When negotiating with the EU, they're not going to consider GDP per capita or the Human Development Index. They're going to consider only the value of trade with the EU, which is what concerns them.
The Norwegian oil fields cannot be moved or replicated in other locations in the EU in the same way that the institutions and facilities behind the goods and service based economy can be .
That's the big problem, there is nothing to tell "like it is". The electorate have voted to leave the EU, but not indicated what they want instead. They've voted against something they don't want, but not what they do want.
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Aint that the truth . In all honesty we do not know the true numbers behind what mandate has been given
We do not know out of the 17 million leave voters how many are
1)People like my friend who saw the trading relationship we had with the EU as being too restrictive and desired to revert to WTO rules instead - No issue with immigration whatsoever and no issue with the bureaucracy
2)How many are the racist xenophobes we have all seen on tv claiming to have voted to get rid of Muslims etc etc who want to close the borders and withdraw from all international trade starting today
3)How many wanted to regain sovereignty in principle and so revert back to WTO rules as that is the only way we can fully regain our sovereignty form the EU and its massively overarching bureaucratic processes and institutions
4)How many just wanted to express anti establishment sentiment and could not find it within themselves to instead wait for a general election or write to their MP
5)Left wing brexiters who wanted to leave because of the anti socialist nature of the EU
6)A combination of any of 1-5 who have now realized the epic mistake they have made and so the best option is to retain EEA membership , free movement and our massive budget contribution towards the EU . Only without regaining any sovereignty , democracy or control of immigration .
We also do not know of the 16 million leave voters how many are
1)Fully signed up europhiles like some of my friends doing masters and PHD's in EU law , people that slept breathed and eat eu law and politics
2)People like me who where really indifferent to the EU but felt that leaving was an unnecessary step which would cause more economic harm than good and lead us into EEA membership which is less democracy more doing what we are told
3)People who thought we could reform from within
4)People just happy with the status quo and unprepared to challenge the establishment because experts know best .
5)People who where undecided so decided the safest option was to remain
Clearly there is no consensus and no mandate for what kind of exit we want to see and that surely needs to be addressed .
For the 48% the obvious option going forward is EEA membership because that is closest towards what most of us want which was to remain a member of the EU . But depending on what proportion of the 52% are represented by the different groups that could be actually the exact opposite of the majority of the 17 million and could have disastrous consequences at the next election for any party that gets behind EEA membership .
Interesting, Boris the Opportunist just put out a new piece of propaganda in the Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...much-that-britain-is-part-of-europe--and-alw/
Quite a few bizarre things in it,
In addition to the bizzare things you pointed to I find it bizzare that he points to us having closer collaberation with europe in some areas . I think that interesting given he has just won a campaign of exactly the opposite . He also goes on about us continuing to have full access to the single market , and the rights of EU citizens and British citizens to remain the same . Does he really think he can negotiate for this whilst also negotiating for the immigration controls he laters goes onto allude to .
