Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
The UK won't go that way since the UK hasn't been a protectionist economy since the repeal of the Corn Laws. We invented the idea of free trade and revel in it. Our whole Brexit effort is predicated on having the freest possible trade with the world at large.

Damn bad luck having to eat Norwegian cheese, btw. That brown stuff is particularly nasty.
Interestingly, the term Little Englanders was used during the Corn Law debates for those who wanted to ditch the empire because of the cost and hassle of running it and just free trade with the world.

I guess your side would see it as not paying to be part of a large economic zone. May I call you a Little Englander? In the historical sense, obv.