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0 pointsbrango9y ago0 comments

They'll only let us back in the club if they choose to from now on [1].

Basically, they've left the door open for us to vote in a pro-EU party in the next general election and abandon the whole thing. That's why they won't agree a trade deal in the next 2 years.

They're hoping, like me, that things will get sufficiently bad in the next 2 years the public gives a mandate to a pro-EU party, and the whole sorry mess can be averted, and then we can try Johnson, Farage and the other scumbag liars for treason.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/29/first-eu-re...

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cabalamat9y ago

> They'll only let us back in the club if they choose to from now on

I think this is basically correct. I also think that if, before the 2 years are up, the UK changes its mind about Brexit, the EU would be very likely to allow its membership to continue.

CaptainZapp9y ago

I very much hope this to be the case. I just don't see it happening in the current political climate in England.

England probably would have to be prepared to lose a number of privileges should that happen.

It would certainly be the best outcome of a very bad situation.

patrickaljord9y ago

> and then we can try Johnson, Farage and the other scumbag liars for treason.

I hope you're kidding here. Trying people who won the previous election for treason is the mark of the worst dictatorships. Please don't.

jamiethompson8y ago

Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage never won any election ;)

fnord1239y ago

>and then we can try Johnson, Farage and the other scumbag liars for treason.

And/or a serious rethink about the value of a free press that is allowed to act as News Corp. (The Sun, The Times) and Daily Mail and General Trust (Daily Mail, Metro, and previously the Evening Standard) have.

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