RolStoppable said:
I think the most likely result is that the UK will be able to get arrangements similar to Switzerland and Norway who are wealthy states without being EU members.
Boris has already said we have no intention of forcing the country to align with EU standards. Given how only ~6% of UK companies export to the continent, this makes complete sense. That means EFTA is off the table. He also made it law that a clean break, World Trade Brexit is back on the table (aka 'No Deal') if there's no agreement with the EU by the end of next year.
Merkel and Macron seemed to be so concerned by Boris' recent statements that we're being used in the same sentence as China and the US when it comes to economic competitors/rivals to the EU.
Funny how everyone is now starting to see the trade advantages of Brexit for the UK once we got rid of politicians who only wanted BRINO.
The bigger question mark is if the UK will remain the UK or if Scotland breaks free.
'Break free', lol. Concern trolling is fun but the reality is that most Scots don't give a fuck about the EU. Most of England wasn't that concerned either until the ruling class thought it was a good idea to ignore our vote. Ignoring 4 votes where Brexit won was too much to the point that even the North went blue.
Scotland budgeted it's independence on oil @$120 a barrel and still lost 55.3% to 44.7%. It's currently at $60. A ref held tomorrow would be 60-40 minimum.
As a member of the EU you should be pleased. England freed from the drag of Northern Ireland and Scotland (and Wales) would be even more competitive.
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