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I can't brain today; I has the dumb.
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I haven't browsed the 500+ page "agreement" but the headlines suggest it was a cobbled-together compromise in order to do something.
How is this an improvement over the status quo for the British economy?
Does anyone at VolNation really care about UK politics?
UK specifically? no. probably not. but how they interact with the world is of some definite interest.I haven't browsed the 500+ page "agreement" but the headlines suggest it was a cobbled-together compromise in order to do something.
How is this an improvement over the status quo for the British economy?
Does anyone at VolNation really care about UK politics?
Isn’t trade by it’s very nature “everyone’s business”? Or at least the business of the trading partners?Shouldn't trade be everyone's business?
The debate over how open countries should be to the flow of products and people is really echoing around the world right now. Brexit being the most pointed example.Please note I did say “internal business”. And the decision to participate or not in the European Free Trade Zone by the UK subjects is indeed an internal decision is it not?
The prospect of a second Brexit referendum is growing.
Sure I think we can debate it all we want. It’s indeed a large discussion. But the choice of Brexit or not is only on the UK people. My comment that you initially replied to was more of a segue into countries should mind their own business and stay out of others business, us included. Trade does cross country boundaries and indeed is at least the business of the trading partners. But the choice to participate or not is internal. That’s all. And the UK’s decision (and all the consequences) is their business.The debate over how open countries should be to the flow of products and people is really echoing around the world right now. Brexit being the most pointed example.
I don't get why Labour doesn't embrace a second referendum. There's got to be at least 50% of the people who are having second thoughts. It barely passed the first time around, before this train wreck.
And us debating it in our forum is perfectly fine. We’re actually having a good discussion thus far with a total absence of monkey poo flying. If any party of the EU makes that statement to the UK they need to butt out.Enough so that they change their mind?
You're right that it's their country and they're the ones that live with their government, but from my distant vantage point, Brexit looks like a dumb decision.
I know there are a lot more issues here, but my view is heavily weighted toward (1) trade, and (2) a distrust of the people (nations) pushing for Brexit.
What we're seeing in the UK (and to a smaller degree in the US) is that it's a lot easier to campaign to tear something down than it is to replace it.
A cautionary tale.
The debate over how open countries should be to the flow of products and people is really echoing around the world right now. Brexit being the most pointed example.
I don't get why Labour doesn't embrace a second referendum. There's got to be at least 50% of the people who are having second thoughts. It barely passed the first time around, before this train wreck.
I don’t think it’s a horrible idea. Think about it as “Republic lite”. I just think unless the member states are willing to yield significant sovereign rights to make it work it’s doomed to failure. At the end of the day it’s their business... just like it’s the UK’s business to tell them to “sod off”.What is your love affair with this union and not sovereignty for each country?!