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"Labour can negotiate a better Brexit & get it through Parliament"?
Congratulations! I now have zero trust in you. If you're still lying that a good Brexit deal is possible then you're no different to all those who made false Brexit promises in 2016 for their own political gain.
Labour's Brexit would keep us in the Single Market and Customs Union. There is no point in Brexit if the only real change is that we no longer get to vote on EU rules.
And a deal like that wouldn't get through Parliament anyway, for the same reasons this one won't!
You may be happy with a "compromise" that simply infuriates everyone but some of us will have to live our whole lives with that political catastrophe!!!
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To believe that 27 countries need us more than we need them, knowing that Germany alone has a larger GDP and that their combined GDP is 5 times ours, one must believe that Brits are inherently better than other people.
As predicted, I'm already seeing "but we buy more from them than they buy from us." Here's the answer to the trade deficit argument.
While we're on the topic of national exceptionalism (nationalism) I feel I should share this brilliant clip from @TheLewisBlack.
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The economic benefit of the EU comes from making rules & trade policy together so trade within the EU is cheaper and so we have more negotiating leverage in global trade.
Keeping those benefits outside the EU just means we're no longer making the rules, just following them.
#Marr
If we don't follow those rules, that makes continental trade more expensive FOR US. Even businesses who don't export: They and their staff all rely on EU products being as cheap as possible.
Who voted to give EU-based companies an advantage over British ones?
#Marr
Now, once we've admitted that we're putting ourselves at a competitive disadvantage on our own continent, the only question is:
Can trade with the rest of the world replace trade lost closer to home?
#Marr
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@Femi_Sorry
We're gonna round up last year and discuss where we're heading in 2019. Call us if you have a favourite moment in politics from 2018. #TheFloorIsYours
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