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Originally Posted by pip08456
That is of course "if" your "doom and gloom" proves to be correct.
Think it'll happen when this country starts prospering again?
All this assumes of course that the EU is still in existance in it's present form.
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lol, the country is prospering at the moment - record employment levels, second highest-growing economy in 2016 after Germany. There is inequality and it's up to the UK Government to sort this out. There are clouds on the Horizon with businesses relocating thousands of staff overseas (eg HSBC, UBS, Medicines Regulator). Car factories like Vauxhall and BMW are certainly in a weaker position than they were before the vote. But I accept that some people think this is a price worth paying.
Compare the present day economy to our pre-EU/EEC days with high inflation and high unemployment and an uncompetitive economy and you appreciate the strides the country has made with the benefit of a large free trade bloc which increased competition in the UK and drove weaker companies into the ground.
I can't predict the future. The fall of the iron curtain and the Eastern bloc was certainly unpredicted and has impacted Europe in a significant way. People have been predicting the fall of the EEC/EU since it was formed and they have not been proved right. The bond between France and Germany will probably ensure some kind of EU in the future and there is great enthusiasm for it from eastern European countries who want the security away from Russian influence that it provides.