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Originally Posted by ianch99

What no apology for being accused of pulling "ficticious figures pulled out of the air"?

Disappointed but not surprised

I suppose stupid is a s stupid does.

It is ficticious in that it implies 63% did not wish to leave.

The same fiction that 79% didn't want to remain.

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Originally Posted by martyh

Others may not ,and if you already knew that why pose the question ?

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There may not be and that may stand but according to A50 we have to notify the EU of our intention to leave ,in law the word intention cannot be interpreted as final or irreversible.The very wording of Article 50 makes provision for the process to be reversed This is worth a read



The argument that it has already been invoked is in my mind a bit spurious .Some legal minds are saying that because the UK has made it perfectly clear to the world in general that we intend to leave the EU then formal notification in writing or whatever the process is unnecessary and we are already in the process of leaving

The wording of A50 does not make provision for the process to be reversed, I don't need to try and find a way around paywalled links to know this as I have actually read article 50.

What it does provide is the option fror a state to re-apply subject to Article 49.

Article50(5)

If a State which has withdrawn from the Union asks to rejoin, its request shall be subject to the procedure referred to in Article 49.

Article 49

Any European State which respects the values referred to in Article 2 and is committed to promoting them may apply to become a member of the Union. The European Parliament and national Parliaments shall be notified of this application. The applicant State shall address its application to the Council, which shall act unanimously after consulting the Commission and after receiving the assent of the European Parliament, which shall act by an absolute majority of its component members. The conditions of admission and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the Union is founded, which such admission entails, shall be the subject of an agreement between the Member States and the applicant State. This agreement shall be submitted for ratification by all the contracting States in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements. The conditions of eligibility agreed upon by the European Council shall be taken into account.

Article 2 (1)

When the Treaties confer on the Union exclusive competence in a specific area, only the Union may legislate and adopt legally binding acts, the Member States being able to do so themselves only if so empowered by the Union or for the implementation of acts of the Union.

Be careful what you wish for.

I suppose I'd better post a non paywalled fully google searchable link for those who may doubt my quotes from the Lisbon Treaty.

http://www.lisbon-treaty.org/wcm/the...article-2.html

You can find all the other Articles from that starting point, they even provide forward and back buttons so you can go through all the articles.