May announces cabinet has reached a “collective agreement” on post Brexit

Saturday, July 7th 2018 - 07:21 UTC

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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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Patrick Edgar
That'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 -2
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DemonTree
That's nice, but why didn't they do this a year ago?

@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?
Jul 07th, 2018 - 12:33 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
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R. Ben Madison
Now all that remains is for the EU to reject the British proposal. :-)
Jul 07th, 2018 - 01:55 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
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chronic
One foot in, one out.

That'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.
Jul 07th, 2018 - 05:21 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
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The Barron
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 14th, 2018 - 12:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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