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Brexit is a 'massive economic opportunity': Johnson

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The majority of Brits still want to disentangle themselves from the EU.

Hopefully, Boris does the job!

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For starters they're going to be doing a lot more business with the #1 economy, the U.S.

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For starters they're going to be doing a lot more business with the #1 economy, the U.S.

How will this benefit the Border communities? The trickle down effect does not work... And who wants the market flooded with inferior US products? US beef, for example, is terrible.

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"When people voted to leave the European Union, they were not just voting against Brussels, they were voting against London too,"

True enough, but Bojo, in his arrogance, is blind to the reality that they also voted against the class-ridden inequalities that blight the lives of the many and the entitlements of the few puffed up public schoolboy toffs like de Pfeffel himself, which is why, come a general election and as long as the British "deplorables" do not swallow the populist poisoned bait he's hurriedly preparing for them, the brash British "Trump who reads books" will be booted out of office.

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday said Brexit was a "massive economic opportunity"

Yes, a massive opportunity for American health-care conglomerates to destroy the National Health Service and for American food conglomerates to poison the British population with chlorinated chicken and hormonal beef.

Johnson and his pack of Ayn Rand-inspired hyper-libertarians are going to sell whatever's left of UK maunufacturing to the highest bidder; their money's tucked away in Rees-Mogg's beloved tax havens, which is what this Brexit is really all about.

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The quandary, politically for Boris Johnson government is the wafer thin parliamentary majority.

A predicament presenting the problematic situation, that remainder backbenchers could or probably will undermine any attempt to leave on the 31st October without a deal ensuring to tether the UK to EU rules and regulations overseen by the ECJ.

The 'massive economic opportunities' can only be fully realised if UK can create a reformed and restructured sector by sector business model and fully dismantles the Common Agricultural Policy.

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For starters they're going to be doing a lot more business with the #1 economy, the U.S.

The current US President is a genius, hard-nosed businessman who puts America first. There’s no way the desperate UK are going to get a good deal from him. He can smell desperation a mile away and as Alfie Noakes already pointed out, he’ll will want full access to the family silver and have a slash on the Sunday roast.

I’m just approaching this with a Serrano/Tucker Carlson/Judge Jumpy view of Trump.

How you think the UK will get a good deal is beyond me.

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JimizoToday  10:21 am JST

How you think the UK will get a good deal is beyond me.

There was nothing in the original comment about the UK getting a good deal.

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Sporting his Trump-inspired jacket with hard hat the lazy, scatter-brained "Bojo the Builder's" sententious bollocks:

a "massive economic opportunity"

when translated into no-nonsense English only means opportunities galore for his chancer bizness cronies as well as for himself while all those poor suckers who fall for his full-English Brexit menu will just have to make do with pie in the sky served up with the bells and whistles of these "Unicorn Jack"-waving Tory shysters.

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The benefits of free trade, open borders and membership in international socio-economic blocs are overstated and even dubious, I am starting to realize.

History shows that countries often do well when they strike out on their own. Singapore, by many measures the world's best economy, is a case in point. Everyone - everyone -said the small, resource-less island would be doomed when it decided to leave the Malay Federation. At the time it lacked such things as...drinking water.

The world's other socio-economic superstars are Switzerland and Norway. Are you noticing a tendency here?

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Trade diminishes with distance. There is no way a deal with the US will replace the current free trade with the EU.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/02/23/why-distance-matters-in-trade/

to poison the British population with chlorinated chicken and hormonal beef.

As it happens, the biggest problem may actually be US pork, readily available in Japan but banned in 160 countries, including the UK as an EU member.

https://www.livescience.com/47032-time-for-us-to-ban-ractopamine.html

Switzerland population 8 million, Norway 5 million, both small enough to do well from niches like no questions asked banking and well-managed natural resources. Both trade freely with the EU, much more freely than a post no deal UK would. UK population is 70 million.

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History shows that countries often do well when they strike out on their own. Singapore, by many measures the world's best economy, is a case in point. Everyone - everyone -said the small, resource-less island would be doomed when it decided to leave the Malay Federation. At the time it lacked such things as...drinking water.

Is that the same Singapore that was enthusiastic signatory to CPTPP? In fact it was 3rd signatory after Mexico and Japan. It didnt "strike out on its own", its a huge free trade nation.

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So what about investment in "remain" areas like Liverpool. Does he even dare to try and visit the city.

He’s shown his disdain for our city in the past and was forced into a humiliating apology.

I don’t think he cares about it being a remain city as his decision to go for leave was a purely opportunistic decision. He couldn’t care either way.

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@wipeout

".... by some measures yes, by other measures no." 

The relevant measures in this discussion are economy and living standards.

 It didnt "strike out on its own"

Yes it did. It split from the Malay federation to become an independent country in 1965. Everyone - especially "the experts" (or the antecedents to today's anti-Brexit doomsayers) - said Singapore didnt have a hope in heck. They were wrong.

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The point is there was enough talk. Now is time for action.

So just get out and "create" new and better relationships and ties.

Mankind is given only "time". Use it well..

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"Taking back control doesn't just apply to Westminster regaining sovereignty from the EU, it means our cities and counties and towns becoming more self governing," he said.

So why weren't the Tories promoting this in the past? Giving more powers to towns is possible whether in or out of the EU.

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Does he even dare to try and visit the city.

He'd be run out of it if he tried.

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Borris is correct on this, but of course the globalist media will continue to beat the propaganda drum for Merkel, Macaron, and the big banksters.

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"The world's other socio-economic superstars are Switzerland and Norway. Are you noticing a tendency here?"

Yes, there's a tendency.

Don't be in the EU (economic/political/social) block but SUBSCRIBE to the EU's Economic Area (EEA).

To be in the EEA both countries, plus Iceland (EFTA) MUST ACCEPT the EU's four freedoms, namely the free movement of goods, services, capital and persons.

Nigel farage (of all people) didn't know what belonging in the EEA entailed; he famously said:

"What's wrong with being Norway? They're independent, make their own laws, they're rich. And they catch their own fish". "Yes, we would love to be Norway".

Two days later, not immediately as ignorance is so rampant amongst the Brexiteer hordes, some "enlightened" soul corrected Farage by let him into the secret: "they'ALL MUST ACCEPT THE eu'S 4 FREEDOMS".

Farage has shut his big trap on that one ever since; he even pretend no remembering saying that, although we live in the internet and television eras.

A decade or so ago the Swiss became a bit lippy and tried to curb free movement of people from the EU, yet continung to benefit from EEA's benefits! There was a referendum and the people voted (narrowly) to do away with free movement.

The EU's retort?

You stop free movement, we'll kick you out of the EEA!

Simples!

(btw this is a joke on the British telly, our Merkanos on this site wouldn't probably know about)

Switzerland has gone quirt ever since, referendum or no referendum.

Certainly no other idiots would try the same trick ever again, would they?

Oh, hang on a minute....!!!

Brexit is a great opportunity for our farmers, fishermen and car workers to go extinct.

Like the Dodo.

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JeffLee

I really wonder what you know about Singapore. And even more why to compare it with UK.

Singapore was expelled by Malaysia and rank very low in speech freedom and democracy.

Basically this is a police state which protect a happy few, which is loved by investors worldwide who have zero moral as long as it generates cash.

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Serrano: "For starters they're going to be doing a lot more business with the #1 economy, the U.S."

This will come at the cost of Britain's sovereignty. If you want us to buy your goods, then do as we say. Support us in all our military misadventures and when we say seize the tanker, just do it. When we say sanction, just sanction.

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zichi:

I don't hate America, just it foreign policy, its hypocrisy, its warmongering.

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The sooner the UK gets out of this undemocratic imperialist project, the better.

May was a remainer and never intended to actually follow the referendum.

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"May was a remainer and never intended to actually follow the referendum."

May this, May that.

It doesn't detract from the fact hat May had NO POWER to extricate the UK from the EU.

Not even the Queen has the authority to order the UK off the EU.

Parliament and Parliament ONLY can do that.

Boris cannot do that either.

Simples!

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It doesn't detract from the fact hat May had NO POWER to extricate the UK from the EU

Come again? Parliament had given her the instruction. She was in charge of the negotiations and came back 3 times (or was it it 4 or 5? I lost count) with the same disastrous surrender document, which was no no Brexit in any form.

Yes, May this and May that. She, as her best friends Merkel and Macaroni, are fanatical EU globalists.

Good riddance, and wish the best for Boris.

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She was in charge of the negotiations and came back 3 times (or was it it 4 or 5? I lost count)

Yes, she kept going to the EU with the Brexiteers pie in the sky demands, and each time the EU said "No, you cannot have your cake and eat it too."

In a negotiation, it takes two to negotiate, it's not just 'I demand this and that's it.'

You especially cannot demand anything when you are in the weaker position, which the UK is. The best they could have hoped for would be to give up a lot of things they consider unimportant in order to maintain the few things they did think were important.

BoJo the Clown is going to find out that he's just going to fall flat on his face if he promises anything more than what's already been negotiated.

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"Come again? Parliament had given her the instruction."

And what were these instructions precisely?

To negotiate

To attempt the best for Britain

The EU issued a resounding NO to cakeism.

She came back; Parliament struck off her deal,

Just like they will do to Boris NO DEAL whatever the weather.

You heard it here first,, and the emphasis is all mine.

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The conservatives promised new rail links in the north before the last election. As soon as the election was over they cancelled the plans. Lying Johnson clearly expects people to fall for the same ruse once again.

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Get a grip man, no one will be forced to buy US products..... read...the...label....make...your...choice. It won't be made compulsory or forced down anyone's throat. Jeez...

And who wants the market flooded with inferior US products? US beef, for example, is terrible.

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"What will prevent PM Bozo crashing out without a deal?"

Parliament will.

Bozo is not the Parliament; his faction of lunatics bent on no deal are a minority in Parliament.

We are a Parliamentary democracy, not Bozzo's playground.

If there's a no deal Brexit it will Parliament deciding,

Not him.

Or my Untie Gertrude.

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