Meaning of Singapore-on-Thames | Babel Free
Definitions
A proposed model for the United Kingdom after Brexit, involving laissez-faire free trade unencumbered by regulation.
UK
Examples
“The idea that London might have⟳ a post-Brexit future as a kind of deregulated “Singapore-on-Thames” is one of the more curious notions to have⟳ emerged in the three and a half years since the UK’s citizens voted narrowly to leave⟳ the EU in the fateful June 2016 referendum.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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