Interesting Video. Haven’t seen the whole thing because it’s too long. I have to watch bits and pieces at a time.
First 6 minutes its him being a BS merchant. All he does is listing the economic changes neither he nor britain (nor the EU) can influence much, then telling people, that we should see them very positively, because there is opportunitiy in the developing world.
Then he hints at Britain seeing Africa as a chance, when Brexit was all about - well, basically xenophobia.
The interviewer is dumb as rocks.
Sticking with it... Want to hear what the former economic adviser to Boris Johnson has to say on camera..
edit: Next point the EU prevented us to be better at domestic policy (what?).
"To have a successful Brexit we have to get three things right: Our domestic policy, our relationship with the EU and our relationship with the world" - its official, that guy is an idiot. Or thinks that hes talking to idiots. Its either or.
The point he derives from that is, that its the EUs fault, that britain has neglected domestic and international politics, while in the EU. France hasn't.
Germany kind of has... but...
I guess he's pitching a small britain can be nimble and fast acting and.... But thats not an economic strategy. Thats a sentiment he might have gotten from a movie..
No he's not, hes simply jumping from one potential argument to the next one. Now its the EUs fault, that the british companies have invested in Britain and the british (wages) people far to little over the past years. (what?)
And he thinks that the future is bright, because they have good universities, and migration is a problem, but also a good thing for an economy... So its important to have the right incentives (they already controlled the channel, they only got qualified work migration - thats supposed to grow your economy, what does he want?).
At 11 min in the guy is all over the place.
At 14 minutes in he is all about explaining Brexit in laymans terms (kick in the groint, strangulation) - he really spends some time on this, because thats all he has thought about on his tuberide over to the podcasters studio.
He puts his own hands around his own neck to illustrate.
Then he explains the backstop and the current standing on the deal and negotiations correctly, so you can watch the video for that one.
At 18 min he now lists Singapore, South Korea, Chile as glowing examples, because they can cut their own trade deals. Britain aiming to become the next Chile. Thats aspiring. (Trade deals are in your favor if your economic power is bigger. Britains currently is poor. And they are loosing the City of London as well. Good luck.)
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At 20 minutes in hes is first talking about something of substance.
He basically states, that GB cant have more flexibility or independant tarifs on cars (germany), agricultural goods (france), and shoes (haha (Italy)), so that limits their ability to cut trade deals on services they want to offer the entire world.
To unterstand this. Those are the most important economic sectors of the biggest countries in europe, they enjoyed some form of protection for political reasons (stability mainly).
He then explains, that in the past, you cut deals with partners mainly based on "regionality" (regional closeness), but in the new world, trade is more globalized, and any idea to have a political project that would hinder you to go turbo capitalism by selling f.e. services in the agricultural industry (like financial bets on food harvests - again, citiy of london), harms Britains ability to become MAGA again.
Yes. All of that is true. But you are still assholes, if you dont care about the political projects of your neighbor countries, and complain that their biggest industries where protected against you "financially innovating them" to become more market liberal.
What an asshole...
He than explains, that Britain has to become a financial service partner (banker) to the faster growing part of the world, like india and china. And he thinks, that you all should be much more positive about that.
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Then he goes into the "you need that new dynamism" small swift little player that britain can be spiel.
At 32 min in uninteresting stuff, and that britain doesnt want to be part of a political project in europe again.
At 35 min in he talks about "we have to flee, because of the further integration plans france has put forward" (they don't want to pay for stability in smaller EU countries).
At 38 min in he talks about helping greece, by not wanting to have anything to do with them. Setting them free to devalue their currency. Its funny. He wants to give no help. But then he wants to put them up as a bad example of EU financial politics, and also get empathy points for telling them "you are better off on your own"? (Greece most certainly is not. It might have been, a few years ago - currently not even Varoufakis is arguing for that position...)
At 38:30 the podcaster moderator doesnt know how percentages work. TOTAL MORON CONFIRMED.
At 40 min in he states, that he (Britain) wants to flee from forming political tensions in the EU ("safety valve").
At 41:30 the IDIOT moderator uses the word sovereignty wrong, while the interviewee just says "jay" and glances over it. He knows, that hes talking to idiots.
At 43 minutes in, people should not look at the near term consequences to britain, but at the direction of travel of the EU (more integration).
At 44 min in - Britain is 5th biggest economy, we are the ones that probably could survive on our own. (And yes hes probably right. They are probably the only former EU country that could - so they decided, fuck them all...)
At 44:05 the five eyes are mentioned. Of course.
At 44:21 he wants to revive the former commonwalth (hah, the age of slavery), "cement" their relationship with nigeria, ...
That seems to be it, the rest is just recap and fluff.
