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Originally Posted by Damien
Here is the deal:
The key changes will mean that:
It's a bit better than the one from a few weeks ago but not what he would have wanted at the start. I think that last point was designed to be the rabbit out of the hat. Someone who knows what they're talking about will have to let us know what it actually means but on the face of it that is probably the substantial one.
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This entire deal means essentially nothing.
It is not legally binding.
It will not be discussed in the European Parliament until after the referendum at which point it may be amended or, indeed, rejected entirely.
There is absolutely no reason for the members of the European Parliament to acquiesce to anything they may consider goes against their own constituents' interests post-vote.
It should be remembered that some members of the EU Parliament do actually represent their constituents there, rather than being like my local Labour MEP and representing the EU to his constituents.
The emergency brake is not in the interests of the rest of the EU. We remain in they've no reason to agree to it, especially not the Eastern European nations. The same thing goes for the child benefit changes.
France especially, along with others, will likely seek to render the handbrake on contentious financial regulation impotent. They look with jealousy at the City of London and want the money there for their own purposes.
The opt-out from ever closer union is not new. Neither does it actually mean anything. If we do not join with ever closer union we'll just become even more of a money tap on the sidelines.
For anyone who is concerned about the terms of this deal there is only one certain path, voting to leave. This entire renegotiation has been a waste of the politicians' time and a whole bunch of taxpayers' money.
I have a whole bunch of words for those Conservative MPs who have put career before either belief or the opinions of their local associations and can only wish them every failure when they are next looking for votes. Not that it actually matters of course given they seem set on wanting to abrogate their responsibilities to the EU.
Labour are a joke and know they are a joke, hence why they're so desperate to abrogate responsibility for being the opposition to the EU.
Meanwhile we've Grassroots Out who are seemingly double agents. I presume next on their guest list will be Kim Jong Un.