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Monday 29 August 2016

BREXIT AND THE EU - WHERE NEXT ?

BREXIT and the EU - Where next ?
The view of one British Citizen

If you listen to some Remainers, negotiations with the EU will take many years. For others they will say that negotiations will be spread over the next 2 years. Some Politicians hope that negotiations will continue up to 2020 when the next General Election is due, hoping that Labour will win and reverse the result of the 2016 Referendum to quit the EU.
So who is right ?
Prime Minister Teresa May has said publicly that - BREXIT means BREXIT.
So, as a humble ordinary British Citizen of Welsh decent, let me give the government some personal guidelines.

1- Article 50 should be declared in January 2017 as Teresa May has indicated but severance from the EU should then start at once.
But, HOW ?

2- The trade balance with the EU is in Britain's favour.
We should say to the EU, if you impose tariffs on British goods, we will impose tariffs on EU goods and services.
In this way, everyone loses ! Is this what you want ?
Britain wants free trade with the EU. The alternative is a trade war.
Britain does not want to be part of the EU free trade area, nor the Norwegan, Swiss or Canadian special deal areas. We want to trade as an independent nation with goodwill on both sides.

3- The British Parliament should restore the British Judicial system as the main law making body - not the European Court of Justice.
The European Human Rights Laws should be replaced by British Human Rights Laws.
Terrorists, murderers, criminal should be sent back to their country of origin.

4- Britain will impose Border controls. Work Permits will be granted to suitable applicants fro the EU and other countries. There will be no freedom of stay for Immigrants or Asylum seekers. Limits will be imposed on numbers entering the UK. Welfare payments should be paid by the country of origin for foreign workers. Existing Foreign Workers can stay provided they have approved jobs and that they are not a drain on UK Welfare and Social Resources.

5- Short stay Permits will continue to be granted to EU citizens for holiday stays and business stays and these restrictions will be applied to all other countries. Immigrants from Pakistan, India, Nigeria and the West Indies will not have a right to enter and stay in the UK indefinitely. They will be subject t to British Immigration Laws.

6- Britain will participate in NATO, Security Organisations, WTO, G20, UN and other bodies of common interest.
All British MEPs will resign from the EU Parliament.

7- Britain will cease all payments to the EU budgets and funds by July 1st 2017.  Extra monies will be allocated to the NHS, Schools and Railways.

8- Britain, as from January 2017, will conclude trade deals where appropriate with USA, Commonwealth, India, China, Brazil and other countries.

9- Joint Venture companies will continue and increase with the EU.

10- Britain will continue to promote Peace, Social interaction, Prosperity throughout the EU and the rest of the World.

11- Britain is in the driving seat not the EU.

BREXIT does mean BREXIT.
We do not want extended negotiations.

In Business, I was taught that if you ate going to make radical changes, do so in the minimum of time span. Get change done quickly. Recovery and adjustment will be so much easier and productive.

So, PM Teresa May, The Cabinet and the Civil Service, do not be frightened. Get on with it and complete the withdrawal in 2017.







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