AlgarveBlu
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But they are atypical nations. That's not to say we couldn't be, but we've not been so for at at least 60 years (arguably much longer). You can't just discount either nation's huge bias towards specific and specialist industries.
If that's the way we want to go - fair enough, but let's specialise in something (financial services?) - but wouldn't fancy tell all the lads currently working on the shop floor that!
I really do believe with all my heart that the UK has the ingenuity, infrastructure, talent , diversity and Economic foundations to continue to work with the eu but thrive even further globally. If the eu wasn't such a basket case I would be remain but I know it doesn't work on so many levels and I would hate to see the uk become an even bigger appendix and I really fear that the uk will not have the escape velocity in 5 years time to avoid the inevitable eu economic stagnation, political extremism or impending federalism.