Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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I was reading the comments rather than looking at who was posting.In case I'm one of those you are targeting there - I'm certainly not party politicking at all here.
Both major parties ignored the economic elephant in the room during election campaigning, sticking their fingers in their ears when the IFS, and others, suggested we were speeding towards an unavoidable major decision point, and it would have been nice if that was acknowledged and addressed.
I agree with you that ALL the 3 major UK parties avoided the economic elephant in the room although all 3 had sound political reasons for doing so. But we haven't got a decade or two to waste before we join a Customs Union or EFTA - we've got spending requirements now that need funding.
Labour were naive in the campaign to categorically rule out rowing back on Brexit and should have stuck to the "we have no plans to rejoin" line.
I speak as a Remainer who has finally accepted Brexit has happened but we aren't saving £350 million a week, the money isn't going into the NHS, we haven't got better trade deals, there aren't better opportunities outside of the EU, the USA doesn't want a free trade deal with us, there is a shortage of labour, a lot more red tape and border aggro. It's all bad, it's all bollocks and this country - a global player, a nuclear power - cannot afford to be in the position we are in.