. I am confident we will have greater negotiating power as an independent nation
I am sorry, but you are appealing to your emotion, not the real situation.
Also please note, I said the UK would have no power in the event of a no deal.
Similar though applied in the case of the WA
A "no-deal" exit would mean that legal arrangements covering many aspects of everyday life would abruptly cease to apply.
. At the moment Britain trades with the rest of the world as an EU member. Under “no deal”, some 40 existing trade agreements fully or partly in place between the EU and dozens of countries would no longer apply to the UK
there would be “immediate changes” to procedures for businesses trading with the EU — and the details make it clear they involve more bureaucracy. The papers reveal that UK companies exporting and importing to and from the bloc face a mass of new red tape — potentially devastating for smaller firms
The biggest costs would come not from moving to new regulatory arrangements for trade, but from a partial or complete breakdown of the regulatory arrangements that make trade possible at all
UK companies exporting and importing to and from the bloc face a mass of new red tape — potentially devastating for smaller firms.
The advice goes on to say that trade under “third country” status would mean customs declarations, upfront VAT payments, and higher costs. Some firms may need export licences which could bring delays, or to employ customs brokers
You need to be questioning:
1) The cost to UK business of the new red tape.
2) The damage created while new systems and procedures are put in place
3) most importantly why do you think the UK would have any negotiating power following a no deal? -it has to have deals done, other countries know that, they can
4) why do think the UK would have power in event of a WA -the sequencing has taken any power.