Brexit - The Final Reckoning

The timing of this intervention by the States (Trump) is interesting. When we leave the EU, which I presume we will, we will be free from the constraints of product quality and agreed standards guaranteed by the rule of law. I for one and extremely nervous over dealing with the States when the President and lawmakers have torn down previous equivalent standards in their own country. Also, they present with a President who appears to believe each negotiation is a personal matter, one where he feels he can walk away from, tear up if he doesn't like it, or use the economic might of the States to bully potential partners into agreements that are not in the best interests of populations of the countries involved.
Make no mistake. This whole populist trend has been hijacked by groups who have never accepted constraints imposed by democratically elected governments. This is the Friedrich Hayek (Austrian) school of thought, the bible of Thatcher and Reagan, a path so rudely blocked by Clinton, Blair and Schroeder.
Back with a vengeance, populism has given them the path. Make no mistake, they view any intervention in a totally free market as a social evil.
That's why they hate the EU so much.
Make no mistake, I say this as a free marketeer who believes with some passion that wealth has to be created to allow distribution. BUT, not at the cost of the environment, not at the cost of human dignity, not without the umbrella of the rule of law accessible to all members of society.

Why do you assume that UK standards will be lower?

Just to make the point.
As sure as night follows day

Trump withdraws from postal treaty in new front against China

flip.it/ttCEU1

So we go into the big bad world post EU, aiming to do deals with this prick, the Chinese whose surveillance of their own people makes Orwells 1984 look like a Sunday school trip.
And they steal intellectual property.
Always, Japan. Oh we have that with the EU. Canada...oh ditto.

Remind me again why we are doing this?
Christ on a bike.

He is no different Nobby. He just lacks subtlety.

Meanwhile
We lose this

www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-10-17/u-s-is-said-to-stall-u-k-bid-to-stay-in-1-7-trillion-market?__twitter_impression=true

No, we don't lose anything. Read it again. Some Civil Servants need to up their game I think.

"The U.K. failed to provide requested information and updates related to its proposal to become part of the World Trade Organization’s 46-nation Government Procurement Agreement, said the official, who asked not to be identified because discussions are ongoing. Despite the setback, there was broad support to find a way to keep the U.K. in the accord."

If I were a teacher Oldie, I'd mark your report with, "must try harder".

Leaving the jibes aside, I struggled to believe that we, the UK, could be so incompetent for that reason given to be true. Then of course I reflected upon who has been in power (sort of) for the last ten years. Of course the only reason we have to do this is because I believe we were previously covered under the EU umbrella.

Then I hear that the Government are hiring, allegedly, 16000 civil servants to deal with Brexit; and issues like this I presume.
He'll of a dividend that.

"I struggled to believe that we, the UK, could be so incompetent for that reason given to be true" -

Well, if you don't believe it, then why did you post the link in an attempt to make it show your case is supported?

You: I'll post this link to provide more evidence to support my argument.
Me: I question your link.
You: Don't worry, I don't believe what it says in the link.
Me: Huh??

Meanwhile, back at the Ranch, our esteemed leader has returned from Brussels with no progress. Could be hanging on for another year, could stay in the Customs Union.
Two years.