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LeftishBrit

(41,190 posts)
9. Most countries nowadays are in some sort of trading bloc
Wed Mar 29, 2017, 10:31 AM
Mar 2017


And we are not going to be more 'independent'; we are going to be increasingly dependent on Trump, China, and anyone else who will deign to occasionally trade with us.

Look up 'UKIP' and 'Farage' to see where the strongest support for Brexit came from. It comes from very much the same stable as the Trump vote.

Note that it was a very narrow vote (52-48%) - well below what most countries would regard as an adequate threshold for a constitutional amendment. And only two of the four constituent countries of the UK voted for it.

I don't expect you in Texas to have problems with it (but imagine how you'd feel if Texas seceded from the USA because it didn't like the federal government's more liberal provisions; or if the USA withdrew from the UN). But those of us on the UK forum have major problems with it. And we don't all agree on everything - the forum includes Labour, LibDem, Green, SNP and Plaid Cymru voters - but we are pretty much unanimous on absolutely dreading what will happen now.
Their business. TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2017 #1
May's already sucked up to Trump when they met early on in his reign. Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #2
As I wrote, I have no problems with Britain TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2017 #3
And as I wrote, Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #5
Are you a citizen of Britain? TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2017 #7
Yes, I am. Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #8
I get the pun TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2017 #11
This is the UK forum; I have always lived here LeftishBrit Mar 2017 #12
Most countries nowadays are in some sort of trading bloc LeftishBrit Mar 2017 #9
I'm a regular BBC listener. TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2017 #10
And most trading blocks don't want to build TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2017 #13
Well, NATO leaders already "control my country's destiny". Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #14
Not "the Germans" TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2017 #15
The way things are going, the country you visit will likely be a lot nastier and poorer. Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #16
No axes to grind. Just an opinion TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2017 #17
Wrong about Merkel T_i_B Mar 2017 #18
Lessons learned recently. yallerdawg Mar 2017 #4
Tusk's speech in reply: Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #6
The EU Council's negotiating principles Denzil_DC Mar 2017 #19
My best wishes to all you Brits during this extremely stressful time steve2470 Apr 2017 #20
Thanks for your support! LeftishBrit Apr 2017 #21
I voted remain Dworkin Apr 2017 #22
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