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Originally Posted by Chris
The crucial difference is that outside the EU, we alone decide whether the deal is worth the compromise. Trade deals negotiated via the EU result in a mass of compromises aimed at keeping 28 member states happy and may involve us making compromises we would not be willing to make, nor be required to make, if we were acting alone.
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Trade deals yes. We would have more control or 'take back control™'. It doesn't mean the trade deals with be as good or easy to obtain. The EU though is an example of where we've traded some sovereignty in exchange for access to the single market. People can decide if the trade-off is worth it or not and many here seem to believe not, fair enough.
However I am just pointing out this isn't a question of not being sovereign and then becoming sovereign. It's just a degree of scale. To be honest I
suspect we'll sign up to much of the single market anyway in some weird version of the EEA and just lose the social chapter stuff.