Wasn't sure if it was best to necro an old brexit thread or start a new one, but it's kind of a big development, so let's start fresh.
Brexit: Chancellor Philip Hammond announces Britain will quit EU single market
At least on the plus side they've dropped their asinine "have our cake and eat it" approach, which was clearly never going to fly. If it has to happen, I suppose it's better being realistic about it, even if it means the Tories have to breach yet another one of 2015 manifesto pledges. I'm still not convinced the average person in the UK will see an improvement in their standards of living as a result. Particularly considering it has the potential to make things worse in that regard.
People seem to naturally assume that all of Europe's regulations are bad for the average person. But, if anything, this will result in the type of deregulation that mainly benefits big business and makes things worse for the average person. Expect corners to be drastically cut on things like consumer protections, employment rights and even your civil and human rights. Plus they've already admitted that immigration won't see much, if any, reduction if that's something you care about. Plus we'll probably end up with TTIP, or something even worse, when we start getting desperate the clinch a trade deal with anyone who will listen.
I will never understand why Europeans want to constantly controll eachother.
So Germany and Brussels just get to run the show?
The President of the EU was elected by beuocrats, who also were not elected by any voters. The whole EU is literally the Trade Federation + Techno Union from Star Wars, you know, those aliens who were from the banking clan who produced all those droids...
How can people not see that? It is completely 100% soft authoritarianism. Rules are imposed on your countries by people who weren't elected, by a President who wasn't elected, and by Central Banks.
Does anyone see anything wrong with that? HELLO!!! Isn't that the EXACTthing Occupy Wallstreet stood against? Having Banking Clans coupled with Crony politicians who can't be voted out???
Good grief.