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Originally Posted by Mick
And herein lies the issue - the astonishment that a democratic decision taken, is taking years to implement.
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Leavers all knew what they voted for and years of uncertainty whilst we unwound ourselves from the EU and the treaties it had enacted was made clear by Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and others.
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Originally Posted by Damien
No, even with the previous statistics it's not good for the EU. My point though is that they don't need us more than we need them. It's not a symmetrical power balance which is partly why May is having such a hard time. It's still in both parties interest to reach a deal.
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Exactly, the closer the relationship between the EU27 and the UK, the better off we will all be. The further apart we get, the worse off we get. We're not fighting for a bigger piece of the same cake, we've different ingredients to add that make it a bigger cake.
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Originally Posted by Damien
This the same logic that Leavers had before the referendum that the German car manufacturers would force a deal. Where did that go? Are they waiting for a last minute dramatic intervention?
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Pure comedy gold!
The bonkers theory that the EU needs us more than we need them is either born of some 19th-century colonial superiority belief or from Diane Abbott's magical calculator. We both need each other but as the EU27 dwarf us in population and GDP, we clearly need them more than they need us!