Re: WTO rules which seem to work well enough
It's the "making deals" thing that intrigues me in this argument. What sort of deals do Brexiteers imagine, and with which countries. Trade is about buying and selling stuff. Stuff we want to sell, or need to buy. And we still do that whether in the EU or out. Being in the EU has never stopped us buying Japanese cars or selling Welsh lamb. So what kinds of deals with the "80%" will actually make this better for us than we get by our companies trading with these countries while we are inside the EU? What kinds of better deal has the EU stopped us achieving? And if there are any, do they outweigh advantages of being in the EU? Or is it all just smoke and mirrors?
Maybe it could be better- but no one has actually come up with any specific proposal that says how this might work. At no time during all the discussion has anyone said that EU membership is preventing us from buying item X from country Y at better prices. Or that we could sell Item Y to country X more easily or for a better price. Let alone a whole raft of examples that would justify the argument.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
