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Old 24-06-2016, 14:46   #16
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Re: Should the UK invoke Article 50?
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Originally Posted by Stuart View Post
Depends what they are planning. I've seen some people suggesting that this attempt to leave the EU is an attempt to get better terms for rejoining the EU. This is a possibility if they don't invoke Article 50. If they invoke Article 50, if my understanding is correct, there will be no option to rejoin the EU.

Do I think the government will rejoin the EU under any circumstances? I don't know. Most of Parliament appear to want us to have stayed in the EU, so maybe they will. The MPs that wanted to leave won't, I don't think they will, although several of them have shown they are perfectly willing to change allegiances (Bo-Jo being the major one).
It may be that us leaving starts a domino effect and that in turn forces the EU into re winding to something more akin to the old EEC which we would probably want to be part of and as you say invoking Article 50 would preclude that