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       My thougths on Brexit
       Monday Dec 23 11:48:11 2019
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       Oh hey, another phlog. I really need to keep on top of these things.
       
       Anyway, it seems that the conservatives in the UK have had a massive
       win. They recently passed a bill that will prevent any unwilling parties
       to extend any transition period deadline. This also effectively stopped
       any effort to frustrate Brexit from the remainers, even from that
       litigious irritant called Gina Miller.
       
       So, that means that all the roadblocks for Brexit from the UK side are
       all removed. Also, Boris Johnson has put the no-deal option back on the
       table, and he's stipulated that when there's no trade agreement with the
       EU at the deadline, the UK will leave the EU on WTO terms.
       
       Naturally, from the "remain" side, there has been a lot of salt. All of
       them nostradamically prophecizing doom and gloom. Apocalyptic scenarios
       aplenty.  The UK is doomed, etc.
       
       My take? It will probably be not unlike when the millenium rolled over.
       All the manufactured panic suddenly fizzled, since the fallout of going
       to a new millenium was pretty much nonexistent. Yeah, there were a few
       funny glitches, but it certainly wasn't as apocalyptic as was projected.
       And back then, my sentiment was the same as it is now. When the brexit
       deadline hits, nothing of interest will happen. It will probably be just
       like any other day.
       
       So, what about the future? As some know, I'm not a big fan of the whole
       EU-project. In my opinion it's undemocratic, too bureaucratic and way
       too authoritarian. We can't vote for the lawmakers (yeah, there is a
       process where the EP selects the EU commision, but we should be able to
       vote for these elites directly). Also, it's a money drain (case in
       point, the constant moving from Brussels to Strassbourgh, and that's
       just one example). Countries like the Netherlands and the UK pay a lot
       of periodic membership fees, so the UK will be free from that. That's
       quite a substantial amount of money that can be reinvested back into the
       country. Also, they are untied from the EU laws, making them free to set
       up their own trade deals.
       
       The latter is the key why post-Brexit UK will bloom and even leave the
       EU in the dust. Yes, it's going to be tough for a bit to get all the EU
       cancer out, but I do believe the UK will come out on top. And I hope
       many other countries follow, because in it's current state, the EU is
       unreformable.
       
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