Evidence it, demonstrate your knowledge. This keeps getting thrown out like a fact where really you are not even scratching the surface of the granularity of international trade. I posted a long while back why, in my opinion, your line of argument here is incredibly misinformed at best.
We run at a trade deficit to Europe, they sell more to us AND at a higher price than on the world market, we are the second biggest economy in the EU (And cash cow) and you want to put forward the idea they will not want to trade, international trade works for us, not against, there will be countries falling over themselves to get a shot at the UK markets.
I believe you're just picking up quotes from another forum you are registered with and going with it because it suits your world view. Further evidenced by your frequent references to minford and holding him up to be something other than an outdated anti (any) government free marketeer.
I am not a member of another forum where this subject is posted, While you try and belittle Minford because he holds opposing views, it was he, not you, that was consulted by the select
committee for some strange reason ( I think its because he is held as an expert of long standing)
If these are your views, evidence why. If you won't at least do that, then you can be put down as another loudly shouting charlatan who believes yet doesn't understand the message in his words. Which I think is more likely given your obsession with GS. Have you ever interacted with them, by the way? I have and do, frequently. there is a reason why they're seemingly everywhere it's not because of some conspiracy, it's because they hire the best people. I know you'll dismiss that comment, it's what you do. But you can rest assured that they put all of us on here to shame intellectually and through drive. What they achieve, I daresay, outweighs oir own by some distance. It really shouldn't be a surprise that some of them end up working for supranationals. The Greece thing was a debacle, of course, but your obsession only belittles any point you put across.
The last bit is so funny you should be on stage, the snide hint of insult is so little leftie.
Yes I have "Interacted" with GS, My early days were spent working for Slater Walker an they never impressed me or the boss, he never trusted them or the schemes they constantly tried to flog, far from being recruited for intellect its more for a complete lack of integrity, mistaken in your statement for "Drive", its no surprise they end up where they do because its a circus with the same people pulling the strings.
You say "The Greece thing" as if it was an isolated case, yet almost every financial scandal of the last few decades will have a connection that implicates GS & company connections, do your own research.
