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originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: paraphi
Well, the reality is that no deal would make trading goods and services costlier, and in some instances impossible. A weakening global economy and high levels of uncertainty mean the UKs economic activity is already lagging behind.
According to early estimates by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, our economic output is likely to be contracted in the second quarter of this year, further increasing the chance of a recession.
Combined with weak underlying growth, a no-deal Brexit could further contract the UK’s economy.
originally posted by: bastion
There's no need to pre-warn or tell journalists to get prepared as the editions you read in final print have been gradually compiled over decades so it's ready for print broadcast as the afternoon after an event occurred.
originally posted by: sapien82
a reply to: Freeborn
put it this way if brexit happens im out of a job !
how can I take delight in that ?
but I can because it means Scotland will be free , it means the better for the whole of Scotland , even if Im unemployed to begin with.
It's going to be #e for a bit , but its already #e! so things will only get better for us all
originally posted by: bastion
a reply to: eletheia
It's the sad reality.
The UK is is the biggest export market by unit sales ... Brexit no deal will HIT Germany's car industry, experts warn
Fact is the UK have only managed to negotiate trade with seven countries out the 40 approached for post Brexit trade to compared to the 69 we currently trade with in the EU. It cost the UK £101Bn last year alone.
So the quicker we get out the better for us.
"Britain's hands are tied, because under the arrangement with the EU, it can only start acting (securing new trade deals with non-EU nations), when it is no longer a member.
Post Brexit we have trade with Zimbabwe, Chile, Faeroe Islands, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles and Switzerland - they hardly scream Rule Britannia. Switzerland is the only country we have trade with that is over £50m exports per year, the rest we're losing serious money to on imports/exports.
GOOD THINKING
The deal (or perhaps no deal) struck between the UK and the EU will be significant to non-EU member Switzerland. And it cannot come quickly enough for the Swiss.
But hang on a minute, why on earth should Switzerland, which never joined the EU,
be worried about the status of its trade ties with the UK, which is about to leave?
The reason lies in Switzerland's own complicated bilateral deals with Brussels, negotiated over two decades, after the Swiss decided in 1992 not to join the EU
We don't rule the waves anymore, we're the smelly kid in the corner no one else likes.
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: eletheia
Well, a recession and continued austerity is indeed rather negative.
Wheres that workable Brexit plan again?
That right, fecking nowhere to be seen. LoL
originally posted by: bastion
The US only wants us out the EU so they can slap tarrifs on us, privatise the NHS, frack the country and sell us choliranited chicken and meat pumped with growth hormones, chlorine, and irradiated at the final stage of packaging to 'steralise it' .
originally posted by: bastion
a reply to: eletheia
There are no trade agreements with the US, Canada, Australia they are 'mutual recognition agreements' - a different kettle of fish. Put down the Express and read the House of Commons European Commission Pink Book 2018 which fetails the cols hard facts.
Even Jacob Rees Moog says it'll take the UK 50 years to recover from Brexit and he's one of the most pro Brexit people there is.
The US only wants us out the EU so they can slap tarrifs on us, privatise the NHS, frack the country and sell us choliranited chicken and meat pumped with growth hormones, chlorine, and irradiated at the final stage of packaging to 'steralise it' .
originally posted by: paraphi
Those wanting to remain in the EU have created a set of myths around a trade deal with the US, and about how damaging such a deal would be. It's a clear attempt to sow disinformation and fear, and they must be pleased, because they are succeeding.
People are being "played" by politicians and groups who are contriving a narrative of fear. Parroting the "chlorinated chicken" line is just such a narrow and fallacious point as to be pointless in the great scheme of things.
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