I understand that Roydo, I think the great majority of Remain voters didn’t want to make any kind of change, or as you say ‘not to gamble’, for whatever reason, fear, fear of the unknown, lack of confidence in the U.K. I still do not see it as any kind of gamble, as on whatever basis, we will continue to trade with the EU and we will continue to increase our RoW trade. There may be hiccups, both good and bad (obviously the bad will be blamed on Brexit and the good just ignored), but we will continue to grow and we will be free from the nonsense of the Brussels/Strasbourg United States of Europe.......
The way some leave voters talk about the UK you'd think we were the most powerful country in the world, with the Empire still at our back. There are quite a few examples where leave voters seem to very short sighted.
Take general peace across Europe as an example of the immense progress the formation of the EU has caused for the Region. Since the 2nd World War, countries who have been part of the EU have got along with each other significantly better, with the Germans and Italians being seen as our partners as opposed to our enemy. The fact that all of the main nations in the region (except for Russia) have been closely linked has helped relationships and meant that people across Europe no longer see other European Nations as a threat to them or as their enemies. Once we leave, we will weaken that alliance (not suggesting we will be plunged in to a War) and some feelings of animosity and rivalry will come back, especially if Brexit significantly weakens the UK and EU economically, which wouldn't be too surprising and has been forecast by many. We're the ones who are breaking up that relationship. I can't imagine that those other nations such as France and Germany are going to look at us and feel that same partnership they did previously.
We're choosing to go it alone and to turn our back on the biggest trading bloc in the entire world. Yes we can agree new deals after we leave but at what cost and what does it say to other non-EU nations looking at it with a neutral view? Why would the UK be seen to those nations as being stronger on our own? What do we have that makes us so impressive, or influential on the global scene that would make other non-EU nations see us as a better option for a partnership than a bloc of 27 other nations that includes Germany who have a bigger economy than us, and France who are pretty much level with us?
Remainers are fearful because the choice to leave looks most likely to be a bad decision. Forgetting allegiances, one of the main problems is how complex leaving actually is, and yet this whole decision was based around a simple Yes or No type vote. A Yes or No that was asked to people with little knowledge on the complexities and who don't specialise in trade, immigration issues or economics.
The vote never mentioned the Irish Border, it didn't mention whether we would stay in the Single Market or Customs Union, And yet a lot of people in this country just think they can shout about how the country voted OUT and we can just click our fingers and all these complex issues will be resolved and we will become a prospering nation 'once again'.
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