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What would happen if the UK refused to buy any products from abroad?
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostJust asking.....The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist -
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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.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostJust asking.....
They'd have to start working in factories to make things.Comment
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Originally posted by tomtomagain View PostMost of the people who worked in retail would be laid off.
They'd have to start working in factories to make things.
Presumably we would have to import some raw materials too?
I do also wonder if we would run out of food.Comment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostWithout 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.
we sat and watched our record shops close because companies were shipping things in vat free.
similar happened to manufacturing.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostJust asking.....
The Chunt of Chunts.Comment
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Go on then, you know you want to:
Looking forward to the next 'what washing machine to buy' thread
“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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