EU military committee chairman says we need closer cooperation - no s**t sherlock
Turkeys and xmas (well xmas past at least) spring to mind
There is virtually zero political will for it to happen. German defence minister said something might happen if everyone agreed to it - wow! Macron immediately and vehemently disagrees = dead in the water! It won't happen without consensus of member states (despite some wishing to portray the EU as a democratic bulldozer). One article quoting the bloke in charge of...EU military affairs and someone else in Germany saying it might happen
if we all agree to it, does not change that - don't fall for it!
So you think we've negotiated significant beneficial trade deals? (and no, you can't count the EU roll overs, which the majority were - we got that anyway...but with more trust from our partners)- - evidence is a bit thin!
So you don't think the impacts of Covid have been
exacerbated by Brexit (and vice versa) across several sectors in terms of workforce shortages and supply difficulties? That agriculture (
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/business/brexit-impact-on-norfolk-and-suffolk-farming-8095742), fishing (
https://www.reuters.com/business/uk-fisheries-sold-out-brexit-deal-industry-body-says-2021-07-14/), haulage (
https://apex-insight.com/haulage-exchange-shows-major-industry-post-brexit-problems/#:~:text=Between March and May 2021,in demand compared to 2019.&text=Close to 70% have lost,, this was at 21%.), hospitality (
https://www.caterer.com/recruiter-a...xit-and-covid-on-the-uk-hospitality-workforce), manufacturing (
https://investmentmonitor.ai/busine...xit-continues-its-assault-on-uk-manufacturing), food and drink production (
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57518910) haven't been significantly impacted by the restrictions in free movement and other barriers it has created? Did we dream for example that the emergency temporary visa issue (aimed at EU nationals) to try and tackle just the tip of the iceberg then? Are industry wrong to point out that the extremely limited talent pool they were drawing from (hence some long term structural shortages), is now even smaller, BECAUSE of the end of free movement?
Whichever way you cut it, many in those sectors living and breathing it day to day are saying it has made their lives harder and their very livelihoods have been impacted. So yeah - I will listen to them, rather than say "well, I haven't been affected personally, so it must be OK", if that's OK?
Maybe you could also go and ask communities in Northern Ireland how they are feeling about the impacts and uncertainty that has been caused. Maybe talk to those close to the GFA and the peril it is now in because Lord Frost and Boris have played fast and loose for political expedience. I can see no upside to that, only significant downsides which could if handled with the current lack of sensitivity, end quite badly for all including us on the mainland if it falls apart. I lived in London through the last IRA mainland bombing campaign - I'd rather not risk it again, thanks, let alone put a future agreement with another huge Western market in the US at risk because of it!
You'd do well to broaden your world view by listening to real experiences of others and how they are impacted and try to take them on board, rather than always defaulting to how you think stuff impacts you directly.
And there is a certain irony to that narrow world view on the impact of Brexit, based as it seems to be on personal experience. Ironic when you are regularly turning cartwheels on here over non-existent made-up stuff like "woke capitalism" and the wider loony left takeover of every aspect of UK life/society, or the impact of some lefty bogeyman who seems to haunt your dreams each night.... Real McCarthiest "reds under the bed" nonsense in my opinion! You'd do well to be less paranoid about stuff!