Quote Father Ted="Father Ted"Prior to joining the Common Market the UK economy was judged by all as being in a state of "permenant economic decline."
After being in we were the 5th largest economy in the world.
The EU brought us millions of jobs I do hope we don't lose too many firms or jobs.'"
If you go back further, Britannia ruled the waves, we colonised half the world and truly were one of the great nations and I think this is where some of the right wing Tories have their fondest memories.
Sadly, outside The EU we become a small island, with 65 million inhabitants, the majority of whom work in the retail sector, you could say, a nation of shop keepers.
We cannot compete with the cheap labour of China, India, Indonesia and Africa on low base manufacturing and is just insufficient Hi Tec "output" to sustain the country.
Add to that our lack of self sufficiency in food production and it's clear that we will prosper on our own, why wouldn't we
It's all looking really good at the moment and the further, dip in the value of Sterling (when we formally begin the process of leaving) and things are going to be fantastic, really, they are, no, really, they are.
(all we have to do is be positive and everything will be ok

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