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Old 25-02-2016, 12:39   #665
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re: [Update] The UK votes to leave the EU

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
Probably none.
Which is why that particular statistic should be seen for what it is - a smokescreen designed to obfuscate the true nature of our membership of the EU. It isn't simply a bilateral treaty. Its depth and complexity puts it in a category all of its own.

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As the article says when it comes down to it we're still sovereign because Parliament could abolish them, including the EU.
In theory, yes, but the architecture of the whole European project is designed, quite deliberately, to make that so difficult that few would actually try.
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