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Previously on "Simple solution to the Brexit problem - stay in Europe AND cancel Freedom of Movement"

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    ...and then finally they will erect a huge billboard in Brussels that states:

    EU 10 UK 0

    Or simply:

    Royaume-Uni Nil Points

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    Osborne on the Andrew Marr show said, having talked to EU colleagues, that he expected the EU to make an offer to enter the EEA, and that he expects the UK to be there for many years.

    I think it is clear, the negotiations will be primarily about the bill and when they've ground the UK down will give them just a few months or weeks even to decide on EEA membership complete with FOM, hefty budget contributions and subject to European court of justice or risk being thrown out completely.


    What does a middling European power with very little indigenous manufacturing industry and a reliance on debt to prop up its standard of living really expect? What happened to our educational standards that 52% of the population can't see this reality?

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  • diseasex
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    to fund public sector jobs for dodgy EU citizens returning from the UK.
    hooray

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  • BlasterBates
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    and before I forget, on 1st April 2020 they will unanimously pass a new directive to force the clearing of Euro based derivatives in the EU so generating a 100,000 new jobs and a much needed increase in tax revenue to fund public sector jobs for EU citizens returning from the UK.

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    ...and then finally they will erect a huge billboard in Brussels that states:

    EU 10 UK 0

    Nah they will just find a German politician to make a sarcastic killer comment about the Tories....

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  • BlasterBates
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    Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
    I expect that membership fees will be £350,000,000 per week with no rebate.
    ...and then finally they will erect a huge billboard in Brussels that states:

    EU 10 UK 0

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    Osborne on the Andrew Marr show said, having talked to EU colleagues, that he expected the EU to make an offer to enter the EEA, and that he expects the UK to be there for many years.

    I think it is clear, the negotiations will be primarily about the bill and when they've ground the UK down will give them just a few months or weeks even to decide on EEA membership complete with FOM, budget demands and subject to European court of justice or risk being thrown out completely.

    I expect that membership fees will be £350,000,000 per week with no rebate.

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  • BlasterBates
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    Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
    It will be amusing when they stop dithering about what they want, and then realise that they can only have what the EU agrees to.
    Osborne on the Andrew Marr show said, having talked to EU colleagues, that he expected the EU to make an offer to enter the EEA, and that he expects the UK to be there for many years.

    I think it is clear, the negotiations will be primarily about the bill and when they've ground the UK down will give them just a few months or weeks even to decide on EEA membership complete with FOM, hefty budget contributions and subject to European court of justice or risk being thrown out completely.


    Last edited by BlasterBates; 13 June 2017, 10:17.

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
    He doesn't get a vote in IndyRef.
    I'm sure he'd be able find someone to "put him up" for just long enough to register to vote.

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    Michael Gove calls for an Open approach on Brexit

    I think the Tories survival instinct is kicking in as they now ditch Brexit.

    It will be amusing when they stop dithering about what they want, and then realise that they can only have what the EU agrees to.

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  • BlasterBates
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    Michael Gove calls for an Open approach on Brexit

    I think the Tories survival instinct is kicking in as they now ditch Brexit.

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  • northernladyuk
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post
    Try telling Scooty that...
    He doesn't get a vote in IndyRef.

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
    I think we get an inkiing here as to why a referendum is a bad idea to make an important political decision.

    Try telling Scooty that...

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  • BlasterBates
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    Originally posted by northernladyuk View Post
    Who is being given Greek citizenship in mass numbers? It isn't an easy process. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_nationality_law
    I think we get an inkiing here as to why a referendum is a bad idea to make an important political decision.

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by eek View Post
    The simple solution would have been for Labour back in 2007 to implement the proposed changes that made our benefits system contribution based rather than a free for all.

    Then Eastern Europeans wouldn't then be getting their wages topped up with benefits as soon as they arrived in the country and would instead have had to both work here for 5 years before claiming...
    The Tories threatened to do that and were going to make a pigs ear of it. They stated they couldn't do it to Eastern Europeans without doing it to British citizens.

    However they forgot that many systems have a residency requirement as well so if you were educated here before the age of 16 you qualify. That way those in the care system or are disabled and have lived here all their lives aren't made destitute.

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