"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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jjjuu78 wrote:


"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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jjjuu78 wrote:
AIUI, the 2-year period can be extended by mutual agreement.

Yes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdr...nion#Procedure

But the country that chooses to leave doesn't have to negotiate at all
and certainly doesn't have to get the permission of anyone to leave.

Of course not. It can simply flounce out complete with ball. And never
darken their door again.

Or it can do what the more sensible do in a divorce, just accept the
fact that it isnt working, agree to disagree and have a ****up leaving
celebration just like many do when they change to a better job.

There is already a 'pre-nuptial agreement' in force. If the UK wants to
leave the EU, it takes approx 2 years to finalise things.

That utterly mangles the real story. The 2 year thing just spells
out what happens if no agreement is reached in that time, not
that there has to be any negotiation at all, let alone any question
of being allowed to leave.

A treaty the UK willingly signed. But that hasn't stopped some of the
BREXIT
lot saying we should welsh on that treaty. In other words, pull up the
drawbridge.

Nothing to do with any drawbridge, in fact
no restriction at all on who Britain trades with.

Can't see the EU being too keen on coming
to a leaving ****up, but that is their problem.

The problem comes if we actually want to
negotiate a trade agreement after leaving.

No point really since the EU is going to make
it a condition of any agreement that Britain
continues to allow the free movement of
people from the EU and continues to pay
the EU what it currently pays. There is no
point in leaving the EU to end up with
exactly the same thing as Britain has now.

And they are certain to do that
to discourage others from leaving.

Same way they wouldn’t let Switzerland do anything
about restricting immigration to Switzerland.

Which only total idiots think wouldn't be a good idea.

Even sillier than you usually manage given that
it would be no different to what Britain has now.

The only viable approach is to make an obscene
gesture in the general direction of the EU if Britain
doesn’t like free movement of any EU citizen who
wants to move to Britain and be more selective
about what EU citizens are allowed to do that,
say have the same deal as there is with commonwealth
citizens, only those that Britain wants are allowed to move.