From: Musket - PM
Date: 03 Apr 15 - 01:40 AM

So Nigel. What happens during the ten years where we find new markets? Eat each other? The whole of the western world is in trade agreements.
If you took the time to read and understand what I wrote:
Your point might have some weight, were it not for the fact that, as trading partners our balance of payments with the rest of the EU shows that we purchase more from them than they do from us. If we were not in the EU the EU would still want to trade with us because it is a source (net) of income for them.
You would see that I envisage no need to search for new markets (or sources of supply) but would welcome the freedom for the country to do so.

As to "eat each other", surely you are not suggesting that the EU would raise an embargo on selling us food? Tariffs against buying from us would be more likely, but as I explained, highly unlikely.