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People really misunderstand what the EU is. Article 50 will likely never be triggered. The costs of triggering it are enormous because the UK would have to lit

People really misunderstand what the EU is. Article 50 will likely never be triggered. The costs of triggering it are enormous because the UK would have to literally sit there copying EU laws and turning them into UK laws. There's zero incentive to diverge because if you want to sell into the EU you need to abide by the EU regs anyway. The entire thing is fucking pointless.

hackbinary 10y ago
Yup, this. I agree.
pbhjpbhj 10y ago
>Article 50 will likely never be triggered. // There's hope at least. But we've pulled the trigger, saying the bullet might not hit home isn't going to help, if we miss then the people we were shooting at aren't going to want to be friends anymore. Sorry if that's twisting an analogy too far. We dun goofed. That's why we have a parliament, to stop us making these bad decisions, only PM May has said she's not going to let parliament operate (which sounds like it should be unlawful, certainly as Treason) just in case they decide not to follow the marginal vote in to the void. Presumably all to save face as backing down would be awkward for her now. And that's, my grandchildren, is how one politicians pride killed Europe and destabilised World economies for decades ...
Silhouette 10y ago
There's zero incentive to diverge because if you want to sell into the EU you need to abide by the EU regs anyway. But that only applies to products and services that will actually be sold in other EU member states. Not everything is exported to the EU, and a lot of things are never exported at all, and diverging from the EU rules in those other cases could offer all kinds of advantages depending on the circumstances.
ue_ 10y ago
It'll be a pick and choose situation. The UK does not care at all for ideas like freedom of expression. An example is the fact that it is illegal to draw or posses or distribute drawings depicting fictitious children engaged in sexual situations. This isn't an old law that's just a relic of history that's been forgotten to be erased, it's a relatively new one. With the kind of attitude this displays, I have a bad feeling about the "Bill of Rights" that the government has promised to create.

hackbinary 10y ago

Yup, this. I agree.

pbhjpbhj 10y ago

>Article 50 will likely never be triggered. // There's hope at least. But we've pulled the trigger, saying the bullet might not hit home isn't going to help, if we miss then the people we were shooting at aren't going to want to be friends anymore. Sorry if that's twisting an analogy too far. We dun goofed. That's why we have a parliament, to stop us making these bad decisions, only PM May has said she's not going to let parliament operate (which sounds like it should be unlawful, certainly as Treason) just in case they decide not to follow the marginal vote in to the void. Presumably all to save face as backing down would be awkward for her now. And that's, my grandchildren, is how one politicians pride killed Europe and destabilised World economies for decades ...

Silhouette 10y ago

There's zero incentive to diverge because if you want to sell into the EU you need to abide by the EU regs anyway. But that only applies to products and services that will actually be sold in other EU member states. Not everything is exported to the EU, and a lot of things are never exported at all, and diverging from the EU rules in those other cases could offer all kinds of advantages depending on the circumstances.

ue_ 10y ago

It'll be a pick and choose situation. The UK does not care at all for ideas like freedom of expression. An example is the fact that it is illegal to draw or posses or distribute drawings depicting fictitious children engaged in sexual situations. This isn't an old law that's just a relic of history that's been forgotten to be erased, it's a relatively new one. With the kind of attitude this displays, I have a bad feeling about the "Bill of Rights" that the government has promised to create.