I do appreciate your views itto and regarding the virus the photos of beaches to which I refer I'm pretty sure refer to the time prior to 3 weeks ago. Southend comes to mind in particular. And I did see a photo of some sort of street do in Wollaton which didn't reflect well. There were others but they didn't impress either although they might have been a bit older too.
As for Brexit, this is just a view from afar. I don't know all the facts and figures so it's quite impossible for me to give an honest opinion. The one thing that stands out like a sore thumb is that you do have at the moment a rotten, and inadequate govt.
The point that I really wanted to get across was that the combination of Brexit and Covid together will present a fight and a half, but you'd know that already.
The rest of the world is also in trouble trying to rescue their economy so you're not the only one.
Thing is ORF, this rotten, inadequate Government is made up entirely of the people who campaigned so vigorously for Leave. The current PM was the de facto leader of the Leave Campaign.
It’s one thing to be spouting lies when there is no accountability for your actions, now there is, and they do not have the first clue what to do next.
The response from Boris and Co to COVID19 started off by being patronising to the British people, when it was shown that Government actions where inadequate, the message slowly changed to defiance, it’s now contempt.
That’s how it will be when the EU trade deal negotiations ‘fail’ (not that we all perceive fail in the same way, after all Brexit got done, well done Boris!!)
The world economies are in a tail spin right now. Look at the unemployment figures in the US. We are bad here too, I hate to think what they will be here when the Government support systems end, that is really masking much of that at the moment.
COVID19 has drained the country’s coffers...we are skint, and have very little manoeuvring room to recover that situation.
For the foreseeable future the larger countries (US, China India) and trading blocks will be inward looking to protect themselves. Many have agreements with each other that will smooth the path, they all know the terms of trade and the limitations. They are big enough and powerful enough to be like that, work together with those they have, dictate to those they don’t.
Other than the Faroe Islands and Switzerland, we have nothing on the table.
I cannot think of a weaker negotiating position to be in. The U.K. is short of cash, and has no worthwhile trade deals, so if we do get to negotiate, they are likely to be the easiest trade deals in history....what we get offered will be on a take it or leave it basis. There will not be much negotiating.
Neither option is in the UK’s best interests.
You are sure the U.K. will be fine, I’m sure it will too, eventually, but not in my lifetime, and I intend to be around quite a few more years yet, I have goats and grandkids to look forward too, hopefully in that order.
It really didn’t need to be like this, some of us blame the EU for everything that is wrong in the U.K., well now we will see.
Which brings it back neatly to our rotten, inadequate Government.....
