True. Potential is there but it needs to be applied. I won't pretend to have any clue as to how to go about this, though I will say that a Labour government is at least more likely to TRY to push for something, for what that's worth.

It’s poor education and the class system. How can any country prosper when it doesn’t get the full potential from its population?

The UK was already at the forefront of the AI. But we let the Americans buy up all our startups (because the British State is weak) so we lost our early advantage.

I think it's you who needs to be observant as the discussion was on a wider role for EU...not the single market.

@@larstenfaelt1859 In the time stamped above, the lady explicitly refers to the SM in the context of defence cooperation.

@@EllieD.Violet Yes in the context that the SM could help out with military support as well...and that is fine. I just heard on the news that other EU members are buying military equipment from my country Sweden replace weapons sent to Ukraine. Thanks to the SM that is seemless and easy. If they bought it from UK or other counties outside EU it would be more difficult. I think this was the message from her. SM as such is just a term to describe the 4 freedomes (goods, serices people and capital) but has no context without the use of these freedoms. I have no clue what experience you have in the military but it is extremely international, also the trading part...so SM highly implify trade. I have a long history in trading and have a long history before Sweden entered EU in the 90-ties. I have worked in the defence industry and seen this first hand and the huge benefits. I have also been involved in industrial collaborations and seen how great benefit the SM is for all type of goods regardless in what areas but especially in the Military area with common standards and high visibilty of rules for goods that might be part of a larger re-exporting deals. Sooooooo relevant!!! What type of experience do you have in trade and especially in trade with goods that have extra regulations in regards to re-exporting etc?

@@larstenfaelt1859 Since I'm a forensic data analyst by profession naturally I have no experience in trade. One doesn't need to have experience, only a well functioning brain and a knack for logic. I don't get your need to explain the benefits of the SM to me, be it in military equipment or non-military goods. I know the benefits of the SM rather well. All I did was lecture the participants of this discussion about 2 facts: 1) the SM is the internal trade body of the EU and hence not connected to ANYTHING defence related as opposed to what that lady seemed to imply. She explicitly related to the EU extending her potential purchases to source from outside the SM, hence the UK. 2) I reminded her that naturally, given the classification of military equipment, the UK always only would be a 2nd tier participant, and that military cooperation in no effing way could be used by the UK for demanding any kind of trade-in for preferential access to the SM.

@@EllieD.Violet Yes. The problem with UK (where I have spent a couple of my working years) is that they believe that rhetoric and perception is more important to do things and be honest. Sadly they have this imperial excelionalist thinking believing they are "leading" everywhere.

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@@julianshepherd2038 Feel free to elaborate, enlighten and correct me. Given the average low level of the 'expert' participants in the UKICE discussions, I kept it short and simple. 3 factors: 1) as of 2024, the UK fails to meet 50% of the accession criteria. She will need half a century to meet those missing 50%. 2) those of us EU27 members that profit from Brexit - e.g. euroclearing - will veto the UK. Nobody here 🇪🇺is stupid enough to hand back said profits in return for nothing. 3) we 🇨🇵 have referenda on applicants for EU membership and will veto little brexitannia for a minimum of half a century. Just for the fun of it and because we can 🤣. Greetings from civilization 🇪🇺

The entire population is of European origin? No it isn't. Everyone in the UK knows that.

Europe can have a range of outlooks and historical context.

Its a snippet from our podcast - which you can listen to here open.spotify.com/episode/6D4PJpoj8mSf2yxgMAmKWR

Even as someone who doesn’t like Kuennsberg, it’s not the same. A) it was a mayoral and not general, and b) all she said was ‘it’s going to be closer than you might think.’

@@dw-yl3ln They were referring to the 2019 general election, where Kunssberg tweeted that the postal votes were looking grim for Labour, before the polls closed.

@@billtycoon3289saying they look grim, according to her source(s), is not publishing the result.

@@dw-yl3ln It was in the 2019 General Election where she was privileged to view the numbers of postal votes for each party and announced that the Tories seem to have a hugely commanding lead. Coming before people went to the ballot box it was totally unprofessional and illegal and yet nothing was done about it.

Not for us EU27 🇪🇺. We win - both economically and politically.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha whatever you say LITTLE ENGLANDER. you brexshitters LIED & LIED & LIED & LIED & LIED & LIED and the people you fooled are now giving you the finger