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Originally Posted by Hugh
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We survived the Black Death. We can survive this.
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
What we need is decent negotiators.
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Not sure it's an attractive role. Any negotiator we employed would get blamed for our not getting a cake-and-eat it deal as the clock and bargaining chips are not in our favour.
Or maybe the Brexiter MPs should step up and negotiate instead? But I think we've all seen what happens when Brexit MPs try and negotiate things. The latest example being Chris Grayling.
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THE SUN SAYS Government needs to clear out the incompetent ministers like Chris Grayling who cost taxpayers BILLIONS
It is staggering to discover how Tory ministers have been wasting millions and there seems to be no consequences for their incompetence
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/854411...hilip-hammond/
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
When we leave the EU, it won’t be a 500 million bloc any more. Also in economic terms, our 66 million has the buying power of at least 120 million (I haven’t done the actual analysis) of the poorer EU nations.
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GDP is important and that's an issue that some seem to forget, along with the proximity of the countries we are hoping to do trade deals with; the closer the better. But Not sure how the GDP argument helps in our current struggles to negotiate trade deals with the US (population 326m).