Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Post Brexit inflation is making UK "sick man of Europe" | Economics | The New Statesman" video.

  1.  @Jonnythebaker  That's for now, things can change, especially as the EU and US can rewrite international rules in favour of themselves. Let's not kid ourselves, both the EU and US will take advantage of the situation because they both know there is a lot of business they can take from the UK, when the UK was part of the EU, we were protected by the EU, that isn't the case now and I suspect the UK will bleed business away towards the EU and US.
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  2. It's part of the blame but not directly, the thing is, the Tories are going out of their way to try and be different than the EU countries, I think that is a big part on why the UK is doing so bad, the Tories are losing perspective on what actually matters, it's all about hate on the EU and trying to be different then them, even thought it doesn't make any sense to do so in a lot of areas. That I think is what's doing a lot of the damage because internationally, the UK is being seen as a radical that doesn't listen to common sense.
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  3. Spain is doing pretty decent, they've still got some way to go but I feel Spain will overtake Italy unless Italy gets its political act together
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  4. If the UK wants to get back on it's fit, they've got to get these Tory loons out of power, they've shown over the last decade, decade and half, going back to the austerity measures that they've been a disaster for the UK and over the last 5 years, the Tories are a running joke. The second thing that needs to happen is the UK needs to repair its ties with the EU, whether we like it or not, we trade a lot with the EU and we need good links with them, in other words, we need to get rid of the Tories because they keep picking fights with the EU to deflect blame away from their own incompetents. Basically, don't expect things to get better until the Conservative Party are out of power and even then, it depends who is in power and by how much of a majority they win by to get things done. As it is, the Tories are the biggest risk to the UK union with there being a real chance of Scotland and Northern Ireland leaving the UK over the next decade and now there are talks in Wales about having an independence referendum, I don't think this Tory lot and the Brexiteers realize how much damage they are doing to the country and to themselves and like the video points out, it's going to be a slow burn of decline that at first, many won't notice, but longer term, we end up falling behind other modern countries. Personally, I think we need an election with the Tories getting hit hard, we need EU-UK relations to get on a much better footage, maybe even the UK to join the single market and custom union as that would solve many of the problems the UK is facing, maybe even longer term, rejoining the EU but realistically, I doubt the EU would let the UK back in for many decades, especially as you need every EU member to agree and I can think of a few that would say no to that for at least 2 decades, from their point of view, they've got rid of a troublesome member, why would they want us back? in other words, the UK can only rejoin once the political, media and public views on the EU change, otherwise, the EU will just have the same problems it had with the UK before it left and honestly, I think the EU would rather have Scotland, Northern Ireland and maybe Wales, but not England as that is where the real problem in the UK is.
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