Hard Brexit is basically Britain leaving the EU totally, regardless of the consequences and without any sort of economic, diplomatic, or civil plan.

The alternatives are to leave with some sort of deal- the most viable being that the UK remains inside the EU trade deal known as "the single market" in return for honouring certain EU laws, most likely including the free movement of people between EU and UK without the need for visas. Or to not leave the EU at all.

The biggest impact of hard Brexit will be upon industry- many companies are based in the UK but make most of their money trading with the EU. If hard Brexit happens many of those companies have already said they will relocate to the EU. The next biggest impact would be the amount of tax people in the UK would have to pay on imported goods from the EU (lots of food, furniture, some clothing and cars come to the UK from the EU). The loss of "frictionless borders" would jeopardize our health service, a lot of the UKs medical supplies and medical professionals come from the EU. Finally UK science and research is heavily funded by the EU, without that funding much of our research in the "public domain" will die out, we will probably have to turn to private funding which means the companies funding the research will own it and he able to charge what they like for the fruits of it.

dude - they have the internet in Oz, which means you will be as informed as the rest of us - IE nobody knows what the fuck is going on

Today its been announced leave campaign broke the law and its been passed to the police . Coincidently Emperor May has called for an early ho,iday making the next 7 weeks a bit of a jolly .

Does anyone here watch Coronation Street?

Best video on cameron and brexit, what a twat. LMAO

Nobody in the UK understands much if they're honest! Dunno how to explain it impartially, but somehow some nationalist types got lucky with their timing and managed to persuade a small majority to vote to leave the EU on the pretence it was all about stopping immigration, and that immigration was even a problem. The negotiations before we leave are to set up trade agreements etc and compromises have to be made, we can't get all the free trade without some consequences. Hard brexit means just closing the doors, shutting off all trade, sticking a finger up to Europe and being the greatest empire in the world and if anyone else doesnt like it tough shit. Which is a load of bollocks and will bankrupt the UK, but that's the logic behind it. Soft brexit is leaving the EU in principle but keeping a lot of connections and agreements in place, which is a bit like staying in but nobody dares say that! Somebody else may put it better and more impartially but I hope I've covered the basic idea.