Guest Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 The issue of Britain's membership of the EU will never be settled. Nothing is set in stone. One parliament cannot bind another. There will be a Labour government again one day, or a pro European Conservative one, and it will probably want to take us back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtkate Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 The issue of Britain's membership of the EU will never be settled. Nothing is set in stone. One parliament cannot bind another. There will be a Labour government again one day, or a pro European Conservative one, and it will probably want to take us back in. And each time it changes we have uncertainty and disruption. I truly hope that once Brexit is done (if it does actually happen!) that it stays that way until something drastically changes. Otherwise we are simply going to lurch from one economic crisis to another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamston Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 The issue of Britain's membership of the EU will never be settled. Nothing is set in stone. One parliament cannot bind another. There will be a Labour government again one day, or a pro European Conservative one, and it will probably want to take us back in. And do you really think, ALL the remaining EU members, would vote to allow the UK to re-join the EU any time soon ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtkate Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 And do you really think, ALL the remaining EU members, would vote to allow the UK to re-join the EU any time soon ? If it was in their interests to do so, of course they would. Even the French aren't that petty, nearly mind you but not quite. A lot of the arguments from the Brexit campaign was around how the EU needed us more than we needed them (paraphrasing), so if that indeed pans out and the EU is hurting economically as a result then they would welcome us back in with open arms. However, I suspect that the EU will carry on mostly unaffected and it'll be us that are crying to be let back into the party and rightly refused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamston Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 If it was in their interests to do so, of course they would. Even the French aren't that petty, nearly mind you but not quite. A lot of the arguments from the Brexit campaign was around how the EU needed us more than we needed them (paraphrasing), so if that indeed pans out and the EU is hurting economically as a result then they would welcome us back in with open arms. However, I suspect that the EU will carry on mostly unaffected and it'll be us that are crying to be let back into the party and rightly refused. The French never really wanted the UK join the EEC in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtkate Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 The French never really wanted the UK join the EEC in the first place. Because they didn't see it being within their own interests at the time, and were probably right. Without the UK it would have made France far more powerful within Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey19 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Will all those who have said the government had no plan for leaving the EU now appreciate there was a lot of scaremongering and sensational reporting which helped no one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbeliever Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Finally a formal statement that we're leaving the single market. It was pretty obvious anyway, but nice to have it made formal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 There's never been any doubt,the rest of the EU and all the UK just want to know exactly how they are going to leave.Indeed as, whenever the simple-minded rethoric spouters can stay quiet for a minute or two, there's some real-life headaches and hard thinking to get to grips with. And by the sounds of her speech, it doesn't look like many in Westminster have been considering them much so far. It's a comprehensive tick-list of vapourware which sounds nice on delivery, I'll give her that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinfoilhat Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Out means out then. I thought the speach was Ok, firm in certain areas (indeed ballsy) pragmatic in others. I caught some of the questions from the press afterwards - very poor. Laura Kuenssberg came across as a bit of bitchy 16 year old and I'm normally a fan. What the EU makes of it all is another thing entirely. The markets, very short term at least, seem OK with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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