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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
There is no way that the EU would allow us to keep our rebate and opt outs. We are to be punished for even thinking of leaving. That means an extra £4bn a year and having to dump the pound for the Euro. That would be just the beginning of the botty spanking.
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That's just speculation though. The other side is that the same factors that gave us the rebate are in play. We're one of the major powers in the bloc and they'll want our budget contributions. If they were offered the chance for this whole thing to end then I think they'll probably just go 'sod it' and revoke Article 50 and move on. The only concession I would expect them to require of us would be some mechanism by which we don't try to leave for another 10 or so years.
Also the rebate is more at risk than joining the Euro. They probably don't want us in there with the risk of us trying to change/screw it all up. The Euro has given them enough of a headache for the last decade without now having to add one of the major European economies to it.