A Scenario Where Brexit Does Not Actually Happen

Re:A Scenario Where Brexit Does Not Actually Happen by gpvos on Sunday June 26, 2016 @08:56AM (#11980563)

If there is still a trade agreement between the UK and the EU, then lots of things in the UK will still be controlled by the EU, as the EU is larger and will make the trade rules. (Also, the EU is quite bureaucratic and thus not so flexible, so it will not be very willing to make a special agreement with the UK. It's EEA, Canada-style, WTO-style, or nothing.)

If you don't want the EU controlling any aspect of the UK, you can't have a trade agreement.

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Re:A Scenario Where Brexit Does Not Actually Happen by wmil on Sunday June 26, 2016 @09:18AM (#11980627)

Right now small businesses in the UK that don't export at all have to comply with all EU rules. If the UK leaves then they won't. So the effective influence will be greatly reduced.

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Re:A Scenario Where Brexit Does Not Actually Happen by threeseed on Sunday June 26, 2016 @09:59AM (#11980788)

That's assuming that the UK doesn't establish similar rules.

Many of the EU regulations are designed to help consumers e.g. data protection.

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Re:A Scenario Where Brexit Does Not Actually Happen by wmil on Sunday June 26, 2016 @11:55AM (#11981292)

They also push impossible energy efficiency standards for home appliances.

So the EU bans toasters and kettles that work: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/10/eu-to-launch-kett...

Vacuum cleaners that work: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/11047127...

Some of the other bizarre rules...

It's illegal for bottled water makers to claim it's effective against dehydration: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/...

They tried to ban jugs of olive oil at restaurants: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10064787...

A salmon smoker had to re-do all package to notify people that it contained fish: http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/05/03/476064362/b...

There's just a lot of bs. Also the common agriculture policy and common fishing policy haven't been great for the UK.

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Re:A Scenario Where Brexit Does Not Actually Happen by YeGoblynQueenne on Sunday June 26, 2016 @09:45AM (#11980737)

Hurray! We will at last have our crooked cucumbers and carrots, that the EU has for so long cruelly deprived us of!

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Re:A Scenario Where Brexit Does Not Actually Happen by internaut on Sunday June 26, 2016 @01:08PM (#11981577)

And the straight bananas, don't forget about them.

At last a free market where the curvature of the banana is subject to consumer choice.

I myself prefer the straight banana for optimizing my fruit salad.

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Re:A Scenario Where Brexit Does Not Actually Happen by tonyedgecombe on Sunday June 26, 2016 @10:37AM (#11980964)

A lot of those rules came from the UK in the first place.

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