Juncker says ENglish becoming less important

[SueEllen]

Yes, of course. We stay in the EEA and common market in return for a contribution to the EU (say, £350m per week?) without any of that contribution coming back to the poorer regions of the UK, continue to accept freedom of movement, and accept EU laws (without now having a say in how they are drafted), all for a transitionary period. Let's say 40 years?

It's not freedom of movement it is special visa rules for people from EEA countries.

Goddammit

[PurpleGorilla]

Yes, of course. We stay in the EEA and common market in return for a contribution to the EU (say, £350m per week?) without any of that contribution coming back to the poorer regions of the UK, continue to accept freedom of movement, and accept EU laws (without now having a say in how they are drafted), all for a transitionary period. Let's say 40 years?

No.

EEA for 5-7 years then FTA

Or

Hard brexit WTO

I'm happy with either.

[meridian]

No.

EEA for 5-7 years then FTA

Or

Hard brexit WTO

I'm happy with either.

Out of interest, why would you be happy with either? Does a hard Brexit make sense economically for the UK overall?

[PurpleGorilla]

Out of interest, why would you be happy with either? Does a hard Brexit make sense economically for the UK overall?

Transitionary EEA would save a lot of mincing about before a FTA is agreed.

Hard brexit to WTO would save a lot of mincing about before at FTA is agreed.

Both put the ball in our side of the court.

[AtW]

Out of interest, why would you be happy with either? Does a hard Brexit make sense economically for the UK overall?

He would be happy because he is an ekonomically illiterate monkey...

[SueEllen]

Out of interest, why would you be happy with either? Does a hard Brexit make sense economically for the UK overall?

He's scared of people who have a darker skin colour than him or who follow a different religion, and he thinks Brexit will stop them coming. Unfortunately Brexit will bring more more darker skinned immigrants with a different religion to the UK to compete with him.

[VectraMan]

Transitionary EEA would save a lot of mincing about before a FTA is agreed.

Hard brexit to WTO would save a lot of mincing about before at FTA is agreed.

Both put the ball in our side of the court.

Simply staying in the EU would save all the mincing about.

[The_Equalizer]

Simply staying in the EU would save all the mincing about.

So would have not joining in the first place.

[MarillionFan]

Russian and Mandarin after the 13th May.

#Baba Vanga

Told you.

[Mordac]

That was definitely the case when I worked in Switzerland. Germans refused to speak French, the French refused to speak German and no-one was prepared to learn Dutch.

Including the Dutch, ironically. When I was at school with a Dutch lad (mid 80's so this is not exactly current) the English teacher managed to prove that the Dutch kid was better educated in English grammar (thanks to the high level of English taught in the Netherlands) than we were.
His family didn't even bother speaking Dutch at home.