Is France going to become a bigger economy than the UK after Brexit?

If those forecasting damage are right, the UK will drop behind France as the sixth biggest economy – but, Joe Watts asks, is that the end of the story?

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Brexit was sold to the British people as the UK’s chance to break free from the economic restraint of the European Union and become the buccaneering export economy it was always meant to be.

The UK has the sixth biggest GDP in the world, but if those forecasting severe damage are right then the country should drop behind a French economy buoyed by Brussels.

With scrutiny of Theresa May’s deal intensifying and campaigning for and against Brexit in full swing again, what does the latest data show us?