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“Remain” cross party group in Parliament pledges to fight “hard Brexit”
A cross-party group to co-ordinate the UK parliamentary fight against a “hard Brexit” has been set up under the leadership of Tory former minister Ana Soubry and senior Labour MP Chuka Umunna. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesThese idiots do not understand that there can be no remaining within the single market, we will have to negotiate new deals and trade agreements. They seem to forget that we are the EUs major trading partner and a major world economy.
Jul 11th, 2017 - 06:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0'Those idiots' understand that MPs will get a vote on the eventual deal and are working together to try and influence it in the best interests of the country, as their constituents would want.
Jul 11th, 2017 - 10:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0It's a shame the Pro-Brexit group aren't prepared to listen to all viewpoints but are planning to push through legislation with the help of a tiny minority party from NI.
By the way, we could negotiate new trade deals while in the single market, as long as we left the customs union. That's about the only option that would lead to a stronger economy post-Brexit.
@ Demontree, we are leaving the single market, at present any deal we make outside the single market requires us to pay the EU tariffs for such trade. In addition, the pro Brexit and pro EU components are not confined to just one party.
Jul 12th, 2017 - 05:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0@Capt Rockhopper
Jul 12th, 2017 - 10:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0I know the plan is to leave the single market, I just think it is a bad one. Norway, Switzerland and Iceland are inside the single market but outside the customs union, so they don't have to follow EU tariffs for trade with non-EU countries, but they can benefit from tariff-free trade with the EU. This arrangement would be vastly better for the economy; the reason they rejected it is immigration.
“In addition, the pro Brexit and pro EU components are not confined to just one party.”
Yes, but I haven't seen the government reaching out to eg the more pro-Brexit members of the Labour party. They could also probably improve relations with the SNP by offering them control of the fishing rights and promising not to trade them away in the negotiations.
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”?
Jul 17th, 2017 - 06:09 am - Link - Report abuse -1As an aside, this explains the meaning of life and everything....
Jul 17th, 2017 - 07:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uuR9bU2VKE
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