"John of Aix" wrote in message
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> "The Rifleman" wrote:
>> The realism is simple before the EU/ EEC we traded fine with Europe,
>> and if we left the EU we would still trade with europe, we are their
>> biggest customers, and it would save us over £225 million pound a
>> week, ( even after rebates)
>
> Tosh both on the figures and the basic premise. If the UK left the EU then
> it would simply have to pay import taxes like the other non-EU countries.
> It does most of its business with the EU partly because of its proximity
> to the contnent and Ireland but also because it is advatangeous
> financially.
It would also be able to trade fairly with the commonwealth again, meaning
cheap products from Aus and NZ and Canada flowing here as they did before we
joined the EEC, we would be much better off outside the EU
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