One plus is that Spain still likes relatively rich people to go and live there because they like the foreign currency. So no problem there.AndrewJB wrote:I think you’re clutching at straws. None of this is going well at all. A campaign that said almost anything to get the “no” vote over the line, and now we can see their promises of easy trade deals and sunlit uplands were worthless. The last three years have shown us this. Do you remember how the EU is a huge drain on our economy? Well now we’re spending billions on preparing the country for a disorderly exit, we were told it would never come to. We were told the EU is drowning us in red tape, and yet we’re about to embark on creating masses of it ourselves. They called us a proud free trading nation, but were about to take a huge retrograde step in terms of free trade. You might say this is for freedom, but we are all losing our rights as EU citizens to live and work within the EU (I think I mentioned my neighbour who is a Brexiter who wants to retire in Spain?). It is all turning into a complete train wreck.
I’m open to debate on this, so if you want to point out where I’ve missed pluses, please do, but apart from getting back a sliver of sovereignty that won’t make a difference to anybody’s life, I can’t see them.
Here's another plus. The campaign that said almost anything to get the "yes" vote over the line has been wrong in most respects so far. It may well continue that way.
A huge retrograde step in free trade? I doubt it. From what I gather, the UK would gladly sign a free trade agreement with the EU and it's the EU that doesn't want it. Perhaps it's them that's taking the step back. The EU is only in favour of free trade on its little local scale; it's very much protectionist to anyone outside the EU.