Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
I do agree that trade between the EU and UK will never have been easier than when we were members, but most businesses don't trade with the EU and the counter argument to that is that trade with non EU countries should become easier - and this is where future global growth is likely.

So, that is how I would assess it, and as others have suggested, it's not all about economic matters - the freedom to develop our own laws is also a big thing, and I am particularly interested in how we can pay farmers to better maintain their land etc.
So make it harder and more expensive to trade with the 26 countries on our doorstep which we share a road/rail connection with and who are our biggest trade partners. To make it possibly easier to trade with countries 1000’s of miles away where produce can only arrive by plane or ship or come via the road/rail connection that already existed but now has much more expense and paperwork.

“Most businesses don’t trade with the EU”
I bet the ones that do trade more with the EU than non EU countries. Mine definitely does.

Oh well. Hopefully things improve for the ~100,000 farmers whose sector accounts for 0.4% of the economy. How times have changed, it used to be the fishermen that we did Brexit for