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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Is that right? Surely it is the EU now that are the cake-and-eat-it brigade?
1. They want to keep our fish;
2. They want to eat our competivity (!) cake by tying our hands behind our backs;
3. They want the ECJ to govern us in certain respects.
All we want is a free trade agreement and sovereignty over what's ours.
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Nope. Its we who left the EU and not the other way round. We knew what we voted for, that is unless our name was Iain Duncan Smith.
1. They're happy to accept a phased withdrawal from British waters, not a sudden one that would lead to livelihoods being lost overnight. 2/3 of fish UK fishermen catch is sold to the EU so a no-deal Brexit would result in many of our own fishermen losing their livelihoods too.
2. We lost our competitivity when we said we would leave the EEA. Now, our manufacturers have to battle with increased red tape. The EU just wants to stop unfair state socialist subsidies such as those favoured by the terrible two Cs - Corbyn and Cummings. Canada signed up to this for its trade deal and I encourage the UK to step up and do the same.
3. Any agreement needs to be enforceable. If you've got an established means in place then it makes sense to use it and start building costly alternatives.