Dr Mumbo

The columnist who predicted Brexit would be a ‘mere ripple’

Sometimes, you’ve got to take a punt.

Just ask News Corp’sTerry McCrann, who took a big one two days out from the British EU referendum in an angry column headlined “Why Brexit hysteria is unfounded“.

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If the Leave camp won, the impact on the global economy would be a “mere ripple” predicted McCrann, just 72 hours before two trillion dollars were wiped off global share market capitalisations. (And $400m after the market cap of his own employer News Corp, as it happens.)

In the not-entirely-prophetic column, McCrann went on to attack the “stupidity” of those who predicted that any such vote would “supposedly wreak havoc”.

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Any such predictions of a stock market crash were “rubbish” claimed McCrann.

Still, as David Cameron demonstrated, you can’t win ’em all.

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