They care; the EU are preparing to delay Article 50 until at least July
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/13/eu-preparing-to-delay-brexit-until-at-least-july
The country’s 29 March deadline for exiting the EU is now regarded by Brussels as highly unlikely to be met given the domestic opposition facing the prime minister and it is expecting a request from London to extend article 50 in the coming weeks.
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That conclusion is shared in a forecast by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a leading risk analyst, which will be published on Monday.
Danielle Haralambous, a UK analyst at the EIU, said: “Time is simply running out, and we’re at a stage where Brexit can probably only happen in late March now in the unlikely event that parliament approves Mrs May’s deal on 15 January, or if parliament supports leaving without a deal. For all other options, the government will need to buy more time, and we think the EU will be willing to provide it to avoid a cliff-edge situation.”
They should also offer them a free pass to cancel, you know, just in case they decide that delaying the decapitation isn't actually what they want either?
I appreciate how dedicated the EU is to trying to talk the UK off the ledge.
From a purely selfish point of view, a country folding into itself on your borders, a country which has extremely close economic and social ties, is a bit of a destabilising influence on your country/union.
From a more romantic point of view, our countries have a very close relationship and there has to be at least some good feeling there for the British people, if not for its current Government.
I get the sentiment, but we can't delay this forever. I imagine if this lasts till July, it then being delayed till September then till January etc etc. We'll just be stuck in this endless loop of uncertain misery looming over our heads and seeping into all political discussions and policy.
The real solution is ending Brexit, not delaying it indefinitely.
I didn't expect the EU to do this, and I must say i'm pleased they did. But this is just a bandaid for now, if this mess doesnt get cleaned up by july, everybody's goose is cooked.
gotta rip that bandaid off at some point.
At the same time though, letting the UK fall off the cliff could have a cowing effect on those EU members who are in their own teenage rebellious phases (Poland, Hungary, and Greece come to mind). There were EU countries that vocally supported Brexit and hoped to follow suit, but the UK actually suffering the consequences of leaving the Union could de-romanticize the idea to them.
Wholly justifies the suffering of a nation with 18 million people.
I by no means am suggesting it's justified. Just saying that the EU could stand to potentially benefit from letting the UK experience the consequences of its actions.
The only way to really cancel Brexit is to have another referendum to overrule the first one, but we don't have time for that without an extension so whatever happens we need this.
No one forced them to leave, If they suffer it's entirely their own doing and at some point actions have consequences
Excuse me but how are Remain voters deserving of the consequences?
Nationalistic group punishment is a common feature of Facepunch debates
Plot twist UK remain on the EU, adopt euro and enter schengen
Mezmerizo May with the triple bamboozle, she was working for the good team the entire time!
Fuck it, why not, we live in a crazy timeline already, it's plausible.
Infinite Brexit-talks are a go! It's the perfect solution, we don't have to cancel Brexit so Britain doesn't riot, and the UK can remain in the EU forever because it's impossible to figure out a deal that 'works for everyone'.
I understand, definitely in favour another vote. But I'm genuinely expecting the outcome might just be Brexit being prolonged indefinitely without ever being officially switched off, and for tensions to just rise and rise and rise and rise. I'm not optimistic we'll ever fully take it off the table now, I can legit imagine the 2056 UK election being the same senile, haunted and aging faces arguing what Brexit is supposed to look like.
I'm not one of those nutters saying "GET IT OVAH WITH!!1" but I'm feeling incredibly cautious, if I'm perfectly honest.
All those in favor of postponing Brexit until the next government say Aye.
Isn't that just life in britain in general?
inb4 it becomes a default that the first action of any Prime Minister is to postpone Brexit. 200 years in the future, nobody knows what Brexit is or what it means, the EU doesn't even exist to postpone leaving anymore, but still, it's tradition, Prime Minister Boris Johnson VII Brexit just as his father did, and his father before him.
Theresa May would be 100 years old by then, Boris Johnson 92, David Davis 107, Liam Fox 94, Iain Duncan Smith 101, Rees-Mogg 86. We can only hope karma has long since caught up with them.
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