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regnaD kciN

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10. Not necessarily...

Reply to DarthDem (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 16, 2018, 01:12 PM

Sep 2018

It would require a unanimous vote by the more-than-two-dozen EU member nations. Don’t you think there’s at least one country that would block them just because (they were in a feud with the U.K. some time back, or kicking them out would give a boost to one of their industries, or whatever)?

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Now Brexit is flipping? [View all] DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 OP

Good luck with that - would the EU even take them back? Merlot Sep 2018 #1

Would the EU Take Them Back . . . DarthDem Sep 2018 #3

Not necessarily... regnaD kciN Sep 2018 #10

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Ask Leo Varadkar. His vote is a little more equal than others. Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #5

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If Brexit is stopped, the UK remains in the EU DavidDvorkin Sep 2018 #8

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The question is really can it be stopped whopis01 Sep 2018 #15

Read the Mayor of London's op-ed in the Guardian: DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 #2

Speaking of The Guardian, how about a story on election irregularities? Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #6

Of course the chaos of Brexit was originated by putin and fomented by RW agits erronis Sep 2018 #4

I wish they would nullify and void it due to Russian BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #11

Yup, that's what I was thinking LiberalLovinLug Sep 2018 #13

Yes yes yes. Mayor Khan is right. Maven Sep 2018 #14

Our re-vote was supposed to be the electoral college DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 #16

Long overdue Blue_Tires Sep 2018 #17