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Old 01-12-2018, 12:29   #4080
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Re: Brexit
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
You have been unable to quantify that the best thing for this country is leaving at all. Until that time, which I expect to be the day after Elon Musk dies on Mars, it's a perfectly legitimate point for anyone to hold that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland remain part of the European Union.

Indeed, legitimately, that the deal on the table furthers the cause of Irish reunification and perhaps even Scottish independence. I don't see what is patriotic about the death of our great nation.
I don't see how I can 'prove' anything to you since it is not possible to determine how so many entrepreneurial people will react. Freed from the reins of the EU, there will be all sorts of initiatives that will be pursued and none of these can be taken into account before they have happened. However, once again, I would remind you that trade with the EU will carry on, either with or without tariffs, and we will be freed up to export more of our goods on our terms to the rest of the world. Additionally, we will be able to import cheaper goods from elsewhere, which will benefit people in this country.

How these economic forecasters can take account of so many new opportunities and freedom from EU bureaucracy when they don't understand how these advantages will be taken up, I don't know.

What I do know is that when governments get out of the way and let businesses get on with it, they thrive, and that's good for our economy.
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