Not so as it's all a matter of opinion and taste and in my opinion a good Stilton is the undisputed king of cheeses.

The two major areas of purchasing from the EC that Brits will struggle to stop are cars and holidays.

There is very little non EC to compare with a quality German car other than perhaps Jaguar and I'm not sure that they could cope with a huge increase in capacity anyway.

I would have a problem holidaying outside the EU as I won't fly for more than four hours and tend to holiday in Spain and Greece most years

Fair enough RE: cheese. It's a matter of opinion.

Is this thread still about cheese?

All I smell is cheese.

RE: cars, Jaguar is a non starter, they don't have the capacity, or have affordable models for "the man in the street". But Japanese cars run German cars close on quality these days and you could argue, are better value pound-for-pound.

Can't see either of those two countries accepting anything that would reduce the number of British tourists. We're number 1 and 2 respectively for visiting tourists.

Optimistic as ever

Remember Jamie...... blessed are the cheesmakers!

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Britain should delay pressing the article 50 button until we have a proper exit strategy.

The longer there is instability in global markets, the better our position should be.

If the Tories negotiate too soon we will get a crap deal. Not unlike when Cameron and Osborne said that they were not going to pay the £1.7 billion EU surcharge and then quietly paid it in full.

More importantly, Cheddar is the king of cheeses, very versatile. There are so many good British ones, why would anyone buy Irish, Canadian or US cheddar?

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Ideally, but if the EU holds firm, they lose nothing. The markets will steady, the UK will still be in the EU, and subject to the EU. The emphasis is on the UK, which has voted to leave, to actually start the process.

Short term, the more that the EU stabalises, the worse our position becomes. If we don't initiate Article 50, we're in the EU, making those contributions and accepting all those issues that made leaving so important - The longer we're in that state, the more influence remainers gain, and the more susceptible the UK becomes to a second referendum, or election of a party on the basis of parliamentary blocking of a leave policy.

I don't think the Conservatives should negotiate the exit, by default, it should go to an election. This is why the PLP are staging their coup. They realise that they could win an election based on an exit strategy, or even a second referendum.

The longer and more protracted a separation becomes, and the longer people feel the bite of an exit vote, the easier it becomes to 'win over' the 'wobblers'.

The moment that Boris Johnson accepts 'Freedom of Movement' for example, in exchange for remaining in the EEA, then the Leave is scuppered. The EU knows it holds a very good hand. The UK holds a questionable one - especially with discord in Ireland and Scotland. It could be that we have a stronger hand over time, but the safe bet is on the EU's position over time.

You'd expect their recovery from the Brexit, economically, to be quicker.

We need to maybe focus on negotiating trade deals with the rest of the world, before going 'all in'.

Unlike the French with their Champagne, we know that diversity of Cheddar is good for everyone.

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