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Another question: What will change if UK leaves EU but stays in EEA (like Norway and Switzerland)?
Doesn't that say a lot about how much everyone loves Brussels? :-P
Another question: What will change if UK leaves EU but stays in EEA (like Norway and Switzerland)?
Another question: What will change if UK leaves EU but stays in EEA (like Norway and Switzerland)?
Nothing, but they'll not allow you get a deal like Norway's or Switzerland's because if Brussels do, other will follow suit. Doesn't that say a lot about how much everyone loves Brussels? :-P
The UK is a big, affluent country and the EU (read: Germany) needs to export its upmarket products (read: BMWs) somewhere :-).
Not as many customers for expensive cars in Greece or Italy these days.
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Nothing, but they'll not allow you get a deal like Norway's or Switzerland's because if Brussels do, other will follow suit. Doesn't that say a lot about how much everyone loves Brussels? :-P
Eventually, business thinking will overtake hurt feelings. The UK is a big, affluent country and the EU (read: Germany) needs to export its upmarket products (read: BMWs) somewhere :-). Not as many customers for expensive cars in Greece or Italy these days.
It's a terrible idea if you have any regard for democracy. Indeed Merkel tried persuade the UK Gov to revert the vote like the Greek PM did a year back, but after Cameron's visit to Brussels it was clear that such a thing can not happen in the UK. Greece acted as a protectorate while the UK acted as a democracy. Mind you, in order to turn the UK like Greece, you need to bomb it. Not just London, all of it... That's h…
Rubbish, if circumstances change it's entirely reasonable and democratic to hold another vote.
It's a terrible idea if you have any regard for democracy. Indeed Merkel tried persuade the UK Gov to revert the vote like the Greek PM did a year back, but after Cameron's visit to Brussels it was clear that such a thing can not happen in the UK. Greece acted as a protectorate while the UK acted as a democracy. Mind you, in order to turn the UK like Greece, you need to bomb it. Not just London, all of it... That's h…
>It's a terrible idea if you have any regard for democracy Rubbish, if circumstances change it's entirely reasonable and democratic to hold another vote.
Sure, in 40 years or so.
Can the Queen override the vote or review it?
The Queen is tolerated because she's seen as an almost entirely symbolic figurehead without any actual power, and because the alternative would mean a President Blair or President Boris or something equally terrible.
Another question: What will change if UK leaves EU but stays in EEA (like Norway and Switzerland)?
So, we either accept freedom of movement and get access to the common market. That will be deeply unpopular with the people who voted to "take back control of our immigration".
Or we reject freedom of movement, and accept that our trade deals are going to be hobbled.
People seem to think that the EU would never do that because capitalism. You only have to look at stupid shit like wine lakes, butter mountains, cheese mountains, milk lakes, etc etc (Holland even had a shit lake in the 80s [1]) to see that the EU is more than capable of doing sub-optimal stuff.
[1] http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-10-18/business/87031...
A clear one would be that the integrity of UK democracy would be severely damaged. If I understand correctly, the only way of leaving is using that article so not using it would be to not hear what the people said in the referendum.
That's 52% of the turnout; 38% of the electorate; 25% of the population.
They won the ballot, but I wish they'd stop saying "a majority of the country voted for Leave" when only a quarter of the country voted leave.