The case for leave is that we will once again be able to take key decisions that are for Britain's benefit. ianch's reference to Crispin Odey is completely irrelevant and just shows the contempt with which those on the far left have for anyone who makes money. The reduction in the value of the pound was not caused by this man, he simply predicted that this would happen in the short term. I could have done that. Even the remainers said that would happen. No doubt he will be anticipating a rise in the value of the pound when we have clarity on the future direction of the UK with the free trade deal no doubt that we will get from the EU.
Leaving the EU presents incredible opportunities for this country provided that we are not tied down by continuing EU obligations which, for example, hamper our ability to get new trade deals on terms that benefit us. This will encourage new wealth to this country, made possible by those same wealth creators and risk takers that ianch and his supporters detest so much.
Having considered TM's proposed deal with the EU very carefully, I have concluded that the backstop arrangements and the proposed common rulebook should be rejected. The backstop has the potential for locking us into an arrangement we will never get out of and over which the DUP will crash out of the current agreement with the Conservatives, and the common rulebook it seems
will hamper our ability to secure new trade deals on the terms we believe will be best for Britain.
So unless those two issues can be satisfactorily resolved, I think the deal should be scrapped and we leave without a deal. The proposal to join temporarily into the EEA arrangements signed up to by Norway is a better way forward to give us that transitional breathing space.
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Has she only just realised this, one wonders?
