O/T DDay for Brexit..well sort of...

[KerrAvon]

It's started already folks pmsl.

The EU have now said that if May cant get her deal passed they are willing to let us cancel article 50 all together and welcome us back with open arms. I bet they frucking will.

The EU has always been clear that they don't want the UK to leave. Why would they (apart from the fact that we are 'difficult' and tend to oppose the federalist approach of Germany and France)?

The EU were never going to give us a deal that left us with the advantages of membership with none of the responsibilities or costs. Why would they? To think otherwise was a Leaver fantasy. In addition, it has always been clear (to the majority of people in business and government) that Brexit comes at an economic cost with, in my judgement, little prospect of the EU giving any substantial ground.

I appreciate that you favour leaving without a deal. That is the only outcome that doesn't require a Parliamentary majority, but the Grieve amendment last night reduces the prospect of that as I suspect there would at the very least be a majority for seeking an extension of the Article 50 period to allow for more negotiations - i.e. an extension of the period of uncertainty in which investment and business and consumer confidence will be damaged.

You didn't want to share the outcome of your digging yesterday, but can you at least give a hint about what specifically about the May deal you don't like? It ends freedom of movement and contributions to the EU budget. It leaves us in control of our fisheries and agricultural policies. Isn't that that people voted for?