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Midnightwalk

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1. Why negotiate?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Jul 28, 2019, 01:40 PM

Jul 2019

Why would the EU negotiate at all? How long after Brexit will it take for these fools to realize they have no leverage? That they have no special standing that will help in any deals they try to make?

We really really need a deal so we don’t look so stupid is not a very strong position to negotiate from.

I hope people remember how they got into the mess they are heading for but I worry about who the scapegoats will be.

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