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Other than 'Brexit means Brexit', what exactly is 'our hand' likely to be ? The UK voted to leave the EU, and the EEA option seems to be unacceptable due to the links to freedom of movement, so it wouldn't need the best brains on the EU side to work out our 'worst case acceptable position'. Any idea what the EU's 'hand' might be, are they likely to show it in advance ?

As you have as little idea about where we will be in 5 years time as anybody else, epecially those doing our Brexit negotiations, can I suggest you keep your powder dry. You may yet find the schadenfreude heading your way.

Problem is, we will probably have to wait 10 years to find out whether Brexit was a good idea or not. This thread has the potential to surpass the Pompey Takeover epic.

( Some people need to take a chill pill. This is hardly an appropriate exchange for such a thread. ) Best wishes Carrie.

http://nato.gov.si/eng/topic/national-security/neutral-status/neutral-countries/ "Neutral European countries: Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Ireland" Finland derives its policy of neutrality from the period directly following the Second World War. Its interest in remaining neutral in conflicts between great powers was first recognised in a treaty between Finland and the USSR in 1948 (the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance). The treaty forbids the signatories to join a military alliance against the other, and Finland could not allow its territory to be used for an attack on the USSR. Finland was also bound to preserve its neutrality through adequate armed forces. Finland's neutrality does not have roots in international law, and there are no international pledges for its neutrality. Thus Finland, like Austria, is a case of enforced neutrality, again by the USSR.

And hardly a 'wise' one.

Obviously a glitch in the 'black box'.

Whilst their Government maintained an ostensibly neutral stance, about 100,000 Irish Republic citizens fought for the British armed forces in WW2, with nearly 5000 dead. Plus, there was a lot of less overt assistance from the Irish authorities relating to convoy routes and air transport / reconnaisance corridors, etc.

But, didn't we send Tommy Fourpast in the other direction ?

Fonte replacement ?

How funny the first page of the match thread looks now !

How right you are.

J-Rod super strike.

Davis making all the difference.

Didn't see him miss the man he was supposed to be marking.

Only because they are waiting to see what sort of fallout will occur when the true Brexit solution becomes clear.

'Earlier this year, Lloyd's boss John Nelson said London's status as a global insurance leader had been put at risk by the result of the EU referendum. He also said the company was looking into moving business out of the City, and warned: "It won't be Lloyd's losing out, it will be the UK."'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38324146 "A post-Brexit UK-EU trade deal might take 10 years to finalise and still fail, Britain's ambassador to the EU has privately told the government. The BBC understands Sir Ivan Rogers warned ministers that the European consensus was that a deal might not be done until the early to mid-2020s. He also cautioned that an agreement could be rejected ultimately by other EU members' national parliaments."

CP does not set the team up for 0-0.

We were 2 inches away from winning - J-Rod's miss and the keeper's block of Bertrand's shot. disappointing perhaps, but not a disaster, and one point more than we started with. ( How many people would have taken a draw before kick-off ? ).

No, I'm just being clever.

Look up Qualified Majority Voting.

Generally it is done by weighting votes by size of national population, so probably gets close to democratic. A limited number of items require the full membership to vote, such as accepting the UK's proposals for post Brexit relations. When did UKIP declare independence ? Probably the majority of the most powerful people in the world are unelected. If they can interfere in the US Presidential election, why not our referendum ? I'm sure the grammar nazis could pick that question apart.

You know what, I really hadn't thought of that ! Doh !!!

Beat you to it ! http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?57597-Microsoft-technical-support#.WFBjen1Bwdo