This is exactly what I am talking about when I said "you can't argue with them".
The EU is how we negotiate with the rest of the world. When we leave, we don't just lose access to the EU, we lose access to 72 other countries with EU trade deals.
And that's without actually examining the Brexiteer position: If we can't accept EU membership rules in exchange for EU market access, why would we be able to accept any other trade-for-sovereignty deal? Everyone else wants more sovereignty for less trade.
The Brexiteer position is crazy and doesn't match reality. More reality won't persuade them. All they have is weird slogans like "What's better, the EU or rest of world?" and when you explain why it's nonsense, they stick to it because it sounds good and who needs inconvenient truths?
The EU is how we negotiate with the rest of the world. When we leave, we don't just lose access to the EU, we lose access to 72 other countries with EU trade deals.
And that's without actually examining the Brexiteer position: If we can't accept EU membership rules in exchange for EU market access, why would we be able to accept any other trade-for-sovereignty deal? Everyone else wants more sovereignty for less trade.
The Brexiteer position is crazy and doesn't match reality. More reality won't persuade them. All they have is weird slogans like "What's better, the EU or rest of world?" and when you explain why it's nonsense, they stick to it because it sounds good and who needs inconvenient truths?
EU trade deals: https://fullfact.org/election-2019/ask-fullfact-trade-deals/