Brexit band is wrong about UK energy policy | The National

Brexit band is wrong about UK energy policy | The National:

"The energy policy – if it deserves the name – of those supporting a UK exit from the European Union is a microcosm of the broader arguments for voting to leave. Allegedly harmful regulations would be scrapped. British influence would be maintained in splendid isolation. And the disruption that would follow an exit can be shrugged off.

“Leaving the EU would, as far as energy is concerned, give the UK the chance to opt out of a relationship where the disadvantages overwhelmingly outweigh the advantages," claims Business for Britain, a pro-Brexit lobby. But there is no opting out from the thicket of pipelines, electricity cables and investments that link Britain to its EU neighbours.

So most of Business for Britain’s energy chapter is devoted to showing that Britain could keep the same regulations and international memberships outside the EU as it has today: upheaval for the sake of continuity."



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