GooberTheHat wrote:I understand the desire to negotiate a better trade deal, but I've yet to see anything like a convincing argument as to how we could actually do that.
GooberTheHat wrote:I understand the desire to negotiate a better trade deal, but I've yet to see anything like a convincing argument as to how we could actually do that.
Yossarian wrote:The trade deal thing is a terrible argument that doesn't bear a minute's scrutiny. We're not a big enough market, nor do we have enough unique products, for trade deals that we strike on our own to be anything worthwhile for us.
mistercrayon wrote:I'd vote out of the EU if I wasn't so worried about the disintegration of co-operation between European countries, next step: war. Whatever brexiters say about the EU it's organisation has coincided with less wars between countries for the first time since Europe as a geographical area was a concept.
Roujin wrote:How many industries you think we can spawn now after successive governments since the 70's basically belittled manual skilled trades and industrial jobs, dismantled the unions and started getting schools to just turn out little office drones? We couldn't even develop a graphene industry at which we were the global leader, despite inventing the shit out of it.
IanHamlett wrote:There's a problem with pioneering business in Europe and I don't know if it's got anything to do with the EU.
The computer and web were invented by Brits, the Web was put together in a pan Europe science organisation, but Facebook, Google, eBay, PayPal, Amazon, Twitter, Yahoo, Netflix etc are from the US. Friends Reunited shut down a few months ago.
Why the fuck is this?
IanHamlett wrote:They're mainly to do with the UK being able to set its own trade deals, keeping the billions it would send to the EU, and decisions being made locally by democratically elected representatives instead of undemocratic EU institutions.
Or to the regressive left mind reader, cover stories for their bigotry.
Diluted Dante wrote:Complaining about unelected EU officials when we have the House of Lords is a bit lol.
mistercrayon wrote:What in the name. How is wanting democracy in any way depressing?
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