mainly macro: Brexit. Of course everyone hates a compromise, but like much else its the best option, isn't it?

This is the argument put forward by May and her supporters, but rather more significantly it is also the case argued by Martin Sandbu here and other very rational and realistic people. When you have two sides implacably opposed, compromise is often the way forward. No one likes the compromise, but that is the nature of compromises. In a mature democracy where we don’t want to be at our throats all the time, compromise is inevitable...mainly macro: Brexit. Of course everyone hates a compromise, but like much else its the best option, isn't it?

FT: IMF cuts UK growth forecast and warns Brexit is starting to bite

The International Monetary Fund singled Britain out as a “notable exception” to an improving global economic outlook on Tuesday, as it confirmed a cut to its long-term forecast for UK growth and said negative effects of Brexit were beginning to show... IMF cuts UK growth forecast and warns Brexit is starting to bite