UK to leave EU

[abaris]

Well, if Scotland breaks free and sticks with EU, then there really is no going back, but till then I am keeping hope. And I do hope, for all our sake, that the optimism of bella, napo, maddog isn't baseless and that UK actually manages to pull through after this, else I dare not think about the after effects.

There's a difference between pulling through and the dawn of a golden age. Of course the UK will pull through in some way, whatever that means for the individual citizens. In the news today, even the brexit politicians want to negotiate with the EU for some kind of associated deal. Yeah, but here's the thing. This deal, even if they manage an association in the way Switzerland, Norway or Iceland have, the UK hasn't got voice anymore. No vote, no veto, no influence on any of the decisions. The UK's voice has been pretty loud, and sadly heared by the EU brass, far too often when they made their decision to hand out yet another special deal to take home. These times are definetely over.