ThE E.U.want UK as soon as possible; im sure the UK will  drag there feet i.e. SCOTLAND and the N Ireland but there gone ,They have no friends in Brussels , Personally i think its a sad state of affairs , i wouldn,t want to be the next leader of the UK Gov.

I believe, RA, that what you propose may happen is known as the Breversal.

If I may, once again, quote from tomorrow's Economist (it says it better than I ever could);

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Britain’s next leader must explain to 17m voters that the illusion they were promised—all the EU’s benefits with none of its obligations—does not exist. Only when the authors of the Brexit fantasy themselves return from Brussels without this magical deal might Leave voters accept that a compromise is necessary.

Given that nearly half of British voters did not want out, it is likely that a majority might prefer a Norwegian compromise to complete isolation. Whatever deal takes shape in Brussels will be so far from what was promised by the Leave campaign that it will surely have to be put to the British public again, through a general election, another referendum or both. It is even possible that the whole notion of Brexit may stall. A thin majority have said they would prefer life outside the EU to life inside. But it may be that, when faced with the question of whether to endorse a Norway-like deal that entails many of the costs of being in the single market without having a say in the rules, many would rather stay in the EU after all.

Negotiating over Brexit will stretch the tolerance of both British voters and European leaders. Yet the EU specialises in muddled compromises and talking its way around referendums. After months of economic hardship, and a recession-induced fall in immigration, British voters may be ready to think differently about the balance between immigration, the economy and their place in Europe. By far the most likely outcome of this sorry situation remains Brexit. But it would be wrong completely to discount the possibility of an inelegant, humiliating, and yet welcome, Breversal.

Pragmatism, Pa, pragmatism, who know's what's ahead.

Whats with this sudden outbreak of spritualism btw? Have you had to fire up your Bong to get you through Portugal/Poland?

I would say if they try to reverse Brexit , there would be anarchy on the streets of Britain for years to come ,when their backs are to the wall the is hardly a more formidable opponent than the British bulldog . If the British people are betrayed by their own I dread to think the mayhem that would desend on that country .So before this talk of reversel gathers any momentum , don't say ye haven't been warned ,a divived UK would be no placeto live for anyone , the thought of what those who would be betrayed might do doesn't bare thinking about ...

Its a factor.

The main economic plan is get back your fisheries,support the industries you previously weren't allowed to.
Get new trade deals with Australia and New Zealand for a start.
Scrap all those green taxes so beloved of the EU.

The lifting of sanctions against Russia  is not alone the right thing to do,it makes economic sense.
France and Spain are clamouring for dispensation on account of losses in the food sector.
Whilst London is a foreign city it is the economic engine of the UK,it has all sorts of money swirling through it,Russian money would be welcome.

Part of me would like to cripple those banks not alone for their general despicable behaviour but also for supporting the Evil Empire.

You misunderstand again,its the British economy we are discussing.

Flick through those back copies of the Economist and you might find an article on Carbon and Green taxes.
If Britain were to abandon them it would be the equivalent of a 10 % rise in everyone's income.

These are strange times, Britain should drop the green taxes and all overseas aid on a temporary basis til they get their finances in order.

i am a eurosceptic and would have leaned towards leave but there is no doubt the leave side have made an absolute ed balls of the fall out.

Its like the next UK P.M will be a women, Andrea Leadsom looks the only danger to Theresa May,    20/1 bar the rest

My post on Boris Johnson was removed.i wrote a similar one on the politics forum its still there.

An earlier post on Russia also removed.

Its normally posts that say anything favourable about Israel that go first although criticism of the EU is coming a close second.

Funny how all the men involved deeply in the Euro split are proving to be seriously flawed , leaving us ( in the UK anyway ) with mainly female contenders . Looks like England , Scotland , and NI will have first ladies , and they still cant join Muirfield ( Troon voted yes on women this week ) .  Will women rule the world ? Though hard to see anyone displacing Putin .

If women continue to raise that glass ceiling , will the world be better or worse ?

at least northern ireland has a very capable woman leader.i pity those in scotland with that jimmy krankee headcase.she wants to divorce scotland from a union with the rest of the uk which it has everything in common with yet she wants to remain in a europe in which the typical scot has much less in common.

I didn,t know you voted for  Catherine Zappone W/R.

Frank .Jumper I see Mr Blair is now trying to get another pop at a 2nd Referendum , just shows how corrupt they are , Democracy and the Left ,well theres a joke if I ever heard one , they'd sell their children if the price was right , what a shower of scum they are!

If you were a bookmaker what odds would you give a  2nd Referendum within a year of todays date.   4/1 for me

I've spent more time getting on the tube than you've been in England you gobshyte ..I think I've spent more time in Sligo than you have in England come to think of it....

The E.U.looking after business ,never mind the workers , Britain can count itself lucky its getting out now!
ance's government has used a special measure to force approval of a divisive labour bill in its lower house of parliament without a vote - for a second time.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls invoked a special constitutional article to approve the second reading of the bill. He did the same thing for the bill's first reading.
The decision prompted politicians to march out of the National Assembly in anger.

Mr Valls argued that the bill is needed to boost hiring after decades of high unemployment and said he made the move "in the general interest".
The bill prompted divisions in the governin

I would go 15/1 on a referendum within 12 months. I see a Norway style deal agreed within 36 months, i.e. pay the same money to access EFTA, the same freedom of movement as now, but no farming subsidies or structural payments or indeed any say into how the EU law to which they must adhere is made, than they had in the EU.

On top of that the period of uncertainty will hurt the British economy and more importantly its reputation as a stable society and its all important soft power. On the plus side the Leave side did get to wave those little flags.

At that point another referendum with three options, this one legally binding.
Remain in the EU.
Do a Norway.
Leave on World Trade Organisation terms.

How will we bet on that, I make WTO the favorite, what with all the dirty Russian money and mass exports of people, sorry I meant little flags to NZ and Oz, to send the UK economy into overdrive.