Brexit.

[Innula Zenovka]

Wasn't that one of the main reasons to leave the EU?
That the strict EU rules and regulations would no longer apply for the UK?
Or was that only for the in the UK produced products planned?

I don't think it was anything as specific as that -- Brexiteers simply wanted (or so they said) to "take back control."

What they didn't make explicit, or didn't bother to think about, was that, in practice, everyone was perfectly satisfied with most EU regulations (we'd voted for most of them, after all) and the advantages to be gained by being able to get rid of the ones we genuinely didn't like (whatever they were) are massively outweighed by the disadvantages of having to replicate and enforce on our own, what's pretty much a carbon copy of what the EU used to enforce collectively.

I just hope that in three weeks' time we end up with a more rational government, with a sufficiently commanding majority that they can work towards a more sensible and mutually beneficial relationship with the EU.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

For what it's worth, this pretty much sums up what I think

Labour, Brexit and the uncomfortable truth

Some Remain/Rejoin supporters want Labour to talk about Brexit more. Be careful what you wish for. You won't like everything you hear.

softleft.substack.com

(I think it's free to read -- let me know if it's not)

 

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