...such a single market or would ever have contemplated surrendering to any degree whatsoever sovereignty or any part of the decision making process to anyone else."

Which the sort of nationalist sentiment that caused Brexit; an inability to co-operate and take decisions jointly for the common good.



"It was the blood, sweat and tears of northern England that drove the industrial revolution"

Parochialist nonsense, on par with nationalist propagandist bullshit. The industrial revolution was driven by the labours of millions across the country, not in any single region. Ever been to Birmingham? The valleys?