POLITICS Theresa May out as PM.

I can’t blame him. So did the U.K.

 

This will only be true insofar and so long as they wish or are convinced that they need to stay rigidly shackled to the single market.

Now, if they someday weren’t so shackled, and the world’s largest economy was lead by someone who would absolutely delight in striking a sweet trade deal, just to show them as a shining example and to entice others to follow suit, things may be different, and perhaps markedly so. Certainly, this scenario would be more appealing than warning that they’d “go to the back of the line” in seeking to secure any trade deal outside of the EU’s single market.

I am certain that I’m far from the first person to conceive of this easily attainable reality.

 

They’ll make trade agreements with the other countries. People are way other thinking this. They were growing better before they joined the eu. What has the eu done for them?

 

Compared to who? The rest of the eu?

 

Evidence?

 

People want brexit to be a disaster because it fits the political narrative, but I’ve seen zero real analysis that suggests it significantly hurts the uk economy

 

people want brexit to be a success because it fits the political narrative, but I've seen zero real analysis that suggests it significantly helps the UK economy.

I have seen how the trade deals with Europe as an EU member are superior than as not one. I've seen how business has reacted to a hard Brexit. I've heard of the cultural/political ramifications regarding northern Ireland, Scotland, fishing, agriculture, etc.

 

It’s definitely going to hurt in the short term. As far as the long term, I assume they’re probably going to try and work out agreements like Switzerland.

 

of course, Switzerland was always a separate economy, for hundreds of years. Britain without an empire has been typically kinda depressed.

 

also, tenny or someone said something about the UK propping up socialist countries. who, that is MORE socialist than the UK, France, or Germany? Relative to an American, All the industrialized world is socialist. it's fortress America.

 

How has business reacted to a hard Brexit? The uk is in great shape compared to the rest of the eu. It’s in the eu’s best interest to make favorable trade deals with the uk

 

Depressed compared to the us. Compared to every other developed country? Absolutely not

 

Why is it going to hurt? Examples?

 

Switzerland also has one of the highest standards of living in the world. So. . .

 

Brexit will disrupt trade with Europe which will obviously hurt their economy. They would have to scramble to work out trade deals as fast as possible to mitigate the damage, but even that would take time.

 

They'll make it work because it's in the best interest of both parties. The UK is the only economy in the EU growing right now and their consumers are spending more money than any other EU economy. they'll probably agree to status quo while working out the new deal. hard to see a huge negative impact.

 

To work out a deal, they’ll have to agree to a bunch of the regulations they’re supposedly running away from. In other words, it would be a softer Brexit.

 

the EU has said no on that.

 

U-S-A!
U-S-A!
U-S-A!

 

To be fair, the best option for the EU is to convince the UK that they can’t survive outside of the single market, and pray they continue to be stupid enough to believe it.