Quote (Ghot @ 24 Jan 2020 17:37)
They were fine before the EU came to be. They will be fine afterwards.
That, and the US has already said that they will take up the trade disruption, if any, that occurs.
Hm, okay. But this whole situation is similar to the kid with the lollypop. Take it from him and hell will loose!
Also, if you check the map, where the majority people voted to stay in EU you will see a pattern. Big cities, trade hubs, ports, and cities/towns with university voted to stay. Also: Almost whole Scotland and Irelands majority voted to stay!
And the Scottish Independist and the Irish unificationists start to gain more and more support in their region. Give a few years after Brexit and the Scotts will make an another referendum like in 2014 saying, they wanted to stay in the UK so they can stay in the EU (as the UK unionist lectured them about...) They won back then with marginal numbers. The next will be succesful I would All-in my fg on that bet!
And they will start the negotiation with the EU. And the Scotts have fishing, oil and nuclear power. That will be a huge blow to UK.
Ireland is an even tougher topic. They can deny a second referendum for the Scotts for a few years, but Ireland won't take that. They haven't had one yet, and Ireland will force it in every platform. They might not be a superpower, but they can make UKs life harder.
And sure, we could talk about economy too. The fact that UK relies on the constant influx of eastern european guestworkers for jobs, the english won't take. The declining economy will make Germany and etc a closer and a better alternative for them.
This post was edited by Thomas Cross on Jan 24 2020 01:30pm