Rhiannon wrote:
But now we can "do what we like", isn't it actually more likely that we'll seek a transatlantic trade agreement with the US? And as it's just us and them negotiating (rather than us+many other countries plus them) isn't it more likely we'll get a bad deal?
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We're at the "back of the queue" (heh). We'll see in time won't we? It will certainly be harder for a UK Govt to hide the sordid details of any such future trade deal from the populace than it is for the EU to obscure the hideously opaque and secretive TTIP.
This is a takeover by the Multi-Nationals of our public services tied up with restrictions on our Govts decision making in so far as they "may" "negatively" impact on big business. That's all we need to know, and of course that slide won't stop following Brexit, BUT it WILL be easier to scrutinise and campaign against and hold the UK Govt to account.
We've left the EU, a corrupt and undemocratic Super Govt. We haven't spat on our European neighbors, or turned into a Nazi state overnight.
The EU itself has the potential to expand into every area of our civic lives, and with little or no democratic accountability, it has far more potential to become a totalitarian state than Westminster (however imperfect our first-past-the-post / two-chamber parliamentary system may be).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism
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