Agree that's the situation in the short term, but there's no avoiding that. We can go on to negotiate and agree our own deals with those countries ourselves in the long term.
They will be different agreements, obviously - while they may be lesser overall they can at least be more targeted to our specific interests rather than a whole bloc, which may yield some advantages for the UK.
Again, not trying to say this is necessarily better than staying in, but it does have its own advantages as well as compromises.
They will be different agreements, obviously - while they may be lesser overall they can at least be more targeted to our specific interests rather than a whole bloc, which may yield some advantages for the UK.
Again, not trying to say this is necessarily better than staying in, but it does have its own advantages as well as compromises.