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LeftishBrit

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6. Does that mean the same as 'until hell freezes over'?

Reply to Ghost Dog (Original post)

Fri Jul 15, 2016, 12:07 PM

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May says won't trigger EU divorce until UK-wide approach agreed [View all] Ghost Dog Jul 2016 OP

They are obviously seeking a face-saving way to renege whatthehey Jul 2016 #1

i don't think so, at least not yet. unblock Jul 2016 #4

What you say there is accurate, Ghost Dog Jul 2016 #8

may needs to determine what scotland needs to get in order to stay in the uk post-brexit. unblock Jul 2016 #2

Northern Ireland is also a factor presumably, TubbersUK Jul 2016 #3

NI is ancestrally connected with Scotland, more than with England, Ghost Dog Jul 2016 #9

Yes, there are strong historial ties. TubbersUK Jul 2016 #11

Sturgeon, the SNP and the team of experts she's assembled have been way ahead of everybody else Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #5

"Our Friends in Europa" leaves out some important information muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #10

"Big deal", indeed! Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #13

It quotes José Manuel Garcia-Margallo from 2012, before the Scottish referendum, let alone muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #14

If we went the Art. 50 route, Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #15

Correct me if I've got it wrong, Matilda Jul 2016 #16

Yes, it is self-serving. That's how governments will be. muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #17

That was a theory floated for quite a while, Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #18

Options... to secure Scotland’s relationship with the European Union Ghost Dog Jul 2016 #12

Does that mean the same as 'until hell freezes over'? LeftishBrit Jul 2016 #6

LMAO! n/t Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #7

If England’s out, we’re out too. And extremely pissed off... (Deborah Orr) Ghost Dog Jul 2016 #19

A righteous rant, but I think people are in danger of making too much of May's statement, Denzil_DC Jul 2016 #20

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