Brexit
Ok, guys please b kind no horrible repsonses but is Brexit good or bad for the Uk and why?
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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
The truth of it is nobody knows for sure !
The 'Remain' lobby say that if we leave we'll have to renegotiate trade and business deals with all the other E:U countries and those deals then have to be approved by the E:U and it's messy and some countries (France and Germany) will be deliberately obstructive since we chose to leave the 'Euro-club' and they're keen to ensure the message to other E:U members is....."Leave and we'll make life hard for you !"
(That have an echo from history do you think ?)
Plus, Germany and France have bankrolled the E:U so where Britain currently pays 20% of the running costs. If we leave, they have to shoulder that 20% !
The Brexiteers (sounds like a gang of camp Pirates !) say that leaving is a good thing because Britain then gets to control it's OWN borders and can decide who comes in and goes (you don't get to make those decisions if you're in the E:U.....those decisions are made for you by others)
We can do business with countries [b]outside[/b] the E:U [b]without[/b] having to accept tariffs set by the E:U because those countries are not from the same trade bloc (countries within the E:U)
AND, my personal favourite, it finally makes ANY DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED UK GOVERNMENT responsible for it's people ! Without constantly making excuses that they don't have the power because those decisions are made within the E:U ! Meaning that if you disagree with the way your government is running things, citizens can make their disapproval known and the government then has to think carefully bout whether or not it's a policy worth persuing if there's a chance they may have an election thrown at them thus risking their hold on power.
The 'Remain' lobby say that if we leave we'll have to renegotiate trade and business deals with all the other E:U countries and those deals then have to be approved by the E:U and it's messy and some countries (France and Germany) will be deliberately obstructive since we chose to leave the 'Euro-club' and they're keen to ensure the message to other E:U members is....."Leave and we'll make life hard for you !"
(That have an echo from history do you think ?)
Plus, Germany and France have bankrolled the E:U so where Britain currently pays 20% of the running costs. If we leave, they have to shoulder that 20% !
The Brexiteers (sounds like a gang of camp Pirates !) say that leaving is a good thing because Britain then gets to control it's OWN borders and can decide who comes in and goes (you don't get to make those decisions if you're in the E:U.....those decisions are made for you by others)
We can do business with countries [b]outside[/b] the E:U [b]without[/b] having to accept tariffs set by the E:U because those countries are not from the same trade bloc (countries within the E:U)
AND, my personal favourite, it finally makes ANY DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED UK GOVERNMENT responsible for it's people ! Without constantly making excuses that they don't have the power because those decisions are made within the E:U ! Meaning that if you disagree with the way your government is running things, citizens can make their disapproval known and the government then has to think carefully bout whether or not it's a policy worth persuing if there's a chance they may have an election thrown at them thus risking their hold on power.