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Pussay Patrol  02 Jan 19 1.48pm |
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Originally posted by mezzer
They can't be in place until we've left. In probably one of the better bits of name-dropping ever seen on HOL, I asked Stephen Harper (ex-Canadian PM that set up the various trade agreements that Canada have with the EU and others) in September about how he viewed Brexit and his reply was that Canada "would be first in the queue" for a deal when we left the EU. I don't think it's as difficult as it's being made out to be. We can't do it right now though. So we have a Trade deal with Canada starting in April 2019?
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 chris123  hove actually 02 Jan 19 2.04pm |
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We've had a vote, Parliament has voted, leaving is now enshrined in law.
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| Oliver Bodega Bay 02 Jan 19 2.10pm |
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Originally posted by becky
Then there is the supposed benefit of being able to trade freely with the Commonwealth group of countries again - a bigger trading area now, I believe, than the EU itself. Given the traditional ties and loyalties there, it appears a good substitute This is absolute bollocks
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| Stirlingsays 02 Jan 19 2.18pm |
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Originally posted by Oliver
This is absolute bollocks Charming.
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| steeleye20 Croydon 02 Jan 19 2.32pm |
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Originally posted by Oliver
This is absolute bollocks That is the deluded world of the elderly brexiteer. I am sitting down to a respectable bottle of Australian Shiraz with lunch, while prospering in the European Union. I will be expecting to pay considerably more, not less, in the future. But then I live in the real world, not Biggles flies again.
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| chris123 hove actually 02 Jan 19 2.39pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
That is the deluded world of the elderly brexiteer. I am sitting down to a respectable bottle of Australian Shiraz with lunch, while prospering in the European Union. I will be expecting to pay considerably more, not less, in the future. But then I live in the real world, not Biggles flies again. I can cope with just about anything reddish, but Shiraz and not just Aussie!!
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| Midlands Eagle 02 Jan 19 3.59pm |
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Originally posted by chris123
I can cope with just about anything reddish, but Shiraz and not just Aussie!! Shiraz is a girlie drink
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pefwin  Where you have to have an English ... 02 Jan 19 5.08pm |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Charming. but more than likely true.
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| the_mcanuff_stuff Caterham 02 Jan 19 5.32pm |
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Originally posted by pefwin
but more than likely true. Indeed. India, Canada, Australia are the only large economies in the commonwealth and the combined GDP of Germany and France alone is larger than those 3 combined. The GDP of the commonwealth is nowhere near that of the EU.
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| Stirlingsays 02 Jan 19 5.36pm |
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Originally posted by the_mcanuff_stuff
Indeed. India, Canada, Australia are the only large economies in the commonwealth and the combined GDP of Germany and France alone is larger than those 3 combined. The GDP of the commonwealth is nowhere near that of the EU. I don't think anyone is seriously suggesting that it's a replacement or that trade with the EU is going to disappear regardless of the manner of our exit. Trade outside of the EU will continue to rise and trade within the EU diminish as has been happening anyway. The only difference will be the speed and rate of change.
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| W12 02 Jan 19 5.42pm | |
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Originally posted by the_mcanuff_stuff
Indeed. India, Canada, Australia are the only large economies in the commonwealth and the combined GDP of Germany and France alone is larger than those 3 combined. The GDP of the commonwealth is nowhere near that of the EU. It’s about half but then there is the US and Canada, South America, South East Asia and the Asian continent including of course China and Russia, the Middle East and most of Africa.
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| since1953 Maidenhead 02 Jan 19 5.45pm |
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On the subject of wines, may I first say that I am not a wine drinker therefore I cannot make an argument for European v the rest of the world produce. However,if,as we have been led to believe that British wine now stacks up well against the more established competition,there is surely an opportunity to further develop the home produced market and bring down prices.
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