Should Britain Pay €100 Billion Divorce Bill?

[Khandro]

or should Theresa simply walk away?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/01/theresa-may-could-storm-brexit-talks-divorce-bill/#comments

[douglas9401]

She doesn't do walking away. :)

[naomi24]

No, we shouldn't pay it and yes, she should walk away.

[Cloverjo]

I wish she could say 'In fact, we made a mistake. We're not leaving. The previous PM called the referendum, and then waltzed off to Instagram his toes in bed, leaving the rest of the UK in a terrible mess.'

[TWR]

No, I think we have paid enough into the scam scheme.

[Old_Geezer]

What should occur depends on what evidence there is for agreements/contracts entered into that show continued financial responsibility after we have left. Anything not clearly committed to in that way can not form part of any continuing payment. I may be bring cynical but is my suspicion that the EU is trying it on. It's up to them to prove continued responsibility otherwise nothing is payable.

[webbo3]

No, walk away.

[Old_Geezer]

By the way, the Telegraph can whistle for their registration to read one linked to item per week. Maybe a different source of news would be a better one ?

[naomi24]

Cloverjo, //I wish she could say 'In fact, we made a mistake. We're not leaving. //

Who are ‘we’? Like the majority of the people who voted, I voted ‘Leave’. I didn’t make a mistake.

[Khandro]

OG; Apologies for that, I don't have another one, does anyone else?

[scooping]

If we owe it yes. If we don't, no.

[Khandro]

Perhaps cloverjo is a Harry Potter reader? This makes fascinating reading (and it's all there OG)
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/06/harry-potter-and-the-millennial-mind/

[naomi24]

//the Telegraph can whistle for their registration to read one linked to item per week. //

The Telegraph is a pain for that.

[Cloverjo]

Khandro, I did read the Harry Potter books, but I'm very far from being a millennial. My son is one, though. Interesting read from the Spectator.

I stand by my thoughts on Cameron's choice to call the referendum and leave others to pick their way through the detritus he left behind.

[anneasquith]

Should TM walk away? I don't think she knows what to do or indeed understands the whole process of leaving !!

[cassa333]

Cammeran left because he wanted to remain in the EU and knew 1. He lost so has also lost 'the faith of the people' 2. HE didn't want to leave (the EU) so didn't want to do the negotiating because HE knew that no one would or even could trust him to negotiate on our behalf. Look what a carp job he did of his renegotiations?

The only thing he did wrong was leave without triggering A50 as he said he would before he lost.

[anneasquith]

TM wanted to remain in the EU , now she's stuck with negotiating on something no one quite knows the rules of .

[Old_Geezer]

The rules are simple. Leaving us just leaving. Negotiations for the future are about discussing suggested arrangements, getting the best deal you can, and not allowing the other side to walk all over you. Red lines are useful for that, provided they are drawn in the right place. For example we didn't leave to still not have control of our borders, nor have a foreign group/court continue to make decisions related to our national law.

[Old_Geezer]

... IS just...
>:-(

[Zacs-Master]

OG 'we didn't leave'

We haven't left yet.

[zebo]

Cameron was wrong to call a referendum on this topic, it was always going to be hijacked by the single issue, anti-immigration lobby with no thought about the consequences. Many I know who voted to leave had no idea of what would happen because it was never discussed and voted as a protest against immigration, not expecting to win but to give the Government a fright. Such momentous decisions should never be put to a referendum, that's what we have elections for.