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Whilst I admire the sentiment of what you are saying, the problem is that other countries - whether they are in the EU or not - are also "masters of their own destiny". That would be fair enough if it wasn't for the fact that foreign companies operating in the UK contribute to 29% of the UK's GVA.gloswhite wrote:In a nutshell TROY, I would like us to be masters of our own destiny. Free to make our own decisions, as well as our own mistakes.T.R.O.Y wrote:What is it you want for the country Glos?
We can see how the abilities of the ruling class have deteriorated during this Brexit process, and if we were to stay in the EU, they would only get worse, leaving all major decisions, and some minor as time rolls on, to the unelected bureaucrats in Brussels.
If we ignore this opportunity, we will be subsumed into the European experiment, never to be a truly independent country again.
Many have been attracted here by successive Governments offering favourable terms after the traditional British companies failed and were sold off. Moreover our membership of the EU ensured zero tariffs on goods and parts and ease of movement of parts and finished goods to and from the continent, so the moment we start throwing up borders and introducing tariffs they will pull out - a process that has already started.
Millions and millions of jobs are at risk and we already know by their very presence that UK companies are not capable of filling the gap - we are simply not efficient enough and we have lost the advantage of Empire that propped up the economy until about 50 years ago.
The bottom line is that nowadays we are far more dependent on foreign companies than they are on us. They control our energy supply, our food supply and key industries notably automotive which employs nearly a million people on it's own and all that is being put at risk on the notion that we are able to somehow backfill. We don't even own the major British brands anymore and how the hell British farmers are expected to feed us when they already depend massively on EU subsidies is beyond imagination.
I pray it doesn't go totally tits up but a stupid gamble like Brexit is putting everything on the line including our health service, pensions, education system, care system and security.
