Legodude

By Legodude

Sigh

As time goes on it's becoming clearer that the UK negotiating team are as incompetent as they are vain; self serving as they are dim and out of their depth as they are dishonest. It would be funny if the outcome isn't going to wreck the economy and our future.
Within the next couple of years the pound will either equal or fall below the Euro, pushing retail and import prices even higher. And that's before any trade tariffs come into play.
People who say 'It'll be better than being governed by Brussels' (which we weren't) are either rich enough not to have to worry about inflation; retired and don't have to worry about losing a job; misguided enough to think things can't get any worse than they are now (things can always get worse to the point where death seems like a blessing) or completely misunderstand the situation. Not to mention having to worry about their family torn apart.
If Cameron had enough backbone he would have faced down the euro-skeptics whilst in office and the generational transition would shift the balance in favour of remaining. When the economic storm hits in 2019, a lot of people will wish they could change their vote.
Now, if leaving the EU is successful and the UK flourishes, EU citizens living here are allowed to stay without becoming some sort of underclass and life for those of us are the low end of the income scale improves; I'll be absolutely delighted and breathe a huge sigh of relief.
But there's no sign, absolutely none, that this will be the case. Quite the opposite. What are May's hopes pinned on? A trade deal with Trump. When you have to reach out to a lunatic liar, it should tell you something. He wants a hard and fast deal. It'll be hard and fast alright - like drop your trousers and bend over, this'll be hard and fast. Because the government will be so desperate and the economy so battered they'll sell out to any foreign regime, no matter how unsavoury.
As always, it's those of us at the bottom who will suffer the most. Alongside the most vulnerable.
Ironically, it's highly likely that when older voters become unable to cast a ballot and the new generations becomes able to, Britain will apply to rejoin the EU in twenty or thirty year's time. Out of necessity. Of course the rebate will not be reinstated and we'll have to join the Euro.

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