There are a huge number of people who totally lack imagination. They dont understand things deeply enough to understand that things dont have to be done the same way they have in the past. It's like the old saying that some people have 40 years experience and other people have one years experience 40 times.
This is really just a repeat of the ignore the experts claim from Gove.
It's lack of imagination that enables someone to be oblivious to risk in a given scenario. It goes hand in hand with experience in the assessment and making the safest choices.
I'd far rather identify the risks and work out solutions in advance than pretend they don't exist. My risk assessment on the day of the referendum has earnt me hundreds of pounds already and saved me plenty on foreign trips.
I don't believe only the past is possible and I don't believe others who voice concern do either. That no country has ever left the EU highlights that this has never been done in the past so you are making a false assumption about those who disagree with you.
There are real hurdles to overcome and it is surely in all our interests that the best deals are achieved as we leave the EU. WTO is not the best deal by a very long way.
Today I heard that the UK will initially seek EEA access with a handbrake clause on immigration under article 112 of the EEA agreement. I guessing that is just one of many avenues being explored
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