If we vote for Brexit what happens

Thrugelmir

Ballard wrote: »

it seems pretty clear to me that it's about 'taking back control'. Supposedly we will soon take back control of our country. How can we do that if we continue to sell large parts of it to Johnny Foreigner? Surely that's the exact opposite of taking back control. Why isn't the government immediately ceasing any such deals?

Because the UK likes to party and therefore needs to raise money. In part this is borrowed and the remainder comes from selling assets. Until the obsession with property prices passes and more money is invested into retaining ownership of wealth creating assets. Then the slide will continue.

kabayiri

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Because the UK likes to party and therefore needs to raise money. In part this is borrowed and the remainder comes from selling assets. Until the obsession with property prices passes and more money is invested into retaining ownership of wealth creating assets. Then the slide will continue.

This sticking plaster mentality was going on well before the current EU travails.

Being in the EU didn't stop foreign ownership one bit.

Ballard

kabayiri wrote: »

Being in the EU didn't stop foreign ownership one bit.

Finally you've got the essence of the article.

Thrugelmir

kabayiri wrote: »

This sticking plaster mentality was going on well before the current EU travails.

The weakness and sharp devaluation of Sterling likewise. Brexit was the trigger. Not the cause. Herd mentality. Stick together until the panic sets in. Then everyone heads for the exits at the same time. Just so predictable.

kabayiri

Ballard wrote: »

Finally you've got the essence of the article.

So I'm supposed to vote to remain in a club which does stuff all about issues like flogging off public assets?

It's not much of a sales brochure is it?

Ballard

kabayiri wrote: »

So I'm supposed to vote to remain in a club which does stuff all about issues like flogging off public assets?

It's not much of a sales brochure is it?

If you read the article it states that in the opinion of the author a sizeable number of Brexiteers voted to leave in order, among other things, to 'take back control of our country'. It is suggested that one thing that they would expect is for us to discontinue sales of our utilities to overseas companies.

The point of the article was that these people will be disappointed in the years to come.

At no point was it stated in the article or on any of my posts that selloffs would be stopped whether we stayed in or not.

CLAPTON

Ballard wrote: »

Finally you've got the essence of the article.

why exactly did sterling fall in value then?

mwpt

kabayiri wrote: »

So I'm supposed to vote to remain in a club which does stuff all about issues like flogging off public assets?

It's not much of a sales brochure is it?

You're talking about the UK?

I'm confused.

ruggedtoast

Sky will cost Murdoch $2.5bn less to takeover thanks to Brexit.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/dec/12/sky-rupert-murdoch-brexit-vote-21st-century-fox-eu-referendum

This is the same Rupert Murdoch who said he wanted the UK to leave the EU because European regulation makes it too difficult for him to form a media monopoly on mainland Europe.

Or maybe Europeans have the ability to express thought which is independent of whatever their equivalent of The Sun tells them to think. Unlike the British.

Either way:

Great job Brexiteers.

Great. Job.

Masomnia

Ballard wrote: »

it seems pretty clear to me that it's about 'taking back control'. Supposedly we will soon take back control of our country. How can we do that if we continue to sell large parts of it to Johnny Foreigner? Surely that's the exact opposite of taking back control. Why isn't the government immediately ceasing any such deals?

'Taking back control' just means the primacy of UK law. It's not complicated.