“would be a tough pill to swallow, but Britain should stop all trade with the EU, and wait for them to come begging, hat in hand.”
The U.K. imports 60% of their food.
They may want to keep importing food.
Food can be sourced from Russia these days, esp with the EU trade restrictions in place.
Maybe having an ally on the other side of the EU would come in handy to the Brits.
This is probably a silly question-but why doesn’t the UK grow and raise more of their own food? History says they provided for themselves in the past...
They don’t import all that food from the EU right now (its estimated that 25% of their food comes from the EU), and there are other food exporting nations.
And this is a two way street. Merkel threatens Britain...Britain threatens to quit trading with the EU...maybe some of their biggest food supplying nations decide its time they leave the EU, unless Merkel is more cooperative.
This divorce will take 2 years. Britain can either let itself become the whipping post of the EU masters, or it can negotiate from a position of strength - which they have time to do.
“The U.K. imports 60% of their food. They may want to keep importing food.”
I’m sure the Brits can find suitable and delicious substitutes for knockwurst and weinerschnitzel.
“The U.K. imports 60% of their food.”
I doubt that much of that food comes from Germany.
Import food from the US. We can make them a deal.