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Theresa May to set out 12-point plan for Brexit as she vows a clean break that does not leave the UK
Daily Telegraph ^ | 16 January 2017 | Peter Dominiczak

Posted on 01/17/2017 3:17:02 AM PST by agere_contra

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Theresa May is committed to a 'proper' BREXIT - one that leaves the UK able to form its own trade agreements with the whole world, and that frees it from the odious EU customs union and from the European Court of Justice.

A lot of us in Britain had feared that the civil service, the courts and the Foreign Office would contrive to dilute BREXIT and end up defying the will of the people.

Well, they may yet. But Theresa's speech is the clearest possible declaration of intent.

It also signals that the environment for a clean BREXIT is good - i.e. we have trade deals lined up.

I don't think it hurt when Teddy Malloch recently declared that Great Britain would be at the "front of the queue". The US will now, after all, be the largest market in the world (i.e. larger than the EU without the UK).

So thank you President-Elect Trump. And thank you, American people. The prospects for a clean BREXIT, with new trade deals, got a lot better once the spectre of a Hillary! Whitehouse faded from view.

1 posted on 01/17/2017 3:17:02 AM PST by agere_contra
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Here are some links on Ted Malloch and his statements on UK-US trade under Trump, after Brexit.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38600102

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4120074/America-Britain-s-rich-uncle-Strident-Brexiteer-tipped-leading-candidate-Donald-Trump-s-ambassador-EU-promises-game-changing-UK-trade-deal.html

http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/754940/Donald-Trump-Brexit-UK-trade-deal-Theresa-May-EU-talks-white-knight-Ted-Malloch


2 posted on 01/17/2017 3:26:27 AM PST by agere_contra (I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.)
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I’d love to see us do the same with Eastern Europe. I’m hoping, starting with Poland and Hungary, they will also bail from the EU.


3 posted on 01/17/2017 3:27:02 AM PST by quesney
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Please note: the www.express.co.uk link - the third link in my post #2 - autoplays some quiet audio from Mr Malloch.

After a minute or so it then moves onto some trashy morning show.


4 posted on 01/17/2017 3:29:42 AM PST by agere_contra (I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.)
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The position of the “Visigrad Four” (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia ) is an interesting one.

They’re very sorry to see the UK go. We were their only allies in the EU.

I wonder if they could indeed escape from the EU customs union. One tension is that e.g. Poland is politically committed to maintaining EU levels of welfare payments (such as child support) for the diaspora of Polish workers across Europe.

If they left the EU, they would lose that. As ‘donor’ states for labour, the free movement of labor is much more important to the V4 than it is to the UK (which is a ‘recipient’ state).


5 posted on 01/17/2017 3:38:58 AM PST by agere_contra (I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.)
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Poland and Hungary are literally the biggest EU fanboys.

Poland is the biggest recipient of Union financial assistance, and also likes the EU the most. I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

6 posted on 01/17/2017 3:39:35 AM PST by Trump20162020
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Ugh, my post #5 made the argument the wrong way round.

The Visigrad 4 love the EU in part because it’s a place for their migrant workers to work and be relatively highly remunerated. The fact that they also get much better child support is a component of that.


7 posted on 01/17/2017 3:46:57 AM PST by agere_contra (I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.)
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Watching May... Using words like “fair” and “tolerant”...so far a lot of blather...


8 posted on 01/17/2017 3:50:18 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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She just said “fairer”...will be screwing with schools...infrastructure spending. Nothung yet about Art 50...


9 posted on 01/17/2017 3:51:34 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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“Racially diverse” and “multicultural”. Ye gods...


10 posted on 01/17/2017 3:52:38 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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“Global Britain”. She does NOT want an unraveling of the EU, wants EU to succeed. Listing reasons about the decision. Nothing so far about actually doing it...


11 posted on 01/17/2017 3:54:08 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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Britain needs a Churchill or a Thatcher. And what they’ve got is Obama in drag...


12 posted on 01/17/2017 3:55:25 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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“Britain’s unique intelligence capabilities”...Like ginning up a dirty dossier to screw with a US election ...?


13 posted on 01/17/2017 3:59:11 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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She does NOT want an unraveling of the EU, wants EU to succeed.

That makes sense. This is going to be a clean break. It doesn't need to be an acrimonious one - unless the EU wants it to be.

The UK is committed to trade relations - including making a new deal with the EU.

I might personally hope for Theresa May to say something like. "I hope the EU breaks apart, and that Martin Schultz dies in a fire", but I can see how that would be impolitic :0)

14 posted on 01/17/2017 4:03:37 AM PST by agere_contra (I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.)
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Check your sources.

Christopher Steele was ex-MI6, and was commissioned to dig into Trump by the Washington-based firm FusionGPS.

Fuelled by anti-Trump fervor he made up some crap based on a Buzzfeed post.

That bed-wetting story was the American Left. Nothing to do with British Intelligence.


15 posted on 01/17/2017 4:08:18 AM PST by agere_contra (I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for You saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.)
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I had to break away, so I don’t know if she’s actually said anything substantive yet....


16 posted on 01/17/2017 4:09:29 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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"Watching May... Using words like “fair” and “tolerant”...so far a lot of blather..."

Yes, and yet to hear that Article 50 is being invoked. Also, she said the negotiated agreement would be submitted to Parliament for a final vote.

17 posted on 01/17/2017 4:09:32 AM PST by Truth29
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Check my sources? Snort. Which would you recommend? Has Whitehall issued a denial-denial? Because the only comment I’ve seen made was a non-denial denial.


18 posted on 01/17/2017 4:11:43 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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Go Brexit.

Britains have been free and independent people an awful long time. No reason to let Germany conquer through the phony front EU what it couldn’t conquer with armies.


19 posted on 01/17/2017 4:13:54 AM PST by xzins (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
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Had to break away again. Has she used the dreaded words, Article 50, yet...?


20 posted on 01/17/2017 4:16:24 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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