30 truths on leaving the EU under WTO terms are:
1: It will allow the UK to cash in, not crash out - the UK will not have to pay the £39billion divorce bill.
2: It avoids the corrosive uncertainty which the transition period would bring.
3: The UK will be able to use administrative measures to solve Irish border issue, without the need for a backstop.
4: After resolving the Irish border issue, the UK as a whole will be able to enter a Canada +++ style free trade deal, such as the one suggested by Donald Tusk.
5: WTO is a safe haven, not a hard option. Six of the EU’s top 10 trading partners trade under WTO rules.
6: UK exports to countries trading on WTO terms have grown 3 times faster than to the Single Market.
7: EU tariffs on exports from the UK would amount to less than half the UK’s current net contribution to the EU budget.
8: The UK is already a WTO member so would not need to rejoin it.
9: We can start to trade on the new tariff schedules as soon as we leave, without waiting for agreement from other WTO members.
10: The UK is making good progress in replicating the EU’s most important preferential trade arrangements - Switzerland has already agreed to carry over existing preferences.
11: The UK could take up Japan’s invitation to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
12: Bilateral trade deals do not have to take a long time to renegotiate. The average renegotiation time is 28 months.
13:“Micro” trade agreements will not be a big issue.
14: Scares about delays to imports are ‘ludicrous’, because Britain will control its borders.
15: There will be no medicine shortages.
16: There will be no food shortages.
17: Manufacturing supply chains and other goods deliveries will not be significantly affected.
18: The UK will not run out of clean water.
19: HMRC’s computer systems will be able to handle extra customs declarations, even if its new system is not fully online.
20: France is determined to prevent delays at Calais for fear of losing trade to Belgian and Dutch port.
21: A new traffic routing system will prevent serious delays to incoming lorries.
22: Planes will continue to fly to and from the EU.
23: Planes will continue to fly to the US and elsewhere.
24: Aircraft manufacturers will still be able to export parts, such as Airbus wings, despite claims to the contrary.
25: British haulage companies will still be able to operate between the UK and the EU.
26: Trade in animals, plants and food will continue after Brexit.
27: UK citizens will not face high mobile phone roaming charges when travelling to the EU.
28: UK car manufacturers have obtained approvals to sell their models to the EU.
29: New VAT rules will not affect the cash flow of importers.
30: British opera singers, musicians and other performers will still be able to tour the EU.
The battle to leave the eu is about more than just the economy, immigration, or hanging various members of parliament depending on which way you want this to go it's about:
small v big government
shared earth v world empire
local communities v big brother
personal responsibility v nanny state
people power v centralisation
populism v elitism
ancient nation-states v one world government
individualism v collectivism
liberty v slavery
and diverse cultures v homegenity.
it's about who rules us and how much say we have in our own lives. what we can and cannot do. in this respect the logical choice is for the one which gives us less government, and hopefully this can be advanced (or decreased!) over time.
it is going to be far easier to rein in the powers of westminster than the even greater powers of brussels and strasbourg, though that itself will of course take a united and sustained effort with intelligence and reasoning.
https://globalbritain.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/GBLL-paper-30-Truths-Final-05.01.19.pdf
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