UK 'not legally obliged' to pay Brexit exit bill, say peers

[northernladyuk]

Well then we exit with no deal on to WTO. That much is obvious

With no exit payment required. And everyone takes a lot of pain. The UK contributes 12% of the EU budget after all.

Interestingly Irelands largest market is the US .... with which there is no free-trade deal either. So maybe this access to the single market is not all it's cracked up to be.


* * PS : It was Irish Mushroom Farmers who are heavily dependent on the UK.

Please tell me you're not allowed to vote.

[tomtomagain]

Please tell me you're not allowed to vote.

Sorry, but I'm allowed to vote, worse than that I do.

[northernladyuk]

Sorry, but I'm allowed to vote, worse than that I do.

It is just as feared.

[tomtomagain]

It is just as feared.

I shall enjoy the privilege even more next time.

[northernladyuk]

I shall enjoy the privilege even more next time.

And I will be just as entertained by the outcomes.

[tomtomagain]

And I will be just as entertained by the outcomes.

So is there a EU-US single market? I thought that they were trying to negotiate this TTIP thing that stalled/collapsed.

[chopper]

It occurs to me - if the EU thinks that a departing UK must pay up its net contributions anyway, then surely Greece could quit the EU and the EU would still have to pay Greece the money was contracted to - in exactly the same way?