Brexit - or Article 50: the Phoenix!

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Hmmmmm it seems the government is now planning for the “no deal” Brexit Tashyboy forecast as soon as this brexit vote was announced.
Would like to be a fly on the wall in Brussels.
 
Lightening the mood slightly, watching BT sport earlier it mentioned Tory MP Ross Douglas officiating at Elgin City v Hibernian yesterday, running the line. Thought that was odd but quite good, gets abuse as an MP then chooses to get more abuse away from work as a football linesman.:)
 
He was saying what Cameron asked him to say. Pretty obvious by the terminology.
I think the issue your perhaps confusing is the part below

As Obama was saying that, somebody on the British side said 'yes, we'd end up being back of the queue' and everyone laughed and Obama said 'that's exactly right'.

Obama wasn't told to say it, merely that during conversation someone said we'd be at the back of the queue he agreed that's right you will be.

Cameron didn't ask him to say it. Obama said it himself, Cameron merely then asked him to go on record and state what he'd already said himself but to do it during his address to the nation, to show what the US standpoint was.
 
I think the issue your perhaps confusing is the part below



Obama wasn't told to say it, merely that during conversation someone said we'd be at the back of the queue he agreed that's right you will be.

Cameron didn't ask him to say it. Obama said it himself, Cameron merely then asked him to go on record and state what he'd already said himself but to do it during his address to the nation, to show what the US standpoint was.
I think this is splitting hairs. He was asked to say it and it was a British suggestion in the first place, if Cameron hadn't asked him I don't believe he would have made such a public statement.
 
I think this is splitting hairs. He was asked to say it and it was a British suggestion in the first place, if Cameron hadn't asked him I don't believe he would have made such a public statement.
I don't think it's splitting hairs at all, Obama said that's exactly what it is, whether in answer to a question or not it shows it was already the intent of the US
 
Did you read the article? The bit where they confirm that Obama was only telling the truth?

The gift that keeps on giving.

Bottom line is Obama made himself look a grade one ***, for what. Pacifying Cameron who crapped his pants when the going got tough. If that was the truth i would of sooner he lied. Which he did.
 
I don't think it's splitting hairs at all, Obama said that's exactly what it is, whether in answer to a question or not it shows it was already the intent of the US

Unless there's a specific trade barrier do you honestly think a buyer in the US isn't going to buy something if its the right price? Same applies to UK trade with the EU. Unless there's a barrier/quota limit, why wouldn't an EU buyer buy something if its the right price?

A trade deal, e.g. low/zero tariffs/quotas, is decided by govts but providing the seller and the buyer are happy with the price the product will still sell.
 
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