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She said: βI think further integration will require further alignment. But Iβm up for that. My Government, Keirβs Government, is up for that, and we are keen to go through a sectoral level of what areas we think we could have deeper alignment in. And some of that could be unilateral and some of it could be negotiated, but I think thereβs big opportunities there.β
I think this was called cakeism in season 3 or 4 of Brexit...?
I know I shouldn't - but I'd be lying if I said I didn't cackle.
Why the cackle? Our standards are higher in most areas than EU ones, we're not 'giving' anything.
We follow ISO standards in pretty much all of the areas we have competitive advantage. ISO standards are based on improving efficiency, not politics and lobbying, unlike EU regulations. Which are also created with boring, restrictive, Roman civil law.
Also...
Reeves pointed specifically to financial services as one area of opportunity, suggesting that the City of London should be a hub for the whole continent not just for Britain.
London is still the hub for the whole continent, the EU failed miserably to take any markets from the UK.
Our standards are higher in most areas than EU ones[...]
Which was also true as EU members. Nothing stopped a member from having higher standards.
ISO standards are based on improving efficiency, not politics and lobbying[...]
Oh my sweet summer child.
London is still the hub for the whole continent[...]
Very true, however brexit hasn't fully happened yet. There are still a lot of deadlines waiting to happen. I doubt that the EU will be happy with its financial center on the outside of the bloc.
Deadlines for what?
London clears 900 trillion euro a year in derivatives alone. You need us more than we need EU, not Europe, we are part of Europe, just apart from. We still have the biggest navy and unfortunately we are entering a time where might is right.
We have the biggest individual navy in Europe (excluding Russia, but... well we've seen how that has been faring), but we do not have a bigger navy than the EU together. If there is some naval threat that the EU cannot handle, we are in an even worse position to try to face it alone. If we're operating on might is right logic then we absolutely need the EU, because we aren't competing with heavyweights like the US and China alone
That's not my point at all. We are allies. We don't want to outsource our lawmaking is all. We can make our own rules, common law is more flexible for innovation, our risk appetite is higher than continental Europe.
We are devolving power in the UK, not centralising it somewhere else.
Good job, old chap.
If you really need an explanation why this is funny: Brexit was about how unfair and nasty the EU was being towards GB. And now they realised that, oh wait, actually, there were quite a few benefits, can we please have those back? And we'll even make do without the special treatment, like we got while we were in the EU!
That's a bit funny to me, if I'm being brutally honest.
To be clear: I'd be all for the UK rejoining the EU (you can even keep your currency, my treat). Would be better for both sides. I'm not laughing at the British people, I'm laughing at the political class.
No one said there were no benefits. What a facile argument. Do better.
agriculture policy for example
EU is winning the race to the bottom. Pretty fucking ironic.