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Originally Posted by jfman
But you have to accept there comes a point where a union of 20 odd countries and 350 plus millions people just walk away and go “we can make up for that gap ourselves”.
I’m not saying this is the point. However if, as our politicians claim, we can happily proceed with no deal over a bad one then surely our negotiating opponents have a similar point.
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Ireland would be unable to make up any gap. Basically they would be well and truly stuffed.
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In a worst case scenario there could be huge number of job losses and a drop in living standards due to a loss of trade in the weeks after Brexit.
But one of the first things the pubic might notice is an acute shortage of medicines within days after Britain crashes out of the EU.
Around 4,000 or 60-70% of medicines in Ireland come from or via the UK and the Government has confirmed this supply will be threatened by a no-deal Brexit.
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Electricity and gas prices could spiral as almost 90% of Ireland’s total energy requirements are imported, and most of it comes from or through the UK.
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Around two-thirds of the products on Irish supermarket shelves are made in the UK or come through that country.
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