'All pain for no gain': Reality of post-Brexit trading conditions bites
'All pain for no gain': Reality of post-Brexit trading conditions bites
"The dream held by the Brexiters seems to be well and truly dead" as the reality of post-Brexit trading conditions becomes clear.
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The dream held by the Brexiters seems to be well and truly dead.
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How long until they go crawling back to the EU?
13 1 ReplyWe're not taking them back!
13 1 ReplyWe should take them back, of course they first have to go through the whole process and they dont get any special treatment.
29 1 Reply"sorry, the rectal exam is part of the process now. And please sing the hymns of all member states in the meantime."
12 0 ReplyAccording to the usual criteria, you are not allowed to accept them without massive reforms.
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Sure we are. As soon as they sign on to Schengen and the Euro and a bunch of other stuff they used to have exemptions for.
Britain easily had the best deal with the EU ever. That’s not coming back.
27 0 Replysomething something the priviledged feel discriminated when their priviledge is called into question.
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Let's call it the briturn
10 0 ReplyBut first the Bregret
10 0 ReplyAnd then the "Breapply" for membership.
6 0 ReplyAnd then the surprised Brekachu face when they hear the conditions.
Briprised?
4 0 ReplyBreannoyed?
2 0 ReplyIt's Brivago
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The EU would offer them such insulting terms compared to their previous arrangements that they'll never rejoin.
2 1 ReplyThey'd just get standard terms. Which they'd probably find insulting, admittedly.
9 0 ReplyI mean, if I got the same consideration as a financial blackhole like Greece I wouldn't call that fair from the UK perspective either. They made their own bed at this point though. I hope th EU lets them sit and spin for decades.
1 0 ReplyTheoretically, the admission process is supposed to be quite lengthy, so from their application to their integration, there could easily be fifteen years or more. Especially with a shaky economy.
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