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PM Theresa May: UK Must Leave the EU Single Market

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.

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

 
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by isostatic on Wednesday January 18 2017, @10:06AM

    by isostatic (365) on Wednesday January 18 2017, @10:06AM (#455307) Journal

    No there isn't. The actual method for invoking article 50 isn't defined in article 50. The belief by the unelected uk government is it can be invoked by the pm using "royal perogatove". The belief by the uk courts is it needs to be invoked by parliament. May, being a fascist, doesn't like this lack of power to change the law without parliamentary process. The courts seem to disagree with her, despite the trashy nazi loving papers like the daily mail branding the judiciary "enemies of the people"

    The Supreme Court will deliver its final verdict, likely next week. May will then draft a quick law which will be swiftly passed by parliament, however it means she won't have the ability to ride roughshod over our rights without at least a rubber stamp from parliament.

    Sadly parliament is majority Tory, and will just bend over to our unelected leader. There's no effective opposition as Corbin i useless and destroying labour, leaving the only real challenge from snp and lib dems.

    Without a new election (the manifesto that Cameron's Tory party were elected on is worthless) we'll just carry on with a dictator until 2020.

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