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by SideburnsOfDoom 3375 days ago
> Well, once that's done as far as I understand it there is no way back

It seems that EU lawmaking bodies disagree with you: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-stop-ar...
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jacquesm 3375 days ago
That's contrary to this (but more recent, in fact, it isn't law right now):

https://www.businessinsider.nl/uk-supreme-court-article-50-n...

And I note that it requires unanimous agreement between all the other member states, which is a very rare thing. So a very thin maybe.

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SideburnsOfDoom 3375 days ago
Same publication, today: http://uk.businessinsider.com/eu-brexit-resolution-article-5...
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jacquesm 3375 days ago
Well, here's to hoping. But that's very thin ice. Maybe it will grow a bit thicker in the next two years.
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SideburnsOfDoom 3375 days ago
Yeah, I could see it going the other way as well. Easy for 1 or more member states to say "Why should we let you back? You're always asking for other special deal."
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