Brexit shock - France 'overtakes UK as world’s fifth largest economy' after pound plunges

express ^ | June 24, 2016 | Tom Batchelor

[Berlin_Freeper]

FRANCE has overtaken the UK as the world’s fifth largest economy after the pound plunged to a 31-year low, with the vote to leave the EU reverberating across the world's financial markets.

In news that will be welcomed in Paris' financial sector, economists say Britain has dropped into sixth place in the wake of a vote for Brexit.

The development will ring alarm bells in the City, coming after ratings agency Standard and Poor's warned it would likely downgrade the country's triple A rating.

[Chickensoup]

I understand that his children would have be right behind him in the queue for Maker-meeting to help make the world better

[SGNA]

Exit poll questions on political ideology say it all:

[Parmy]

Thank you. That is what I was driving at.

[The Toll]

Anyone that believes a populations opinion can change their economic power in twelve hours is a complete moron.

[dr_lew]

What can we folks do to help out our Brit friends over this short period of instability that is making our liberal betters gloat?

Lend lease ?