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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
To be fair, Mick has already answered your question. 'A clean and total break from a corrupted EU'.
So called 'hard Brexiteers' do not share your view that the sky will fall in if we leave this bureaucracy. Other countries can manage to trade with the EU without being a member of it, and so can we - and we will be able to trade with the rest of the world, which is developing faster than the EU, by the way.
Personally, I would be happy with that, but I also see the sense in trying to get our own trade deal with the EU in the same way as we want with other countries. There is no reason why this should not be a good deal for us as well as the EU because our rules and regulations are already fully aligned with theirs.
What we don't want, however, is to get drawn bank in by any trade agreement with the EU. We do not want an unreasonable price to be levied on us out of spite and nor do we want to be members of the EU, the Common Market or the Customs Union.
Those who think this will result in everyone being poorer are focussing on the possibility that we will be trading less with the EU without taking into account the enormous opportunities that exist elsewhere. It is a very blinkered and negative view to take.
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Hi don't want to put words in to Micks mouth but a complete break with no trade deal, regulatory alignment or membership of EU led organisations is what you are suggesting here?
What sort of WTO tariff schedule would you like us to have? An economists for Brexit zero tariff schedule or something else? The EU is very protectionist of agriculture with 15-40% import tariffs under the WTO MFN schedule. Automotive is up around 9%. Should the UK do something similar to protect domestic industry?