Correlation does not = causation. But there are reasons that China has advanced. As there are that the UK has. Part of the UKs advance, economists believe, has been free trade. Not WTO trade. Or Common Wealth trade but trade with and via the EU.
If it's the free trade that's benefited us (and I think it partly is) then imagine how well we could have done if we'd had free trade with everyone
What is wrong with cheap holidays!? Why would you want them to stop?
As I said, a few % on the £ won't make holidays suddenly expensive. As a net exporter with a cash-generating European subsidiary I like a low £.
Depends on how you measure it. UK is 9th largest if measured differently. Its not ridiculous, to make logical inferences that outside the EU we will drop down the list in time.
What measure are you using? It's clearly not the one everyone else uses.
I can't see any good reason why we would drop down the list. The FTSE has rebounded, European shares are falling faster than anyone's. I can see us overtaking Germany fairly soon if they continue to have to prop up the Euro.
Its not perfection that the majority voted this way. That's not a shock at all. The democratic processes is far from perfect.
It is, but this is as close to pure democracy as you'll get.
Can you tell me which laws you have scrutinized that need re-writing?
Agency/Temp worker rights
Recent changes to holiday pay multiples
Minimum paid leave
The working time directive
The loss of one's rights against self-incrimination (this one was a favour, not part of my job)
Solvent emissions directive
The industrial emissions directive
Transfer and disposal of dangerous waste
CO2 emissions in shipping
Cleaner air for Europe
The ban of hexavalent chrome
EDIT:
I forgot the Equality Act - how the fudge did I forget that one? That one was one of the worst
That's just what I can find on my desk and with a scan through two folders on my cloud.
So its good to have people out of work! Seriously! Which economics school is this from?
The one that describes supply and demand. If you have full employment then wages (and with them, inflation) go through the roof. We need a slightly higher unemployment rate to reduce the upward pressure on wages.
More people claiming benefits, yes sure that's exactly what the UK needs.
Just reduce benefit payments.
The US said: the UK will join the back of the queue re. trade agreements. How are you so sure we will now jump that queue?
Because the two presidential candidates and Obama have all since said that. Obviously we will be lower in the queue than the EU - about 2 places as the size of our economy dictates.
But we will be leaner and better at negotiating and we're not protectionist which makes a centre-right US happy. I'm sure they'll want tariffs on some heavy lobbying industries but overall they're not set up for that kind of economy.
WTO already addressed in other post. Of course we need to have the seat now we're out the EU. Absurd not to!
I want us to have a seat there I was merely pointing out that we don't
have to expend that resource as the WTO is fighting our cause anyway - we don't have to fight our corner as we did with the EU.[/QUOTE]
