Thread: Britain outside the EU
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Old 02-06-2021, 12:17   #1097
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Re: Britain outside the EU
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
The idea that the UK would have taken the political hit of abandoning the other EU member states by not joining the vaccine programme, had it been an EU member riding on the back of a recent vote to remain in the bloc, is absolutely absurd.
That's something I doubt we'll agree on I'm afraid. This was not another business as usual scenario.

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Originally Posted by nomadking View Post
UK had an exemption to the Social Chapter, what happened is that the EU forced it upon us anyway via a backdoor method.
Can you expand on this backdoor method?

Meanwhile, moving forwards, this is interesting.
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Liz Truss Excellent news that #CPTPP nations have agreed UK accession process will commence to join this dynamic free trade area of 11 countries.
We'll present our plans to Parliament in the coming weeks before starting negotiations .
https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/1399986254419275776
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