At last, it’s official, the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union and the uncertainty of will we or won’t we is over.
I’m so glad that the long wait is finished and our large and small businesses can now start planning for the future.
It’s truly refreshing to see the majority of businesses are supportive of developments, with extremely positive comments coming from the heads of BT and BAE.
Theresa May would not have been my first choice for a Prime Minister, but she’s there and has now grasped the nettle, or perhaps the poisoned chalice, to move this country forward in its commitment to leave the EU and to enter into dialogue with the unelected Eurocrats in Brussels.
Despite what the majority of people see as a well balanced 12-point plan, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was, as per usual, critical.
Such a pity she has to always be so negative and am I glad she’s not on the negotiating team, as I’m sure her attitude would get other political leaders’ backs up.
If she’s concerned about Scotland losing out, why not let Ruth Davidson join the negotiating team?
The First Minister’s knee-jerk reaction and public stance fly in the face of the very positive comments coming from European leaders.
The important points I take from the plan are first of breaking free from the customs union, which prevents this country from agreeing trade deals with the rest of the world, quitting the single market and a return to having our own laws and sovereignty.
Should Europe’s civil servants decide to impose unacceptable terms, then it’s obvious our government will retaliate accordingly and rightly so.
Previous comments from Europe that we will pay through the nose to leave the EU, obviously made to stop any other member state following us, are counter productive and will only encourage our negotiating team to take a hard line.
After all, their businesses have more to lose than ours
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