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Originally Posted by Mr K
Never pretended the EU is perfect, nothing ever is. We aren't the only country that wanted reform, that would have been the much more sensible route. That's why all main political parties campaigned for Remain ( including the current and former PMs and Chancellors), the alternative wasn't credible. We just hear negative news about EU from the press and the benefits will only be truly realised when we've left. Leaving the largest trading block in the World is madness. However accept that what people have voted for, but they can't blame anyone except themselves when they are significantly less well off as a result. Not just for a few years, but generations. There's the £50bn bill for just leaving to begin with (the exact figure to be negotiated, but it's going to be big). Yesterday's Budget tax rise was just the start.
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I agree. By leaving the EU, we're throwing out the baby with the bath water. It's not just a simple loss of prosperity for five years, it's a long-term reduction in global influence and prosperity due to a smaller number of markets to sell our services in. The EU has been the most successful trading bloc for making trading deals with other countries; overall it's not held us back in making deals. Yes, the UK will survive but we won't be such an important player or as prosperous as if we had remained in the EU.