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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: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday January 17 2017, @06:10PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday January 17 2017, @06:10PM (#454990)

    > have the skills to help us re-build Hadrian's wall

    Well, as soon as Scotland declares it wants a two-state solution, the English can both rebuild the wall and start settlements in the middle of the North Bank, declaring the Lochs and the sub base to be an essential strategic asset that they will never part with.
    Should buy them at least 60 years...

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