Brexit and Future of UK : Discussions

Brexit is going to be an economic bomb is commonly accepted wisdom now so why not?

There may legitimate problems which drove people to ask for Brexit but it is very evident that Brexit is not the best solution.
 
Brexit is going to be an economic bomb is commonly accepted wisdom now so why not?

There may legitimate problems which drove people to ask for Brexit but it is very evident that Brexit is not the best solution.
It is the only solution unfortunately. There are no solutions through the EU since the EU is the problem. That they have conspired to block the trade of nearby states who will not succumb to their political will means that Brexit will be economically difficult, but that does not mean that it's the wrong thing to do. The right thing is rarely the easy thing.
 
Well the latest amendments to the Brexit deal seem meaningless. 'Cannot be permanent'. Hell, even the universe is not permanent. So the EU would only be in breach of this at T + Infinity and the ability to remove the backstop at the end of time isn't exactly reassuring.
 
419 out of 650 constituencies voted for Brexit, so don't expect many seats to be won by a candidate campaigning for a second vote.

And who is going to implement the brexit? Torries who failed to impliment it for the last few years already? In the election, you will get an option to choose between a rermainer labor candidate or between a remainer conservative candidate. What difference would that make? Most of the conservative MPs are also remainers, so what choice do brexitiers have?


The other option is to create a Brexit party, in that case, the brexit vot will get split between conservative party and the new brexit party, and the labor will win the election and No brexit.
 
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The UK and India in the Indo-Pacific
Looking beyond the historical links between the UK and India, there are opportunities and reasons for the two to work together in the Indo-Pacific region.

The Indo-Pacific has become a global fulcrum, not only for global trade and economic activity but also for maritime security. The tasks of ensuring open sea lanes of communication, countering terrorism and piracy in the region, and promoting sustainable and inclusive development have emerged as priorities, at the same time as China poses a challenge to the rules-based international order. This has made it critical for those who value the existing system to coordinate strategies and activities in a way that can provide a robust response to China’s growing influence while also preserving the region’s stability.

For the UK and India, this provides an opportunity to expand cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, both in maritime security as well as in infrastructure development and connectivity. UK Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson recently laid out his vision for defence under the moniker of a Global Britain, which included the announcement that one of two new littoral strike groups would be deployed in the Indo-Pacific and that the first operational mission of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier, will cover the Mediterranean, Middle East and Pacific.

While questions have been raised about the budgetary and manpower capacity to carry out some of the declared plans, the defence secretary’s initiative indicated the UK’s appetite to play a greater role amid the shifting geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific. Similarly, the Indian Ocean region and Indo-Pacific have grown to become fixtures in India’s defence and foreign policy thinking. While India’s threat perception may still be focused largely on its land borders with China and Pakistan, the Indian Ocean region has increasingly become the arena in which India can take decisive steps to strengthen partnerships and expand its economic and security role in the region, particularly in light of China’s growing influence in its neighbourhood.

The joint statement released following Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with UK Prime Minister Theresa May in April 2018 asserted both leaders’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific and, in language that seemed to be addressed towards China, highlighted the importance of freedom of navigation as well as ‘international obligations, standards, best practice’ in connectivity initiatives. More fundamentally, the April 2017 joint statement on the UK–India defence partnership noted the need to enhance bilateral information exchange to improve maritime domain awareness. These statements indicate the significance the Indo-Pacific holds in both countries’ strategic thinking and provide a framework within which the UK and India can work together.

The western Indian Ocean region could be a useful starting point, as it is not afflicted by geopolitical tensions to the same extent as areas in Southeast Asia, and already includes Indian initiatives that the UK can plug into, such as the Asia–Africa Growth Corridor proposed by India and Japan. Given that this is at a very early stage, it remains to be seen what concrete projects are implemented and where the UK can contribute; however, this represents an opportunity for the UK and India to demonstrate their ability to provide alternatives to China’s large-scale infrastructure offering, and ones which, unlike many Chinese efforts, seek to adhere to international standards and best practices.

In addition, the UK has an established security presence in the Gulf through the Naval Support Facility in Bahrain and Joint Logistics Support Base in Duqm, Oman, as well as participation in joint forces like the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) and Operation Atalanta, which have featured the Indian Navy as a partner. While the multilateral engagement will continue, it also points to the need for deeper bilateral engagement between the UK and India on maritime security, particularly in light of the UK’s impending departure from the European Union. For instance, while Operation Atalanta is currently headquartered in Northwood in the UK, it will be moved to Spain after Brexit. At the same time, the Maritime Security Centre – Horn of Africa, which shares information with India’s newly established Information Fusion Centre for the Indian Ocean region (IFC-IOR), will be moved to Brest in France. It might thus be useful for the UK to post a liaison officer at the IFC-IOR, like the US, France, Japan and Singapore have expressed an interest in doing, in order to foster information and expertise sharing in a visible and direct manner.

Cooperation in the western Indian Ocean can also be taken up under the remit of the Commonwealth. While much of the discussion around the UK’s relationship with the Commonwealth has focused on post-Brexit trade and economic potential, it should be noted that the Commonwealth is not a trade bloc, and there is no reason to suggest that Brexit will lead to a dramatic increase in trade among Commonwealth countries. Rather, the organisation can capitalise on India’s desire to play a larger role in multilateral fora by strengthening its focus on issues of mutual concern, such as sustainable development, cybercrime and connectivity. These issues are also likely to be priorities for the numerous member countries of the Commonwealth in the region, many of whom have also received attention from China as part of its Belt and Road Initiative.

In spite of common interests in safeguarding the rules-based order and maritime security, the bilateral relationship between the UK and India continues to be afflicted by longstanding challenges, such as the perception in India that the two countries diverge on regional security questions in South Asia as well as the deadlock over visa and travel facilities accorded by the UK government for Indian nationals. Another test of the relationship will be the aftermath of the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion on the Chagos Islands, where India supported the claim of Mauritius.

Nevertheless, in the Indo-Pacific, the UK and India share a common perception of the long-term challenges and are often found on the same side of the debate. If the two powers can avoid becoming bogged down in discussions on intractable issues and focus on areas of common interest, they may be able to not only help balance China’s influence in the region but also facilitate capacity building and knowledge sharing geared towards greater maritime security and sustainable development.
The UK and India in the Indo-Pacific
 
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And who is going to implement the brexit? Torries who failed to impliment it for the last few years already? In the election, you will get an option to choose between a rermainer labor candidate or between a remainer conservative candidate. What difference would that make? Most of the conservative MPs are also remainers, so what choice do brexitiers have?
UKIP.
 
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Cheer up, Theresa, you'll make it.
 
Well they've voted against a second referendum by 300+ vs 85. Next vote is to ask for a delay until June 30th, which is after the EU election.
 
Okay, so Westminster just voted yes to something: a Brexit delay. It remains to be seen whether it'll be unanimously accepted by the EU 27, however.
But before that, they have rejected the following propositions:
  1. Brexit with deal
  2. Brexit with slightly renegotiated deal
  3. Brexit without deal
  4. Second Brexit referendum
The question is, then, what do they expect to happen during the delay? Something that isn't a hard or soft Brexit?

The next EU council is the 21 I believe. In one week. That's when the delay will be approved or rejected. If it's rejected, which seems likely to me because it seems very unlikely to serve any purpose besides prolonging the status quo without officially admitting to, since with the House of Commons rejecting a new referendum, and the EU refusing to renegotiate the deal again, it's not like there's anything that could be actually done to change the current gridlock, then the MPs will have just one week to vote on May's deal a third time -- and either accept it or embrace hard Brexit.

There is one thing that they haven't explicitly rejected so far, though, and it's revoking Article 50. That's the dark horse bet. It does seem like the logical choice since they've rejected both flavors of Brexit; but politically it'd create a new siltstorm, so to speak. I'm hoping this doesn't happen.
 
I really hope EU rejects the delay. I need some entertainment in April until our election results are announced in May.
 
Okay, so Westminster just voted yes to something: a Brexit delay. It remains to be seen whether it'll be unanimously accepted by the EU 27, however.
But before that, they have rejected the following propositions:
  1. Brexit with deal
  2. Brexit with slightly renegotiated deal
  3. Brexit without deal
  4. Second Brexit referendum
The question is, then, what do they expect to happen during the delay? Something that isn't a hard or soft Brexit?

The next EU council is the 21 I believe. In one week. That's when the delay will be approved or rejected. If it's rejected, which seems likely to me because it seems very unlikely to serve any purpose besides prolonging the status quo without officially admitting to, since with the House of Commons rejecting a new referendum, and the EU refusing to renegotiate the deal again, it's not like there's anything that could be actually done to change the current gridlock, then the MPs will have just one week to vote on May's deal a third time -- and either accept it or embrace hard Brexit.

There is one thing that they haven't explicitly rejected so far, though, and it's revoking Article 50. That's the dark horse bet. It does seem like the logical choice since they've rejected both flavors of Brexit; but politically it'd create a new siltstorm, so to speak. I'm hoping this doesn't happen.

EU should reject the delay. And they shouldn't allow revoking Article 50 either.

At best, Brexit with a Canada style FTA should be possible. Perhaps slightly better, but that's about it.

EU will simply be breaking its unity in the future if any leeway is given to the Brits. You will have a whole host of countries experimenting with their own version of Brexit every time they have economic problems.
 
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Technically, there's nothing stopping the UK from unilaterally revoking Article 50 as long as they do it before March 29. That was the verdict of the ECJ.
 
Technically, there's nothing stopping the UK from unilaterally revoking Article 50 as long as they do it before March 29. That was the verdict of the ECJ.
Yes but Theresa cannot do that without a vote in the parliement, it will be very short now and some MP will fear that it would be permanent.
 
Okay, so Westminster just voted yes to something: a Brexit delay. It remains to be seen whether it'll be unanimously accepted by the EU 27, however.
But before that, they have rejected the following propositions:
  1. Brexit with deal
  2. Brexit with slightly renegotiated deal
  3. Brexit without deal
  4. Second Brexit referendum
The question is, then, what do they expect to happen during the delay? Something that isn't a hard or soft Brexit?

The next EU council is the 21 I believe. In one week. That's when the delay will be approved or rejected. If it's rejected, which seems likely to me because it seems very unlikely to serve any purpose besides prolonging the status quo without officially admitting to, since with the House of Commons rejecting a new referendum, and the EU refusing to renegotiate the deal again, it's not like there's anything that could be actually done to change the current gridlock, then the MPs will have just one week to vote on May's deal a third time -- and either accept it or embrace hard Brexit.

There is one thing that they haven't explicitly rejected so far, though, and it's revoking Article 50. That's the dark horse bet. It does seem like the logical choice since they've rejected both flavors of Brexit; but politically it'd create a new siltstorm, so to speak. I'm hoping this doesn't happen.
Nothing will happen during the delay except the EU elections, which is why the EU27 may reject it.
 
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Yes but Theresa cannot do that without a vote in the parliement, it will be very short now and some MP will fear that it would be permanent.
It would be very difficult for Parliament to vote to revoke Article 50 since both The Conservatives and Labour campaigned on a manifesto of implementing Brexit, largely because 419 of 650 constituencies voted for it. They'd also have to overturn the referendum.
 
Technically, there's nothing stopping the UK from unilaterally revoking Article 50 as long as they do it before March 29. That was the verdict of the ECJ.
If they voted 300+ vs <85 against a second referendum they're very unlikely to revoke Brexit.
 
The big problem of the UK is that politicians are more concerned with their career than their country. That's a classic everywhere, of course, but for something as big as this, the level of amateurism on display is unforgivable.

I'm not saying the whole thing shouldn't have happened. But it should have been managed properly.

First: define Brexit. Theresa May had her nonsensical slogan "Brexit means Brexit" which is a tautology, not a definition. Find out what Britain really wants. Hard or soft Brexit? Make a decision at this step. You need to build a national consensus.

Second: research the consequences. For example, if you're no longer in the EU, you no longer get access to military-tier access to Galileo. Ironically, this is a rule that the UK itself imposed, at the request of the USA who didn't want a GPS competitor to proliferate to third countries. So find out what the UK will lose, and make an inventory of it.

Third step: plan for how to mitigate negative consequences and fully benefit from positive consequences.

Fourth step: go. Once you have a clear idea of what you want to get and what you want to do, you can invoke Article 50 and negotiate with minimum fuss. While negotiations are ongoing, prepare. If you want to get out of the single market, for example, you've got two years to build up your border infrastructure. Communicate your plans to your citizens, too, so that they too can prepare. You need to get an aircraft certification organism up and running? Well do so, it'll have to be ready on Brexit day!

Instead, what happened was that everyone was wasting time, asking for pie-in-the-sky eat-your-cake-and-have-it-too stuff, forgetting about all the complications like the Good Friday Agreement, Gibraltar, and so on until reminded about it by the EU, and just improvising stuff at the last minute, negotiating an agreement that you then reject while also rejecting the idea of leaving without an agreement.

I hope the report is rejected so that this sorry spectacle can finally stop.
 
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