Yes, finally a thread about what to do about improving things rather than moaning about what has happened!
Contrary to what "some" people on here may think about my political leaning, i knew Brexit wouldn't go well.
I knew there would be a price to pay. That things would go downhill, at least for a while.
However, this was more to do with the people in power. If you don't have a leader with big balls and strength, then it was never going to work. We didn't, so there is no surprise on my part.
People here like to split people into Brexiteers and Remoaners. I class myself as an Inbetweener!
I have never been a fan of the European Union. It is a mishmash of self-serving countries masquerading a some sort of family. But a pack is stronger than a lone wolf!
As a trading pact, i thought it was good if not ideal. Some of the workers rights and protection it afforded was great for example. We also got back a lot of the money put in back as subsidies, so that was never an issue. Immigration needed to be better controlled, not stopped.
I was a fan of us dumping the pound. If we was part of the Union, then that should have went.
But they had other aspirations, and the directions some wanted it to go was worrying.
Allowing some Countries into the Union that shouldn't really be, was only to assert control and dominance over them. Some of the EU leaders were toxic and had their own personal agendas.
So there were parts i liked and parts about the Union i didn't.
I was hoping a near miss with the vote might have been enough to wake everybody up, and for the Union to make changes for the better.
However, being self employed, i like risks and like a challenge. So my attitude since was be positive and try and make it work. Others just seem to want to moan.
I buy from all over the world, so buying from the EU is no different (paperwork wise). I was hoping for more trading agreements to be done by now. Covid seems to have stalled some of them. Changing leader every few months hasn't helped.
So as for a solution.
Re-joining doesn't seem viable at the moment. We have seen recently the self-serving vindictiveness of the EU in all it's glory.
I cannot see anything they have done to make it attractive to re-join. It would be a hard sell if it was going to be on worse terms than before. So like the Remoaners, they need to let it go and work constructively to find a solution for the future. Without EU reforms, it's never going to work.
So at least for now, we should adopt the US dollar, align ourselves with them, and fill in the Channel Tunnel...There you go simple! :)
