UKIP leader Nigel Farage stands down

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by techguyone

No one's patronised the young particularly. It's a generational thing, going back into recorded history at least as far as the Greeks, each generation is convinced the newer one is lesser, yet here we are several thousand years on.

Mindsets do change though as you gain experience and dare I say maturity, it's just the human condition.

I don't think anything like I did in my 20's or really even my 30's plus you do get a little jaded as you grow older, as you can see the same **** going round and round. Thing's can get a bit 'samey' that's the kind of thing you overlook, don't notice or remain blissfully unaware of as your younger self.

It can be patronising even if it's not intended to be. Our views are, in my own experience, influenced by our experiences in life. People don't necessarily have to be old to have experienced more (although it undoubtedly helps). I've known young people who have experienced a lot more than some old people I know, and I know old people who have experienced a lot more than most young people I know.

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

But we are now, and quoting the head of the WTO:



WTO telling us what to do. Violating our sovereignty. We'd best have a referendum on leaving it.

What about removing all barriers for all WTO members ,isn't that a short term solution untill we actually get a long term policy together and by long term i mean for the next 30-50yrs because the policies or lack thereof comming from Government at the moment are basically non existent ?

Presumably this is the link you quoted from

The only other option available to the UK would be removing all barriers for all WTO members, effectively turning its economy into a duty-free one like Singapore and lifting the protections politically sensitive domestic industries enjoy under the EU. “That is possible. But that is also very unlikely,” he said.

@ mods ,don't you think that this thread and the post brexit thread are getting mixed up ,I don't know about anyone else but i'm struggling to separate the two threads

[Osem]

Originally Posted by martyh

What about removing all barriers for all WTO members ,isn't that a short term solution untill we actually get a long term policy together and by long term i mean for the next 30-50yrs because the policies or lack thereof comming from Government at the moment are basically non existent ?

Presumably this is the link you quoted from





@ mods ,don't you think that this thread and the post brexit thread are getting mixed up ,I don't know about anyone else but i'm struggling to separate the two threads

Well we had one thread until someone thought a new one was required and look where that got us...

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by martyh

What about removing all barriers for all WTO members ,isn't that a short term solution untill we actually get a long term policy together and by long term i mean for the next 30-50yrs because the policies or lack thereof comming from Government at the moment are basically non existent ?

Not really. Domestic producers can be decimated by cheaper, duty-free imports relatively quickly.

The removal of barriers would have to be unilateral too. Other nations wouldn't reciprocate and in some cases even simply couldn't.