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1/ Let' just 'deliver Brexit'? That's just fluff. Here's why:
Yes, the UK would 'Leave' the EU. But then nothing would change for years (transition period + multiple extensions - possibly until 2030 as that's how long a full trade deal takes to negotiate & ratify)...
1/ Let' just 'deliver Brexit'? That's just fluff. Here's why:
Yes, the UK would 'Leave' the EU. But then nothing would change for years (transition period + multiple extensions - possibly until 2030 as that's how long a full trade deal takes to negotiate & ratify)...
2/ Except that, 'overnight' on Exit, the UK would lose 'all' its power in the EU (UK Commissioners, UK MEPs swinging votes in the European Parliament, UK govt veto in Council, etc). I worked with UK officials in Brussels: I saw our power first hand.
3/ After all those transition period extensions there would then be either a no deal 'hole' of (by this govt's own expert assessments) potential chaos and guaranteed huge economic loss, 'or' a trade deal. But a trade deal is still way 'less' than what we have now in EU.
4/ Any eventual UK-EU trade deal would cost a fortune in taxpayers' £££ to negotiate, would sap UK govt resources 'and' peoples' spirits and would only break down 'some' of the UK-EU trade barriers - when being IN the EU we'd smashed them 'all' down though 40+ yrs of UK efforts
5/ To conclude: even in a 'best case' trade deal scenario, Brexit is a 'huge' UK loss of money, power and resources - resources that could, and should, instead be devoted to our health, education & future.
It's time to #TakeBackControl & #revokeA50 before it's too late.
It's time to #TakeBackControl & #revokeA50 before it's too late.
