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Old 09-02-2021, 14:37   #409
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Re: Britain outside the EU

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
I'm almost at the point of losing my patience with you!

Extending the WA would have shovelled ££ billions to the EU, which is exactly what THEY wanted. It would only have put off the day when they'd hit us with their next bit of nastiness.

Far better to have gotten out (it honours the Referendum) and then use the options available as a last resort if we can't overcome these teething problems.

Furthermore, had we extended the WA partly because of the Pandemic, might we not have been in the situation the Brussels is now battling?
If you're genuinely under the impression that we're no longer paying the EU handsomely each year then please look away now! We're paying them £7bn this year, last year we paid them £8bn.

If we'd have extended the withdrawal agreement until 31st December 2021 then I'd like to think the country would be far more normal when it withdrew from the EU than it is now.

That would still have honoured the Referendum result but been more beneficial for the UK's hard-working businesses struggling to cope with the double whammy of the pandemic/home-schooling and Brexit.
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