As 29th of March, the proposed date for Brexit – Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) - is drawing nearer, everything does not seem cut and dried. There are suggestions that the Government should leave the EU without a deal at all, and remain as we are. There are calls for a second referendum to get us out of the logjam. We also need to consider the pros and cons, the advantages and disadvantages. of leaving the EU.
Let us pause and contemplate on what could happen if we were to leave the EU without a deal.Would that mean that there would be a shortage of medicines? Would diabetics die en masse without the import of life saving mediciens, say for example, insulin? Would there be a famine like situation without the import of grains and meat from the EU countries? Make it tough on the EU negotiators and ask for refund of UK’s investments in the EU projects.
I would reiterate what has been said in this column before that without getting into the intricacies of the process and the exact amounts involved, as laymen, we want to see if our negotiators can clawback the vast amounts of funds to thje tune of £59 billion,we were made to contribute towards the running of the EU or towards subsidising other member countries.The monies thus reverted back to us could be put towards the much needed funds to help our ailing NHS and other infrastructures.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
