We seem to be forgetting here that the UK's membership fees and contributions to the EU when set against the amount of business we do with the trade bloc mean we are effectively paying a tariff of around 7.5% already. And that is just what we part with in hard cash for the privilege of being a member of the club. It doesn't take into account the cost to UK business of implementing the endless blizzard of EU regulations which amount annually to tens of billions (Open Europe estimate the top 100 regulation alone cost business £33 billion and there are tens of thousands of regulations: Top 100 EU rules cost Britain £33.3bn | Open Europe) and never mind the bill to tax payers for the costs imposed on our system of government.
Whichever way you look at it,it's ALL GOOD NEWS. Can't please everybody of course,but such is life. Fortunately,even those who are negative will still reap the benefits of our exit from this dreadful union.
Seems like a sensible approach to leaving the EU allowing the UK to carefully unpick all parts of EU law we don't want. :Writing: Brexit: May to trigger Article 50 by March 2017 - BBC News
As normal, May bossed the interview on to this morning and was incredibly clear. Exactly what I want in my politicians
Does this mean we now have the beginning of the "plan" that the remainians have been crying out for and demanding a 2nd referendum on the basis of not having one?
Only caught the end but her words were direct. Asked 'so march we will sign then?' To which the reply was 'yes, March we will sign'
The big news is she's going to repeal the European Communities Act. That restores the sovereignty of Parliament and ends EU supremacy over UK law. Completely separate from Article 50 which is a delaying clause, written with the intention that it would never be used nor the process followed to its conclusion. Repeal of the ECA is most welcome news I've heard since the referendum.
Nope the government will be in control. So you can guarantee the Tories will remove laws protecting employees rights, holiday pay,sick pay.
More wishful thinking on your part. It will not be "enshrined"or absorbed. It will be transferred to our UK body of legislation from where individual laws will be retained or repealed according to the will of our democratically elected parliament instead of being forced upon us wholesale by an unelected foreign politburo. And guess what.. sometimes you're going to get governments you didn't vote for and they will enact laws you do not like and repeal others you hold dear. That's democracy baby and you'd better get used to it because there's going to be a lot more of it around soon when the Brussels Commissars no longer have the power to sabotage the process.
Hopefully i wont be living here as i get old so don't have to accept the reduction in individual rights and the even more expensive place that Britain will become to live in.:tonguewink:
