Message from @rogalik
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>what about a second pool? is it still an option?
its being talked about all the time
its an option if the parliament goes for it
it's all not very well thought out i'm afraid
pro-Brexit politicians all have very, very simplified view of politics
19th century-like
the idea behind brexit was good, like economically wise. Our trade deals are super shit and it would force them to actually redo a lot of it
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the actual act of leaving the EU is whatever
i'd say you are (or rather were) undeservedly privileged in the eu, maybe not in terms of trade deals per se but otherwise
who gets to keep their currency
and being a ocean locked nation trade more important than normal since were too small to make half the shit we need
we are like the poor man america in a way
they have good economic deals with china, tiawan, ect that benefit both greatly
meanwhile anytime anything tries to get changed locally get memed by the EU
cause they want a cut
fam
apropos of deals with china, i've heard you've managed to score a nice deal with china in 1997
I don't know if you are aware of it, but EU is setting global standards on trade
it's the worlds greatest trading bloc
and you benefit from it as well
if you do you'll regret that
i honestly don't get brexit, as in - i think i do but if so then it's just so _stupid_
can it be that simple
I get that 'island nation' stuff and making trade deals worldwide, but for you, Europe is the most important trading partner
and you should recognise that
also look at Canada, Australia, New Zealand
are the tories really that short-sighted
the Commonwealth nations that explicitly prefer to make economic deals with the EU, not the UK first
Brexit is based on false premises
UK isn't able to make a better deal than the EU
right
EU exists so European nations can band together and be represented together at least when it comes to trade
all that the uk can hope for is for the eu to begrudgingly "accept them back" as a single-market partner (like norway)
you can criticise the European Union on many issues, but when it comes to trade itself, Brexit is a loss-loss situation
was it _really_ worth it then
they are able to negotiate a better deal than Norway, but a lot of people in the UK are simply against a good deal
they've already been a special snowflake case in the EU
Cameron made a special snowflake deal
it's so sad that the EU is so bad about communicating with the people
we've recently signed a trade deal with Japan, that creates a largest free trade zone in the world, covering almost 1/3rd of worlds GDP, do the people know about that? it's a spectacular success, yet an average person in the UK is more likely to have been exposed to another Rees-Mogg's or Farage's gibberish