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Old 07-09-2016, 16:14   #1571
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Re: Post-Brexit Thread
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy View Post
Quite right but not so slowly that it's only part done and the opposition if they got into power ( God help us) could reverse it.



For which we should be truely thankful.
Theresa May will activate Article 50 in 2017. Then we have 2 years of negotiation taking us to roughly the end of 2019. There will be a general election in May 2020 when people can reflect on progress so far and decide if they want to stick with the Conservatives or switch to another party.

Given that we will have activated Brexit in 2017 there will be no going back. There are no second chances, which is why it is crucial that we get our strategy right.

Theresa May has said that she is not going to give a running commentary on progress as that would compromise discussions with the EU.

Bear in mind too that the German people have given the German government a bit of a sideswipe with Merkel losing seats to the opposition Anti-EU party and during the next few years France will be having elections when I expect something similar to happen.

This may get the UK a far more sympathetic hearing as the EU was warned that if it did not reform anti-EU sentiment would increase with a subsequent loss of seats.

By the time the negotiations are completed we may have a completely different version of the EU perhaps one we could live with but we'll all have to be patient and wait and see.
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