Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "No-Deal Brexit: Why The UK Will Always be Close to the EU (u0026 Not Just Geographically) - TLDR News" video.

There are a few simply reasons why the UK will stay close to European norms, it's the simply political, economic and social norms of the UK are much closer to the EU then they are with others around the world from countless things like health care to workers rights, food standards, human rights and so on and these are things British people value a lot just like Europeans do and it's what will likely keep the UK close to EU standards because what are the alternatives? the US? lol, Russia? China? Africa? Brexiteers in the UK might not like this but we are far closer to Europeans in a lot of ways then they will want to admit, heck even the cars we buy, the sports we play and a lot of the holidays we take are more or less the same and this is why even with being out of the EU, it will be difficult for the UK to diverge away from the EU because most Brits don't want that, especially with what the alternative is offering like the US on so many things. We should also remember, the more the UK diverges away from EU rules, laws and regulations, the more red tape there is in the UK which is the last thing the UK wants, businesses don't like that and will see the UK market as less enticing when there is a massive market on its door step, further more, that will likely push the UK to something like Norway where we are technically out of the EU but might as well not be because most of the new laws, rules and regulations the EU makes, the UK will likely abide them because it will likely make good economic sense to do so, in other words, the UK rubber stamps what the EU makes. I also think Brexit will get delayed this year as I can't see a deal being made with this coronavirus going on, getting a deal by the end of the year was going to be hard enough at the best of times, with this virus pandemic going on, it's almost impossible, so expect Boris to announce a delay in late June, what happens after that is too early to tell because this virus is a major wake up call for us all and that could shift public views on a lot of things, so that will be interesting to see, I do know one thing, the economic fall out from this virus is likely to be massive, the UK can't really afford that whiles having to deal with Brexit as well so Brexit might be delayed a lot longer than some things, it might even be called off if public views in the UK change a lot over the next year.
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Change is coming, you can bet on that but this is mostly because of the political and economic realities this virus is pushing us in, that is very likely going to change a lot of public views on many things and create a lot of reforms, especially on the EU and European countries, it also likely means the UK is going to need as much help as it can get once the economic fall out kicks in as the UK have had 10 years of austerity measures, now Brexit and now we have the economic fallout from this virus, this is going to be painful for us Brits and that isn't good news for the Conservative Party. In any case, what interest me is what real changes happen after this virus passes on, we are all in a much bigger hole thanks to this virus but the EU countries have a massive edge in economic clout and being able to pool their resources together to dig themselves out whereas the UK have quite a few things to contend with like Brexit, it also makes me wonder about public views in the UK on Brexit after this because views could change a lot over the next year thanks to this virus.
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@jebbo-c1l On the surface the WTO works but in reality, big players like the EU, US and China make their own rules up and they can because they have the economic clout to do so, so the rules end up being worse for countries like the UK then WTO rules suggest.
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