Pip@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agoBritain’s trade chief races to Brussels to avoid ‘Made in Europe’ shutoutwww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down13
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkBritain’s trade chief races to Brussels to avoid ‘Made in Europe’ shutoutwww.politico.euPip@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down21·1 month agoThe EU should still make quitting the EU possible. E.g. if landlocked countries can’t quit because the EU taxes transport too much for them then the EU becomes a prison, not only for those countries.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoGuess what the UK did: they did leave. Many still consider it Putins biggest victory until he got his asset into the White House.
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoBritain has the Commonwealth. That’s not like any other member.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoAnd what good did it do? It’s not as if the Commonwealth was still a source of riches for the UK as it was back in the 1800s.
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoIt still gives them access to markets so their economy doesn’t collapse entirely.
The EU should still make quitting the EU possible. E.g. if landlocked countries can’t quit because the EU taxes transport too much for them then the EU becomes a prison, not only for those countries.
Guess what the UK did: they did leave. Many still consider it Putins biggest victory until he got his asset into the White House.
Britain has the Commonwealth. That’s not like any other member.
And what good did it do? It’s not as if the Commonwealth was still a source of riches for the UK as it was back in the 1800s.
It still gives them access to markets so their economy doesn’t collapse entirely.