I was merely saying there isn't much diversity there. Not playing the race card. In a diverse area you'd expect a little bit of diversity.

I don't think there should be any evidence. You just claimed that we were out there right now negotiating deals and countries were queuing up to sign them. I simply asked what evidence there was of this as I'd seen none.

In terms of evidence of desire of other countries to do deals I've seen plenty of articles saying Boris or some other politician has claimed that, but no actual details, just hot air.

In terms of my south american, you're right it would be much better for us to be able to negotiate individual agreements as we'd be in a stronger position than if we had to negotiate with the entire continent as we'd then be in a weaker position relatively. We'd have to make more concessions. The flip side would be having access to the entire continent and not just a single member.

If indeed other countries are queuing up it's not to do us a favour. They will be seeing it as a chance to take advantage of our new situation and secure a better deal for themselves than they could have got with the EU. This won't necessarily be a reciprocally better agreement.

Also free movement of capital is much more damaging than free movement of labour, and that's what you want us to move towards.

When you're in an abusive threatening relationship, you don't go bragging about the new squeeze. Otherwise nasty things happen:

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It's a real problem when your other half is an obsessive control freak.

But you're right. An entire government department was set up to secure international trade deals, but your blind hated of "duh tohrees" is telling you they're sitting on their arses doing nothing. You're desperate to believe that. We can't be successful! And certainly not with ACTUAL nazis in charge.

A mere month after the referendum result, 27 countries had in some form expressed interest in establishing bilateral trade links. I'd wager there are now many more.

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But yeah, you're right: they're just out to get what they want - they don't care about us! (Because trade deals are not a series of negotiations and concessions). They don't care about us like the EU does. If only we'd come back! They just overreacted that one time. They won't do it again. They just like a drink! They miss us (well, our huge contribution to their budget).

I will defer to Occam's Razor and make the logical assumption that the government ministry set up to pursue international trade deals is currently doing so. Do I want them shouting about it when we're still living under the same roof as the jealous control freak? No. Trump and May have already signed a deal that commences trade negotiations. I don't doubt many other agreements are also in place. I'd rather not many more details come out until the EU penchant for pett punitive action can no longer be applied to us.

Sooner we're out, the better.

The question (pursuant to this thread) is whether we want the Conservatives to lead these long-lasting trade deals, or a party the sodding UK Communist party now sees fit to rally behind. No. Brainer.

All 700 of them?

Irrelevant. In 97 years, they haven't seen sufficient convergence between a mainstream party and their Marxist ideals. Until now. Tells you more about "Dear Leader" and his party than it does them.

Yes. This is much better. Don't worry, the women will be in another room. Probably. This diverse enough for you? Plenty more where that came from...