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					Originally Posted by  martyh
					 
				 
				we've got to tell the EU what we want from them post Brexit anyway or it will be a very odd sort of negotiation    
			
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 Telling them well in advance of negotiations would allow them to set up stern resistance to our stance, or have time to manoeuvre the lawyers into position. After all, it will be a lawyer' fest, the trough will runneth over.