WGAF??

[Old Greg]

You really don't get it do you? You're not being obtuse on purpose, you really just don't understand. Would love to see the expression on your face when the penny finally drops

No chance. He'll be lying face down in a pool of his own urine in whichever of the Barnstaple 'Spoons he is frequenting.

[Whorty]

AS regards the status of EU/British citizens post Brexit, we are not ASKING to be treated as a special case.

We are currently in negotiations (you DO understand that this does not necessarily entail pulling your trousers down and bending over don't you?),
and on a matter that affects both parties we have grounds for expecting that an offer that simply involves mere reciprocity ought to be seriously considered as it is patently of mutual benefit.

The fact that the EU seem hell-bent on snubbing us over this issue just highlights their inclination to act like spoilt children.

As others have stated, this is a classic case of cutting one's nose off to spoil one's face.

HTH

You really don't get it do you? You're not being obtuse on purpose, you really just don't understand. Would love to see the expression on your face when the penny finally drops

[shaunbhoy]

You're a special case.

I know.

[Old Greg]

AS regards the status of EU/British citizens post Brexit, we are not ASKING to be treated as a special case.

We are currently in negotiations (you DO understand that this does not necessarily entail pulling your trousers down and bending over don't you?),
and on a matter that affects both parties we have grounds for expecting that an offer that simply involves mere reciprocity ought to be seriously considered as it is patently of mutual benefit.

The fact that the EU seem hell-bent on snubbing us over this issue just highlights their inclination to act like spoilt children.

As others have stated, this is a classic case of cutting one's nose off to spoil one's face.

HTH

You're a special case.

[shaunbhoy]

We can't expect the EU to treat us as a special case

AS regards the status of EU/British citizens post Brexit, we are not ASKING to be treated as a special case.

We are currently in negotiations (you DO understand that this does not necessarily entail pulling your trousers down and bending over don't you?),
and on a matter that affects both parties we have grounds for expecting that an offer that simply involves mere reciprocity ought to be seriously considered as it is patently of mutual benefit.

The fact that the EU seem hell-bent on snubbing us over this issue just highlights their inclination to act like spoilt children.

As others have stated, this is a classic case of cutting one's nose off to spoil one's face.

HTH

[Old Greg]

Is that the oiginal headline, because it seems to be different now: "Queen looks to 'new partnership' with Europe after Brexit". The only mention of uncertainty in the text is with respect to the 100'000 Dutch in the UK and the 50'000 Brits in the Netherlands, in the light of Brexit. Which is true. There is uncertainty - but IIRC, May has unilaterally declared that EU foreigners in the UK will be able to stay, so the uncertainty is with Brits in the Netherlands.

May does not have the power to make that decision.

[darmstadt]

Shaun is very slow on the uptake so give him a while. The penny may drop eventually.

But then again, it might not...

He's slow! I think you can apply that to all Brexiters

[Cirrus]

Thick as Two Shaun Planks

You do understand we're leaving the EU don't you?

Shaun is very slow on the uptake so give him a while. The penny may drop eventually.

But then again, it might not...

[Whorty]

Yes, a matter that is entirely within the control of the EU to resolve, yet is a reciprocal gesture that they have stubbornly resisted to make.

Thus, once more highlighting their churlish inflexibility and acting as a stark reminder as to why a vote to LEAVE was the morally correct thing to do.

HTH

Or, and I know this is difficult for you to understand, the EU will treat us like any other 3rd country and will give us the same 'benefits' as the other 3rd countries they don't have a trade (or any other) agreement with. We can't expect the EU to treat us as a special case as then they will be asked by all the other more important countries that they have relationships with to do the same.

You do understand we're leaving the EU don't you? You do actually understand what this means and what you voted for? You do understand that we'll be a 3rd country and therefore won't have the benefits that we had when in the EU? You do understand that we're not that important now on the world stage, and the world has been watching and seen how badly we've managed and negotiated Brexit? You do understand that we're not some super power anymore and we can't bully other countries into giving us what we want, like we could when we dominated via colonial empirialism? Those 'glory' days have gone .... you do realise they are not coming back, can your little Englander brain comprehend that? (I know, the irony that you're scottish hasn't passed me by)

I do wonder at what point the penny will finally drop with Brexiters and they start to understand, I mean truly understand, what they have voted for and the impact of us leaving the EU.

[shaunbhoy]

There is uncertainty - but IIRC, May has unilaterally declared that EU foreigners in the UK will be able to stay, so the uncertainty is with Brits in the Netherlands.

Yes, a matter that is entirely within the control of the EU to resolve, yet is a reciprocal gesture that they have stubbornly resisted to make.

Thus, once more highlighting their churlish inflexibility and acting as a stark reminder as to why a vote to LEAVE was the morally correct thing to do.

HTH

[NotAllThere]

Dutch King Willem-Alexander warns of Brexit uncertainty - BBC News

Is that the oiginal headline, because it seems to be different now: "Queen looks to 'new partnership' with Europe after Brexit". The only mention of uncertainty in the text is with respect to the 100'000 Dutch in the UK and the 50'000 Brits in the Netherlands, in the light of Brexit. Which is true. There is uncertainty - but IIRC, May has unilaterally declared that EU foreigners in the UK will be able to stay, so the uncertainty is with Brits in the Netherlands.

[shaunbhoy]

Bricking it that his drugs and sex tourists from the UK won't be visiting.

Not to worry, he can always call on the services of Eirikur in case there is an emergency where someone is required to shove their finger in a dyke!!

[LondonManc]

Dutch King Willem-Alexander warns of Brexit uncertainty - BBC News

king billy has spoken

Bricking it that his drugs and sex tourists from the UK won't be visiting.

[BR14]

Dutch King Willem-Alexander warns of Brexit uncertainty - BBC News

king billy has spoken