Originally Posted by
Pain
Mez… you’re right, ‘No Deal’ isn’t in the UK’s best interest, but neither is being under the EU’s cosh.
If the EU would engage in genuine negotiations, we could come to a mutually beneficial arrangement – there are lots of options hiding behind that ‘
If’… see Terry’s synopsis. The great big sticking point is how do we get the EU to talk sense?
I've always suspected the EU have been very lucky to have the NI/ROI issue to use in these negotiations. They are a real brick wall.
The whole financial side with London died a death ages ago despite it being the biggest worry for months after the referendum. The CU has ways around it, bilateral treaties and Free Trade Areas (FTA) are available too and successfully implemented including with the EU currently. Citizens rights are easy to resolve.
Trade is also a big one but we can deal with that if the will is there. We hear the impact is massive onto us but not so much on the EU but the truth is it's about certain countries being hammered within the EU and a load we barely trade with (which should be questioned in terms of how useful being in a union with them should be, shouldn't it? ). Germany takes a big hit as does ROI, Denmark another. It is downplayed as a nothing because overall in GDP it's much smaller but that doesn't negate the real threat to industry in those countries the same as ours will be hit...unless the other countries are going to put their hands in their pockets to compensate these countries in some way i.e. higher EU payments.