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Old 22-09-2020, 19:15   #4066
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Re: Brexit-Transitional Period Ends 31/12/20
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
There's plenty of getting around that.
Your solution, presumably, is to become part of the EU as a net beneficiary.

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If the British Government wants to tell 900,000 unionists in Northern Ireland that Queen and Country is more than willing to abandon them after marching for 300 years then I genuinely look forward to this message. Hopefully someone gets Arlene Foster's reaction and that of Ian Paisley Jnr when they are told.
Separation has consequences.

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Scotland would at least know where it was and have control of its destiny. England would still be clutching around trying to find relevance it seems to have lost around 1945.
An impoverished country is not in control of its destiny. Unless impoverishment is the objective.

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If it ends up as England and Wales, would it still be called Great Britain? Genuinely don't know the answer as to what a rump nation could be called.
That 'rump nation' is the only one that makes money, so it will still be Great.

What's wrong with Great Royal England?

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Nothing to stop a customs union between Scotand and England-Wales.
Except the will of the English people. There will be no customs union with the EU, which Scotland and Wales would expect to be part of if they were to separate from the UK.
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