Economists on Brexit vote: Would leaving the EU damage the UK economy?

At our event on 21 April, 86% of the audience, the majority of whom were economists, agreed that leaving the EU would damage Britain's economy during a CER debate. An electronic poll was taken after a panel discussion featuring Brexiteers Gerard Lyons, Mayor of London's Office, and Roger Bootle, Capital Economics and pro Europeans Stephanie Flanders, JP Morgan, and Martin Wolf, Financial Times. The event was introduced with a keynote speech by former prime minister Gordon Brown.