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British PM Theresa May Brexit Speech 17th January 2017 at 11:45AM GMT
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Frankfurter
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No, that's not what I am saying, TBH, I couldn't be 100% sure that leave wouldn't win again TBH.
Reholding the referendum was never an option, a referendum should never have been called in the first place, but that's a whole other discussion.
fabricated backlash
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Delusional doesn't do this justice. Good luck to the people of the UK, you're going to need it.
You think this is some kind of trivial card game and who ever keeps their poker-face will end up the victor?
James O'Brien going in http://www.lbc.co.uk/london/radio/player/
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Everyone who was interested in the BBC question, it was asked by Laura Kuenssberg.
The best political correspondent in Britain.
You should read her write-ups on the BBC. She always has some interesting information.
The best political correspondent in Britain.
You should read her write-ups on the BBC. She always has some interesting information.
autumnleaf
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Court case is about triggering article 50 which begins the 2 year negotiations. Parliament gets a vote on the deal at the end of the 2 years.
Steadfast. Otherwise it will shake the whole EU
Audioboxer
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To be fair as much as I am pro-independence, people voted no in 2014 for fairly reasonable suggestions/reasons (you could say some of us could see right through Tory BS/lies though). The issue is within 24 months a massive reason to consider no in 2014 has shat the bed. Even although the people caused it, the government still done a piss poor job of a unified pro-remain campaign, and in the wake of leave, May has completely mishandled nearly everything, including now the single market.
Garrett Hawke
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This is getting weirder all the time
Guys pound is up vs USD but plummeting in real time against the Euro. The Euro is also up against the USD. I would argue the dollar is falling rather than the pound "being up", the pound is becoming relatively weaker in today's trade
Edit: wrong. As of typing pound is up against the Euro and dollar on the day.
Edit: wrong. As of typing pound is up against the Euro and dollar on the day.
nature boy
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Might have missed it, did she give a timeline for invoking Article 50?
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It's a race to the bottom between Trump and Theresa May.
Royal_Phalanx
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The US can deal with Trump for 4/8 years. Brexit is for life.
SirRattleBalls
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Yeah James O'Brien can be ruthless sometimes. I'm trying to actually get into direct contact with him for an interview for my dissertation looking at populism in the media..
The problem is that's it's not our ball, it's theirs. It's more like we're the sulky kid who goes home because no-one will let him play up front.
I think you've misunderstood something here...
Called them out on what?
Agreed
the 4 freedoms
https://www.dailyfx.com/gbp-usd
Watching this is sad. Look at the drop from July to now. It really is upsetting to know all of this is due to complete and utter idiots.
Spiking up? There's not much more it can go down for crying out loud.
Watching this is sad. Look at the drop from July to now. It really is upsetting to know all of this is due to complete and utter idiots.
Spiking up? There's not much more it can go down for crying out loud.
Audioboxer
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Bingo. Not to take away from Americas own problems, but this isn't something we can try to auto-correct in 4 years. Not when May and co are so bad at handling Brexit as well. Maximum damage looking to be caused.
Europe give me what I want or I'll take hard won rights way from my own people & slash public services
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There are around 200,000 jobs in Wales that depend on the EU.
Not sure what you mean....once article 50 is triggered it is done, by parliament rejecting the deal at the end does not nullify article 50 at all
Huh?
It went up a cent during the speech. Unless you mean if the past few weeks and not today.
http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=GBP&to=EUR
Wales deserves everything they get.
I can never understand what you mean with these posts.
"called out the EU"
"picking up our ball and going home"
"does the EU blink"
You make this sound like a playground scrap, why do you think the EU would ever "blink" here? What do you think has been "called out" - and to what end?
She really is this generations Thatcher. She's willingly fucking over thousands of peoples lives just to make herself look good (although she's failing at that as well)
autumnleaf
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We still don't know what the Supreme Court will decide. If NI and Scotland get a say it could still make things more difficult for May.
Audioboxer
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Dat British sense of self-importance. The EU has plently of its own issues right now, but the rest of the world doesn't depend on the UK to function.
killer rin
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Good luck UK, your about to be test case numero un on how damaging regressive policies can be.
na, if it all does go to shit, I would expect once this generation moves through, I would expect another referendum...30 years or so
KO Traveling Hobo
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Good luck, UKgaf.
Not really.
She wants to put the final deal to parliament which means it's toward the end of the 2 years.
If Parliaments rejects it the UK still leaves without any deal.
If you followed any Brexit thread on GAF you'd easily know the answer to that question
Maximus P
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I thought it was OK too. I expected much worse tbh. I think it's been clear for some time that staying in the single market would be near impossible to achieve, at least it's out in the open now that we won't be looking for a deal to stay in.
I was under the impression that Parliament had to vote on invoking article 50, no?
May also dodged the question.
Of course it does. The people who want to leave are self obsessed assholes who think this idiot is sticking it to the man in some form. These people believe the UK is still a world power. This isn't the 1800s anymore. We cannot function without EU support.
This is what the supreme court decision is about. May doesn't think parliment should vote on it.
That's guaranteed tbh. I fully expect us to be back as an EU member (or as good as) within 30-40 years.
But the self-harm we do in the meantime is borderline treasonous
Where would that be?
She said nothing of worth and just once again hyped up our very, very poor negotiation position.
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