U.K. to Trigger Brexit March 29, Starting Two Years of Talks

Re:U.K. to Trigger Brexit March 29, Starting Two Years of Talks by Angostura on Monday March 20, 2017 @09:59AM (#13914254)

> The UK has already said many times it wants to take that possibility off the table as soon as possible.

Except of course that the government repeatedly blocked attempts to give guarantees for people already living here.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/mar/18/nhs-eu-nurse...

"Only 96 nurses joined the NHS from other European nations in December 2016 – a drop from 1,304 in July, the month after the referendum.

At the same time, freedom of information responses compiled by the Liberal Democrats from 80 of the 136 NHS acute trusts in England show that 2,700 EU nurses left the health service in 2016, compared to 1,600 EU nurses in 2014 – a 68% increase."

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Re:U.K. to Trigger Brexit March 29, Starting Two Years of Talks by agd on Monday March 20, 2017 @10:58AM (#13914730)

The UK has by all accounts tried to agree this ASAP before article 50. Europe (specifically Germany) has blocked this.

It seems cold but it would be irresponsible of the UK to not defend the rights of the millions of British citizens living in Europe. You'll notice that all EU countries have acted the same way.

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Re:U.K. to Trigger Brexit March 29, Starting Two Years of Talks by Angostura on Monday March 20, 2017 @02:48PM (#13916636)

Of course the EU is not going to start negotiations until they've been formally told that the UK wants to start negotiations for exit.

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