ANOTHER smack in the eye for the Remoaners who desperately want to keep us shackled to the EU - the British economy is on the up.

A report by research group IHS Market shows that while businesses in the EU have suffered their worst month for a year and a half, our own economy looks set for growth of 0.4 per cent in the second quarter of the year.

Activity in manufacturing and services sectors has strengthened and prospects for further expansion are propitious.

The Brexiteers in government must use this further ammunition to fight their cause and not be brow beaten by those determined to cling to the wreckage of the EU.

Voters opted to leave, no ifs or buts, so we must do so - and without further delay.

Paul Nuttall, North West MEP UK Independence Party