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since we're into the absurd (3 and 4 are Treaty breaches), here's a satirical list of how the UK could respond to the above, in increasing order of nastiness:
by blibble 10y ago
since we're into the absurd (3 and 4 are Treaty breaches), here's a satirical list of how the UK could respond to the above, in increasing order of nastiness:
1. The residency rights of all EU citizens in Britain are contingent on residency rights of Britons in the EU.
2. Cut corporation tax to 0% and freeze all contributions to the EU budget with immediate effect
3. Veto everything possible in the Council until exit, and voting against where QMV applies
4. Send half the Royal Navy to the Mediterranean and offer to transport anyone from Northern Africa to the south of Europe, and use the rest to exclude EU ships from British waters
of course once you're at 4 you're basically at war, and then maybe May will press the red button and launch Trident at Brussels
- notahacker 10y agoI think you're overestimating the relative size of the Royal Navy...
- krona 10y ago>> ..maybe May will press the red button and launch Trident at Brussels Far too expensive; it would be much cheaper to just switch off the Eurobond clearing houses without warning.
- pmontra 10y agoThere isn't much left https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Royal_Navy_ships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Royal_Navy_ship... especially the surface fleet. Compare with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_French_Navy_ships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_French_Navy_shi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Italian_Navy_ships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Italian_Navy_sh... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Spanish_Navy_ships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Spanish_Navy_sh... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_German_Navy_ships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_German_Navy_shi...