[rhys91]

The current government shot down an amendment to the Brexit bill that would have guaranteed the rights of EU nationals currently in the UK. I don't think the onus is on the EU at this point to protect UK citizens. No discussions can be made until Article 50 has been triggered.

Also, you need to take anything the UK government says with a grain of salt. Once upon a time, what looked like a promise to invest 350M into the NHS after Brexit appeared to be nothing but a political ploy.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/10/brexit-camp...

[agd]

> I don't think the onus is on the EU at this point to protect UK citizens.

Why not? Why do people expect the UK to act unilaterally but not EU countries? It's a double-standard.

> Also, you need to take anything the UK government says with a grain of salt.

I do. None of the EU leaders (or foreign press) has contested the UK's accounting of this. i.e. the UK has tried to have this sorted before article 50, but elements of the EU said no.

[Oletros]

> Why not? Why do people expect the UK to act unilaterally but not EU countries? It's a double-standard.

No, it is not a double standard. The UK is the one that will trigger unilaterally the Article 50 and they want the cake and eat it.

> None of the EU leaders (or foreign press) has contested the UK's accounting of this

Why they should? They are not the ones leaving the EU