Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
They are not in a political Union which is what you were talking about.
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[Politics] Brexit
- Thread starter KingstonSeagull
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They are not in a political Union which is what you were talking about.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 30,586
It is also somewhat tied to the EU by a series of bilateral agreements:
Free movement of people
Air traffic
Road traffic
Agriculture
Technical trade barriers
Public procurement
Science
Security and asylum and Schengen membership
Cooperation in fraud pursuits
Final stipulations in open questions about agriculture, environment, media, education, care of the elderly, statistics and services.
nicko31
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Way closer than the Brexiteer loons want to and yes they still have a border as well.
Got stopped there last month because my Swiss hire had been recently fitted with a fresh set of tyres and they thought they'd been put on in France where they are a lot cheaper. Was stuck there for 10 minutes explaining...
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Day 1 at the post-Brexit "Get the Empire back together" meeting
UK: "Hey guys, we're back. Who wants to trade?"
Australia: "Actually we're in the middle of doing a trade deal with the EU, but we'll definitely get back to you once we're done there."
India: "Sorry, too busy being the one of the biggest growing economies around, maybe you can host some of our call centres though?"
Malta: "Um...lads? You know that EU you just left? Well we didn't..."
Ireland: "You've got to be ****ing kidding?"
Pakistan: "Sorry can't hear you over our simmering hatred of India."
South Africa: "African Union says what?"
Canada: "Actually we're doing just fine with this EU deal, and we're doing a US one, so..."
Fiji: "Yeah, maybe."
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Schengen is very much a political union.
EFTA has most of the tenets of one, though. It might not be an outright political union but it takes it's rules from one it doesn't participate in.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Oh dear Nigel.
Farage-will-tear-conservatives-limb-from-limb-if-brexit-delayed
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/pol...imb-from-limb-if-brexit-delayed-a4097091.html
Farage-will-tear-conservatives-limb-from-limb-if-brexit-delayed
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/pol...imb-from-limb-if-brexit-delayed-a4097091.html
Not trading blocs though. Indeed the list of countries which are not in any sort of trading bloc is very short, and not one I'd want to be associated with.
nicko31
Well-known member
This is fine.
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Mtoto
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- Sep 28, 2003
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And the best deal in the biggest of the lot, too. Rebate, keep sterling, opt out on Schengen etc etc.
nicko31
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I wouldn't quite say May's speech was that of a facist but it was close, more that of an authoritarian. Horrendous woman that first tried to silence parliament and now tries to turn the populus against them.
She really need to give up and get a job at the Daily Mail
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
The sticking point seems to be when nominations for MEPs go in. There have been suggestions the date could be April 11th.
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I can see them saying it’s a year or a month/6 weeks.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
No it is very much not. A political union is a shared government. Where do the Swiss MEP's sit?
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Weird attitude as due to the vote, unless things change, we will be leaving. There will be no leavers nor remainers. Just us. And yet in your posts you seem to relish harm happening to the UK if it's outside of the EU.