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The Uk Will Have To Face The Consequences Of No Deal.
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So will the EUSSR, Barmpot, me old china! Gawd ,the arrogance of these J arthurs, no wonder we are leaving. Why is it always portrayed as a one side thing?
So will the EUSSR, Barmpot, me old china! Gawd ,the arrogance of these J arthurs, no wonder we are leaving. Why is it always portrayed as a one side thing?
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//In order to do any sort of sensible deal we'll first have to leave with no deal.// Spot on, 3Ts. And three years have been wasted trying to negotiate the other way around.Mrs May never had any intention of leaving without a deal. In fact if she had her way we wouldn't leave at all. The EU knew this. Hence the "Agreement", which is arguably worse than membership,...
20:30 Thu 18th Jul 2019
I don't really know what you mean by "Article 50 does make it clear there would be no negotiation with the leaving member state.", Zacs. As you say, it says "In the light of the guidelines provided by the European Council, the Union shall negotiate and conclude an agreement with that State'"
I agree that the representative(s) of the leaving state would not be party to agreeing the consolidated position of the remaining countries, but surely once that position has been established the Treaty says that negotiations with the leaving state should occur. Of course what happened (near enough) was that the EU's position was laid out before the UK and that was about all the negotiating that took place (apart from which wine - French red or French white - they would have with dinner). But I believe A50 suggests that the process of concluding that agreement should involve negotiation.
I agree that the representative(s) of the leaving state would not be party to agreeing the consolidated position of the remaining countries, but surely once that position has been established the Treaty says that negotiations with the leaving state should occur. Of course what happened (near enough) was that the EU's position was laid out before the UK and that was about all the negotiating that took place (apart from which wine - French red or French white - they would have with dinner). But I believe A50 suggests that the process of concluding that agreement should involve negotiation.
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