Thread: Britain outside the EU
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Old 24-11-2023, 17:40   #5628
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Re: Britain outside the EU
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
Well, it does. I said 'eclipse'. Since we cannot say what would have happened had Covid/Ukraine not happened, we have a new baseline from which to grow.

As to your expected comment that British companies were made 'less competitive' by the 11%, I don't see that. I think you mean that imported goods cost them more than before for the reasons given by the professor. At worst, the profits of British business might have taken a hit, but the consumer appears not to have felt that. In other words, competitiveness held retail prices down. British business will find ways of increasing profit and that was always going to be the case.

We are a sovereign country now. The squabbling between EU countries will continue and we surely wouldn't want to be part of that any more.
There are reliable ways of modelling how the UK would have fared without Brexit.

Consumers and share prices have all felt it. There's no magic trick to increase profitability in a globally competitive market.

Nothing wrong with robust discussions in forums and between countries. It's what keeps us all so young on Cable Forum.
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