Brexit

[Bofferbrauer2]

Pyro as Bill said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

While highly unlikely, it could technically used as a Casus Belli

EU could also go the Napoleon route and block out all British trade with the EU. since a whooping 60% of trade is made with the EU right now, UK economy would crash in an instant.

@bolded: That's not how it works, none of those were build with EU money. Especially not the factories, which were built there by corporations and other companies mainly because workers are cheaper there then, say, the UK.

'The EU could treat you like Iran'........fine, go for it.

We buy more from the EU than they buy from us. Block away. It's not like we aren't used to some continental power attempting to blockade us every few decades.

British manufacturing was paid/subsidised to move to eastern europe.

Just like american manufacturing, there was no need to pay or subsidize anything, cheaper labor does than for itself

And speaking about labor, if you crash out of the EU, say goodbye to the rest of manufacturing, be it Jaguar, Rolls Royce, BAe or Airbus as it will be much cheaper and easier to produce in mainland Europe than continuing in the UK. Especially true for Airbus, who have to move personnel from one plant to another on regular basis, but that will become much more difficult after a hard Brexit. And that's after the banks leaving the City (many already doing so) since most went there to be trading in the EU