiced by Stephen Fry. Immigrants contributed \u00a320bn to the UK between 2000-2011, paying 64% more in taxes than they received in benefits. Study by UCL Professor Christian Dustmann &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2018\/12\/01\/brexit-facts-vs-fear-with-stephen-fry\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brexit: Facts vs Fear, with Stephen Fry.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-yvq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":142956,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2019\/06\/08\/how-will-wealthy-brexiteers-profit-from-brexit\/","url_meta":{"origin":132644,"position":0},"title":"How will wealthy Brexiteers profit from Brexit?","author":"diana Stone","date":"June 8, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"How will wealthy Brexiteers profit from Brexit? 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