tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post6260129610016073376..comments2024-02-10T12:12:06.028+00:00Comments on The Real Blog: Gove and Johnson's coup attemptDavid Boylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11410159311875228620noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post-52288480734202119832016-02-23T15:47:08.537+00:002016-02-23T15:47:08.537+00:00Cranks, fruitcakes and Europhobes.
So the Brexit...Cranks, fruitcakes and Europhobes. <br /><br />So the Brexit's intellectual-heavy weights came out, then the Sterling took a beating. <br /><br />Gove is indeed an intelligent man, yet his dogmatic views and intellectual arrogance have given him a special ability to fail and collect enemies. Plus he thinks Murdoch is a “ great man”. Boris, never mind. <br /><br />Now let’s talk shop. A trade deficit, a surplus of Financial services, an ever expanding deficit, a debt at 88% of GDP. Voting out would be the easy part. <br />I can assume that the markets could handle 2 years of re-negotiations on trade really well because we are in a strong position. Did Osborne include Brexit in his "cocktail of threats"? <br />Can we have someone else beside a clever and very successful hedge-fund manager to tell us that OUT is going to be ok? <br /><br />If Brexit happens, will the Luberon be French again?<br /><br />Oh, la lanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169740113013066976.post-1463478406218741812016-02-22T14:20:16.049+00:002016-02-22T14:20:16.049+00:00I'd add a (3). Even if there was unity among u...I'd add a (3). Even if there was unity among us that our democratic processes were robust in producing legitimate leaders, and we could trust them to aim to negotiate the best trade deals possible, it is highly likely that 'the best possible' would be a worse position than at present. The UK contains a tiny proportion of the world's population, and while our economic power is notionally 'above our weight' the economy has severe structural weaknesses as you've detailed in past posts. Add to that the international perception of state collapse that would follow Scots attempts to end the Union in the wake of an English 'Leave' EU vote and it is difficult to see what our leaders, however well-intentioned, would have to offer their counterpart trade negotiators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com