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Brexit negotiations, where we stand,it's not good.

On 3 Jul 2017 at 11:17pm UK wrote:

This is where Britain currently stands with its Brexit deal. It's not good
The Australian-style points system for immigration has been scrapped, and it looks like the housing market might begin to crash. If Britain wants to rejoin once the economic catastrophe becomes clear, the EU has already said we'll have to join the euro and won't get a penny of the 'divorce settlement' back

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On 4 Jul 2017 at 9:40am OK wrote:

1. House prices have picked up again
2. If Britain wants to cancel Brexit (which is a lot more likely than rejoining), the penalties are light, pretty much looks like we'll lose the rebate (which we were losing in 2020 anyway, presumably that decision would only be made in 2019, so we're talking about a minor amount in the grand scheme of things)
3. The divorce settlement is to pay for the commitments we have already made, whether we stay in or leave we need to pay, whether we stay in or leave we will only pay once (again presumably this will be paid in 2019)
Personally I think it's madness, have the talks, get the deals and penalties in place, when we know what's on the table we should all get to vote again (properly this time with facts from each side).