Brexit

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I am still thoroughly against Brexit. In all these years nobody has offered one single benefit in favour of it. Not one. It's a xenophobic pipe dream and when the reality of job losses hit home those who voted for it will point their fingers of blame elsewhere.

The EU might not be perfect - nothing is - but this country is better off as a part of it. It costs relatively fuck all to be a part of it and the benefits hugely outweigh that in terms of trade with our closest neighbours. As a nation we have around 10% of the voting power but it doesn't work like that. It's about the influence and as a nation we probably had closer to 90% as we persuaded other member states to vote with us. Many EU regulations were British led. We're going to lose that. We're about to lose our considerable influence in the largest trading bloc in the world and all because some fucking pensioners heard someone speaking Polish in a post office.

I am speaking from a position of authority on this. I have been involved in regulatory affairs for far too long. It's tedious, it is far too bureaucratic and fucking hell negotiating with lawyers (arguing actually) on the interpretations of various clauses is challenging. It's hard work but I've always won my case because EU regulations are there in writing and I have stated my stance based on them. Many countries outside of the EU use EU regulations to determine standards for themselves. They have no say in the regs of course but they adopt them because they have nothing else. 

We're going to leave this influence and become a country that adopts the laws of others rather than being an authority to dictate the law. We're not taking back control, we're losing it.

I have nothing but contempt for this country right now. I'm looking at my options for somewhere I can emigrate to and prosper. This country has had it. It's full of fuckwits.

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You should try New Zealand - remember, that Commonwealth nation that we almost bankrupted by severing trade agreements when we first joined the "common market" who then had to look to trade elsewhere and ended up in the South Pacific rim agreement, prospered and never looked back?

Come the end of January, I'm going to celebrate by eating a fucking bent banana!!!