> Obviously the UK is not likely to vote itself off of that council and they have veto power. As we are seeing with Brexit, formalities are not going to matter

> Obviously the UK is not likely to vote itself off of that council and they have veto power. As we are seeing with Brexit, formalities are not going to matter much if willingness to collaborate vanishes: the fact that the UK has veto power "on paper" in the Security Council is an anachronism which, if not voluntarily relinquished, will have no effective practical value. There are lots of ways that the other powers can "convince" the UK to not use its veto power. The obvious fact is that it is not fair that a nation with such a small weight in population terms has so much power in one of the most powerful institutions in the world. The same applies to France, but I have already heard that France is willing to cede its seat to the EU. The core of the problem, anyhow, is that the Security Council, as it is structured now, has no legitimization: it must be reformed so that the interests of a wider share of humankind are taken into account.