BREXIT

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So you're better informed, more independant minded and a greater expert on these matters than this Minford bloke? [img alt=:rolleyes]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/rolleyes.gif[/img] .

Ah I see nobody is allowed an opinion other than YamFazFan. :eek
There are fundamental areas where I disagree with Minford.  For example why you would walk away from the EU single market (and it is a single market – it trades internally almost as one country) when it represents 25% of global GDP.  The argument is you do so in order to make independent deals with the remaining 75% of GDP.  But it’s spread across 168 countries right round the globe.  That's a shit load of Bureaucracy.



Another fundamental disagreement I have is…..  Well hopefully some day well get over BREXIT, because there is a far bigger global problem which makes squabbles over BREXIT seem somewhat insignificant, and that’s Global Warming.  We need to reduce or cease unenvironmentally friendly global trade.  For example, why is there New Zealand lamb in my supermarket, when sheep farming is a major industry in Scotland.  Exporting our lamb whilst importing New Zealand lamb is environmentally stupid – it’s big CO2 emissions for no gain.



Finally even if Minford is right about the UK becoming richer in a NO DEAL scenario, he agrees with those of us who wish to protect our manufacturing jobs (say for example Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Mini, Jaguar etc in the automotive industry) whom may walk in the event of a NO DEAL (remember they have had a personal reassurance from the PM that this will not happen).  Minford states that UK manufacturing will be eliminated.


So you have to ask yourself, is a Minford NO DEAL BREXIT really what you want.


So tell me YamFazFan do you want to see UK manufacturing eliminated?