Brexit, the Leavocrats

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A programme is coming up on BBC Radio 4 that sounds as if it will be genuinely informative about Brexit. It's "Brexit, The Leavocrats". In it former head of the Civil Service, Gus O'Donnell, goes behind the scenes at the Department for Exiting the EU to find out what's going on. The programme airs on Wed morning (31 Aug) at 11.00 a.m. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07qbcb6

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Here is a link to Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty: http://www.lisbon-treaty.org/wcm/the-lisbon-treaty/treaty-on-European-union-and-comments/title-6-final-provisions/137-article-50.html

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Incidentally, there was a trail of Brexit the Leavocrats on Radio 4 yesterday. Gus O'Donnell was interviewed.

He was of the opinion that we need a firm idea of what kind of entity we wish to be outside of the EU before we start negotiating.

 

He basically said that we don't yet have a clue as to what we want !

That makes sense given that Brexit was essentially an "I hate all foreigners" campaign.

 

Apologies for the way my text won't come out in paragraphs. I've tried everything.

Edited August 27, 2016 by Conniff

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Gina Miller's legal challenge on the whole Brexit matter, which is scheduled for a hearing in mid-October, should be interesting and might go to the Supreme Court: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-legal-idUKKCN10119V I'm also wondering whether, before the referendum, the government complied with s7(1) of the European Referendum Act 2015 by supplying all the information the electorate needed in order to make its decision: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/36/section/7/enacted

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I meant to say European UNION Referendum Act 2015.