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Originally Posted by jfman

Pierre actually make quite a good post - something few would expect me to ever say - in the Coronavirus thread. He linked to this blog and how it sums up part of the problem.

https://www.effiedeans.com/2020/04/j...d-country.html



I actually found it quite entertaining really. They have, as is often the case, grasped the basics. Yes, Brexit has created a divide. For some this Government will be the party that delivered Brexit - a bitter grudge against Europe some had held since entering the European Economic Area in the 70s. It can do no wrong.

Of course I'm not counting Seph in that group.

Paying due respect to your final sentence, I think your "some" is really "few". I and most people of my ilk that I knew were all for the EEC until some politicians over there decided it was time to move towards federalisation. True, we got a number of useful opt-outs and we would never have had to give up our right to stand away from federalisation. But then we'd have been on the rim and not at the centre, chucking our money in to help develop something we did not want.

Also it is worth pointing out that were members of EFTA from 1960 to 1972 when we joined the EEA. EFTA worked very well, especially at London Airport coming from an EFTA country with expensive stuff!

Just putting a bit of filling to your somewhat sweeping statement.


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Originally Posted by Hugh

Im sorry to say you’ve misinterpreted/misread my post.

I’ll restate it - has the EU done multiple separate trade agreements/deals with another country (treating fisheries as just one of many deals/treaties)?; you mentioned quite a few different deals - quotas and tariffs, fishing, aviation, security, etc.

Yours is still a silly question. Fishing rights isn't trade nor are the other matters like level playing field that the EU wants to wrap into a fairly simple trade deal (which can include fish imports/exports whatever the fishing rights might be).

Why do I feel you're trying to trap me into something stupid (like your question)?