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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
All this will sort itself out. True, in this motor industry case, government action is needed and the problem the Tories have is inability to find a way through that is a sensible evolutions of Brexit.
The single market will solve this at ther expense of giving up some sovereign rights. If that saves 800,000 jobs, I’m all for it. Our major sovereignty and independence won’t be dented if we’re told what the square root of a foreign banana has to be.
At the same time, we must become self-sufficient for basic foods and be self-sufficient on energy, quickly. We should use our own gas till it’s gone and pour state money into the SMRs that Rolls Royce is developing.
Trouble is, the conditions they may impose on granting us single market association could scupper some of the independent things I want the UK to do. All purely hypothetical.
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Seph, this is a really interesting post, You seem to be accepting that the 40+ years of being part of an economic ecosystem cannot be replaced at no cost. The just-in-time manufacturing systems, the location of partner companies, the strategic planning, often years ahead and the cost-based assumptions factoring into the bottom line all bring you to the conclusion you arrive at.
Yes, you can rip out the central nervous system of the economy and try and replace it with an alternative but don't pretend it won't be at a cost and won't be in the short or medium term. Yet this is *exactly* what was promised and why the vote was won by Leave.
I admire your logic ...