Quote Originally Posted by OngBonga View Post
Your focus here is the EU. That's your problem, it's like you think they're the only people we can trade with. If we get a similar trade deal while not being politically integrated into their superstate, that's great,perhaps even optimal. If they treat us like riff-raff, fuck them. Hello USA, hello New Zealand and Australia, hello China.
Yeah I'm sure all these countries are just hoping we'll leave the EU so they can have our fish all to themselves. You think the moment we lose one market we gain another? It doesn't work that way.

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...-imported.html

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...theres-a-catch


They're unlikely to give us a good deal if we leave the EU. They won't even give Norway a good deal and it's in the EEA.

Also, the actual source I cited took into account our ability to trade with other countries. It's not like they're fucking clueless . If you actually scanned over the report you'd realise they know more about it than you or me.

And oh yea, the fishing industry isn't just about some hardasses on a boat. There's also processing, which is heavily invested in the EU.

https://publications.parliament.uk/p...om/78/7811.htm