Brexit. Why do Brits want Out of the EU?

Are you worried about a similar threat coming from Britain?

No you are not, because Brits don't do that.

Fil's worries are irrational in this particular instance. The Russians won't do that either.

Russia will do anything or conquer anywhere it thinks it can get away with. You should know that by now.

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The former Ukip leader, who was referred to as a “demagogue” by one MEP before he gave his speech, added that last Wednesday was a “historic day” for Britain following the activation of Article 50. “An act that that he been cheered by hundreds of millions of people all over the world,” he added.

He continued: “The response to the triggering of Article 50 has been all too predictable. Already you’ve made a series of demands that are not just unreasonable but in some cases clearly impossible for Britain to comply with.
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“You’ve shown yourself with these demands to be vindictive, to be nasty. All I can say is thank goodness we’re leaving. You're behaving like the mafia - you think we're a hostage. We're free to go!

But the Ukip leader changed his remark to “gangster” after being chastised by the chair of the European Parliament for comparing the EU to the criminal organisation during the raucous debate.

Mr Farage also told MEPs that if the EU tried to impose tariffs on exports from the UK, Britons could boycott European goods. ... ... ...

Resolution on negotiating mandate insists that transition arrangement for UK after 2019 can last no longer than three years

MEPs in Strasbourg approved the negotiating mandate by 516 votes to 133, with 50 abstentions, comfortably exceeding the two-thirds majority sought by parliament leaders to show unity behind their approach.

The resolution calls for phased negotiations in the divorce proceedings, going against the wishes of London, which would like exit talks and discussions of a future trade arrangement to happen in parallel. It also asserts that the UK must respect its membership obligations until it leaves the EU.

Lawmakers rejected two nearly identical amendments that would have added to the text a reference to Gibraltar's pro-EU vote in last year's Brexit referendum, a move meant to recall its residents back the EU but also prefer to remain in Britain.

Gibraltar rejected the idea of Britain sharing sovereignty with Spain by 99 percent to 1 percent in a 2002 referendum, but voted overwhelmingly to remain part of the EU in last June's Brexit vote.

The changes proposed by British Conservative lawmakers in the EU parliament and by a cross-party group of MEPs wanted to highlight that Gibraltar voted against Brexit.

They also wanted to add a reference to the enclave in a paragraph saying that a majority of electors in Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to stay in the EU.

The main groupings in the parliament opposed this change because "we do not agree to give to the Gibraltar issue the same importance as Scotland's and Northern Ireland's", a parliament official said.

Other amendments proposed by the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) euroskeptic grouping, deploring Tusk's guidelines on Gibraltar, were also widely rejected.

McGentrix wrote:

They are English rocks in the Ocean though.

Not really (besides that it would be UK-rocks): Gibraltar’s relationship with Britain and Europe is complicated to say the least. But although Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory, it isn't really a colony.
All the recent disputes mainly arose from violations of territorial sea borders.

And since Americans emits twice as much CO2 per head as the Europeans, you have a lot of catch up to do.

Since this thread is about "Brexit", since the are the problems re. Northern Ireland, not to speak about Scotland - I do think it is important to give an EU-member country the correct name and not confuse it with regional parts of it.

Why is it called Brexit though, Drax? Shouldn't it be UKexit?

I explained it to you several times already. Try and pay attention. What is cowardly is to try and deny the truth, to attack the science when you don't like it's message.

I am ready to admit that the US made some progress under Obama but his legislation is now being repelled. And since Americans emits twice as much CO2 per head as the Europeans, you have a lot of catch up to do.

The truth here - based on observable data - is that the actual warming has been far less than what the AGW zealots forecast

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The truth here - based on observable data - is that the actual warming has been far less than what the AGW zealots forecast

That's a lie.