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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
"This is serious business. You don't just put on a pair of union jack y fronts, march into Brussels and make demands.". No really omg how deluded I've been  and you think the civil service weren't preparing for all eventualities there will be plans made and they will be waiting for a politician to choose which one they want to proceed with. Also it's rarely our politicians that deal with the international negotiations it's the diplomatic staff politicians make an appearance at the begining and the end and take the credit. |
The civil service weren't prepared for the result. You can find references to this all over the Internet so I'm not even going to start copy/pasting.
Preparations started Friday.
EDIT: Actually here's one reference - this is about as boring as it comes -
https://www.civilserviceworld.com/ar...gency-planning
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Although the Treasury has worked with the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority to extensively plan for the immediate economic impact of a Brexit vote, Downing Street on Monday reiterated that the civil service had not done separate contingency work for the wider process of withdrawal – something the new team will now lead on.
"Now we can start the work to put the UK in the best possible position for those negotiations on Britain's future relationship with the EU," she added.
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