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The Guardian view on Britain and Europe: Labour must bring it on | Editorial
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I don't care about 'threats' from Russia or China, nothing more than new Red Scare propaganda. So, that point can be thrown in the ~~trash~~ rubbish bin.
What will EU even import from the UK? Does it even want British goods? Is there even enough demand backed by purchasing power in the EU countries given their own economic stagnation? Relying on exports as a source of demand is a terrible idea, especially when the Government isn't willing to step in if and when there are any shocks.
The economic reasons are more valid, I think more open trade between EU and UK would be good. But it's not going to fix U.K's problems in any way, that requires Government to do stuff and increase spending, which it isn't going to do.
Yeah I guess the invasion of Ukraine didn't happen. It's just a "propaganda" myth isn't it.
UK and Ukraine does sound the same, yeah.
The UK has had its own attacks from the Russian state (the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal). Given that they invaded Ukraine (despite denying that they would), who knows what they will do next.
India assassinated someone in Canada, is India going to occupy Canada soon? UK and Russia are both nuclear states btw.
U.K. is subservient to U.S., has been since WW2, and likely will be as long as the U.S. exists . The article specifically mentions Russia but only links to another article saying Trump 'wants' Greenland. Mentioning Russia and China is a great way to ignore the real puppeteer.
I think there is probably less of a chance of the US being malicious towards the UK (e.g. sending assassins to murder Brits), compared to the risk coming from Putin's regime.
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