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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Well, I am plased to hear that, jfman, but you know as well as I do that further extensions will just mean further obfuscation and unhelpful verbiage from the EU. It seems, from previous experiences, that the EU likes to take everything down to the wire, with deals made at the 11th hour. That is their method of obtaining maximum concessions from the other side.
We don't need any 'seismic' events to make a success of Brexit. Yes, it would be great if we could come up with a trade deal with the EU, but that is not the be-all and end-all.
Even the CBI had to acknowledge in their look at how business would cope with Brexit:
The UK is the seventh best place in the world to do business. It has a rapidly growing hub for creative industries and technology, with universities that consistently rank among the top in the world. It is the world leader in many financial services, and a setter of global standards in a range of professional and business services. All the UK’s interactions on the international stage should be an opportunity to showcase these strengths.
And don't bring coronavirus into this argument. That is nature, and quite a different situation.
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Don’t bring the single biggest economic shock since the 1929 recession into a discussion on trade. My sides.
The extension isn’t about the EU. It’s about Britain.
Presumably being the 7th best placed in the world to do business is based on current trading arrangements - by that flawed logic what’s the rush to leave them? What systems are in place to ensure we are more likely to go up to sixth than downwards? Hope, optimism and bluster do not make for a strengthening economy. It has to be built on something that isn’t sand.