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[Hobosapien]

Where is 'remain' an option? article 50 has been triggered. is it possible to reverse it?
a country can leave, waste 2 years of everyone's time, and then say 'sorry, only joking'?
I can't see that, somehow

Apparently 'they' are looking at whether UK can unilaterally cancel article 50 so default is 'remain' rather than having to rejoin immediately at great detriment.

i.e. The EU holds all the cards now and the only way to get a reasonable result is to call the whole thing off.

Shame 'no deal' wasn't planned for two years ago as hard brexit would have been best way forward from current position if UK really wanted to break away from EU. I'm sure May will be able to negotiate a transition period following a hard brexit in March 2019 if all else fails, as the EU will still want to sell us their stuff. so in their interest not to put up too many barriers.

[NotAllThere]

Where is 'remain' an option? article 50 has been triggered. is it possible to reverse it?
a country can leave, waste 2 years of everyone's time, and then say 'sorry, only joking'?

Yes, it is possible. However, it isn't without consequences - losing those hard won concessions, having to pay compensation, and generally becoming the whipping boy of the other countries.

[meridian]

Apparently 'they' are looking at whether UK can unilaterally cancel article 50 so default is 'remain' rather than having to rejoin immediately at great detriment.

Correct, the court case has been heard and we are now waiting for the judgement on whether A50 can be unilaterally revoked. There's also a possibility that it can be revoked and approved with unanimous approval from the other EU member states.

i.e. The EU holds all the cards now and the only way to get a reasonable result is to call the whole thing off.

What do you mean "now"? Did we hold all the cards but we lost them?

Shame 'no deal' wasn't planned for two years ago as hard brexit would have been best way forward from current position if UK really wanted to break away from EU. I'm sure May will be able to negotiate a transition period following a hard brexit in March 2019 if all else fails, as the EU will still want to sell us their stuff. so in their interest not to put up too many barriers.

A hard Brexit is Canada, you're thinking of No Deal Brexit. By definition, No Deal Brexit means no deal, and the only way a transition period will be implemented is if there is a deal.
On March 29th we've left and we've become a third country. We will legally have more barriers than any other country for imports/exports because that's what we've chosen to do. We're not special snowflakes.

[Zigenare]

Correct, the court case has been heard and we are now waiting for the judgement on whether A50 can be unilaterally revoked. There's also a possibility that it can be revoked and approved with unanimous approval from the other EU member states.



What do you mean "now"? Did we hold all the cards but we lost them?



A hard Brexit is Canada, you're thinking of No Deal Brexit. By definition, No Deal Brexit means no deal, and the only way a transition period will be implemented is if there is a deal.
On March 29th we've left and we've become a third country. We will legally have more barriers than any other country for imports/exports because that's what we've chosen to do. We're not special snowflakes.

No mate, you're just a normal snowflake.