Originally Posted by OLD BOY

'Taking back control' means making our own decisions, not doing everything ourselves. Brexit for me means trading freely with the rest of the world, as far as possible without tariffs. Some tariffs are fine if it stops countries flooding the market, although I would prefer quotas to resolve these issues.

Once you start dictating which countries are permitted to print your passports, you are engaging in unacceptable trade practices, in my opinion. By allowing the rest of the world compete, you are also helping poorer countries, who have been kept in their place by the EU.