Monday Dec 23 11:48:11 2019
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       Oh hey, another phlog. I really need to keep on top of these things
       
       Anyway, it seems that the conservatives in the UK have had a massiv
       win. They recently passed a bill that will prevent any unwilling pa
       to extend any transition period deadline. This also effectively sto
       any effort to frustrate Brexit from the remainers, even from that
       litigious irritant called Gina Miller.
       
       So, that means that all the roadblocks for Brexit from the UK side 
       all removed. Also, Boris Johnson has put the no-deal option back on
       table, and he's stipulated that when there's no trade agreement wit
       EU at the deadline, the UK will leave the EU on WTO terms.
       
       Naturally, from the "remain" side, there has been a lot of salt. Al
       them nostradamically prophecizing doom and gloom. Apocalyptic scena
       aplenty.  The UK is doomed, etc.
       
       My take? It will probably be not unlike when the millenium rolled o
       All the manufactured panic suddenly fizzled, since the fallout of g
       to a new millenium was pretty much nonexistent. Yeah, there were a 
       funny glitches, but it certainly wasn't as apocalyptic as was proje
       And back then, my sentiment was the same as it is now. When the bre
       deadline hits, nothing of interest will happen. It will probably be
       like any other day.
       
       So, what about the future? As some know, I'm not a big fan of the w
       EU-project. In my opinion it's undemocratic, too bureaucratic and w
       too authoritarian. We can't vote for the lawmakers (yeah, there is 
       process where the EP selects the EU commision, but we should be abl
       vote for these elites directly). Also, it's a money drain (case in
       point, the constant moving from Brussels to Strassbourgh, and that'
       just one example). Countries like the Netherlands and the UK pay a 
       of periodic membership fees, so the UK will be free from that. That
       quite a substantial amount of money that can be reinvested back int
       country. Also, they are untied from the EU laws, making them free t
       up their own trade deals.
       
       The latter is the key why post-Brexit UK will bloom and even leave 
       EU in the dust. Yes, it's going to be tough for a bit to get all th
       cancer out, but I do believe the UK will come out on top. And I hop
       many other countries follow, because in it's current state, the EU 
       unreformable.
       
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