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Originally Posted by techguyone
I think you like a lot of people seem to think we don't make anything anymore...
You're wrong
Some light reading for you: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/0...uring_figures/
And a chart for the hard of thinking. That's the Index of Production - our manufacturing base - failing to 'collapse'. The fact that we've also grown as global leaders in financial services does not mean that industry has gone away |
An article from 2010 isn’t really helpful with analysis of post 2016 GDP.
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Originally Posted by pip08456
If May can get a 'legally-binding assurance' we won't be trapped in backstop indefinitely, then there is every chance that the withdrawal deal will be passed.
Business will have 2 yrs to prepare for full Brexit, the Government 2yrs to conclude a deal with the EU going forward.
It is the backstop that all are objecting to especially as it needs the agreement of the 27 to withdraw it.
She should have the vote tomorrow, lose it and go back to Brussels and get a time limited backstop of perhaps 1yr.
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Why would the EU concede any of this?