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"it'd be 'quite nice' to stay in the Customs Union"

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By *oo hot OP   Couple
over a year ago

North West

Said who?

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By *isandreTV/TS
over a year ago

Durham

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

So we couldn't do deals outside of it....and could avoid being stitched up and ripped off by China, India and USA etc...?

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By *oo hot OP   Couple
over a year ago

North West

Who said these very words to a House of Lords EU Committee... "it'd be 'quite nice' to stay in the Customs Union"

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By *otlovefun42Couple
over a year ago

Costa Blanca Spain...


"Who said these very words to a House of Lords EU Committee... "it'd be 'quite nice' to stay in the Customs Union"

"

Haven't a bloody clue, but no doubt you are itching to tell us all.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Who said these very words to a House of Lords EU Committee... "it'd be 'quite nice' to stay in the Customs Union"

"
...Was it said before or after the Brexit vote.

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge

Was it Brexit Bulldog - Mr Davis?

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By *xplicitlyricsMan
over a year ago

south dublin


"Was it Brexit Bulldog - Mr Davis? "

We have a winner!

Does anybody know what the Tories are actually aiming for yet? Its been over a year and the clock is ticking.

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By *oo hot OP   Couple
over a year ago

North West

To be fair though - I was a bit naughty.

In full context he said (admitted?) that it would be nice to stay in the customs union.... But that wouldnt be possible if the UK wanted to negotiate its own trade deals.

The question has to be why he thinks it would be nice to stay ion the customs union?

He could have said - we dont want to stay in the customs union because we want to negotiate all our own trade deals. But he didnt say that/

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thought one of the main points of Brexiting was to get OUT of the customs union? So we can make our own trade deals.....do these dum asses have a clue what they want?

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By *oxychick35Couple
over a year ago

thornaby

It's not like too-hot to make shit up is it lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It's not like too-hot to make shit up is it lol "

AHA did he make it up though...cos it seemed to me by the responses none of the brexiters knew who said it...i did btw

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By *oxychick35Couple
over a year ago

thornaby

He did start the thread with only half the context tho Loves to stir shit tho doesn't he

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By *oo hot OP   Couple
over a year ago

North West


"He did start the thread with only half the context tho Loves to stir shit tho doesn't he "

Ok let's put it another way....

Is there a difference between either of these two statements:

It would be nice to stay in the customs union but we can't if we want the independence of negotiating our own trade deals.

We are absolutely not staying in the customs union because we want the independence that allows us to negotiate our own trade deals.

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock

I know who told the EU that they could go whistle for any Brexit bill yesterday.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I know who told the EU that they could go whistle for any Brexit bill yesterday. "

That the same guy who said the NHS would be 350m better off per week one day then retracted the next day

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire


"I know who told the EU that they could go whistle for any Brexit bill yesterday.

That the same guy who said the NHS would be 350m better off per week one day then retracted the next day "

the very same guy who promised not to close any fire stations if he became Mayor..

then closed 10..

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By *xplicitlyricsMan
over a year ago

south dublin


"I know who told the EU that they could go whistle for any Brexit bill yesterday. "

Will the divorce bill be the fight of the autumn? Because I dont think we've recovered from the fight of the summer over sequencing.

Unless the Tories are still a disorganised mess we'll see them cave on the citizenship issue next week. Though Im sure they'll cave on everything except the supranational court that will be above British courts. They'll hold off on that till the trade court is decided and have it manage trade and citizen rights.

Then Centaur will claim it as a monumental victory for Davis and May who always wanted to have a court above the British one and always wanted to give the EU everything they asked for on citizen rights. The EU dont know what theyre in for next week when David tells them how it is!!!!

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge

Do any of you guys listen to Dead Ringers on Radio 4? On there the Brexit bulldog is always getting into scrapes with those Europeans, like when a Brussels taxi driver tells him that his journey was €40, but obviously didn't realise he was dealing with Brexit Bulldog who will only pay €5 and nothing more, because he's British! Then he has to run away and hide in a bush. Or when the French waiter brings the bill at the end of the night and thinks he can just tell the Brexit bulldog how much the meal costs! Oh no, it doesn't work like that. Brexit Bulldog decides how much he is going to pay, until the chefs start chasing him through the streets!

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By *oxychick35Couple
over a year ago

thornaby

Radio 4 fucking hell you need to get out more bud lol

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"Radio 4 fucking hell you need to get out more bud lol "

I only listen to it when Im out, we don't even have a radio in the house!

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By *isandreTV/TS
over a year ago

Durham


"I know who told the EU that they could go whistle for any Brexit bill yesterday. "

Can you tell me what Michel Barniers retort was?

No, I expect you can't, being so confident that the brits are equipped with such superior brainpower (Boris, lol) they don't need to look at the other sides weaponry.

I'll help you out.

He said 'I am not hearing any whistling, just the clock ticking'

The Europeans are even handing us a lesson in wit.

That encapsulates the brexiters all over. Fuckwits, almost to a man.

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By *nleashedCrakenMan
over a year ago

Widnes


"I know who told the EU that they could go whistle for any Brexit bill yesterday. "

To which the reply from the EU was "I can't hear any whistle but I can hear a clock ticking".

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By *avidnsa69Man
over a year ago

Essex & Bridgend


"I know who told the EU that they could go whistle for any Brexit bill yesterday. "

You do realise we will end up paying dont you? The fucktard BoJo will, yet again, be shown up for the gobshite and liar he has always been.

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By *oi_LucyCouple
over a year ago

Barbados

Another one then. Who, yesterday, said:

"So that's trade deals with the US and Oz in the bag. Remoaners must be hating this."

-Matt

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


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Then Centaur will claim it as a monumental victory for Davis and May who always wanted to have a court above the British one and always wanted to give the EU everything they asked for on citizen rights. The EU dont know what theyre in for next week when David tells them how it is!!!! "

He's the forums Brexit Mohammad Said Sahhaf

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By *nleashedCrakenMan
over a year ago

Widnes

I think, even more so than remainers, Davis whishes BoJo would just shut the fuck up.

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By *oo hot OP   Couple
over a year ago

North West


"Another one then. Who, yesterday, said:

"So that's trade deals with the US and Oz in the bag. Remoaners must be hating this."

-Matt"

Lord Jones - interpreting Trumps assertion that a trade deal will be concluded quickly.

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By *oi_LucyCouple
over a year ago

Barbados


"Another one then. Who, yesterday, said:

"So that's trade deals with the US and Oz in the bag. Remoaners must be hating this."

-Matt

Lord Jones - interpreting Trumps assertion that a trade deal will be concluded quickly."

Bingo. You win a cookie. You would have thought being a commercial lawyer that he might be a bit more precise in his assessment. And that Trump and Turnbull mentioning about wanting a deal is far from 'in the bag'. Especially with Trump's approach to deals.

Between him and David Davis tweeting at the start of this process that the UK would create a post-Brexit bilateral deal with Germany shows just how incompetent these people are.

-Matt

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock


"I know who told the EU that they could go whistle for any Brexit bill yesterday.

Can you tell me what Michel Barniers retort was?

No, I expect you can't, being so confident that the brits are equipped with such superior brainpower (Boris, lol) they don't need to look at the other sides weaponry.

I'll help you out.

He said 'I am not hearing any whistling, just the clock ticking'

The Europeans are even handing us a lesson in wit.

That encapsulates the brexiters all over. Fuckwits, almost to a man. "

The EU still has old fashioned ticking clocks? Surely they should have modern silent digital clocks in this day and age. As Michael Gove said during the EU referendum though the EU is an analogue organisation in a now digital age, it's not fit for purpose in the modern world and is well past its sell by date. That's the EU all over though, outdated with its best days behind it so not surprising Barnier used an old fashioned ticking clock reference.

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By *oo hot OP   Couple
over a year ago

North West


"I know who told the EU that they could go whistle for any Brexit bill yesterday.

Can you tell me what Michel Barniers retort was?

No, I expect you can't, being so confident that the brits are equipped with such superior brainpower (Boris, lol) they don't need to look at the other sides weaponry.

I'll help you out.

He said 'I am not hearing any whistling, just the clock ticking'

The Europeans are even handing us a lesson in wit.

That encapsulates the brexiters all over. Fuckwits, almost to a man.

The EU still has old fashioned ticking clocks? Surely they should have modern silent digital clocks in this day and age. As Michael Gove said during the EU referendum though the EU is an analogue organisation in a now digital age, it's not fit for purpose in the modern world and is well past its sell by date. That's the EU all over though, outdated with its best days behind it so not surprising Barnier used an old fashioned ticking clock reference. "

If that is the case, how is that only a section of the British population has been able to see through it? I mean if life is going to be so good outside, you would think every other EU country would be banging at the exit door and the chief U.K. Brexiters would be celebrating their visionary foresight? No, in fact they are actually stating that no one will follow the Brits out of the EU. The top Nobs know that the UK population has been the victim of a massive con job - but do they care about you and I? Do they fuck.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I know who told the EU that they could go whistle for any Brexit bill yesterday.

Can you tell me what Michel Barniers retort was?

No, I expect you can't, being so confident that the brits are equipped with such superior brainpower (Boris, lol) they don't need to look at the other sides weaponry.

I'll help you out.

He said 'I am not hearing any whistling, just the clock ticking'

The Europeans are even handing us a lesson in wit.

That encapsulates the brexiters all over. Fuckwits, almost to a man.

The EU still has old fashioned ticking clocks? Surely they should have modern silent digital clocks in this day and age. As Michael Gove said during the EU referendum though the EU is an analogue organisation in a now digital age, it's not fit for purpose in the modern world and is well past its sell by date. That's the EU all over though, outdated with its best days behind it so not surprising Barnier used an old fashioned ticking clock reference.

If that is the case, how is that only a section of the British population has been able to see through it? I mean if life is going to be so good outside, you would think every other EU country would be banging at the exit door and the chief U.K. Brexiters would be celebrating their visionary foresight? No, in fact they are actually stating that no one will follow the Brits out of the EU. The top Nobs know that the UK population has been the victim of a massive con job - but do they care about you and I? Do they fuck."
..Who's they.??

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By *oi_LucyCouple
over a year ago

Barbados


"I know who told the EU that they could go whistle for any Brexit bill yesterday.

Can you tell me what Michel Barniers retort was?

No, I expect you can't, being so confident that the brits are equipped with such superior brainpower (Boris, lol) they don't need to look at the other sides weaponry.

I'll help you out.

He said 'I am not hearing any whistling, just the clock ticking'

The Europeans are even handing us a lesson in wit.

That encapsulates the brexiters all over. Fuckwits, almost to a man.

The EU still has old fashioned ticking clocks? Surely they should have modern silent digital clocks in this day and age. As Michael Gove said during the EU referendum though the EU is an analogue organisation in a now digital age, it's not fit for purpose in the modern world and is well past its sell by date. That's the EU all over though, outdated with its best days behind it so not surprising Barnier used an old fashioned ticking clock reference. "

Oh. my fucking god. You are unreal. Seriously? You are going to pick fault in an analogy? Really? Here, let me let you into a little secret. Are you sitting down? This is going to blow your little mind...

Boris wasn't actually going to whistle at the EU.

-Matt

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock


"I know who told the EU that they could go whistle for any Brexit bill yesterday.

Can you tell me what Michel Barniers retort was?

No, I expect you can't, being so confident that the brits are equipped with such superior brainpower (Boris, lol) they don't need to look at the other sides weaponry.

I'll help you out.

He said 'I am not hearing any whistling, just the clock ticking'

The Europeans are even handing us a lesson in wit.

That encapsulates the brexiters all over. Fuckwits, almost to a man.

The EU still has old fashioned ticking clocks? Surely they should have modern silent digital clocks in this day and age. As Michael Gove said during the EU referendum though the EU is an analogue organisation in a now digital age, it's not fit for purpose in the modern world and is well past its sell by date. That's the EU all over though, outdated with its best days behind it so not surprising Barnier used an old fashioned ticking clock reference.

Oh. my fucking god. You are unreal. Seriously? You are going to pick fault in an analogy? Really? Here, let me let you into a little secret. Are you sitting down? This is going to blow your little mind...

Boris wasn't actually going to whistle at the EU.

-Matt"

I know Boris wasn't going to whistle, he told the EU that they could go whistle for a Brexit bill. So the EU can whistle when they've stopped listening to their old fashioned analogue ticking clocks.

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"I know who told the EU that they could go whistle for any Brexit bill yesterday.

Can you tell me what Michel Barniers retort was?

No, I expect you can't, being so confident that the brits are equipped with such superior brainpower (Boris, lol) they don't need to look at the other sides weaponry.

I'll help you out.

He said 'I am not hearing any whistling, just the clock ticking'

The Europeans are even handing us a lesson in wit.

That encapsulates the brexiters all over. Fuckwits, almost to a man.

The EU still has old fashioned ticking clocks? Surely they should have modern silent digital clocks in this day and age. As Michael Gove said during the EU referendum though the EU is an analogue organisation in a now digital age, it's not fit for purpose in the modern world and is well past its sell by date. That's the EU all over though, outdated with its best days behind it so not surprising Barnier used an old fashioned ticking clock reference.

Oh. my fucking god. You are unreal. Seriously? You are going to pick fault in an analogy? Really? Here, let me let you into a little secret. Are you sitting down? This is going to blow your little mind...

Boris wasn't actually going to whistle at the EU.

-Matt"

This shows how desperate Brexiters are getting

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

Staying is right and for the best, longer term.

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By *xplicitlyricsMan
over a year ago

south dublin


"I know who told the EU that they could go whistle for any Brexit bill yesterday.

Can you tell me what Michel Barniers retort was?

No, I expect you can't, being so confident that the brits are equipped with such superior brainpower (Boris, lol) they don't need to look at the other sides weaponry.

I'll help you out.

He said 'I am not hearing any whistling, just the clock ticking'

The Europeans are even handing us a lesson in wit.

That encapsulates the brexiters all over. Fuckwits, almost to a man.

The EU still has old fashioned ticking clocks? Surely they should have modern silent digital clocks in this day and age. As Michael Gove said during the EU referendum though the EU is an analogue organisation in a now digital age, it's not fit for purpose in the modern world and is well past its sell by date. That's the EU all over though, outdated with its best days behind it so not surprising Barnier used an old fashioned ticking clock reference.

Oh. my fucking god. You are unreal. Seriously? You are going to pick fault in an analogy? Really? Here, let me let you into a little secret. Are you sitting down? This is going to blow your little mind...

Boris wasn't actually going to whistle at the EU.

-Matt

I know Boris wasn't going to whistle, he told the EU that they could go whistle for a Brexit bill. So the EU can whistle when they've stopped listening to their old fashioned analogue ticking clocks. "

But theyre not going to be whistling are they? Britains going to pay up.

All thats left now is for the Tories to try and bring down the sticker price as beat they can.

They'll just massage the numbers as best they can and bury figures in other parts of the deal to try and bring it to a number that looks like they got something. I wont be surprised if they "negotiate" to pay pensions directly rather than sending the money to Brussels to pay (even though UK'd pay more thanks to additional administration costs).

Add the rebate and what subsidies the UK are already due from the settlement bill (which is the EUs position) and it wont be long before Centaurs on here celebrating giving the EU exactly what they asked for originally: full payment,less pensions which will be paid directly, less the rebate and subsidies the EU always said the UK were due.

Go Team Brexit!!

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By *ertwoCouple
over a year ago

omagh

The Blind lol. Our government prepays with our tax for the right trade in the EU it is not a free trade area. Any customs fees applied by the EU will also be applied by us in return and as we buy more from them our government will be the winner there. It would price them out of the world market where We will also be free to trade with any one we wish and if the French and Germans wish to act as spoilt barts they should remember we will be free to do as we please to them in return.

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By *oo hot OP   Couple
over a year ago

North West


"The Blind lol. Our government prepays with our tax for the right trade in the EU it is not a free trade area. Any customs fees applied by the EU will also be applied by us in return and as we buy more from them our government will be the winner there. It would price them out of the world market where We will also be free to trade with any one we wish and if the French and Germans wish to act as spoilt barts they should remember we will be free to do as we please to them in return."

Why don't you try just for one second thinking that you have an enemy across the English Channel. You just need to read some different newspapers and open your mind up a bit.

Customs tariffs work all over the world and between all sorts of countries. We have chosen to leave the EU andbit appears the single market and customs union. This is our choice and there will be consequences for that decision which will build over time.

For a start, it is logical that any country importing products wants to know their origin and quality. Also neither we, nor the EU would want a domestic market damaged by cheap imports. These are consequences of leaving the EU and not an agenda set by the EU.

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By *ertwoCouple
over a year ago

omagh


"Staying is right and for the best, longer term."

Giving away our right to rule our country is not right in any way Nor is it a free trade area our government uses our tax to prepay for the right to trade. £350 million a week it will only take a small $ of that to pay the EU customs fees on out goods plus we will be collecting more from the EU in fees in return as they sell more to us than we do to them. Nor will we have to pay hand outs to Grease or Ireland the next time they need it. Even if the EU imposes a large fee for us leaving it would equate to them keeping that money we gave Grease, money we prob would never get back anyway.

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By *ercuryMan
over a year ago

Grantham


"Staying is right and for the best, longer term.

Giving away our right to rule our country is not right in any way Nor is it a free trade area our government uses our tax to prepay for the right to trade. £350 million a week it will only take a small $ of that to pay the EU customs fees on out goods plus we will be collecting more from the EU in fees in return as they sell more to us than we do to them. Nor will we have to pay hand outs to Grease or Ireland the next time they need it. Even if the EU imposes a large fee for us leaving it would equate to them keeping that money we gave Grease, money we prob would never get back anyway."

I think that we were largely exempt from bailing Greece out.

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By *xplicitlyricsMan
over a year ago

south dublin


"The Blind lol. Our government prepays with our tax for the right trade in the EU it is not a free trade area. Any customs fees applied by the EU will also be applied by us in return and as we buy more from them our government will be the winner there. It would price them out of the world market where We will also be free to trade with any one we wish and if the French and Germans wish to act as spoilt barts they should remember we will be free to do as we please to them in return."

The EUs exports to the UK are ~8%, compared to 48% of the UKs exports being to the EU.

Now if you were a company would you rather lose 8% or 48% of your companies business?

Not to mention that 54% of your imports are from the EU.

Plenty have made the point your trying to make and its still a non factor. Manufacturing and farming associations and unions across the EU are backing a hard deal for the UK because none of them care if the Tories try and retaliate on trade. Youre 1 country that needs to export to and import from the EU to survive.

The EU doesnt need the UK. Thats why the EU negotiating team has been able to dictate brexit talks and the Tories have been loudmouths right up until the point comes where they capitulate.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Staying is right and for the best, longer term.

Giving away our right to rule our country is not right in any way Nor is it a free trade area our government uses our tax to prepay for the right to trade. £350 million a week it will only take a small $ of that to pay the EU customs fees on out goods plus we will be collecting more from the EU in fees in return as they sell more to us than we do to them. Nor will we have to pay hand outs to Grease or Ireland the next time they need it. Even if the EU imposes a large fee for us leaving it would equate to them keeping that money we gave Grease, money we prob would never get back anyway."
maybe someone needs to tell you that don't just decide to do free trade with the rest of the world ...you have to go ask each individual country for a free trade deal ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hello all,

there is no choice, when we leave the E.U., we leave the (E.U.) Customs Union.

It is not optional although you'd think so listening to some people.

Alec

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


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Nor will we have to pay hand outs to Grease or Ireland the next time they need it. Even if the EU imposes a large fee for us leaving it would equate to them keeping that money we gave Grease, money we prob would never get back anyway."

You gota love it when people start spouting off total fabrication

The UK has not assisted in bailing Greece out at all directly, nor never would we in the future either.

The only money we paid which ended up in a Greek bailout was through the normal EU contribution fund but all liabilities we're held by Eurozone countries & not us.

We helped bail out NI & Portugal with no loss to us either.

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By *andS66Couple
over a year ago

Derby

The UK can be asked for financial support for Eurozone countries but is guaranteed its money back

The UK contributes to a fund which could be used to channel emergency funding to Eurozone countries, but an EU law made in 2015 ensures that the UK would be “immediately and fully compensated” for any losses caused by a Eurozone member.

This protection was reasserted in the UK government’s EU renegotiation deal in February 2016, which also states that the UK will be reimbursed if the EU’s general budget is used to support emergency funding for Eurozone members.

The British government may still choose to offer support to Eurozone countries in future if it believes it is in the UK’s own interests, as it did with Ireland in 2010. The UK is also indirectly liable for emergency support to Eurozone countries offered by the International Monetary Fund, an obligation which is separate from the UK’s membership of the EU.

The EU can answer new requests for emergency support by Eurozone countries using two permanent funds in future, confusingly named the European Stability Mechanism and the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism.

The European Stability Mechanism is funded by Eurozone countries only, so the UK has nothing to do with it.

The UK does contribute to the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism, which can be used to support all EU countries.

This doesn’t require the UK to lend directly to other countries. Instead, the fund borrows money on the open market and lends it to EU members requesting emergency financial assistance, using the EU budget as collateral. If the country that receives the loans can’t repay them itself, then they’re repaid out of the EU budget.

This creates a shortfall in funding for regular projects, so it is filled by extra contributions from other EU members. The UK would contribute 13% of this extra funding, in proportion to its share of regular contributions to the EU budget.

The European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism can be, and has been, used to fund emergency support for Eurozone countries. The UK can’t veto this from happening because funding is allocated through a qualified majority vote.

This happened with Greece in July 2015, even though European leaders had agreed that this fund shouldn’t be used to bail out Eurozone countries in future.

However, the UK was protected from bearing any costs if Greece defaulted on the loan. The law setting up the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism was then changed to make this the case for any future loans:

“Where the beneficiary Member State is a Member State whose currency is the euro, the granting of Union financial assistance shall be conditional upon the enactment of legally binding provisions, with a dedicated arrangement for that purpose having been put in place prior to disbursement, guaranteeing that the Member States whose currency is not the euro are immediately and fully compensated for any liability they may incur as a result of any failure by the beneficiary Member State to repay the financial assistance in accordance with its terms.”

Counncil Regulation Amendment, 4 August 2015

In other words, the UK will not have to pay the costs of any Eurozone bailout funding provided through the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism.

The UK government’s negotiations in February 2016 also stipulated that the UK would be reimbursed for any additional costs to the EU’s general budget created when emergency funding was provided to Eurozone states, other than administrative costs.

It is not impossible for the UK to become liable in the future

However. ...

Article 122 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union says that the EU may offer emergency financial support to member countries:

“Where a Member State is in difficulties or is seriously threatened with severe difficulties caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences beyond its control, the Council… may grant, under certain conditions, Union financial assistance to the Member State concerned.”

The EU could theoretically use this power to “grant ad hoc financial assistance to a Member State” in the future, in the words of the EU court. The EU deal negotiated in February doesn’t change the treaties, so its guarantee that bailouts “will not entail budgetary responsibility for Member States whose currency is not the euro” might not be accepted by the court.

So it might be technically possible, if unlikely in practice, for the EU to bypass the dedicated Eurozone bailout fund and the all-EU fund—neither of which put British money at risk—and call upon the EU budget directly.

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By *entaur_UKMan
over a year ago

Cannock


"Staying is right and for the best, longer term.

Giving away our right to rule our country is not right in any way Nor is it a free trade area our government uses our tax to prepay for the right to trade. £350 million a week it will only take a small $ of that to pay the EU customs fees on out goods plus we will be collecting more from the EU in fees in return as they sell more to us than we do to them. Nor will we have to pay hand outs to Grease or Ireland the next time they need it. Even if the EU imposes a large fee for us leaving it would equate to them keeping that money we gave Grease, money we prob would never get back anyway. maybe someone needs to tell you that don't just decide to do free trade with the rest of the world ...you have to go ask each individual country for a free trade deal ..."

Australia for one has already said it wants a free trade deal signed speedily with the UK after brexit. USA said they want to sign a very powerful trade deal with the UK very, very quickly after brexit. The UK already has a working group going with India on a new trade deal after brexit. The uk government has a list of 27 countries who want a trade deal with the UK after brexit.

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"Hello all,

there is no choice, when we leave the E.U., we leave the (E.U.) Customs Union.

It is not optional although you'd think so listening to some people.

Alec"

So how come some countries are in the customs union, but not the EU then?

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge


"Staying is right and for the best, longer term.

Giving away our right to rule our country is not right in any way Nor is it a free trade area our government uses our tax to prepay for the right to trade. £350 million a week it will only take a small $ of that to pay the EU customs fees on out goods plus we will be collecting more from the EU in fees in return as they sell more to us than we do to them. Nor will we have to pay hand outs to Grease or Ireland the next time they need it. Even if the EU imposes a large fee for us leaving it would equate to them keeping that money we gave Grease, money we prob would never get back anyway. maybe someone needs to tell you that don't just decide to do free trade with the rest of the world ...you have to go ask each individual country for a free trade deal ...

Australia for one has already said it wants a free trade deal signed speedily with the UK after brexit. USA said they want to sign a very powerful trade deal with the UK very, very quickly after brexit. The UK already has a working group going with India on a new trade deal after brexit. The uk government has a list of 27 countries who want a trade deal with the UK after brexit. "

So why aren't we formally negotiating already like David Davis said we would be?

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over a year ago


"Staying is right and for the best, longer term.

Giving away our right to rule our country is not right in any way Nor is it a free trade area our government uses our tax to prepay for the right to trade. £350 million a week it will only take a small $ of that to pay the EU customs fees on out goods plus we will be collecting more from the EU in fees in return as they sell more to us than we do to them. Nor will we have to pay hand outs to Grease or Ireland the next time they need it. Even if the EU imposes a large fee for us leaving it would equate to them keeping that money we gave Grease, money we prob would never get back anyway. maybe someone needs to tell you that don't just decide to do free trade with the rest of the world ...you have to go ask each individual country for a free trade deal ...

Australia for one has already said it wants a free trade deal signed speedily with the UK after brexit. USA said they want to sign a very powerful trade deal with the UK very, very quickly after brexit. The UK already has a working group going with India on a new trade deal after brexit. The uk government has a list of 27 countries who want a trade deal with the UK after brexit. "

Australia said AFTER they have signed the deal with the EU....ie the EU comes first genius what dont you get about this stuff...i've see your post on another thread about this...your words in reply to another poster were utter rubbish....im saying to you that its you talking utter nonsense on this...the only positive fact you have come up with in all of this is that inflation dropped by 0.03 last month and being summer there could be mitigating circumstances why....come back with hard facts and not just hearsay like America WANTS a strong trade deal....to be honest thats the red bus shite being pushed again by Davis and his motley crew...hit us with facts not hearsay...

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