Yes, I too have optimism. . I'm afraid a top 5 league position does not guarantee onward success. Ask any football manager.Walesforever wrote: ↑Sun 24 Jan 2021 12:02 pmWaz
As the vaccine roll out as just proved....the UK are far from a poorer country ( still the 5th richest Nation in the World).
What is HAS proved is that we can know make our own decisions ( shown by us buying various vaccines) and we are still world leaders in other fields ( shown by us developing the Oxford vaccine).
Not sure which part of the UK you live but even in these extremely tough times there is new optimism about the future.Especially given the fact we are not tied down to huge amounts of beurocracy and costs feeding the top heavy EU dining table.
From where I’m standing the EU isn’t looking great at present. A lot of their members are on their knees financially and have had to go cap in hand with the begging bowl on a number of occasions recently.
I plan and strategize as global trade platforms change. Brexit is a drastic change. In the l world of business and trade change is no new thing but present new challenges. Some, like Brexit, thrust upon UK business are very challenging.
Your reference to UK vaccine roll out is a success that I take positively. However the vaccine was developed in the UK but is manufactured globally including in the EU. Pfizer vaccine is made in Belgium. Your reference that a Union within Europe is something that the UK is better out of I do not. As long as we want to trade with Europe , and we must. I'm afraid,it is a given that UK businesses must adhere to our customers regulations and demands..."the customer is always right". Many businesses will very willingly move location to within the EU if that facilitates more easy access to customers and opportunities. Believe me this is happening right here , right now.
How the EU looks now is of little importance except their willingness and ability to do business with the UK.
The optimism from many upon new opportunities is not contested. These new opportunities are increasingly offshore and many within the EU, offshore exported investment, employing offshore labour and from offshore sites. These strategies do not benefit the UK GDP. If UK homegrown products and services cannot be sold and exported to foreign customers particularly the EU, our biggest customer, then decline and loss is inevitable.