The Consequences of Brexit (part 2)

You forgot to mention that shares have reached a record high, the England Rugby Union team have equalled their 14 wins on the trot record achievement and the Wales football team made the semi finals in Euro 16, since the referendum result.

The FTSE 250(British companies) reached a high, but has since come down, and is now just bubbling along.

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Brexit secretary Greg Hands said the UK would consider PAYING for "best possible" single market access; since many people voted leave because of the millions that we paid to the EU, its almost like we are not leaving.

It will be interesting to see election results in Austria today, as well as referendum result in Italy.

Its not directly tied to brexit, but certainly is affected with it.

Brexit secretary Greg Hands said the UK would consider PAYING for "best possible" single market access; since many people voted leave because of the millions that we paid to the EU, its almost like we are not leaving.

It makes common sense for the UK to consider paying a fee to have access to the single market during BREXIT negotiations. If the fee was £1.50 per week for example, then it be worth paying.

The FTSE 250(British companies) reached a high, but has since come down, and is now just bubbling along.

 

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Brexit secretary Greg Hands said the UK would consider PAYING for "best possible" single market access; since many people voted leave because of the millions that we paid to the EU, its almost like we are not leaving.

Except by leaving and then paying we lose any influence we had, but still have to cough up...

What a fantastic deal

Except by leaving and then paying we lose any influence we had, but still have to cough up...

The problem with that is we never had any influence to start with. The main problem with the EU is its inflexibility to adapt, and a "one size fits all" approach.

The defeated SS candidate for the Austrian presidency, Norbert Hofer, has blamed Farage partly for his defeat;

"Anton Mahdalik, a Freedom party member of the Vienna city council, criticised the former Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, for contributing to the party’s defeat after claiming on Fox News that Hofer would hold a referendum on Austria leaving the European Union. “That didn’t help us, it hindered us,” he said, saying that an overwhelming majority of Austrians support EU membership.

"Hofer himself described Farage’s comments as a “crass misjudgment”, adding that “it doesn’t fill me with joy when someone meddles from outside”. .

Nigel just can't keep his gob shut.

Italian PM resigns following referendum defeat

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38204189

Italian PM resigns following referendum defeat

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38204189

And did our referendum start all this EU instability?

With Trump upsetting China, an organisation that helps to keep the peace is sounding worthwhile.

Just to clarify - the Italian referendum is nothing to do with the EU. Renzi was just as silly as Cameron to tie his political future to a referendum outcome in a time of unstable political direction.

In contrast the Austrian election has - it was a clear anti-immigration/pro-EU vault line and pro-EU won against expectations.

Quote of the week already by Kris Akabusi on brexit,if we do it right we'll get it right.

The problem with that is we never had any influence to start with. The main problem with the EU is its inflexibility to adapt, and a "one size fits all" approach.

That's not true though is it. One of the biggest proponents of the single market was the UK under the leadership of Thatcher. We sgred with practically all the legislation made by the EU and have a massive role in making that legislation.

You're basically just lazily trotting out another EU myth.

Before we get Brexiteers coming on here trumpeting the Sleaford & North Hykeham by election result I think we should remember :

The Tories vote share went down (56% to 53%)

UKIP`s vote share went down (16% to 13%)

Labour`s vote share went down (17% to 10%)

The LibDems vote share went up, in fact it nearly doubled (6% to 11%)