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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
I voted remain and would do so again but there are some benefits.
A) Truck drivers and a few other workers will have wage increases, though obviously prices will go up too.
B) When things go wrong, it'll be harder for governments to shift blame onto the EU.
All the talk about 'Global Britain,' having our own trade deals and soaring without the EU holding us back is based on a pre-WW2 understanding of politics and economics. It's not just imperial nostalgia (though that is a big part) it's an understanding of countries as powerful independent actors irrespective of a global financialised free market economy. We are also a mid-sized fish in a big pond.
Its ironic that Britain is perhaps the most integrated to world markets and the most dependent on foreign trade. Nobody makes anything here anymore and recent gas and food shortages illustrate our lack of capacity to be economically independant. I'm all for us rebuilding a real economic base and moving away from financial services but Brexit is not going to do that.
The laws of Geography dictate that Europe will always be our dominant trading partner. The Americans don't need us anyway and neither does India, which further undermines the myth of salvation through trade deals.
There are lots of issues with the EU and I'm against the single currency. Some of the Brexiteer criticisms of it are correct. But leaving is a decision to slowly become poorer and the fringe benefits don't outweigh that.
A) Truck drivers and a few other workers will have wage increases, though obviously prices will go up too.
B) When things go wrong, it'll be harder for governments to shift blame onto the EU.
All the talk about 'Global Britain,' having our own trade deals and soaring without the EU holding us back is based on a pre-WW2 understanding of politics and economics. It's not just imperial nostalgia (though that is a big part) it's an understanding of countries as powerful independent actors irrespective of a global financialised free market economy. We are also a mid-sized fish in a big pond.
Its ironic that Britain is perhaps the most integrated to world markets and the most dependent on foreign trade. Nobody makes anything here anymore and recent gas and food shortages illustrate our lack of capacity to be economically independant. I'm all for us rebuilding a real economic base and moving away from financial services but Brexit is not going to do that.
The laws of Geography dictate that Europe will always be our dominant trading partner. The Americans don't need us anyway and neither does India, which further undermines the myth of salvation through trade deals.
There are lots of issues with the EU and I'm against the single currency. Some of the Brexiteer criticisms of it are correct. But leaving is a decision to slowly become poorer and the fringe benefits don't outweigh that.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@helenS lol. Thanks. 👍
