EU Referendum Megathread (Brexit)

[AgnesIO]

@AgnesIO; Not really as it makes manufacturing cheaper here so hopefully more manufacturers start up as a result.

Remainers claim a low sterling is a disaster and Leavers claim it is a blessing. Reality is it's neither but somewhere in the middle.

... we don't have raw materials.

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Not that it matters but I saw some journalist claim on US news that we 'regret' our vote. What? here's latest YouGov tracker.

No significant shift either way. Statistical noise within MoE.

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Only one poll but...

New. Do you think Britain was right or wrong to leave EU?
Right 47% (+3)
Wrong 43 (-1)
Don't know 11 (-1)
YouGov Jan 3-4 (change since Oct)

— Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) January 6, 2017

Kind of backs up what I always said would happen. I always said that once we had left, we would wonder why on earth it took us so long to leave. Non-EU Norway was always the key example of this, with 70%+ of the population against joining the EU.

I expect that number will climb in time, at a quicker pace especially if the EU decides to play dirty in negotiations.

[AgnesIO]

Only one poll but...

New. Do you think Britain was right or wrong to leave EU?
Right 47% (+3)
Wrong 43 (-1)
Don't know 11 (-1)
YouGov Jan 3-4 (change since Oct)

— Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) January 6, 2017

Kind of backs up what I always said would happen. I always said that once we had left, we would wonder why on earth it took us so long to leave. Non-EU Norway was always the key example of this, with 70%+ of the population against joining the EU.

I expect that number will climb in time, at a quicker pace especially if the EU decides to play dirty in negotiations.

No it doesn't, given that we haven't left yet...

[wixard]

how are the EU playing dirty, you voted to leave why should they allow you to reap EU benefits

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how are the EU playing dirty, you voted to leave why should they allow you to reap EU benefits

Wow that's hugely ironic coming from you. Haven't you been moaning about the possibility of the border being erected between the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland again? Haven't you been moaning about a possible end to the CTA between RoI and UK?

You left the United Kingdom in 1922, so why should YOU be allowed to reap British benefits?

[Empired]

Ok dan but also you didn't answer her question

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Ok dan but also you didn't answer her question

If you're really interested to know then I actually don't care whether they play nice. To me, if they decide to erect tariffs on our financial services then we just do the same on their agricultural/industrial goods coming here. And we get to leave earlier and simply revert to WTO standards & tariffs barriers. Oh well. Keeping an open as possible relationship with trade (outside the Single Market) would benefit us both, but if they want to play dirty and play difficult in order to 'spite' us then so what?

Our position is that we want as much access to the Single Market as possible and in return they get as much access to British markets: mutually beneficial. The same goes for continued partnership on Erasmus and intelligence sharing (of which we're #1).

[Zak]

Irony is EU harps on about unity, peace and equality but will be quick to kick us in the nuts once negotiations begin. They're bullies with a "do or we say, or else" mentality lol