Template:Did you know nominations/Singapore-on-Thames

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 06:42, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Singapore-on-Thames

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... that some Brexit supporters have called for the UK to transform itself into a deregulated, low-tax "Singapore-on-Thames" to prosper outside of the EU? Source: "According to the European Union any trade or other deal post-Brexit should keep current labour and environmental regulation so that 'UK businesses cannot outcompete their EU rivals through deregulation'. That raises an interesting question – why should the UK not do precisely that and outcompete our continental neighbours? ... A deregulatory Brexit is often witheringly referred to as 'Singapore-on-Thames' The likes of Will Hutton insist that this is not a serious option for the UK. Well, why not? GDP per capita, (accounting for price differences across geography) in Singapore is $57,714, in Britain it's $39,720. Would British voters really look askance at a 50% pay rise?" Tim Worstall, CapX; December 19, 2019
- ALT1:... that some Brexit supporters want Britain to become more like one of its former colonies to compete internationally now that it has left the EU? Source: "Sir Martin, who was paid £70m by WPP in 2015 and £48m in 2016, but left the advertising conglomerate last year, said on Tuesday: "I look for a 'Singapore on steroids… a regulation-light, tax-light UK economy, open for business in a way we haven't seen before'" The Independent, November 12, 2019.
- ALT2:... that proponents of the low-tax, deregulated "Singapore-on-Thames" post-Brexit model for the British economy didn't initially want to leave the EU to make it happen?"The Fresh Start Project is not about leaving the EU; it is about a fundamental renegotiation of the UK’s relationship with it.", "Options for Change", Fresh Start Project, July 2012. "Business for Britain doesn't want to leave the EU, but we do want some simple and achievable changes made that would help businesses to compete in the new high-growth areas of the world like South America and South-East Asia. The British Option would do that, and without undermining the Single Market." Huffington Post UK; March 19, 2014

Reviewed: Hu Zhiying

Moved to mainspace by Daniel Case (talk). Self-nominated at 21:03, 21 February 2021 (UTC).

This interesting and substantial article is new enough and plenty long enough. The article is well cited and any of the three hooks could be used. The image is unacceptable according to DYK rules because it does not appear in the article (Ping me if you add it). The article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 21:04, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

@Cwmhiraeth: I have taken it out of the nom. The editor who took it out of the article suggested we should use it only on April Fool's if we run the DYK then (I spent a few hours making that work in Photoshop ... damn!). If this is a possibility, let me submit a hook for that purpose and we can put it in the queue over there. Daniel Case (talk) 18:26, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

April Fools Day is not so far off, so you can try a quirky hook and put the image back in if you can think of something suitable. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:05, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Since it didn't make it for April Fool's, I have moved it back here as it's approved and ready to go. Daniel Case (talk) 04:36, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Daniel Case

I was about to promote the hook, but the last paragraph is unreferenced. SL93 (talk) 23:16, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

@SL93:

Fixed Daniel Case (talk) 04:53, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

The DYK isn't appearing in approved again with that tick, so

. SL93 (talk) 06:39, 5 April 2021 (UTC)