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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
That's a meaningless remark, Andrew. The EEC was fine; the EU is bad - at least as currently configured.
But my head is not in the sand. We are so weakened as a country (because of the politicians, not Brexit, not the voters), that we might not even meet the criteria for joining the EU.
Then they'd fudge it to allow us to rejoin because they want out money - top-sliced from the exchequer. It's that fudge (as per Greece) that makes the EU a bad place; it is self-serving, uncompetitive and corrupt.
All we need is an honest government that obtains the voters' trust. Difficult.
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We're weakened as a country due to all three:
- Politicians because they make promises they know they can't keep and can't do the basics competently
- Brexit because it reduces our productivity and GDP thereby puts more of a squeeze on the public finances v tax dilemma. And reduces our global influence.
- Public in wanting Nordic-level social benefits and Dubai-level taxes and falling for grifters who say this can easily be achieved.
If you can't accept that, then I suspect there's an element of deniability going on. But I certainly wouldn't call it head in the sand.