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Originally Posted by O.A.F.K.1.1
So the argument is we can weaken the pound in relation and keep imports prices the same as they were when we had tariffs, but our exports will now be cheaper?
Well it would weaken due to market forces but yes imports from RoW would be the same in pounds (cheaper converted to RoW currencies) than now, as would be inputs to industry from outside (same in pounds, cheaper converted into RoW currencies) and so products could be sold to the outside world at a lower price than currently (again, the same price in pounds, lower price in RoW currencies). That's what the Brexit economy would look like under the (unlikely) scenario where there were asymmetrical tariffs with Europe, they would find our exports replacing theirs in the RoW markets.
But it's not really about the economy. The thing that has made me think you people still in the UK should vote for Brexit is (somewhat ironically) living in Slovakia, and learning what quality of life is actually about, and it's not about the things that people on either side in the Westminister bubble part of the campaign are talking about.
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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob
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Thanks. I remember him now. He also did the one on Hungary's refugee policy I think. IIRC he was anti-EU on that, he thought Hungary shouldn't observe its Schengen obligations to police the external border and just ignore the treaties like the 1st class members do all the time.
In this one he's mostly talking about the flag-wavers in the westminister bubble part of the campaign. I agree they're awful. Actually another reason to vote Brexit is to take away Nigel Farage's UKIP's raison d'etre, but in any case we should think on the basis of the coming decades, not who's in politics in 2016.