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Independent | Brexit: Britain says it should still be able to influence EU regulations after leaving EU

The UK wants to continue to influence the writing of parts of EU regulation after Brexit despite leaving the bloc, according to the latest plan by Whitehall officials.

The latest government position paper says that "regulatory cooperation between the UK and the EU on a range of issues will be essential" to avoid damaging Britain's economy and security.



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by Luis de Sousa (luis[dot]de[dot]sousa[at]protonmail[dot]ch) on Thu Aug 24th, 2017 at 03:43:00 PM EST
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the madness is beginning to race away exponentially at this point.

I think if the UK comes out of this as a still functioning national entity I would suggest it's gonna be more luck than any design of the Tory party's. Personally I think a distopian nightmare of warring city states with smoking rubble in between is most likely, at which point we can only pray for a viking invasion.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Aug 24th, 2017 at 03:51:17 PM EST
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This is entirely logical. The UK is fed up being one within 28.  It wants to be treated as an equal partner with the EU27.  After all it used to run an empire on which the sun never set.  The whole premise of the UK approach to the Brexit negotiation is based on this.  The UK government is luxuriating in all the attention it is getting as a result of Brexit. No one ever gave it so much respect when it was only one amongst 28.  Unfortunately it's days in the sun are numbered, and on April 1st. 2019 the sun will set, and even fools will begin to realise it will never rise in quite the same way again.

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Thu Aug 24th, 2017 at 04:20:43 PM EST
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After all it used to run an empire on which the sun never set.

Or, equivalently, an empire on which the sun never rose.

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Thu Aug 24th, 2017 at 07:57:46 PM EST
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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Thu Aug 24th, 2017 at 10:15:03 PM EST
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Is this from some movie about Brexit?
by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Fri Aug 25th, 2017 at 09:02:15 AM EST
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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Fri Aug 25th, 2017 at 09:39:28 AM EST
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Dear David Davis,

which part of: "In is in, out is out" are you having difficulties with?

Yours,

Dr Wolfgang Schaüble

by Bernard (bernard) on Thu Aug 24th, 2017 at 06:31:52 PM EST
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there is a party song in the UK called the "hokey cokey", a version of which the Tory party seem to want to do in Europe;-

You put your right leg in
your right leg out
In, out, in, out,
You shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Cokey and you turn around
That's what it's all about...


keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Aug 24th, 2017 at 07:40:49 PM EST
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