Brexit. Why do Brits want Out of the EU?

Still in denial, I see? The whole orchestrated (nobody saw this coming) global financial crisis was a theory?

The devil comes in when one thinks that science is ALWAYS wrong, that ALL statistics are useless, that ALL media lie ALL the time.

In your (snip) attempt to seem knowing of economic matters, (when in fact you do nothing but push Russian originated talking points), you go farther and farther out on a limb.

The former UK diplomat who wrote Article 50 has said it is "perfectly possible" Brexit will not happen.

Lord Kerr said the Prime Minister could revoke Article 50 if Britain began to suffer a "serious degree of economic damage".

He also said there is a one in three chance Brexit negotiations will end with no deal between the UK and the European Union, resulting in "serious economic disruption and a degree of legal chaos".

Switzerland may be outside the European Union, but the country is not looking for an “anti-EU alliance” with the UK, its foreign minister has said.

Following Theresa May’s 12-point Brexit blueprint speech, Swiss foreign minister Didier Burkhalter said: “We want good, maybe even closer ties with Britain. But we will not forge an alliance with Britain against the EU.”
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Wealthy Switzerland is frequently cited by Brexiteers as a nation which has flourished without being a member of the EU.

Relations between Switzerland and the EU are framed by a series of bilateral treaties where the Swiss Confederation has adopted various provisions of EU law in order to participate in the Union’s single market. ...

Switzerland is currently at stalemate in its negotiations with the EU after being told it will not be able to access the single market without allowing freedom of movement.

The UK's highest judicial body dismissed the government's argument that May could simply use executive powers known as "royal prerogative" to invoke Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty and begin two years of divorce talks.

However, the court rejected arguments that the UK's devolved assemblies in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales should give their assent before Article 50 is invoked.

"The referendum is of great political significance, but the Act of Parliament which established it did not say what should happen as a result," said David Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court which ruled by 8-3 against the government.

"So any change in the law to give effect to the referendum must be made in the only way permitted by the UK constitution, namely by an Act of Parliament."

Reading the summary, Neuberger [president of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury] said: “By a majority of eight to three, the supreme court rules that the government cannot trigger article 50 without an act of parliament authorising it to do so.

“Section 2 of the 1972 [European Communities] Act provides that, whenever EU institutions make new laws, those new laws become part of UK law. The 1972 act therefore makes EU law an independent source of UK law, until parliament decides otherwise.

“Therefore, when the UK withdraws from the EU treaties, a source of UK law will be cut off. Further, certain rights enjoyed by UK citizens will be changed. Therefore, the government cannot trigger article 50 without parliament authorising that course.”

The government will pay its top post-Brexit international trade negotiator, tasked with sealing deals from North America to New Zealand, more than the prime minister, according to a job vacancy advertised on an internal civil service website. “Soft” Brexit campaigners say the £160,000 salary is a sign of the struggle the government is having in attracting the skilled staff it needs after decades of trade deals being handled from Brussels. In particular, there are fears the UK’s much-vaunted move to “the front of the queue” for a deal with the Trump administration will see inexperienced officials overwhelmed by tougher US counterparts.

Critics also think the salary is a waste of money for the first two years of the five-year contract because the UK will be unable to reach agreements until the terms of divorce from the EU are finalised in 2019.
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A Whitehall source insisted the salary reflected the “extensive experience” needed for the role. The job description asks for candidates who “have a personal reputation of the highest order among global trade professionals” and who can make sure the department will “develop and negotiate free trade agreements and market access deals with non-EU countries”.

Final interviews for the job will take place in March, when the government will trigger the article 50 process that formalises Brexit negotiations. Fox hired Toby Orr, a senior partner at PR firm Portland, as his department’s director of communications, a role that was advertised with a salary of £120,000.

A spokeswoman for the Department for International Trade says: “The new expert chief trade negotiation adviser will lead and support the establishment of a world-class trade negotiation function as the UK moves towards leaving the EU.

“This role is part of our ongoing recruitment, enabling us to build a team from the widest pool of talent in the civil service and externally, across a range of policy expertise and international experience.”

9 ways to explain Brexit to kids

Sorry, but Ms. May is a European as she lives on the European continent.

saab wrote:

Sorry, but Ms. May is a European as she lives on the European continent.

did she move?

she doesn't live on a continent as we were taught to define that word