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

[SueEllen]

Your are BoJo, aren't you?

No he's Gove as he admitted it.

[Milkyway]

I'll do it. At least I know that I have no idea what I am talking about.

Your are BoJo, aren't you?

[Old Greg]

This all reminds me of Abe Lincoln who decided to slaughter 600,000 Americans in order to preserve the union.

Cuckoo.

[SpontaneousOrder]

This all reminds me of Abe Lincoln who decided to slaughter 600,000 Americans in order to preserve the union.

[SueEllen]

Not a bad idea. Anyone think they can forge Cameron's sig? If not, we could try email. Anyone got Juncker's email address?

We would have to alter the From field so it looks like it came from Gidiot.

[Mordac]

Couldn't one of us write and send the article 50 letter?

Not a bad idea. Anyone think they can forge Cameron's sig? If not, we could try email. Anyone got Juncker's email address?

[Mordac]

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!

Judging by what can be read on this forum, building bridges is no longer part of the skillset of your average Jock.

[deebeegee]

In a key moment of the campaign, Vote Leave pledged that in the event of an out vote, money saved from Britain’s EU ‘membership fee’ would be used to fill the gap.

However, with Vote Leave being a cross-party campaign organisation rather than the Government, it is not clear what weight that guarantee will carry.

I should say that it is pretty clear exactly how much weight that guarantee will carry

[tomtomagain]

I'll do it. At least I know that I have no idea what I am talking about.

Good man. Not knowing what you're talking about is an advantage.

It'll bamboozle the opposite side.

[scooterscot]

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

I read this. Nearly fell off my chair.

[GJABS]

Couldn't one of us write and send the article 50 letter?

[SueEllen]

Doing what exactly?

Fighting to control the Tory party.

[DodgyAgent]

Why would they even talk to him? He is a backbencher MP, he got no authority. Nobody will talk to him until he is a PM or officially appointed by the Govt in some capacity that warrants ministers talk to him.

Until Article 50 is invoked they will be too busy anyway.

Doing what exactly?

[SueEllen]

Surprised he hasn't popped up ready to lead the negotiation.


Someone needs to start leading soon ....

Nick Clegg ,while being useful for making pleasantries in multiple languages to make other European leaders feel at ease, is not the leader of any political party in the UK.

[jamesbrown]

Hamface is setting up (and is a) "unit".

They aren't going to trigger Article 50 until they know precisely what they want (bottom line, best case scenario etc.). There are degrees of informality and, regardless of what the EU is currently saying, there will be informal talks, because Hamface's unit will be populated by people that have long relationships with the Eurocrats. Much sounding out will take place.

Will there be an EEA+ (i.e. constrained free movement)? Difficult to say. Not if you listen to the Junker wing. More likely if you listen to Merkel, but it's very difficult to read her at this stage. The priority for Merkel et al. right now is to not accentuate market nerves until there's a functioning UK Gov't, but the tone could change once Article 50 is triggered, especially if Boris wins. TBH, I think that's going to plague Boris as the leadership contest develops. You're going to get Project Fear Mk. II from the EU institutions about dealing with him (not entirely unfounded either). I think May is a quite likely alternative, despite being a Bremainer.

Interesting times.