so you have actually met Nigel?

All well and good when there was little exotic competition, but, (always a but eh?) as our trade now runs at approximately 55 to 60% with the EU, and there is no longer an 'open market playing field' elsewhere, due to the playing field being full of competition from the far east, (and elsewhere) just how does one propose to gain back a market share outside of the EU, should we suddenly discover that, due to internal-ism, isolationism, our entry into Europe is restricted?

To regains market share outside of the EU we would, of necessity have to rebuild that share to replace that we lose in Europe,

This could take decades to achieve, and to put it bluntly we do not have the luxury of such a protracted timescale in which to build up a replacement, even if only for a relatively small drop in trade across the Channel.
Also our trade with the USA our second biggest trading partner, is only about 15%, and there competition could be rapidly diminished by aggressive tactics by our far eastern competitors.

No sir, I have to say it, we are far too deep into the EU, even if we don''t comply with the Euro, to even think of extricating ourselves from the EU.

Then all I can say is that you have very little idea or experience of international business, the workings of the EU, and the many benefits that brings.

The EU doesn't decide with whom we trade - every member state is a separate entity and can trade with any nation, operating at all times within internationally-imposed sanctions and business standards.
All member states can and do negotiate individual deals daily.

The notion that we, outside the EU, can spontaneously trade more to compensate for lost EU business is simply naive. Exit would destroy jobs, not create more.

Switzerland is not a good example -in order to trade with EU, it must comply with EU standards - without having the slightest input into the compilation of those standards.
In fact, Switzerland and Norway are the most compliant nations to EU regulations, precisely to trade within the bloc, but prefer to be outside for their own reasons.

Norway has the world's greatest sovereign wealth fund, has bountiful supplies of gas/oil, so can play the isolationist game for longer.
Switzerland adopted dubious forms of banking decades ago, and is a gigantic tax haven; if it joined, all that would come under scrutiny - so it stays away.

The UK has none of the above.
But what do I know; I'm only an international businessman with 30 years' experience.

''there are very many of us who wish we'd never experienced him either... ''

What did Nige do to you? Did he steal your wallet or something seeing as you disklike him so much, there must be a valid reason other than standing up against the gnomes of the European Parliament?

Yes, i think our Nigel can be seen as abrupt by many, BUT you cant deny he has been proved correct in everything he says....He was predicting Spains implosion and its happening.....