What would happen if the UK refused to buy any products from abroad?

[BrilloPad]

Just asking.....

[LondonManc]

Just asking.....

We'd grind to a halt at some point.

[BrilloPad]

Apart from FLC having to pay UK girls instead of those cheap Polish ones.....

[Old Greg]

Just asking.....

Your meds would run out in 7 weeks.

[WTFH]

Without a manufacturing base, we'd be stuffed.


Also, there's a big difference between the government not buying from abroad and UK citizens not doing it.


If UK industry wants to grow then UK citizens need to buy UK products and not mind possibly paying more for them than an import.


...most of the time the citizens fighting for this are quite keen for the government to do it, but refuse to do it themselves.

[tomtomagain]

Just asking.....

Most of the people who worked in retail would be laid off.

They'd have to start working in factories to make things.

[BrilloPad]

Most of the people who worked in retail would be laid off.

They'd have to start working in factories to make things.

Would that be a bad thing?

Presumably we would have to import some raw materials too?

I do also wonder if we would run out of food.

[vetran]

Without a manufacturing base, we'd be stuffed.


Also, there's a big difference between the government not buying from abroad and UK citizens not doing it.


If UK industry wants to grow then UK citizens need to buy UK products and not mind possibly paying more for them than an import.


...most of the time the citizens fighting for this are quite keen for the government to do it, but refuse to do it themselves.

well if the government imposed VAT properly on imports then maybe UK companies could compete.

we sat and watched our record shops close because companies were shipping things in vat free.

similar happened to manufacturing.

[MrMarkyMark]

Just asking.....

Where would I get my recreational drugs from, then?

[darmstadt]

Go on then, you know you want to:

Looking forward to the next 'what washing machine to buy' thread