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Hugh Cow
The only silly idea with no practical worth is your opinion, as you continually mouth your forever repetitive doomsday scenarios with absolutely no facts. You have chosen to be the chicken little of Brexit. It appears by your posts, that you are all at sea with embracing change and are comfortable in your own little bubble, I get that. You and your mentor (an ex govt worker not prone or encouraged to thinking outside of the box) are not the only ones who cannot meet and embrace change as a challenge, but instead see it as something to be feared, but sadly, it has made your view too negative, shallow and one dimensional to be of any worth.
Whatever...
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“If Biden is elected I believe quickly, perhaps first day, [there will be a] declaration of support for the European Union, declaration of support for European integration, declaration of support in favour of NATO, the lynchpin of transatlantic alliance, which has been weakened because of this administration's policies.”
In a warning to Britain, the former diplomat pointed to the negative consequences Brexit will have on Britain and the EU - and in particular the US.
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“I won't talk about Brexit, I've lived it, everyone's bored by it, Europe needs to move on.
“It's the biggest own-goal that I've seen in my lifetime.
“All of the analysis that we did under the Obama administration, which were intensive, we looked at all the areas of our interaction with Europe.
“Our conclusion was that in almost every area Brexit would be negative for the United States, for Europe and for the UK. That analysis I believe has proven to be correct.
“Here's a dramatic difference: Donald Trump has only believed that the US-UK link was important, he was a cheerleader for Brexit.
“Joe Biden believes that the triangle of relationships, US-UK, UK-EU, US and EU, all have to work together, and you will see statements to that effect.”
Biden is reportedly planning a mini tour of the EU following his inauguration to cement fresh relations between his country and Europe.