Giving up control

[darmstadt]

There is a small but important detail on UK withdrawal from EU meetings, contained in the official letter announcing the move. The
UK has given its vote to Finland (current EU presidency holder) meaning its absence shouldn't block EU decisions.

In other words - giving up control.

[Zigenare]

There is a small but important detail on UK withdrawal from EU meetings, contained in the official letter announcing the move. The
UK has given its vote to Finland (current EU presidency holder) meaning its absence shouldn't block EU decisions.

In other words - giving up control.

And?

We're leaving and we're polite enough not to **** up the running of the EU day to day business. Perhap you've forgotten what courtesy is.

[darmstadt]

And?

We're leaving and we're polite enough not to **** up the running of the EU day to day business. Perhap you've forgotten what courtesy is.

But the UK hasn't left, will it ever, but has given up some of it's powers that it might regret, horse, flee, stable, come to mind?

[meridian]

We already pay a bunch of Brexiting MEPs that don’t turn up to meetings, can’t they just not turn up to a few more?

[jamesbrown]

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This appears to be one of those rarest of occasions where you've completely missed the point.

The purpose was not to cede control, but to trigger remoaners.

Job's a good'un.

[NotAllThere]

This appears to be one of those rarest of occasions where you've completely missed the point.

The purpose was not to cede control, but to trigger remoaners.

Job's a good'un.

This is one of those occasions* where you've missed the point. Brexitidiots have been going on about how they'll screw with the EU to ensure a "good deal".

(Let's see who's triggered by that )




*Not rare

[scooterscot]

Giving up control? Kinda assumes they had control in the first place.

[jamesbrown]

This is one of those occasions* where you've missed the point. Brexitidiots have been going on about how they'll screw with the EU to ensure a "good deal".

(Let's see who's triggered by that )




*Not rare

Can I offer you a comfort blanket to soothe your cretinism?

Lots of excellent remoaner-triggering headlines tomorrow morning.

Like I said, job's a good'un*.








*you twunt

[tomtomagain]

And Stephen Barclay signed the previously passed law to repeal the 1972 European Communities act.

Certainly looks like they are moving to "No Deal".

The extension allowed for the UK to exit earlier than 31st Oct. So maybe that's the plan. Why wait until parliament comes back from its holidays and tries to hijack the whole show? Better to take control of the timetable and screw the opposition.

The EU has handily rejected out of hand the latest overture to renegotiate. Thats good political cover.

What does the PM have to gain by waiting until 31st October?

[jamesbrown]

And Stephen Barclay signed the previously passed law to repeal the 1972 European Communities act.

Certainly looks like they are moving to "No Deal".

The extension allowed for the UK to exit earlier than 31st Oct. So maybe that's the plan. Why wait until parliament comes back from its holidays and tries to hijack the whole show? Better to take control of the timetable and screw the opposition.

The EU has handily rejected out of hand the latest overture to renegotiate. Thats good political cover.

What does the PM have to gain by waiting until 31st October?

Sadly, he can't do that unilaterally. The new exit date is part of an international agreement and it cannot be overturned without a new agreement, which they're unlikely to offer (they want to see how it plays out in Parliament). The original agreement would need to have contained an early escape clause and it didn't (e.g. "if the UK signals that it no longer intends to ratify the WA, then the UK exits on the first day of the next calendar month". Something like that).