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That is my assumption too. It will never happen. The UK cannot afford to not have free trade with the EU, and a stipulation of free trade is to allow open immi
by socialist_coder 10y ago
That is my assumption too. It will never happen.
The UK cannot afford to not have free trade with the EU, and a stipulation of free trade is to allow open immigration and travel. The main reason that many people even voted for leaving was to stop the EU immigration! So, just based on this 1 thing, it doesn't seem like it has a chance of happening.
Additionally, there is the whole thing about sending money to the NHS instead of the EU that turned out to be false.
And, many Leave voters actually didn't even want it to pass, they were just doing it as a protest vote.
So, half the stuff the Leave campaign said has turned out to be a lie and some portion (not really sure how big) of the voters didn't even want it to pass. Expecting the Brexit to happen just seems completely crazy.
- rogerdpack 10y agoI assume "free trade" is possible without allowing open immigration...
- socialist_coder 10y agoIt's not, the EU has said so multiple times. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/21/may-gets-hollande-ultimatum-free-trade-depends-on-free-movement http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/21/may-gets-hol... https://infacts.org/mythbusts/uk-wont-single-market-without-free-movement/ https://infacts.org/mythbusts/uk-wont-single-market-without-... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-warned-free-trade-brexit-deal-without-cutting-immigration-is-pie-in-the-sky-a7150351.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-wa... The EU does not allow member countries to negotiate trade deals privately. All trade deals must go through the EU, which means any trade deals applies to all EU countries. It's an all or nothing thing. So even though Poland might want to allow free trade with the UK, they simply cannot do it. It must go through the EU, and the EU has said very strongly that they will not allow it. Free trade means free movement. No exceptions. Once you understand that, the Brexit is just even stupid to consider.
- atemerev 10y agoNo, it isn't. At this point, the mass immigration is actually unstoppable. It could be managed when people got information about foreign countries from state-controlled (or aligned) media. Now, when everybody and his dog are on the Internet, they can see what life in other countries actually is. And want a piece of it. And unless you bring machine guns (and maybe even then), you can't stop hundreds of millions of migrants who just want better life for themselves and their children.
- crbelaus 10y agoActually, with the current EU laws it is not.