"and what does the emerald isle have as an industrial base- peat and cow s**t perhaps?"
No it does not thanks to Britain developing industry in the North East, giving the best land to settlers than hanging on to that bit after independence
Immaterial anyway - Ireland is remaining in the EU
"For the rest- in a global market change can only occur when all act in unison"
The isolationist nature of Brexit rules that one out then?
Jim Carroll