EU referendum -UK users

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Hedra42 said:

Soundwave said:

What exactly was the EU preventing them from doing before because it seems to me they were doing "whatever the fuck they wanted" before hand. They didn't even adopt the Euro currency. 

EU was formed because it makes sense to have one more singular entity instead of like 20 different little countries all within 90 minutes flying time of each other.

Almost like a united group of ... states ... you might say. Gee, what a bizarre concept. 

The 20 different little countries may all be within 90 minutes flying time of each other, but they are all very different, with different economies. There's an undeniable strength in being in the union, but a one-size fits all approach doesn't always work.

One of the issues talked about in the run up to the referendum was how the time and money spent on trying to stay compliant with EU laws is stifling small businesses' ability to compete.  Just one example of the EU preventing them from doing what the fuck, as you so delicately put it, they like.

 

 

If the EU fizzles, then said business will have to conform to like 8 or 9 different standards instead of like ... one? I don't really see how that's better. 

It seems to me like the UK was allowed to operate within the EU as they pleased however they wanted without any of the downsides. 

Realistically I think the only real way this will impact the UK is basically it will lead to the effective dissolvement of the UK itself, as Scotland and Northern Ireland will now almost assuredly have their own referendums.