Of the top ten world economies Europe has 4. That would imply 60% outside EU and doing quite well.Perhaps EU is not the "Be all and end all"
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Well quite - the problem with the EU is that the economic measures come (deliberately) with too much political baggage. A mis-sold project.
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I believe that all the economic plusses can be achieved by intergovernmental agreement, preferably globally. We don't need the rest.
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@ASI on how this is already happening. The EU is perhaps fighting economic obsolescence.https://www.adamsmith.org/stuck-in-the-middle-with-eu …
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Stop defending brexit. You know it's stupid. And you are now literally preaching it. And you know it.
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I know right! How are we going to survive outside the EU like Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the USA and hundreds of other countries do.
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Interesting you used the word 'survive' not 'thrive'
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All of the countries I named both survive and thrive outside of the EU. You clearly missed the sarcasm of my original tweet.
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But none of the countries you mentioned, mainly due to simple geography (go check a map) do the majority of their trade with the EU
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Oh scary so good can only be exported short distances, presumably on pack animals with pits by carrier pigeon
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It's a simple matter of cost, just like flying to Dublin from the U.K. is cheaper than flying to San Francisco or Sydney
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You don't ship stuff then, transport cost mostly loading, unloading fees n taxes. travel distance cost largely irrelivent overall.
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I say walk away! No deal! And once we become truly independent then we negotiate on our terms. Simple

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Yes thats right trash our economy and our exports to the EU. You are a traitor to this country
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I can confirm the laws of physics will be unaffected by Brexit.
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I don't know how the US, China and Japan have managed all these years.
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Scale, scale and long established manufacturing base. UK has none of those things.
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UK has a huge service industry though.
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