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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
People have just got the concept of brexit totally wrong it seems to me. For whatever reason, it's been built up to be something much bigger, and static than it actually is. When we exit the EU we rejoin a dynamic market that will be constantly changing over the coming decades, so any decisions now are a starting point, nothing more. Which ever political party is in power at a given point over the coming decades will adjust our trading conditions in line with their political persuasions as and when they see fit. I have no idea why politicians are wringing their hands so much, its completely pointless. Our starting position will be as we are now, any transitions away from that will take years if not decades. I honestly think the only reason they are making a big deal of it, and I include all political parties in this, is to make themselves look important and vital to the general public.
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Everything revolves around the falling pound and the falling pound affects everyone who uses it. Every decision on the table and every policy made about Brexit revolves around the impact it has on our currency and it aint looking good!
In the hear and now and as a direct result of Brexit, we are having to deal with inflation sitting higher than the average wage in a slowing economy. We have fewer assets than we did ten years ago and the assets we have left are falling in value. The wealthy (including the British government) are removing their wealth from British shores, quicker than rats on a sinking ship. This, of course, affects the GDP. The rest of us are standing on the Titanic hoping it doesn't hit the iceberg.
At the present time, we have no starting position because the Tory government has spent their entire time in office lining the pockets of the rich. Neoliberal economics can't survive in a single state and so the last thing we need is a bunch of neoliberal elites driving us towards Brexit.