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Originally Posted by pip08456
You are assuming the EU will extend the term of A50 in the event they reject the white paper proposals. If they don't then parliament won't even get a vote. We'll be out with no deal.
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This is the great dilemma, Pip.
The relevant A50 text is:
3. The Treaties shall cease to apply to the State in question from the date of entry into force of the withdrawal agreement or, failing that, two years after the notification referred to in paragraph 2, unless the European Council, in agreement with the Member State concerned, unanimously decides to extend this period.
The UK needn't ask for an extension. It might be a useful tactic not to ask but to see whether or not the EU seeks an extension, given the amount of skin they have in the exports to UK game.
I've seen somewhere that the UK intends to be tariff free on day 1. It might be prudent to make that to all but the EU except for food and medicines. Choices here are not easy, but we need to turn the tables on the Brussels
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Out with no deal doesn't seem like a bad idea to me given what we are dealing with and it delivers the Referendum result.
The above sentence then raises other questions. What was in the mind of the 52% about some of the economic fears raised over Brexit? This could be tested in a second Referendum and I think some serious opinion polling needs to be done here on a very much larger sample than the 1,500 or so sampled by Yougov last week.
As you know, if you've read my posts, I'm not against remaining so long as we can keep sticking it to the Brussels
<removed>. After all our prosperity has grown with/despite (view it as you wish) the EU. I'm disappointed that some Remainers can't accept the Referendum result, which was a democratically conducted process albeit on crap claims from both sides, particularly Leave. But eyes are open now; 52/48 wasn't as overwhelming at 66/34 would have been.
A second referendum wouldn't take place with this PM. Nor would the Conservatives be re-elected unless this PM delivers a stunning result. She might be ousted then we are in no-mans-land unless someone very strong and credible takes over. Corbyn's party (bar a few with decent principles) are only trying to gain power and are not interested in working as parliamentarians to obtain a good Brexit deal. We must never have Labour led by Corbyn and his Reds getting into power.
Should we have a new non-socialist party that can do what Kadimah did in Israel whenever that was (save for the corruption that their PM was brought to book)?
Brexit has brought turmoil to the UK for the wrong reasons.