[Sephiroth]

Originally Posted by Dingbat

Agree with the first half of your sentence, but it went downhill after that.

If nothing else, having an unpredictable narcissist in charge of the US, who changes his mind every time someone speaks to him, makes working closer with the neighbours more important than ever.

It's easy to say that - be closer to your neighbours. But it's necessary to drill down a bit. France, for example, will try to stiff us at every opportunity (which they are taking at Calais).

The only thing the EU can do is tie our hands with their rules and regvulations.

Brexit should have done much better. The politicians are total fools who have not deregulated sufficiently, have given away 12 years of fishing rights for absolutely no tangible benefit ( if you know of one, please tell me).

The ideal situation given the EU and France is that we stand on our own, providing incentives for businesses to develop and grow instead of being taxed out of existence (see our high streets).