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posted by takyon on Tuesday January 17 2017, @12:42PM   Printer-friendly

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has given a major speech calling for a clean break from the EU:

Theresa May has said the UK "cannot possibly" remain within the European single market, as staying in it would mean "not leaving the EU at all". But the prime minister promised to push for the "greatest possible" access to the single market following Brexit. In a long-awaited speech, she also announced Parliament would get a vote on the final deal agreed between the UK and the European Union. And Mrs May promised an end to "vast contributions" to the European Union.

Live updates at BBC.

Previously: Brexit: The Focus is on the EU Single Market

 
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  • (Score: 1) by Kawumpa on Tuesday January 17 2017, @04:39PM

    by Kawumpa (1187) on Tuesday January 17 2017, @04:39PM (#454953)

    ...we may see an end to 40 years of endless arguments about whether we should be in the EU. Maybe. Oh, and the government will need a new excuse for imposing bureaucracy and superfluous legislation.

    I doubt that. In the medium term, the EU will still be the scapegoat for every piece of legislation and of course for every bad economic event, because they forced it on the UK or because they are punishing the UK for leaving. Nothing is ever Westminster's fault. Maybe the UK, or parts of it..., desperately need one big delusion. It used to be the world beating, title contending English national football team, but that myth seems to have been busted. Now it appears to be suffering from the delusion that it can achieve international economic and political influence on the same level the EU, China or the US can on its own. No European country can do that.

    Maybe you're right and after Scotland, NI and Wales (once they realised that they shot themselves in both feet) have seceded, England will join Trumpistan. Interesting times...

  • (Score: 2) by butthurt on Tuesday January 17 2017, @11:58PM

    by butthurt (6141) on Tuesday January 17 2017, @11:58PM (#455161) Journal

    > [...] England will join Trumpistan.

    Scotland, it appears, is welcome to join:

    Just arrived in Scotland. Place is going wild over the vote. They took their country back, just like we will take America back. No games!

    -- https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/746272130992644096 [twitter.com]

  • (Score: 2) by mojo chan on Wednesday January 18 2017, @12:01PM

    by mojo chan (266) on Wednesday January 18 2017, @12:01PM (#455341)

    They keep kicking the immigration can down the road. They could stop more than half of it tomorrow if they wanted to, as it is non-EU immigration, and put severe limits on EU migration in place too. But they don't. They keep avoiding doing anything, because they need those immigrants (fee paying students, skilled workers, farm staff).

    Once they can no longer blame it on the EU they will have a real problem. Economic suicide or unpopular immigration.

    --
    const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)