The cabinet has reached a “collective” agreement on the basis of the UK's future relationship with the EU after Brexit, Theresa May has said. Ministers have signed up to a plan to create a free trade area for industrial and agricultural goods with the bloc, based on a “common rule book”. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesThat's right. Save the only thing that ever mattered to Britain about the EU, so as long as military alliance is in place still
Jul 07th, 2018 - 07:58 am - Link - Report abuse -2That's nice, but why didn't they do this a year ago?
Jul 07th, 2018 - 12:33 pm - Link - Report abuse -1@PE
It's not a secret, we never wanted to be part of a 'United States of Europe'. Joining the EU was always a compromise, and that is also true of other countries. Didn't Italians just vote for a party that wants to ditch the Euro?
Now all that remains is for the EU to reject the British proposal. :-)
Jul 07th, 2018 - 01:55 pm - Link - Report abuse -1One foot in, one out.
Jul 07th, 2018 - 05:21 pm - Link - Report abuse -1That's not going to make anyone happy.
As nato fades into a symbolic, coordinating role the Brits may find themselves freer to style their own concept of national defense devoid of the American constraints.
The question is why is this piece appearing in Mercopenguin, a British government propaganda organ supposedly devoted to America, South America and the South Atlantic?
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