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Re:Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit by jacquesm on Saturday June 25, 2016 @03:37AM (#11975584)
> Also the UK will want a super fast negotation, the rest of the EU are not so much in a hurry.

It seems to be rather the opposite. The EU is calling for fast negotiations whereas the UK is taking it easy.

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Re:Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit by Tomte on Saturday June 25, 2016 @07:41AM (#11976023)
You're confusing the start of the process of leaving and the following negotiations. Britain and the EU have symmetrical, opposed interests there:

The EU wants a fast official declaration from the UK that they want to leave. They want to start the clock running. If after two years there is no agreement, so what, let's negotiate for however long it takes.

Britain wants fast negotiations, because their economy depends on results, but they don't want to formally start the process. Because if they can't get a deal in two years after article 50 invocation they are in a very, very bad position.

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Re:Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit by jacquesm on Sunday June 26, 2016 @01:28AM (#11979522)
It's not that simple:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36631518

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Re:Doom, Gloom and Unease: London's Tech Scene Reacts to Brexit by Tomte on Sunday June 26, 2016 @06:07PM (#11983008)
What do you mean? I don't see anything in that article that might have a connection with what I wrote. Except that it's about Brexit.
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