EU: No concessions for UK on single market

Conrad

Kohoutek wrote: »

Then you voted for economic suicide.

Some are saying protectionism is very much on the rise and trade deals less and less important.

Conrad

Kohoutek wrote: »

Thanks for your expert analysis.

Gotta be better than "merkel lays down the law, let's all give up and go back to wet nurse"

TrickyTree83

The whole EU might yet unravel completely.

If we don't get economically obliterated outside the EU it'll give anti-eu movements on the continent far more traction. Particularly if we do ok without an EU trade deal.

So many countries have anti-eu sentiment within their populace, some big hitters on the list too. I feel it would take just one more top 5 net contributor to tip the balance. Anyone who feels the EU holds all the cards here are kidding themselves.

Kohoutek

From the FT comments section:

In Dubai now and just met a very wealthy German industrialist and his CEO. He said they all know they will never get 27 states agreeing to any type of deal at all with the UK. The plan is to get the Article 50 notice, waste two years on fruitless negotiations and then wash their hands of the UK.

France and Germany are already getting ready to dance with the 40 foreign banks who will now have to go over, and the industrial heartlands of Northern Europe Northern Italy and Middle Spain are all getting ready to offer (with the trillions in the ECB reserves) to be the spanking new corporate tree-lined avenues of new Headquarters and factories of the 400 or so large foreign companies based in GB. They all set up in GB because of the promise of EU wide access. Which they all now know they won't have in less than 30 months.

Then he said,"We are all going to get richer and, best of all, no more trouble makers in the tent. We will miss you, especially your Mr Farage" Then he said: "Goodbye and thanks for all the fish." I haven't seen two men laugh so much since Tommy Cooper died.

worried_jim

MatthewAinsworth wrote: »

I don't want us to have single market access or free movement, I voted for protectionism

I vote for full stops!

cells

Kohoutek wrote: »

From the FT comments section:

sounds fake to me

System

I'll give you a semicolon as a compromise, they're not used enough;

Kohoutek

cells wrote: »

sounds fake to me

I hope so.

Kohoutek

Conrad wrote: »

Gotta be better than "merkel lays down the law, let's all give up and go back to wet nurse"

The UK never was playing that role - it's another Vote Leave myth.

posh*spice

kinger101 wrote: »

I can guarantee you wrote that on a computer manufactured in Asia.

Yup an ipad made in China.

But we can still do our bit - MSEers stop shoping in aldi and Lidl for starters - get back to Tesco and Sainsburys

Buy British.