Brexit. Why do Brits want Out of the EU?

You mean all that the UK has to do to get themselves out of this mess is have a national referendum that says, "On second thought, we changed our mind"?

Unless May suffers a vote of no confidence, or fails to pass a budget, she's in office until 2022.

You mean all that the UK has to do to get themselves out of this mess is have a national referendum that says, "On second thought, we changed our mind"?

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Pro-EU campaigners seeking to establish legally that Britain alone could stop the Brexit process took an appeal to Scotland’s top court on Wednesday.

They want judges to ask the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to clarify whether Britain could choose to remain in the world’s biggest trading bloc without permission from the other 27 members. That would require Britain’s parliament to first decide that the final Brexit deal, if and when it is reached, was not good enough.

The case is of renewed relevance as the Conservative government works against the clock to reach agreement with Brussels on the terms of its departure ahead of the March 2019 departure date.

The possibility of Brexit happening without an agreement has pummelled the value of sterling on foreign exchange markets, and the government says it has stepped up planning for that possibility.

The Edinburgh Court of Session hearing, backed by British and Scottish MPs, is an appeal against a June ruling. Judges then said they could not refer the matter to the ECJ because Britain had not decided to overturn Brexit, and the case was therefore hypothetical.

The Scottish court’s decision, which can be appealed at the Supreme Court in London, will be announced in the coming weeks, a court spokesman said.

Knowing whether Article 50, the part of the European Treaty which triggers a member state leaving, can be reversed is essential to keeping Britain’s options open, said Jo Maugham, a lawyer supporting this and other legal challenges to Brexit.

“This case - if it succeeds - means that when parliament looks again it will know whether we can just withdraw the Article 50 notice and keep all the opt-outs we presently enjoy,” he said.

“(We) will have the option of treating Brexit as just a bad dream.”

The British government has argued that the question of whether Britain could unilaterally stop Brexit is irrelevant because the will of the voters was made clear in the 2016 referendum and ministers will not reverse the decision.

However, with increasing worries that Brussels and London will not reach a deal in time, a recent poll found 45 percent of voters supported holding a new referendum whatever the outcome of talks with the EU, while 34 percent opposed it.

Prime Minister Theresa May has repeatedly ruled out another vote on Brexit, saying the public made their decision when they voted 51.9 percent to leave and 48.1 percent to stay in 2016.

The Principality of Monaco is a third country with respect to the European Union. The Monegasque state nonetheless established a permanent relationship with the EU by accrediting an Ambassador to Brussels in 1999.

Moreover, given its customs union with France the Principality has been part of the Community customs territory since 1968.

In addition, the Franco-Monegasque agreements signed on 18 May 1963 and 26 May 2003 stipulate that Value Added Tax is assessed and collected in Monaco on the[...]

naco is part of the European VAT system.

The Principality of Monaco also belongs to the Eurozone. [...]

Furthermore, the Principality of Monaco is not a signatory to the Schengen Agreements, but it is a port of entry into Europe as a result of the maritime and air access to the country, and the free movement that is in place between France and Monaco. [...]

The Principality of Monaco has also concluded sectoral agreements with the European Union. [...]

Like the other small third-country nations in Europe, Monaco conducted negotiations with the European Community to reach an agreement setting out measures equivalent to those covered in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments. This agreement, signed on 7 December 2004, entered into force on 1st July 2005.
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Despite his previous claims that the UK would be “perfectly successful” outside of the European Union (EU), the billionaire has chosen to leave the country of his birth and move to the principality, whose residents do not pay income tax, on the Mediterranean coast. 

Nigel Farage has announced he is going "back on the road" to campaign against the prime minister's Brexit plan.

Writing for the Daily Telegraph, the UKIP MEP said Theresa May's Chequers agreement was a "sell-out" because it included regulatory alignment with the European Union.

He added he would join Eurosceptic group Leave Means Leave at a series of public events across the UK.

The 54-year-old said a "battlebus" had already been hired.

Mr Farage's return is another potential headache for Mrs May who is already facing bitter opposition to her proposals from sections of the Conservative Party.

Impact would be so grave UK would have to review decision to leave EU, says Bob Kerslake

Britain may have to rethink the decision to leave the EU if the government is unable to strike a Brexit deal with Brussels, a former head of the civil service has said.

Bob Kerslake said the consequences of a no-deal exit would be so serious that the UK parliament would have to consider whether it could allow it to go ahead.

Lord Kerslake, who has been advising Labour on preparing for government, said that at the very least the article 50 process – under which the UK is set to leave the bloc on 29 March next year – would have to be paused.

In those circumstances, the European commission would almost certainly insist on some “re-examination” of the original decision to leave, he said.

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Writing for the Daily Telegraph, the UKIP MEP [Nigel Farage] said Theresa May's Chequers agreement was a "sell-out" because it included regulatory alignment with the European Union.

He added he would join Eurosceptic group Leave Means Leave at a series of public events across the UK.

The 54-year-old said a "battlebus" had already been hired.

Mr Farage's return is another potential headache for Mrs May who is already facing bitter opposition to her proposals from sections of the Conservative Party.