*** OFFICIAL BREXIT SUNLIT UPLANDS and #MEGA THREAD ***

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You suggested if I want to sell to Canada, I'd have to comply with both EU and Canada regs. Of course regulations are not an EU thing only, it's just they are notorious for overregulating. Maybe Canada are too, they're pretty left wing, I might have walked into a bad example. Let's try USA instead, with their ravenous capitalism.

I'm sure the US is keen to sell us all their unhealthy products that they can't sell to other countries because of "regulations". And we're desperate for trade partners, so there you go, problem solved.

I don't even know how much interference the EU have when it comes to immigration. I am aware of the sanctions they imposed on the Hungarians and the Czechs, but immigration was never a relevance to me when it comes to the EU. That's a myth that you are sucked in to, which is why you think we're having one conversation here.

You're the one who brought up these sanctions and the dinghies when I asked how we'd be better off outside the EU, so the onus is on you to make the case. If you don't have a case and just wanted to change the topic, then I suggest you drop it.

I think a lot of nations are waiting to see how this works out for the UK. Leaving is seen as a massive economic risk. We're the first to take that risk. People are laughing.

fyp

I could sell my tomatoes piece of piss in the UK if I wanted to. There's a pub half a mile from me that might want them. There's a village shop that sells fresh local eggs a mile away. There's a street market in town. I have friends and family who like chutney. Or maybe I can't be arsed for pocket money and they'll end up as compost. But I can assure you that there is high demand for British tomatoes for two reasons... British people like tomatoes, and British tomatoes are fresher than non-British tomatoes. You mock my "two week old" tomatoes... they're still on the vine. They're as fresh as they get.

I guess you missed the part where we talking about the entire country and not just you. But ok, let's discuss something you can at least get your head around.

UK leaves EU with no deal. That means WTO rules, which means they can slap tariffs on UK tomatoes, which they will because their very protectionist when it comes to agriculture. So, now not just you but everyone in the UK is looking for a place to sell their tomatoes. They don't stay fresh long, so shipping them across the ocean to Canada isn't really an option. So that leaves selling them in the UK. What do you think happens to the price of your tomatoes when your local farmer's market has not just three tomato stands, but six or ten? Prices go down.

Ok, but you don't care you'll give them away 'cause money's not important to you. Unfortunately, money is important to the tomato farmer who relies on foreign markets to sell his tomatoes in. He can't just sell them here at half price and hope to keep his farm going.

That's the problem.