Ten Euro-myths debunked

[DodgyAgent]

A reasonable article: EU Law Analysis: What happens to British expatriates if the UK leaves the EU?

That is a pretty good explanation of what the UK faces. It also covers EU expats in the UK.

[BlasterBates]

EU migrants moving to UK balanced by Britons living abroad - FT.com

hmm interesting

[DodgyAgent]

EU migrants moving to UK balanced by Britons living abroad - FT.com

hmm interesting

I am sure it is if you subscribe to the FT

[LondonManc]

Another option - one mooted many, many years ago by a previous generation; we leave the EU and go in with the USA on the trade front.

The immigrant issue isn't a problem; it's the illegal immigrant issue that's the problem.

[seanraaron]

Another option - one mooted many, many years ago by a previous generation; we leave the EU and go in with the USA on the trade front.

The immigrant issue isn't a problem; it's the illegal immigrant issue that's the problem.

Well the current Democratic hopeful, Hillary Clinton has said NAFTA was a mistake and there should be a moratorium on future free trade deals, so I wouldn't bet the farm on that one, "special relationship" (you know, the one where we ship off Brits to sit in Yankee jails because someone might prosecute them for something eventually) or no.

But yeah, the EU is shackling us and we need someone else to kowtow to promptly after quitting.

[VectraMan]

Another option - one mooted many, many years ago by a previous generation; we leave the EU and go in with the USA on the trade front.

What do you mean by "go in with the USA"? We already have plenty of trade with the USA (I work for a US company in fact). There's a US-EU free trade deal coming (I forget the acronym); if anything a Brexit means we miss out on trade with the USA, unless we also spend a few more years negotiating one of our own from a much weaker starting point.

No matter how you look at it the USA is 3,000 miles away by container ship and France is 25 miles away by tunnel (Ireland is 0 miles away by road too).

[LondonManc]

What do you mean by "go in with the USA"? We already have plenty of trade with the USA (I work for a US company in fact). There's a US-EU free trade deal coming (I forget the acronym); if anything a Brexit means we miss out on trade with the USA, unless we also spend a few more years negotiating one of our own from a much weaker starting point.

No matter how you look at it the USA is 3,000 miles away by container ship and France is 25 miles away by tunnel (Ireland is 0 miles away by road too).

I'm talking about the thinking 40-odd years ago when the Common Market was all the rage.

[Eirikur]

W There's a US-EU free trade deal coming (I forget the acronym); .

TTIP

[seanraaron]

TTIP

I wouldn't hold my breath on that one. Of course the Yanks might pass it just so their companies can sue the hell out of anyone over here that declines a bid they feel is more competitive.

[darmstadt]

That is a pretty good explanation of what the UK faces. It also covers EU migrants in the UK.

FTFY