A wonderful post-Brexit future

What makes anyone think that Britain will be better off if we leave the EU? My experience of working in 30 countries across the world suggests that we shall be in for a hard time.

We shall be throwing ourselves into an environment in which we are not fit to compete. How on earth is Britain going to negotiate and equitable deal with the USA? Britain is a very small nation compared to the USA. Despite the "special relationship", the USA can afford to ignore us. It did not need the UK's support for the invasion of Iraq or Afghanistan. It did not need British support in the Korean war. It would have lost the Vietnam war even if it had British support. The USA hardly needs us  and when Britain leaves the EU it won't need us at all. The USA will always look after its own interests just as Britain, France and China do. They will do us no favours when we leave the EU and we should not expect them to. The USA respects power and the UK will have no more power than Malta does when we leave the EU.

American citizens abroad have an easy going self  confidence which they know is backed up by a gigantic economic and corporate power. They can fill meetings with experts they can outnumber the British and "outgun us" at anytime. The idea that a "Lord Snooty" or "Roy of the Rovers" character can beat all comers by acting alone is comic book fantasy. The Americans will walk all over us . So will the EU and China; and so will India which is catching up fast with the other economic super-powers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Snooty

http://scotiafile.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/lord-snooty-and-his-pals-beano.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_of_the_Rovers

How on earth can Britain survive in a cruel hard world when the government has no plan for our future relationship with the EU after we have left?  And, no plan for our relationship with the rest of the world for that matter. How on earth can Britain prosper when the government has made no assessments - good or bad- of the economic effects of leaving the EU ? How could a government of this nature be trusted to negotiate with any one? How could a government be trusted to exploit any opportunity arising from leaving the EU?

Out in the big wild world many of our citizens are unfit to compete  with the competition on a personal basis. I have worked in many countries and with people from all over the world. I have found that none of these world citizens have a self-satisfied sense of entitlement. They work very hard. Many of my fellow Britons could not spell or write coherent English as well as the Indian citizens that I have encountered. Even Russian and Chinese workers can "out-spell" the British.

I have asked Indian workers to write reports for me  which I could deliver to senior management with very little correction or alteration. They seem to know the difference between a "blog" and a business report. English is the business language of the world; so isn't it a shame that  many British people are unable to exploit their native language? It helps when you are in another country to be able to speak some of the language even if it is just to say: "thank you" or "good morning". The language skills of British young people are appalling. You are not going to make many sales in Japan or China if you cannot even be seen to be polite. Britons will not only be coming up against tariff and non-tariff barriers they will also be coming up against language barriers.

A metropolitan elite has somehow persuaded the British electorate that Britain can easily survive on its own. The trouble is this elite is decadent and lazy and has an undeserved sense of entitlement and superiority  It is just the sort of attitude that ruffles feathers in India, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and the US. This elite is now in control of our future. It is this elite that will be sending their own kind out into the rest of the world to struggle for Britain and with their attitude they are dooming us to failure.

This sense of superiority and entitlement will not serve us well. We are on a downward slope and we shall skid along to disaster if we are not careful. The reality is we need our European friends more than they need us. The EU protects us from failure and gives us the opportunity to compete with the rest of the world on an even playing field. We don't need "Roy of the Rovers" we need a sense of realism and team work to progress.