Re: Remainers Were Wrong About Literally Everything
Originally Posted by
keezoy
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Apart from China (The regime..not the people)..who gives everybody the sh*ts..(1) We in the Indo Pacific manage to trade and get on with each other pretty well most of the time. We..with the aforementioned exception - all seem to be happy with our trade deals. Why does Britain feel so eager to disassociate itself from Europe? I get the impression from some here that it's because they feel Britain has been hard done by or that they have been dudded (2) by Europe. Is this the case?..If the tone of what's being said here is an indication of what the communication is usually like I guess I can't be surprised.
![Frown](images/smilies/icon_frown.gif)
Is it possible to have a vigorous discussion and even disagreement while maintaining some manners??
(1) With the exception of North Korea that is. That stable, enlightened, democratic and totally decent regime just loves them.
(2) Duped, scammed etc
We aren't disassociating ourselves from Europe, we are leaving the European Union. The member states and the EU are two different things.
The EU is not just a trade deal, what started as a single market for goods ended up being a political framework run by unelected officials which, by signing up to the Lisbon Treaty every member state was bound by. Although it may work for other member states, it has not ever really worked for the UK. We have opposed most EU laws and policies historically which shows just how much the UK was a bad fit for the project. We already have our own union, our own single market, common currency, centralised treasury, customs union open borders, ultimate arbitrator an have for hundreds of years. Integrating what we already have with another union was never going to work. We had already rejected the Euro we rejected Schengen and we rejected PESCO among other things.
Australia, remember, did a similar thing and broke free of the UK Empire as a sovereign nation, as we have through Brexit.