Reply to: Potential €20bn a year Hole in EU Budget.

[northernladyuk]

Benefit of being a net importer and net contributor with the EU. If they don't want us to buy their stuff at a competitive price we'll ask the rest of the world.

Though with our government they'll fold a strong hand and make do with playing blind cards and still try to bluff they way through.

Have you considered that:

1. The trade between EU27 and UK is a much bigger % of UK trade than it is of EU27 trade.
2. Disruption to imports is also important, not just disruption to exports.

So the UK's hand may not really be that strong.

As a hypothetical (and extreme view - but it's just an exercise to illustrate), if all trade between EU27 and UK stopped, who would lose most (out of the two parties - the answer 'Ireland' is not valid!)?

[AtW]

Indeed - which would hurt them more than us....

Them? Who will be paying increase tariffs on imports from EU, residents of UK or EU citizens?

Who got better chance to substitute imports with other sources, UK or EU?

[Hobosapien]

Indeed - which would hurt them more than us....

Benefit of being a net importer and net contributor with the EU. If they don't want us to buy their stuff at a competitive price we'll ask the rest of the world.

Though with our government they'll fold a strong hand and make do with playing blind cards and still try to bluff they way through.

[northernladyuk]

Indeed - which would hurt them more than us....

This is one of my favourite bretinisms.

[original PM]

Indeed. And of course the UK would not respond in kind.

Indeed - which would hurt them more than us....

[BrilloPad]

The solution is obvious - they'll make up for the money by introducing extra Brexit tariff on all British exports, unless UK pays up as much as before.

Indeed. And of course the UK would not respond in kind.

[AtW]

The solution is obvious - they'll make up for the money by introducing extra Brexit tariff on all British exports, unless UK pays up as much as before.

[BrilloPad]

It's more of a deductive reasoning question. Bit mean of me really.

Save it all up for when you send the Romania girl round with the cheese grater.

[northernladyuk]

Needing mafs genius sassy to assist?

It's more of a deductive reasoning question. Bit mean of me really.

[Hobosapien]

It seems every country/political body is in debt.

To who??

If you have to ask, you haven't got a big enough yacht to find the answer.

[BrilloPad]

Note my use of 'in a small way'.

Of course if we quote less selectively:



...and then divide 5,000 by 25 (Germany and Austria removed) to get an average, and then consider that most of the other EU countries were either occupied on neutral, then where does that get you?

Needing mafs genius sassy to assist?

[northernladyuk]

Yeah a massive part of the war. Compare that to the 5000 they recruited across the remainder of the 27 EU countries.

Note my use of 'in a small way'.

Of course if we quote less selectively:

Research by British historian Adrian Weale has identified 54 men[1][3] who belonged to this unit at one time or another, some for only a few days. At no time did it reach more than 27 men in strength.

...and then divide 5,000 by 25 (Germany and Austria removed) to get an average, and then consider that most of the other EU countries were either occupied on neutral, then where does that get you?

[vetran]

The proto-Faragistes were also involved in a small way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Free_Corps

Research by British historian Adrian Weale has identified 54 men[1][3] who belonged to this unit at one time or another, some for only a few days. At no time did it reach more than 27 men in strength.

Yeah a massive part of the war. Compare that to the 5000 they recruited across the remainder of the 27 EU countries.

[northernladyuk]

well even the SS had to turn to conscription eventually.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffen...and_conscripts



Don't worry the rest of the 27 got a look in

The proto-Faragistes were also involved in a small way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Free_Corps

[tomtomagain]

To who??

To your future self.