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Thread #162760 Message #3876109
Posted By: Steve Shaw
09-Sep-17 - 10:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: brexit matters
Subject: RE: BS: brexit matters
By the way, the EU is NOT breaching its stated negotiating guidelines in the way you allege. From the Guardian:
[stated EU policy:] "Negotiations under article 50 will be conducted as a single package. In accordance with the principle that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, individual items cannot be settled separately."
Superficially, this sounds promising. Downing Street wants everything on the table at once, so it can use trade and security as leverage. But the EU is actually only making the point that this principle applies to article 50 talks, ie the terms of exit, not what follows after.
Try again. And do try to apply a dose of honesty this time.