While I think that Johnson (or whoever) needs to work quickly to establish deeper trading ties with the US, Eastern Europe, et al., well before October 31, I'm basically for a hard Brexit. It's going to be hell on the British people, and it's going to mean years of economic hardship while the country builds itself back up, but the long-term results will be worth it: Britain will no longer be a slave to the EU; it'll enjoy full sovereignty and the return of its ancient dignity, and once the UK gains the ability to broker trade deals on its own terms, unmindful of over-restrictive EU regulations, the country will right itself economically. I might be a very old man by the time that happens, but I'll smile and hoist a glass to Old Blighty on the day I get the news that the United Kingdom is officially in the clear.
The unfortunately named MP Dominic Grieve, mentioned in the above video, is doing his damnedest to keep a no-deal Brexit from happening. I think he's standing in the way of history. Grieve, for his part, apparently views the coming prorogation as a violation of democracy, which is something of a joke to me, now that I'm beginning to understand a bit more about how the UK Parliament is run (i.e., not very democratically). We'll see how all this plays out over the coming months. October 31 is no longer very far away.
Unless Britain undoes much of her socialism, including the National Health System, her chances of recovery will be slim.
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I'll be curious to see what Boris Johnson has in mind re: the UK's priorities post-Brexit.
ReplyDeleteI fear the UK is already in "has been" territory and I'm not sure Brexit will reverse that.
ReplyDeleteStill, to paraphrase what an ex told me "no country is totally worthless, it can always serve as a bad example".
Seems to me the policies being proposed by the Democrats are exactly the type of programs that led to the UK's decline. It will be interesting to see if Americans turn out to be as ignorant as the Brits.