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Could you provide some tangible examples where this Sovereignty has benefited the British people, please?

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That’s the wrong question. The correct question is whether it is right, on a point of principle, for certain legislative decisions to be taken by a supra-national body over which we have (had) extremely limited democratic influence.

Your question speaks to the competence (or otherwise) of those who have held re-patriated powers for the past 3 years (give or take), which is an interesting, but quite different, party political discussion.

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No not a rant, but the plain old truth...

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So would I, the country has gone through all this only to go back in with our tail between our legs tomorrow, no thanks, I'll just retain the right criticise it at every opportunity

Blimey, some people have been waiting/relying/wishing for that for 30 odd years and counting

Oh yes nothing to do with brexit, I mean it's not like we had the right to return illegals to the country they entered from under it or return EU citizens who committed crime or were work shy, they were cheap labour and I was actually a committed kipper in the 90's when all the lower end jobs were minimum wage because of them but things had changed, they didn't want to live 6 to a house and do 300 hours a month anymore from what I could tell and because of it the wages were going up.

Yeah I'm not sure it's been worth it for a point of principle.

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That’s a "NO”, then…

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I doubt it. Countries like Poland are now catching up with us economically. With a lack of house-building in the UK under the Conservatives driving housing costs upwards, the attraction of relocating to the UK from the EU has reduced. And no, Turkey hasn't joined the EU despite what Nige may have suggested.

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Yeah but blue passports. :D

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Can we take some orders from Belgium ASAP? Our banks are leaking information to USA and EU.

https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-...americans-data

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What you are doing, like Seph before you, is celebrating the questionably advantageous gain in sovereignty without the context of said gain against a backdrop of massive damage to the country.

The merit or not of said gain can only be valued when you look at the entire journey. History will judge that there is no advantageous gain, quite the opposite.

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I'd ignore him, he only cares about the ideology, nothing more.

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My son. He was born in Indiana, USA.

Santander leaked the info.

Try to create a fake account with Santander with a USA birthday address. They will report it to IRS.

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This November 2023 paper by the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy looks at the impact of Brexit on UK import prices and finds the “referendum outcome raised UK import prices by 11 per cent..."

And last week the National Institute of Economic and Social Research published an updated estimate of the Brexit hit, which it said “Our estimates indicate that the negative impact of Brexit gradually escalates, reaching some 5-6 per cent of GDP or about £2,300 per capita by 2035. The reduction in real incomes resulting from the fall in the UK terms of trade associated with changes in trading relations with the European Union and the fall in productivity are the largest contributors to the estimated reduction in real GDP, with each accounting for over 2.5 percentage points."

And Tesla and BYD ruled out investing in new car plants in the UK due to Brexit.

We've been fortunate that existing manufacturers have reinvested but the possibility of future divergence is acting as an investment constraint.

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