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Leaving the EU – how to understand it…

From Philip Cresswell a member of one of the SY2E – Remain in the EU groups. You are a member of a golf club. One member is notorious for whingeing about membership fees, the state of the greens and the … Continue reading

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Do the Leavers know what they are talking about? Penny Mordaunt doesn’t.

In an interview with Andrew Marr, Brexit campaigner Penny Mordaunt gave another example of the Brexiteers’ scare campaign. The existing member states of the EU all have a veto on whether new members are allowed to join. This is a … Continue reading

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Brexit: The leavers Singapore model is no good says Singapore

The Leave campaign’s argument for a Singapore-style economic and political model has just been blown out of the water by the Straits Times: Brexit will not make the UK into the Singapore of Europe Landfall Strategy Group, a Singapore-based economic research … Continue reading

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*The EU and UK employment rights

Originally posted by Marion Thornly in her blog Ceret Diaries: The EU and UK employment rights   The following is a brief summary of a paper entitled “UK Employment Rights and the EU” recently published by the TUC.   The Treaty … Continue reading

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So far it’s Remain that has made its case and it’s Leave that’s just offered empty promises

By Paula Kirby a member of one of the SY2E – Remain in the EU groups. This is a very slightly edited version of something I posted on a friend’s FB page yesterday in response to one of his friends, … Continue reading

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EU would insist on a swift divorce from the UK before negotiations on new EU/UK relationship.

According to RTE (Ireland’s National broadcaster) the EU would want a swift divorce from the UK in the event of a Brexit and would only after that be prepared to start negotiations on a new EU/UK relationship, see link below. … Continue reading

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Update: High Court to hear Brits’ Brexit legal case on Wednesday 20 April

A High Court hearing into the rights of up to 2 million Britons in Europe to vote in the EU referendum will take place on Wednesday 20th April 2016. Two judges at the High Court in London will hear arguments … Continue reading

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Brexit High Court hearing in legal action over expats exclusion

7 April 2016 Brexit High Court hearing in legal action over expats exclusion The High Court has agreed to hear arguments in the legal challenge against the UK Government over its decision to exclude up to 2 million British people … Continue reading

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