RE: iran in the news21 Jul 2019 20:09
PS
I was in hospital last year for a month.
the majority of nurses and care assistants and even doctors were not eu citizens they were fronm african countries like ghana, nigeria, zimbarbwe or commonwealth countries new zeland india , jamaicaaaa few from the likes of hungary, poland, or romania no germans, french, belgiukm. dutch, scandinavian spanish, italian.
wwith our old colonial ties britain could be great again free to trade with wghovever we like and determine our ioewn lawss
freed from the shackles of brussels but with cautiojnnnn
Trade
Further information: Commonwealth free trade
Although the Commonwealth does not have a multilateral trade agreement, research by the Royal Commonwealth Society has shown that trade with another Commonwealth member is up to 50% more than with a non-member on average, with smaller and less wealthy states having a higher propensity to trade within the Commonwealth.[130] At the 2005 Summit in Malta, the heads of government endorsed pursuing free trade among Commonwealth members on a bilateral basis.[131]
Following its vote in June 2016 to leave the EU, some politicians in the United Kingdom have suggested the idea as an alternative to its membership in the European Union,[132][133] however it is far from clear that this would either offer sufficient economic benefit to replace the impact of leaving the EU or be acceptable to other member states[134] Although the EU is already in the process of negotiating free trade agreements with many Commonwealth countries such as India and Canada, it took the EU almost ten years to come to an agreement with Canada,[135][136] due to the challenge associated with achieving the necessary EU-wide approvals.
Trade
Further information: Commonwealth free trade
Although the Commonwealth does not have a multilateral trade agreement, research by the Royal Commonwealth Society has shown that trade with another Commonwealth member is up to 50% more than with a non-member on average, with smaller and less wealthy states having a higher propensity to trade within the Commonwealth.[130] At the 2005 Summit in Malta, the heads of government endorsed pursuing free trade among Commonwealth members on a bilateral basis.[131]
Following its vote in June 2016 to leave the EU, some politicians in the United Kingdom have suggested the idea as an alternative to its membership in the European Union,[132][133] however it is far from clear that this would either offer sufficient economic benefit to replace the impact of leaving the EU or be acceptable to other member states[134] Although the EU is already in the process of negotiating free trade agreements with many Commonwealth countries such as India and Canada, it took the EU almost ten years to come to an agreement with Canada,[135][136] due to the challenge associated with achieving the necessary EU-wide approvals.