No talks before Article 50, says Angela Merkel's spokesman

[WTFH]

I would suggest we start negotiating with non EU nations today.

Who is the "we" who do this negotiating? It's not Call Me Dave. So, who is going to do it (unless it is handed over to our unelected civil servants)

[vetran]

Who is the "we" who do this negotiating? It's not Call Me Dave. So, who is going to do it (unless it is handed over to our unelected civil servants)

This is indeed a problem CMD has thrown his toys out of the pram.

[AtW]

This is indeed a problem CMD has thrown his toys out of the pram.

What did you expect - CMD to negotiate exit terms whilst new candidates for PM are campagning?

[darmstadt]

yeah traditionally we export the Irish (to lay railways), Scots (to build bridges) & Cornish (to Dig holes). We could get rid of all the troublemakers!

Cornwall voted out but still want the money, or at least the government to guarantee the same amount of investment

[billybiro]

Cornwall voted out but still want the money, or at least the government to guarantee the same amount of investment

So did Yorkshire. I don't think they quite understand how this works. They've made their bed, now they can lie in it.

[VectraMan]

So did Yorkshire. I don't think they quite understand how this works. They've made their bed, now they can lie in it.

Don't worry. £350m per week is plenty to go round.

[WTFH]

Can we blame Jeremy Corbyn for this as well?

[SueEllen]

Can we blame Jeremy Corbyn for this as well?

Yep.

[WTFH]

Yep.

Well, I guess since he's now £350million a week better off and running the country, it must be his fault...


(Surprised Nick Clegg hasn't been blamed as well)

[bobspud]

Cornwall voted out but still want the money, or at least the government to guarantee the same amount of investment

Actually I was having a quite heated row with a client the other week because I suggested that between people looking for work and the FE centres in the southwest it would be a shoe-in to go to Cornwall and offer an onshore IT support model that would undercut the costs of Mumbai and Kolkata improve the service and help the area. We are IDIOTS in this country we fell hook line and sinker for outsourcery and globalisation and screwed so many of our own areas for a quick buck.

The government needs to be forcibly removed from Westminster and dragged to places like St Austell until they fully understand that there are more places than Westminster that need helping