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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
For all of history apart from the most recent few decades we have not been in the EU! For heaven's sake!
The British public were asked whether or not they wanted to leave, and they said leave. That was the discharge of their duty. It is for politicians to resolve the detail. However, the consequence of that decision must be to come out of the customs union in order to do our own trade deals. Many people may not have understood what the customs union was, but they were very clear that they were well on board with the idea of our forging new trade deals all around the world.
If we leave with no plan, there will be an Irish border. That's exactly what the Irish Prime Minister says he doesn't want. So go figure. Of course there will be a deal.
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Which have been the most war-free decades for us? Which ones have shown the highest GDP per person? The ones when we were in or out of the EU?
As ianch99 has pointed out, countries like Australia will prioritise trade deals first with the EU as it's a bigger market and the UK afterwards.
I think that the solution will be a longer transition period. It won't go down well with some Brexiters at first but I'm sure they'll agree to. So maybe a transition period of between two and three years.